realm of User Interface Management Systems (UIMS) with a built-in knowledge about the specific kinds of techniques used by object-oriented databases, we have designed a system that allows a user to customize a database interface with minimal programming. Knowledge about object-oriented database constructs such as classes, groupings, etc., allows FaceKit to semi-automatically create graphical co...

When creating unit selection voices for personal use, e.g., for use in communication aids, it is often desirable to keep the speech database as small as possible. The present study examines the effects of database size and database content on the intelligibility of synthetic speech produced by the latest version of the ModelTalker TTS system. Intelligibility here is measured objectively with an...

Database normalization is a technique for designing relational database tables to minimize duplication of information in order to safeguard the database against certain types of logical or structural problems, namely data anomalies. Therefore database normalization is a central topic in database theory, and its correct understanding is crucial for students. Unfortunately, the subject it is ofte...

IntroductionLongitudinal data that tracks student achievement over many years are crucial for understanding children's learning and guiding effective policies interventions. Despite being Canada's most populous province, Ontario lacks such large-scale longitudinal on learning. Linking datasets across cohorts requires rigorous linkage protocols, flexible handling of complex cohort structures, me...

OBJECTIVE Electronically linked datasets have become an important part of clinical research. Information from multiple sources can be used to identify comorbid conditions and patient outcomes, measure use of healthcare services, and enrich demographic and clinical variables of interest. Innovative approaches for creating research infrastructure beyond a traditional data system are necessary. ...

This paper describes the development and significance of online systems for the collection and analysis of medical data (patch test results) with a web application. Modern digital tools greatly aid in collecting, combining, and preserving the data in a way that is friendly, undemanding and time-efficient for the dermatologist. Creating a central database for the results of patch testing provide...

In a data mining project developed on a relational database, a significant effort is required to build a data set for analysis. The main reason is that, in general, the database has a collection of normalized tables that must be joined, aggregated and transformed in order to build the required data set. Such scenario results in many complex SQL queries that are written independently from each o...

Due to the many limitation and poor data handling in the existing relational database, the software professional and researchers moves towards the object-oriented database which has much better capability to handling the real and complex real world data i.e. clear and crisp data and also have the capability to perform some huge and complex queries in an effective manner. On the other hand, a ne...