Lay Language Papers
2nd Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics


The following are lay language versions of meeting papers being presented at the 2nd Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics to be held November 15-19, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico. Please keep in mind that some of the research described in the laypapers may not have yet been peer reviewed.


MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15


Relating Patient Physiology to the Hospital Sound Environment (1pNS6) by Timothy Hsu et al.


Medida de la Contribución de Cada Vehículo Individual al Ruido del Tráfico Rodado (4aNSa1) by David Ibarra et al.


A Revolution in Forensic Voice Comparison (1eID1) by Geoffrey Stewart Morrison (Una Revolución en la Comparación del Habla )



TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16


La Musicoterapia y la Ingeniería Acústica: Un Primer Acercamiento (1pMUb9) by María Isabel Arango G. and Manuel Recuero López


Deep Ocean Ambient Noise in the Mariana Trench (2aAO2) by David R. Barclay and Michael J. Buckingham


Pyramids and Basements (2pAA6) by Sergio Beristain


Navigating Underwater Using Spiral Sound (2aUWb2) by Benjamin R. Dzikowicz et al.


Estimating Fetal Heart Rate From Multiple Doppler Ultrasound Signals (2aBB12) by Jean-Marc Girault et al.


Acoustical Solutions to Archaeological Mysteries at Chichen Itzas Temple of Kukulkan (2pAA3) by David Lubman


Harvesting Mechanical Energy -- a Challenge for Vibrations Research (2pSA4) by John J. McCoy


Low-cost Thermoacoustic Co-generator for Biomass-burning Cook Stoves (2pPA8) by Paul J. Montgomery, Jr. and Steven L. Garrett


El Sistema Immune se Altera a Causa del Ruido Urbano?, Influencia del Ruido en la Calidad Ambiental en las Ciudades, y Condiciones de Ruido en Espacios Recreativos (2aNS1,3,4) by Martha Orozco-Medina et al.


Deepwater Fossil Fuel Extraction and Production Technologies - a Developing Source of Ocean Noise Pollution (3aUWa1) by Michael Stocker


Time Reversal Acoustic Approach for Non-Lethal Swimmer Deterrent (2pBBa6) by Alexander Sutin and Yegor Sinelnikov



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17


Sons Silenciados de um Passado Remoto (3aAAa2) by Patrícia Lopes Bastos


Bell Stone at Xolotl hill (3pAA6) by Sergio Beristain et al.


Voice Identification by Witnesses/Victims (3aSC8) by Ray Bull


Buffalo Horns and Frog Calls: Some Ancient Free Reed Instruments from Southeast Asia (3aAAa3) by James P. Cottingham


Do We Need Two Ears to Perceive the Distance of a Sound Source in a Room? (3aAAb5) by Arnaud Bidart and Mathieu Lavandier


Resonadores Mexicanos con Mirliton (3aNU3), Flauta Preciosa Mexicana (3pAA4), y Silbato de la Muerte (3pAA5) by Roberto Velázquez Cabrera


Simulations of Sound Travel in the Ocean with Oil Present (3aUWa8) by Michael Vera and James Stephens


Acoustic Observations in Support of the Reponse to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (3aUWa2) by Thomas C. Weber


Shear Wave Elastography for Detecting Blunt Force Trauma Liver Injuries (3aBB1) by Jiao Yu


Aerfonos Mexicanos Precortesianos y Tradicionales (3aMU1) by Miguel Zenker



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18


Plucking the String: The Excitation Mechanism of the Guitar (4pMUa5) by Sandra Carral


Driving Acoustically-Activated Drug Delivery Vehicles (4aBB2) by Charles Caskey


Communication Through the Substrate as a Solution for Small Plant-dwelling Insects (4aAB7) by Andrej Cokl and Meta Virant-Doberlet


En Busca del Control de las Ondas Sonoras Mediante Los Metamateriales Acústicos (4aSA3) by José Sánchez-Dehesa and Daniel Torrent


Towards an Engineering of Noise Design in Rituals (4aNSb3) by Fernando J. Elizondo-Garza


Acoustical Brass-instrument Tone Quality: Is it the Player or the Instrument? (4aMU5) by Robert Pyle


Ritual y Ruido en la Sociedad Contempornea (4aNSb1) by Roberto Rebolloso and Fernando J. Elizondo-Garza


Do Killer Whales Influence the Vocal Behavior of Tropical Dolphins (4aAB12) by Shannon Rankin et al.



FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19


The Casual Greeting Doesn't Travel Far When You're a Bottlenose Dolphin (5aAB7) by Frats H. Jensen


Single Whales and Mother Whales Use Different Calls At Different Depths (5pABa4) by Anaid Ibeth López Urbána et al.


Do We Need to Hear Others' Sounds to Produce Emotional Vocalizations that Listeners Can Understand? (5aSC12) by Disa Sauter et al.


Laughing with your Mouth Open Sounds Best (5aSC211) by Michael J. Owren and Tobias Riede


The Acoustic Features of the Long-Distance Advertisement Call Produced by the Amur (Siberian) Tiger (5pABb6) by Edward J. Walsh et al.


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