Acoustic noise is any sound in the acoustic domain, either deliberate (music, speech, etc.) or unintended. It is important to recognise that the term "noise" is also used to refer to other, non-audible forms, especially in electronics and in the radio/radar spectrum.
Environmental noise
Environmental noise is the comprehensive study of acoustic phenomena in the human environment which involve unwanted sound. The principal sources of environmental noise are surface motor vehicles, aircraft, trains and industrial sources. These noise sources expose millions of people to noise pollution that creates not only annoyance, but also significant health consequences such as elevated incidence of hearing loss and cardiovascular disease. There are a variety of mitigation strategies and controls available to reduce sound levels including source intensity reduction, land use planning strategies, noise barriers and sound baffles, time of day use regimens, vehicle operational controls and architectural acoustics design measures.
Noise was founded with a staff of 10 people on September 2, 1996 for the original purpose of developing games for PCs. A short time after, Noise became a part of Marigul Management, a company created by Nintendo and the Japanese telecommunications company Recruit for the purpose of enlisting smaller developers to make original games for the Nintendo 64.
The company’s first commercially published game, Custom Robo for the Nintendo 64, was released in Japan on December 9, 1999 and became a commercial success in Japan, prompting Nintendo to formally enter a publishing agreement with Noise. In 2006, Custom Robo was released in China for the iQue Player, making it the only Custom Robo title ever to be released there.
Their second released title was Custom Robo V2, which was released on November 10, 2000 and was also met with commercial success in Japan. They also released their first portable video game for the Game Boy Advance, Custom Robo GX, on July 26, 2002.
In signal processing, noise is a general term for unwanted (and, in general, unknown) modifications that a signal may suffer during capture, storage, transmission, processing, or conversion.
Sometimes the word is also used to mean signals that are random (unpredictable) and carry no useful information; even if they are not interfering with other signals or may have been introduced intentionally, as in comfort noise.
Signal processing noise can be classified by its statistical properties (sometimes called the "color" of the noise) and by how it modifies the intended signal:
The sociological aspects of secrecy were first studied by Georg Simmel in the early-1900s. Simmel describes secrecy as the ability or habit of keeping secrets. He defines the secret as the ultimate sociological form for the regulation of the flow and distribution of information. Simmel put it best by saying if human interaction is "conditioned by the capacity to speak, it is shaped by the capacity to be silent." It also can control the very essence of social relations though manipulations of the ratio of "knowledge" to "ignorance".
The secrecy "concept"
Simmel defines the secret society as an interactional unit characterized in its total by the fact that reciprocal relations among its members are governed by the protective function of secrecy. This central feature is established on a dual contingency:
Members of the interactonal unit are concerned with the protection of ideas, objects, activities, and/or sentiments to which they attach positive value (i.e., which are rewarding them)
It found the crews suffer from excessive noise, poor lighting and bad air quality ... Crews suffer psychological effects from the constant noise and low air quality they're subjected to underway.
The authorities are, however, investigating whether noises coming from the room, which the pair was sharing, were the result of an argument or just part of the festivities ... A secrecy order imposed ...
The secrecy has heightened fears about environmental consequences, particularly high noise levels, exorbitant water usage and a strain on electric services ...Noise would be constant, reaching 65 ...
Story continues below. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below ... It seems reasonable some of the secrecy is driven by Pinto, who has been caught doing something wrong and just wants the noise to go away.Advertisement 6 ... .
At first glance, the trial of Rosemary Penwarden, 64, seems like a fairly straightforward matter ... “Furthermore, despite our best efforts at secrecy, activists have discovered this year’s conference and were yet again planning noise and disruption ... .
People are also reading…. Cayuga County-area police blotter ... The letter included the lines ... “Furthermore, despite our best efforts at secrecy, activists have discovered this year’s conference and were yet again planning noise and disruption ... .
“These are the biggest polluting companies in our entire world ... Read more ... “Despite our best efforts at secrecy, activists have discovered this year’s conference and were yet again planning noise and disruption ... Reuse this content. .
Galveston's school board and most others in Texas, follow a process that encourages secrecy and deception among applicants for school superintendent jobs ... Now, about the secrecy mentioned above.
In other words — human noise pollution in the extreme south can travel over a range of “hundreds-thousands of kilometers.” ... Where lone voices raised the impacts of noise, discussions were cloaked in secrecy.
Several committee members took issue with what they described as nuisance-level noise, a below-market rent, potential pollution from lead shot, and "secrecy" of the gun club's operations and membership.
Nagpur... Sources from Kamptee said that around 11 families may switch to another faith in the coming days ... We feel there is a lot of secrecy being maintained to ensure the conversions take place without much noise being made,” said a source ... .
All the other restaurants on the ship are open plan, so you can see inside, but this one, located off the GrandPlaza and with just 50 covers, has an air of secrecy, hidden behind a heavy door that blots out the bustle and noise of the ship ... CRUISE ... .
Montana Standard
31 Dec 2023
Montana Standard
31 Dec 2023