This paper presents an Enhanced analysis-by-synthesis (AbS) Waveform Interpolative (EWI) speech coder at 4 kbps. The system incorporates novel features such as: AbS quantization of the slowly evolving waveform (SEW), AbS vector quantization (VQ) of the dispersion phase, a special pitch search for transitions, and switched-predictive analysis-by-synthesis gain VQ. Subjective quality tests indica...

Every year, migratory waterfowl are hunted and consumed by people in Golestan Province of Iran. Due to the heavy metal contamination of wintering habitats, an estimation of the human health risks associated with the consumption of these ducks is necessary. Therefore, this study was conducted to estimate the health risks of exposure to cadmium (Cd), total chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), lead (Pb), and...

Alkaewli ve Karaewli boyları tarihi kaynaklarda çok farklı imlalarla anılmaktadır. Bu boyların tarih sahnesindeki izlerini konu edinen araştırmalarda, söz konusu kökadlarının (etnonimlerin) yapısına anlamına yönelik, bu çerçevede “ewli” bileşeninin (component) yapısı üzerine, bazı yüzeysel değerlendirmeler yapılmışsa da bunda başarılı olduğu söylenemez. değerlendirmelerde etnonimlerindeki yapın...

Fish are an important food and economic source in the Amazon region. However, several researches report high levels of mercury, mainly methylmercury (MeHg), these animals. MeHg is capable biomagnifying ecosystem negatively affect human health. region recognized for its great diversity fish species daily consumption fish, extremely vulnerable to toxic effects MeHg. Therefore, this study aimed ca...

Heterodera raskii n. sp. is described and illustrated from specimens collected from roots of bulb grass, Cyperus bulbosus, in Hyderabad, India. The new species belongs to the 'goettingiana' group and differs from closely related H. cyperi by the elongate ovoid shaped cysts and females, greater fenestral length, width, vulval slit, and absence of egg sac. The stylet knob shape was round in secon...

An experiment was designed to study the influence of selection for increased 16-wk BW (F line), egg production (E line), and shank width (FL line) in turkeys on length of the incubation period and to estimate the influence of adult BW (BW50) and egg weight on the incubation period. The base populations for the F, FL, and E lines were randombred control (RBC)2, F, and RBC1, respectively. An addi...

Chinavia longicorialis (Breddin) is recorded only in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay on host plants of at least three different families. Adults and nymphs were reared under standard controlled conditions (24 +/- 1 degrees C; 70 +/- 10% RH; 12hL:12hD), and fed on green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Eggs and first instars of C. longicorialis are very similar to those of other species of Chinavia;...

A new species of the genus Caenis Stephens is described based on the male imago, female imago and egg stages from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The male imago of Caenis gaucha sp. nov. is diagnosed as follows: body length of male 2.0-2.5 mm; base of antennal flagellum not dilated; forceps apically rounded, not fused to lateral margins of styliger plate; styliger plate short with poste...

Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is popularly used to obtain a high-resolution subsurface velocity model. However, it requires either good initial model or low-frequency data mitigate the cycle-skipping issue. Reflection-waveform (RWI) uses migration/demigration process retrieve background that can be as in FWI. The drawback of conventional RWI use least-squares migration, which often computationa...