The main purpose of this study is to investigate how voice is realized by Iranian EFL learners in persuasive English and Persian text types. This discourse-related notion is a required criterion for writing acceptable English. However, L2 learners from cultures other than English might face problems in realizing it, or even ignore it all through their writing. In this connection, the present st...

Wireless communication is an essential component of public safety operations [1,2]. First responders have benefited from many technical advances in the wireless arena in recent years including new modes for voice and data communications, cellular and satellite communications, and wireless local area networks (WLAN). At the same time, this profusion of new technology has aggravated a looming cri...

In view of the fact that biological characteristics have excellent independent distinguishing characteristics,biometric identification technology involves almost all the relevant areas of human distinction. Fingerprints, iris, face, voice-print and other biological features have been widely used in the public security departments to detect detection, mobile equipment unlock, target tracking and...

Israel Cidon received the B.Sc (summa cum laude) and the D.Sc. degrees from the Technion -Israel Institute of Techno logy, Haifa, Israel, in 1980 and 1984, respectively, both in electrical engineering. From 1977 to 1980 he was a consulting Research and Development Engineer involved in the design of rnicroprocessor-based equipment. From 1980 to 1984 he was a Teaching Assistant and a Teaching Ins...

The quality of hospital care in Lebanon has witnessed a paradigm shift since May 2000, from a traditional focus on physical structure and equipment to a broader multidimensional approach, emphasizing managerial processes, performance and output indicators. In the absence of an effective consumer voice, the impetus for change has come from the Ministry of Public Health, which has supported the d...

Making deaf people use an alternative method instead of current voice input to ICT equipment, we propose a sign language recognition method using Leap Motion Controller. As decisions using sign language, 16 kinds of decisions that focus on characteristic of hands and fingers are proposed. Sign language recognition algorithm is constructed using 16 kinds of decisions. The constructed flowchart i...

the present study explored the intensity level of authorial voice in relation to the quality of argumentative writing. 42 undergraduate learners of english as a foreign language (36 girls and 6 boys) spent 45 minutes to individually complete in-class position-taking writing tasks for three weeks. their overall academic writing quality scores assigned based on portfolio assessment were studied i...

The larynx and surrounding soft tissues are vulnerable to injury during athletics despite protective equipment and rule modifications. Laryngeal injuries are uncommon but potentially fatal conditions that pose risks to the voice, airway, and esophagus of athletes who sustain blunt or penetrating neck trauma. Common symptoms and signs of laryngeal trauma include hoarseness, dyspnea, hemoptysis, ...

For control applications aiming accurate positioning and path tracking friction modelling and compensation can be very important, especially when working with small displacements as usual in nano technologies. The paper at hand describes friction identification and friction model application for a linear high-precision ball bearing guide driven by a voice coil actuator and using high-resolution...

The AT&T VOICEBUILDER provides a new tool to researchers and practitioners who want to have their voices synthesized by a high–quality, commercial–grade text-to-speech (TTS) system without the need to install, configure, or manage speech processing software and equipment. It is implemented as a web service on the AT&T Speech Mashup Portal. The proposed system records, processes, and validates u...