A system that uses short phonetic clusters, speech segments, or synthesis units to synthesize standard Arabic (SA) is described. The clusters are derived from the Arabic syllables. Basic and phonetic variants of the synthesis units are defined after qualitative and quantitative analyses of the language phonetics. A speech database of the synthesis units and their phonetic variations is created ...

A comparison of F0 alignment values was carried out for three Arabic dialects (Moroccan Arabic, Kuwaiti Arabic and Yemeni Arabic) using five speakers from each dialect. Clear differences found in alignment enable separation of Moroccan Arabic from the two other dialects: a) values of the F0 valley differed significantly, with Moroccan Arabic showing a later synchronisation than Kuwaiti Arabic a...

It is often the case that banks in the US are willing to borrow in the fed funds market (the interbank market for funds) at higher rates than the ones they could obtain by borrowing at the Fed’s discount window. This phenomenon is commonly explained as the consequence of the existence of a stigma effect attached to borrowing from the window. We provide a model where market participants may rega...

â â  “macaronic” literally refers to an attribute for a thing which possesses two colors or two dissimilar qualities, and “macaronic verse”, in arabic rhetoric, points to a kind of poem whose words in one hemstitch or in the whole stitch are composed of words which include dotted letters (mo’jamah) whereas the words in another hemstitch or stitch possess letters with no dots (mohmalah...

BACKGROUND Prescription medication borrowing and sharing is a behaviour that has been identified in patients of all ages. This behaviour is recognised by medical researchers and government health authorities as a potential risk factor in adverse drug events across the community. OBJECTIVE This article discusses prescription medication borrowing and sharing and identifies populations more like...