Analysing the production and treatment of solid waste using a national accounting framework.

Our knowledge of the relationship between the economy and the environment has increased significantly over recent decades. One of the areas in which this is most apparent is the area of environmental accounting, where environmental data is presented according to national accounting principles. These accounts provide consistent, complete and detailed information for understanding environmental-economic interdependencies.

[Quality of life evaluation after total laryngectomy: interests and limits in speech therapy].

Objectives: In order to improve the speech therapy process after total laryngectomy (TL), an "ecological" approach of the rehabilitation of the TL has been used to adapt our technique to the appropriate situation of each patient (according to his expectations, his needs, etc...

Contralateral inhibition in a release from forward masking.

The current study investigated contralateral inhibition involved in a release from forward masking. The masker and probe were 1-kHz pure tones shaped by a 20-Hz modulation. Durations of the masker and probe were 500 ms and 50 ms (single cycle) respectively.

Physiological correlates of comodulation masking release in the mammalian ventral cochlear nucleus.

Comodulation masking release (CMR) enhances the detection of signals embedded in wideband, amplitude-modulated maskers. At least part of the CMR is attributable to across-frequency processing, however, the relative contribution of different stages in the auditory system to across-frequency processing is unknown. We have measured the responses of single units from one of the earliest stages in the ascending auditory pathway, the ventral cochlear nucleus, where across frequency processing may take place.