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- Huang, Lixia, et al.
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Speaker independent recognition on OLLO French corpus by using different features
- 2010
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Ingår i: Pervasive Computing, Signal Processing and Applications (PCSPA 2010). - : IEEE. - 9781424480432 ; , s. 332-335
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Oldenburg LOgatome speech corpus (OLLO) is specifically designed for evaluating speech recognition methods on variability. The performance of features carried on intrinsic variabilities in speech is meaningful for automatic speech recognition (ASR) system. ZCPA and MFCC were the two main features applied to OLLO French corpus in this paper. We took cepstral mean subtraction (CMS) on MFCC. Dynamic transforms (delta-delta-ZCPA and delta-delta-MFCC) were also adopted. The experiments show that the MFCC outperform the ZCPA in separate style. But ZCPA is more robust between different variabilities. The delta-delta operation of MFCC achieves best recognition in noise-free environment. Moreover, ZCPA could be complementary to MFCC so that one can combine them together especially on soft speaking style.
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- Yen, Ying-Tzu, et al.
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Prominent Enhancement of Cisplatin Efficacy with Optimized Methoxy Poly(ethylene glycol)-Polycaprolactone Block Copolymeric Nanoparticles
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. - : AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS. - 1550-7033 .- 1550-7041. ; 16:3, s. 335-343
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Chemotherapy has been one of the major standard treatments for a variety of cancers. cis-Dichlorodiamminoplatiunum(II) (cisplatin, CDDP), as one of the anticancer agents, demonstrated excellent efficacy against tumor and has been an indispensable component in chemotherapy, chemoradiation, chemo-molecular targeted therapy and chemo-immunotherapy. However, its therapeutic concentration was limited since its inevitable toxicity. Previously, we have constructed CDDP-loaded nanoparticles (NPs) with mixture of poly(ethyleneglycol)-polycaprolactone (PEG-PCL) and polycarprolactone (HO-PCL) by a facile method. The most optimal proportion of the two copolymers was selected through a series of physical, chemical, cytological and histological evaluations. In the present study, we explored the mechanisms of NPs and observed the in vivo antitumor effect after administrating CDDP-loaded PEG-PCL NPs. Positron emission tomography as well as computed tomography (PET/CT) were adopted for detecting tumoral metabolic activity. Images from fluorescence microscope revealed superior cellular uptake of CDDP-loaded NPs with rhodamine B aggregated intracellularly in cancer cells. Similar apoptotic rates between free CDDP group and CDDP-loaded NPs group was measured by flow cytometry. Tumor volumes and murine weights confirmed the superiority of CDDP-loaded NPs in therapeutic efficacy as compared with free CDDP. Blood tests showed milder side effects in CDDP-loaded nanoparticle group. PET/CT images illustrated less uptake intensity of FDG in mice received CDDP-loaded NPs than free CDDP. Our results suggest that PEG-PCL/PCL NPs could be a promising antitumor drug carrier for CDDP delivery with solid efficacy and minor side effects.
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- Zhang, Xueying, et al.
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Warped Filter Banks Used in Noisy Speech Recognition
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Ingår i: Proc. IV Int. Conf. Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICICIC-2009). ; , s. 1385-1388
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The filter bank in the front-end of a speech recognition system mimics the function of the basilar membrane. It is believed that the closer the band subdivision is to human perception, the better the recognition results. This paper proposes the use of Warped Filter Banks (WFBs) to replace traditional FIR filter banks and validates its use for the recognition of noisy speech. The WFBs bandwidths can be warped by using a first-order allpass transformation replacing the unit delay. Different warped factors in the allpass function can make the different scaled filter banks. Experiments carried on isolated words for speaker independent speech recognition show that the recognition rate with our proposed WFBs has been effectively increased.
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- Zhong, Ziqian, 1995, et al.
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Reversed asymmetric warming of sub-diurnal temperature over land during recent decades
- 2023
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Ingår i: Nature Communications. - 2041-1723. ; 14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the latter half of the twentieth century, a significant climate phenomenon “diurnal asymmetric warming” emerged, wherein global land surface temperatures increased more rapidly during the night than during the day. However, recent episodes of global brightening and regional droughts and heatwaves have brought notable alterations to this asymmetric warming trend. Here, we re-evaluate sub-diurnal temperature patterns, revealing a substantial increase in the warming rates of daily maximum temperatures (Tmax), while daily minimum temperatures have remained relatively stable. This shift has resulted in a reversal of the diurnal warming trend, expanding the diurnal temperature range over recent decades. The intensified Tmax warming is attributed to a widespread reduction in cloud cover, which has led to increased solar irradiance at the surface. Our findings underscore the urgent need for enhanced scrutiny of recent temperature trends and their implications for the wider earth system.
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