Title page, table of contents and introduction only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / Human congenital disorders impose a large impact not only on the affected individuals and their immediate families but also on communities, often inflicting great healthcare burdens. This thesis concentrates on one congenital disorder, Opitz Syndrome, which is a genetic disorder caused by mutations in MIDI. Opitz Syndrome (OS) patients present an array of clinical features including some of the more commonly found congenital structural anomalies, such as cleft lip and palate and hypospadias. The information gained from an enhanced understanding of the important cellular and molecular processes and pathways involved in Opitz Syndrome will subsequently aid in the elucidation of the basis of the individual clinical features. Only through an increased understanding of the underlying mechanisms of these congenital malformations can advances be made in prevention, diagnosis and ultimately treatment of them. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1141961 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, 2004

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (ℓ. 98-99)

Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctorat)--Université des sciences sociales, Toulouse I. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 546-560).

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctorat)--Université des sciences sociales, Toulouse I. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 546-560).

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-73). Also available in electronic version.

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-85). Also available in electronic version.

The inability to share resources in commercial and institutional computer music studios results in non-optimal resource utilisation. The use of computers to process, store and communicate data can be extended within these studios, to provide the capability of sharing resources amongst their users. This thesis describes a computer music network which was designed for this purpose. Certain devices had to be custom built for the implementation of the network. The thesis discusses the design and construction of these devices.

Syftet med detta examensarbetet har varit att undersöka olika tillvägagångssätt och miljöer för truminspelning och hur ett alternativt trumsound påverkar hur en låt uppfattas genremässigt samt vilka kreativa möjligheter denna process öppnar upp för. De tre miljöerna/tillvägagångssätten jag undersöker är professionell inspelningsstudio, hemmastudio samt MIDI-trummor.  I resultatet tar jag upp de soniska skillnader jag upplever samt hur processen kan vara betydande i en verklig arbetssituation.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:36:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2211681 bytes, checksum: 5cb4f2453e87ef8068c16be0d0553351 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The development of Information Theory allowed various forms of data processing that are relevant to any area of science today. Among them, we have the characterization of the self-information, where we have the possibility to determine the information given in favor of a future analysis, and, from this point, the probability of an element in a given context is to be evaluated under the entropy analysis. By this concept, various models of compressors were developed based on prediction, and the Prediction by Partial Matching algorithm (PPM) has results closest to the maximum entropy of a given input with context dependence. The PPM performs prediction by partial correlation between the elements, allowing for pattern recognition and is used in several areas. The aim of this work is the efficiency evaluation of the use of PPM in symbolic audio files in order to be used in pattern recognition over the melodic and rhythmic patterns of melodies. The tests were conducted using melodies on MIDI files, creating models from the melodic and rhythmic parts, evaluating the efficiency of the models through cross-validation. The results obtained with the first tests carried out on works for solo violin have been meant as possibility ways to use. There was an average hit rate of 80%, even without considering all the important concepts of Music Theory. With these results, we carried out a test of similarity of melodies, 30 melodies were sought through a bank of 5223 files with great significant results. The analysis of melodies with certain concepts using the PPM confirms the PPM as a versatile algorithm for pattern recognition in melodic sequences, considering the modeling of valid input data used in this work. / O desenvolvimento da Teoria da Informação possibilitou formas diversas de tratamento de dados que são relevantes para qualquer área científica atualmente. Dentre elas, temos a caracterização da auto-informação, onde temos a possibilidade de determinar a informação contida em um dado em prol de futuras análises e, a partir deste ponto, a probabilidade de ocorrência de um elemento num determinado contexto tem como ser avaliada em virtude da análise da entropia. Em consequência disso, modelos de compressores foram desenvolvidos baseando-se em predição, e o algoritmo de Predição por Correspondência Parcial (Prediction by Partial Matching - PPM) foi o que mais se destacou por se aproximar ao máximo da entropia de uma entrada qualquer com dependência de contextos. O PPM realiza predição por correspondência parcial entre elementos em um determinando contexto, permitindo o reconhecimento de padrões e é utilizado em diversas áreas. Neste trabalho, a problemática vem da avaliação da eficiência da utilização do PPM em arquivos de áudio com o intuito de utilizá-lo no reconhecimento de padrões melódicos e rítmicos em melodias. Os testes foram realizados utilizando melodias no formato MIDI, criando os modelos a partir das articulações melódicas e rítmicas separadamente, modelando os dados a partir da variação entre as alturas das notas das melodias e também considerando as proporções entre as durações das notas. A avaliação da eficiência dos modelos foi realizada através de Validação Cruzada a fim de verificar as melhores características da modelagem. Os resultados obtidos com os primeiros testes realizados com obras para violino solo serviram para se ter um domínio das possíveis maneiras de utilização. Houve uma taxa de acerto médio de 80%, mesmo sem considerar todos os conceitos importantes da Teoria Musical. Com estes resultados, realizou-se um teste de similaridade de melodias, buscando 30 melodias num banco de 5223 arquivos obtendo ótimos resultados. A análise de melodias com o PPM utilizando os conceitos determinados confirma o PPM como um algoritmo versátil para reconhecimento de padrões em sequências melódicas, considerando válida a modelagem dos dados de entrada utilizada neste trabalho.

A powerful and efficient algorithm has been designed to deal with the critical timing problem of the MIDI messages. This algorithm can convert note events stored in a natural way to MIDI messages dynamically. Only limited memory space (the buffer) is required to finish the conversion work, and the size of the buffer is independent of the size of the original sequence (notes). This algorithm's real-time variable properties suggest not only the flexible real-time controls in the use of musical aspects, but also the expandability to interactive multi-media applications. A compositional environment called MusicSculptor has been implemented in terms of this algorithm.