A new approach for an efficient text analyser is proposed. The prosody generator-driven method is employed to design an efficient text analyser for Mandarin text-to-speech. More simple structure of text analysis, more suitable classification of linguistic features and more efficient contribution of linguistic features to the prosody generator can be achieved. Three heuristic and theoretical met...

AIMS To assess the accuracy and precision of INR measurement by trained practice and district nursing staff using the Thrombolytic Assessment System (TAS) analyser. METHODS Seventeen nurses from four practices were trained to measure INR using the TAS analyser on citrated capillary blood samples. Quality control (QC) consisted of: daily internal QC using normal and abnormal commercial plasmas...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this article is to briefly review the literature of corticosteroid-induced ocular hypertension and glaucoma, its risk factors, the pathophysiology, and treatment options. In particular, literature pertaining to glaucoma in response to intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide will be reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS Primary open-angle glaucoma, status as a glaucoma suspec...

Abstract Ambient cured epoxy adhesive is widely used for bonding fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) plates to metallic structures. The present paper examines a typical strengthening investigate the effect of thermo-viscoelasticity. response was determined using series tests multi-frequency scanning mode dynamic mechanical analyser (DMA). thermo-mechanical properties were then characterised time–tem...

Performance, resolution and spectral throughput both of the sagittally focusing monochromator and of the alternately installed two analysing systems, a Cauchois-type cylindrically bent crystal analyser for Compton-profile measurements, and a spherically bent crystal analyser for S(q, (^-measurements, of the new Compton spectrometer at the HARWI (harter Röntgen Wiggler) of the DORIS storage ring...

This paper addresses the experimental bootstrapping of the development of broad-coverage finite-state morphological analysers for Xhosa, Swati and (Southern) Ndebele by using an existing prototype of a morphological analyser for Zulu. These languages are both morphologically complex and resource-scarce. The research question is whether bootstrapping is feasible across the language boundaries be...

The development of natural language processing (NLP) components is resource-intensive and therefore justifies exploring ways of reducing development time and effort when building NLP components. This paper addresses the experimental fast-tracking of the development of finite-state morphological analysers for Xhosa, Swati and (Southern) Ndebele by using an existing prototype of a morphological a...