Broadband emission from a multicore fiber fabricated with granulated oxides

We demonstrate a multicore multidopant fiber which, when pumped with a single pump source around ∼800 nm , emits a more than one octave-spanning fluorescence spectrum ranging from 925 to 2300 nm . The fiber preform is manufactured from granulated oxides and the individual cores are doped with five different rare earths, i.e., Nd3+ , Yb3+ , Er3+ , Ho3+ , and Tm3+ .

Arnold Böcklins Halluzinationen. Malerei im Zeitalter der Psychologie

Arnold Böcklins mythologische Bilder werden hier als ›anthropomorphisierende Projektionen‹ gedeutet, die in der einfühlungspsychologischen und der mythentheoretischen Literatur der Zeit als Formen ursprünglicher Weltaneignung verstanden werden. Böcklin stellt sich in dieser Perspektive als ein Moderner dar, der auf individuelle Art den avantgardistischen Primitivismus präformiert.

Arnold Böcklins Halluzinationen. Malerei im Zeitalter der Psychologie

Arnold Böcklins mythologische Bilder werden hier als ›anthropomorphisierende Projektionen‹ gedeutet, die in der einfühlungspsychologischen und der mythentheoretischen Literatur der Zeit als Formen ursprünglicher Weltaneignung verstanden werden. Böcklin stellt sich in dieser Perspektive als ein Moderner dar, der auf individuelle Art den avantgardistischen Primitivismus präformiert.

Hearing performance with 2 different high-power sound processors for osseointegrated auditory implants

OBJECTIVE To compare speech understanding of the BAHA BP110 and BAHA Intenso sound processors. STUDY DESIGN Prospective experimental study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Twenty experienced user of osseointegrated auditory implants with conductive or mixed hearing loss. INTERVENTIONS In a first session, half of the participants were fitted with an Intenso, the other half with a BP110. After 1 month of use, aided speech understanding in quiet and in noise was measured, and the other test processor was fitted. One month later, speech understanding with the second sound processor was assessed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Speech understanding in quiet and in noise, with noise arriving either from the front, the rear, or the side of the user with the osseointegrated bone conductor. RESULTS Significant improvements were found for both processors for speech understanding in quiet (+9.6 to +34.8 percent points; p = 0.02 to 0.001) and in noise (+6.2 to +13.8 dB, p < 0.001). No significant differences were found between the 2 devices for speech in quiet. For noise from the rear, subjects were able to understand speech at signal-to-noise ratios which were lower (less favorable) by -5.1 dB (p < 0.001) when compared with the Intenso. CONCLUSION Speech understanding is substantially improved by both devices, with no significant differences between the sound processors in quiet. In noise, speech understanding is significantly better with the BP110 when compared to the Intenso for noise from the rear.