This paper describes the modeling of various emotional expressions and speaking styles in synthetic speech using HMM-based speech synthesis. We show two methods for modeling speaking styles and emotional expressions. In the first method called style-dependent modeling, each speaking style and emotional expression is modeled individually. In the second one called style-mixed modeling, each speak...

If a computer is to create designs with the goal of following a certain style it has to have information about this style. Unfortunately, the most often used method of formal representations of style, shape grammars, does not lend itself to automated implementation. However, It has been shown how an evolutionary system with evolving representation can provide an alternative approach that allows...

Background & Objective:  Matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) is one of the most important enzymes to breakdown extracellular matrix which plays a major role in tumor invasion and metastasis. This study aimed to determine tumor MMP-9 expression in non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and whethe...

EriLex is a software tool for generating support code for embedded domain speci c languages (EDSL). EriLex supports de ning the syntax, static semantics, and dynamic semantics of EDSLs desigined in the method chaining style, the functional nesting style, or both. EriLex supports various features of EDSLs that are commonly used in manually written EDSL libraries, in addition to other less freque...

When underlying financial variables follow a Markov jump-diffusion process, the value function of a derivative security satisfies a partial integro-differential equation (PIDE) for European-style exercise or a partial integro-differential variational inequality (PIDVI) for American-style exercise. Unless the Markov process has a special structure, analytical solutions are generally not availabl...

Painting style transformation aims to produce a painting in a particular artist’s style from a picture or other paintings. In the previous implementations of example-based painting style transfer, users had to manually select the patches from example patches. It is time-consuming and subjective for a user to select proper patches from a large number of patches. This paper develops a patch-based...

Rhythmic information plays an important role in Music Information Retrieval. Example applications include automatically annotating large databases by genre, meter, ballroom dance style or tempo, fully automated D.J.-ing, and audio segmentation for further retrieval tasks such as automatic chord labeling. In this article, we therefore provide an introductory overview over basic and current princ...

'Unless people believe they can produce desired effects by their actions, they have little incentive to act' Albert Bandura, Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. Bandura's theory states that 'Perceived self-efficacy refers to beliefs in one's capabilities to organise and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments' [1]. In the workplace setting, self-efficacy is an in...

The idea that there is a gender-specific style of writing has been around for a long time in literary studies. In linguistics there is also a fairly long-standing tradition of talking about women’s language or women’s style, but the focus of this line of research has traditionally been speech rather than writing. So far, empirical studies have focussed on phonological aspects (e.g. Trudgill’s, ...

Navigation systems are popular mobile applications (Raper et al 2008). These systems support the user in his wayfinding task. Usually modern navigation devices offer a perspective map view in addition to the traditional 2D map view. But does this additional map view improve the user’s ability to find his way correctly and fast or can perspective map views be only interpreted as nice gimmicks? T...