This paper addresses the estimation of a speaker GMM through the selection and merging of a set of neighbors models for that speaker. The selection of the neighbors models is based on the likelihood score for the training data on a set of potential neighbor GMM. Once the neighbors models are selected, they are merged to give a model of the speaker, which can also be used as an a priori model fo...

a total of 90 species, belonging to 29 genera and 15 families, observed from an urban wetland of meghalaya is the species-rich rotifera assemblage known till date from any sub-tropical ecosystem of the indian sub-region. total richness (s) merits biodiversity value as ~56.0, ~ 38.0 and ~23.0 % of the species recorded from meghalaya, northeast india (nei) and india, respectively while several ro...

Blood pressure is mainly modulated by the autonomic nervous system. Previous reports suggest acupuncture can affect the autonomic nervous system 1,6) . Especially, the Shen-Men (He-7) and Nei-Kuan (EH-6) acupoints are known to increase parasympathetic nervous activity 7,9) . This means that acupuncture on those acupoints can lead to reduction of blood pressure. In this study, on the assumption ...

To date, the most common insulating oil used in oil-immersed transformers is mineral (MI) oil, which derived from petroleum. Owing to depletion of petroleum over years, it can be anticipated that petroleum-derived products such as MI oils will also deplete future. are not only non-renewable, but they non-biodegradable, where these harmful environment cases spillage. Therefore, aim this study in...

We inspect the coupled dependence of physical parameters of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxies on the small-scale (distance to and morphology of the nearest neighbor galaxy) and the large-scale (background density smoothed over 20 nearby galaxies) environments. The impacts of interaction on galaxy properties are detected at least out to the neighbor separation corresponding to the virial rad...

PURPOSE To characterize the psychometric performance of the National Eye Institute 25-item Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) in visually normal Latinos (Mexican Americans). METHODS The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES) is a population-based study to assess the prevalence of eye disease and self-reported visual functioning in Latinos aged 40 or more years. Self-reported visual func...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the efficacy of highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in individuals taking cytochrome P450 enzyme-inducing antiepileptics (EI-EADs), we evaluated the virologic response to HAART with or without concurrent antiepileptic use. METHODS Participants in the US Military HIV Natural History Study were included if taking HAART for ≥6 months with concurrent use of EI-AEDs...

English. Automatic detection of irony is one of the hot topics for sentiment analysis, as it changes the polarity of text. Most of the work has been focused on the detection of figurative language in Twitter data due to relative ease of obtaining annotated data, thanks to the use of hashtags to signal irony. However, irony is present generally in natural language conversations and in particular...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between low contrast letter acuity, a new visual function test for multiple sclerosis (MS) trials, and vision targeted health related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS Patients in this cross sectional study were part of an ongoing investigation of visual function in MS. Patients were tested binocularly using low contrast letter acuity and Early Treatment Diabe...