Features for analysis of Makam music

For computational studies of makam music, it is essential to gather a list of characteristics that constitute a makam and explore corresponding quantitative features for automaticanalysis. This study is such an attempt where we address the characteristics for makams as defined in theory books and deduce a list of quantitative features. The target here is to evoke discussions on some measurable features other than providing complete analysis on thediscriminative potentials of each proposed feature which could be the subject of a few larger studies.

Issue review : tuition at Iowa Regents universities.

Examination of the growth in tuition at Iowa Regents universities with comparisons to inflation, funding sources, peer institutions, and relative to household income.

Detection of Raga-characteristic phrases from Hindustani Classical Music Audio

Melodic motifs form essential building blocks in Indian Classical music. The motifs, or key phrases, providestrong cues to the identity of the underlying raga in both Hindustani and Carnatic styles of Indian music. Automatic identification and clustering of similar motifs is relevant in this context. The inherent variations in various instances of a characteristic phrase in a bandish (composition)performance make it challenging to identify similar phrases in a performance. A nyas svara (long note)marks the ending of these phrases. The proposed method does segmentation of phrases through identification ofnyas and computes similarity with the reference characteristic phrase.

Carnatic music: Svara, Gamaka, Motif and Raga identity

Over the last century in Karnatik music, the method ofunderstanding raga has been to break it down into its variouscomponents, svara, scale, gamaka, and phrases. In this paper, an attempt is made to define the abstract concept of raga in its entirety within the aesthetics of Karnatik music considering the various components and their symbiotic relationship. This paper also attempts to prove that theidentity of a raga exists as a whole. Section 2 explains theconcept of a fundamental musical note or svara. Section 3 illustrates the concept of gamaka or inflections. Section 4 delves into the concept of raga in detail and then flows into Section 5 which enunciates the identity of a raga in terms of svara, gamaka, and phraseology. The paper concludes in Section 6, and Section 7 gives the references.

Sensorimotor Plasticity after Music-Supported Therapy in Chronic Stroke Patients Revealed by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

BACKGROUND: Several recently developed therapies targeting motor disabilities in stroke sufferers have shown to be more effective than standard neurorehabilitation approaches. In this context, several basic studies demonstrated that music training produces rapid neuroplastic changes in motor-related brain areas. Music-supported therapy has been recently developed as a new motor rehabilitation intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS: In order to explore the plasticity effects of music-supported therapy, this therapeutic intervention was applied to twenty chronic stroke patients. Before and after the music-supported therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied for the assessment of excitability changes in the motor cortex and a 3D movement analyzer was used for the assessment of motor performance parameters such as velocity, acceleration and smoothness in a set of diadochokinetic movement tasks. Our results suggest that the music-supported therapy produces changes in cortical plasticity leading the improvement of the subjects' motor performance. CONCLUSION: Our findings represent the first evidence of the neurophysiological changes induced by this therapy in chronic stroke patients, and their link with the amelioration of motor performance. Further studies are needed to confirm our observations.

2007-2008 Academic Year Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report, July 2007

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

2004-2005 Academic Year Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report, November 2004

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

2006-2007 Academic Year Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report, July 2006

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

Tuition and Fees Report 2012, September 2011

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report 2009, August 2008

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

Tuition and Fees Report 2010, September 2009

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

Tuition and Fees Report 2012-2013, September 2012

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

Tuition and Fees Report 2013-2014, September 2013

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

Tuition and Fees Report 2011, September 2010

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.