Browsing by Subject "Voice"

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    A Prototype for the Voice Analysis Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
    (IOS Press, 2018-04-26) Martínez-Sánchez, Francisco; García Meilán, Juan José; Carro, Juan; Ivanova, Olga; Psicología Básica y Metodología
    Background: Speech variations enable us to map the performance of cognitive processes of syntactic, semantic, phonological, and articulatory planning and execution. Speaking is one of the first functions to be affected by neurodegenerative complaints such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which makes the speech a highly promising biomarker for detecting the illness before the first preclinical symptoms appear. Objective: This paper has sought to develop and validate a technological prototype that adopts an automated approach to speech analysis among older people. Methods: It uses a mathematical algorithm based on certain discriminatory variables to estimate the probability of developing AD. Results and Conclusion: This device may be used at a preclinical stage by non-expert health professionals to determine the likelihood of the onset of AD.
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    La emergencia de la pulsión incestuosa en "Casa tomada" de Julio Cortázar: de la voz al ruido y del ello al yo.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2019) Fernández Lacueva, Cristina
    The undeniable relevance of space in Julio Cortázar’s Casa tomada stems, fundamentally, from its nature both physical and psychic. The house is, in fact, a correlative of the narrator’s psyche in so far as the invading noises embody his incestuous drive. This paper draws on the correspondence between the parts of the house and the parts of the psyche according to Freudian topographical systems and provides a new proposal not signaled by previous critics: the back section belongs to the superego, the front section to the ego and Irene’s room to the id. This interpretation explores four aspects disregarded by the existing bibliography: (1) the narrator’s defence mechanisms, (2) the origin of the invading noises, (3) the meaning of Irene’s night screams, and (4) the differences between the two characters in terms of narrative voice. A spatial analysis which takes all those elements into account could help to solve the story’s ambiguity.
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    Mujeres, amor y libertad en la poesía dominicana contemporánea: los versos de Rosa Silverio y Lourdes Batista-Jakab
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2020) Faustinelli, Tiziano
    Este escrito pretende ense‐ ñar cómo la palabra poética puede con‐ vertirse en una herramienta eficaz para alcanzar una vehemente defensa del papel de las mujeres y conseguir la creación de nuevas posibilidades que les permitan ser libres de enseñar su valor. Las autoras dominicanas Rosa Silverio y Lourdes Batista‐Jakab repre‐ sentan un ejemplo del deseo de que las mujeres salgan de la penumbra; amor, libertad y poesía son sinónimos de de‐ nuncia, defensa y salvación. Concreta‐ mente, se tomarán en examen las dos obras más representativas con respecto al núcleo central del asunto: Mujer de lámpara encendida (Rosa Silverio) y La mujer desnuda (Lourdes Batista‐Jakab), cuyos versos serán objeto de selección, investigación y análisis comparativo. Los sujetos líricos que protagonizan los ver‐ sos de las dos autoras desempeñan el papel de enfatizar una voz universal para aquellas que quedan en silencio.
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    Naturaleza, memoria y voz en La Mata (2020) de Hernández y Rueda.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones., 2024) Barbeira, Candelaria
    El presente escrito tiene como objetivo analizar el vínculo entre memoria y violencia en La mata (Laguna/Cardumen, 2020), libro que combina el poema narrativo de Eliana Hernández (Bogotá, 1989) con dibujos de María Isabel Rueda (Cartagena, 1972). El texto toma como eje la masacre de El Salado, llevada a cabo por las fuerzas paramilitares colombianas en febrero de 2000, y actualiza la pregunta por los límites de lo representable. Nuestro abordaje crítico se centra en la cuestión de la voz, la naturaleza y las prácticas de reparación comunitaria llevadas a cabo por colectivos de mujeres, recuperando los aportes de autores/as que reconsideran el vínculo entre el ser humano y la naturaleza tales como Donna Haraway, Timothy Morton y Roberto Esposito.
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    El proceso de lectura en Baltasar de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda: los personajes femeninos y sus modos de actuación.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2020) Ojeda Fernández, María Elena
    La recepción inicial del drama bíblico Baltasar de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda no sólo destacaba las virtudes del pueblo judío frente al paganismo de la corte de Babilonia, sino que analizaba el hastío vital del rey tirano. Sin embargo, nuestro proceso de lectura prefiera subrayar la importancia de los personajes femeninos, porque si bien la autora no traiciona las normas de la jerarquía dominante, sí concede una voz diferenciada a la mujer, cuyo modo de actuación se aleja del estereotipo fijado por la cultura oficial.
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    Reading and lexical-semantic retrieval tasks outperforms single task speech analysis in the screening of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease
    (Nature Research, 2023-07-01) Martínez Nicolás, Israel; Martínez Sánchez, Francisco; Ivanova, Olga; García Meilán, Juan José; Psicología Básica y Metodología
    Age‐related cognitive impairment have increased dramatically in recent years, which has risen the interes in developing screening tools for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Speech analysis allows to exploit the behavioral consequences of cognitive deficits on the patient’s vocal performance so that it is possible to identify pathologies affecting speech production such as dementia. Previous studies have further shown that the speech task used determines how the speech parameters are altered. We aim to combine the impairments in several speech production tasks in order to improve the accuracy of screening through speech analysis. The sample consists of 72 participants divided into three equal groups of healthy older adults, people with mild cognitive impairment, or Alzheimer’s disease, matched by age and education. A complete neuropsychological assessment and two voice recordings were performed. The tasks required the participants to read a text, and complete a sentence with semantic information. A stepwise linear discriminant analysis was performed to select speech parameters with discriminative power. The discriminative functions obtained an accuracy of 83.3% in simultaneous classifications of several levels of cognitive impairment. It would therefore be a promising screening tool for dementia.
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    The construction of authorial voice in writing research articles: a corpus-based study from an APPRAISAL theory perspective.
    (2019-01-21) Zhang, W.; Cheung, Y.
    This study explores voice from an APPRAISAL theory perspective. It aims to investigate how published research writers deploy ATTITUDE and GRADUATION resources to review existing literature in the field . T he study is based on a corpus of literature reviews (LRs) from 204 research articles (RAs) in computer networks and communications (CNC) and second language writing (SLW). Findings show that 1) writers demonstrate a strong preference to express their attitude through APPRECIATION rather than AFFECT and JUDG EMENT resources; 2) more FORCE than FOCUS resources are used to upgrade attitudinal meanings realized through ATTITUDE resources or to evoke APPRECIATION; and 3) one - way ANOVAs and post hoc tests have detected significant differences in the use of AFFECT a nd JUDGEMENT resources and in two sub - categories of FORCE and FOCUS resources. The study contribute s to new knowledge by relating ATTITUDE and GRADUATION resources to the construction of voice in the disciplines of CNC and SLW .
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    La voz : recurso para la Educación, Rehabilitación y Terapia en el Ser Humano
    (Universidad de Zaragoza, Asociación Universitaria de Formación del Profesorado (AUFOP), 2001) Estavillo Morante, María del Carmen
    Con el presente monográfico nos proponemos llamar la atención sobre la importancia de la voz y de la Educación de la Voz para el profesorado, especialmente para el profesorado de Educación Musical. La Educación Vocal constituye el mejor modo de prevenir las patologías de la voz, que en la actualidad están muy generalizadas en los profesionales de la educación.