DECREASING THE PHYSICAL GAP IN THE NEURAL-ELECTRODE INTERFACE AND RELATED CONCEPTS TO IMPROVE COCHLEAR IMPLANT PERFORMANCE

Decreasing the physical gap in the neural-electrode interface and related concepts to improve cochlear implant performance

Cochlear implants (CI) represent incredible devices that restore hearing perception for those with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss.However, the ability of a CI to restore complex Washing Machine PCB auditory function is limited by the number of perceptually independent spectral channels provided.A major contributor to this limitatio

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Effects of food availability on yolk androgen deposition in the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), a seabird with facultative brood reduction.

In birds with facultative brood reduction, survival of the junior chick is thought to be regulated primarily by food availability.In black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) where parents and chicks are provided with unlimited access to supplemental food during the breeding season, brood reduction still occurs and varies interannually.Survival of

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The Role of Generic Competence and Professional Expertise in Legal Translation. The Case of English and Polish Probate Documents

This paper seeks to demonstrate how the concept of generic competence (primarily intended for monolingual specialized communication) could be extended to Elderberry address important issues in translating legal texts.First, generic competence is discussed against the backdrop of the related concept of translation competence.Then, a case study is pr

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