Optimal alarm sound design: New design process for noticeable‚ but pleasant sounds Author 193 Track 3: what the beep? ABSTRACT The goal of this research is improving alarm sound design‚ focusing on the paradox of noticeable versus pleasant sounds. The characteristics of annoying sounds correspond in large extend to the characteristics of noticeable sounds. Therefore it is difficult to design an alarm sound‚ which is noticeable‚ but not annoying. A lot of studies are conducted along aspects
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Crispus Attucks Look out for a runaway slave! He is of American Native and African blend‚ his knees are particularly close together‚ has curled hair‚ and he stands about six feet two inches tall. He is clothed in blue stockings‚ buckskin pants‚ and skinned beaver coat. This was how William Brown- a slave owner in Framington‚ Massachusetts described his runaway slave‚ Crispus Attucks on October 2‚ 1750 in an ad in the Boston Gazette. After he ran away from his master‚ Attucks became a sailor and landed
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Neo-Nazism The urgent alarm bell to World War Ⅲ Neo-Nazism—it seems to be a little strange word. This is because every human who lives in this world must consider Nazism to be an absolutely evil thing. Therefore‚ it is hard to believe in such a “new‚ modern‚ and modified Nazism”. According to an online dictionary‚ Neo-Nazis is a group that “believes in the idea and policies of Hitler’s Nazis and that sometimes commits violent acts” (“Neo-Nazi”). However‚ this definition does not seem to
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TWELVE O’ CLOCK HIGH: LEADERSHIP TWELVE O’ CLOCK HIGH: LEADERSHIP ALONG THE CONTINUUM— TRANSACTIONAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL PARADIGMS IN PRACTICE Introduction The movie “Twelve O’ Clock High” is a case study in the application of leadership theory during World War Two. Gregory Peck portrays Brigadier General Savage‚ a United States Army Air Force officer thrust into a situation that requires a maximum effort both on the ground and in the air as he attempts to re-invigorate an undisciplined
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Compare and Contrast Leadership Styles of Group Commander - Twelve O’Clock High Leadership in war time is a dynamic process. No one particular commander is exposed to the same challenge and implements a textbook solution. While leadership doctrine is provided to commanders‚ it serves more as a guideline than anything else. This situation can be clearly seen in the leadership and management styles of General Frank Savage and Colonel Keith Davenport. Both of these individuals were faced with the challenge
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Twelve O’clock High is set in the year 1949 in Great Britain at the Royal Air Force Station Archbury‚ following the 918th daylight precision bombing group during World War II. The unit is known for low success rates and even lower morale among their men. Leading the 918th is Colonel Keith Davenport. A compassionate leader of his men‚ Colonel Davenport becomes too emotionally distraught to effectively lead and is replaced by General Frank Savage who believes in a tough and steely approach when conducting
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encountered‚ but still knowledge on how fast these occur and the factors affecting it were still insufficient. This study aimed to determine the different factors affecting the rate of reaction and how these factors affected it. An experiment named iodine clock reaction was done to answer the questions raised. In this study the reaction of iodide ion and peroxodisulfate (VI) ion was analyzed with the help of thiocyanate ion. The experiment was divided into three parts. First‚ second‚ and third parts of the
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and forth. 17. All runaways wear dresses‚ long green ones‚ 18. the color you would think shame was. We scrub 19. the sidewalks down because it ’s shameful work. 20. Our brushes cut the stone in watered arcs 21. and in the soak frail outlines shiver clear 22. a moment‚ things us kids pressed on the dark 23. face before it hardened‚ pale‚ remembering 24. delicate old injuries‚ the spines of names and leaves. Louise Erdrich ’s poem "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways" reads like a short story
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Ticking Clock During Christmas On a normal day for Vertex‚ a very unusual incident happened. This never happened before in the past ten years. The clock was ticking so fast and as a result‚ Christmas day is getting closer faster than how it should really be. “What’s happening?” Vertex yelled not knowing that he is not the only one who noticed the clock. Instead‚ the entire town did. Everyone in the town was so scared that they didn’t know what to do. Vertex then finally decided to go find a definite
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“Design of Sound Activated Remote Control and Alarm System Utilizing Mobile Phone”. Project Feasibility Study for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology ABSTRACT Nowadays‚ when delinquency has more and more expanded and burglary‚ even car theft has become a social phenomenon and due to the limitation of infrared remote control in terms of control distance from the electrical equipment which not exceed in 30 feet or 10 meters and require line of sight when communicating
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