MAY WE RECOMMEND--
Certain Vibrations
items worth a trip to the library
Here are three hummingly good research reports.
Rolling Thunder
"Visualization of Acoustic Radiation from a Vibrating Bowling Ball,"
S.F. Wu, N, Rayess, and X. Zhao, Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, vol. 109, no: 6, 2001, pp. 2771-9. (Thanks to Tim Kane for
bringing this to our attention.)
Nasal Noise
"Modelling the Reproducibility of Acoustic Rhinometry," M. Nurminen,
M. Hytonen, and E. Sala, Statistics in Medicine, vol. 19, no. 2,
May 15, 2000, pp. 1179-89. The authors explain that
The design of the... study involved... three replicate measurements of four variates taken from the right and left nasal cavities, altogether 2400 measurements.... In clinical practice, repeated measurements should always be made to attain a reasonable level of reproducibility in acoustic rhinometry.
The Qualities of Mercy
"Voice Source Characteristics in Six Premier Country Singers,"
J. Sundberg, T.F., R.E. Stone, and J. Iwarsson, Journal of Voice,
vol. 13, no. 2, June 1999, pp. 168-84. (Thanks to Susan E. Hauser for
bringing this to our attention.)
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