This paper presents an initial study to perform Iarge-vocabuIary continuous Mandarin speech recognition based on a Segmental Probability Model(SPM) approach. SPM was first proposed for recognition of isolated Mandarin syllables, in which every syllable must be equally segmented before recognition. Therefore, A concatenated syllable matching algorithm in place of the conventional Viterbi search ...

The resolution of inflammation is an active and dynamic process critical in maintaining homeostasis. Newly identified lipid mediators have been recognized as key players during the resolution phase. These specialized proresolving mediators (SPM) constitute separate families that include lipoxins, resolvins, protectins, and maresins, each derived from essential polyunsaturated fatty acids. New r...

BACKGROUND Among patients with index oropharyngeal cancer, second primary malignancies (SPMs) may be less common in cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated tumors than HPV-negative tumors. Further modification of these SPM risks by smoking has not been reported. METHODS SPM outcomes of 356 patients with incident oropharyngeal cancer were analyzed using Cox proportional hazards and Kapl...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) elicits a dense stromal response that blocks vascular access because of pericyte coverage of vascular fenestrations. In this way, the PDAC stroma contributes to chemotherapy resistance, and the small-sized nanocarrier loaded with platinum has been adopted to address this problem which is not suitable for loading docetaxel (DTX). In the present study, we u...

XSLT is an increasingly popular language for processing XML data. It is widely supported by application platform software. However, little optimization effort has been made inside the current XSLT processing engines. Evaluating a very simple XSLT program on a large XML document with a simple schema may result in extensive usage of memory. In this paper, we present a novel notion of Streaming Pr...

It is shown that diabetes can change hematological parameters and some microalgae, i.e. Spirulina platensis, could improve hematological parameters in non-diabetic rats. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Spirulina platensis (SPM) microalgae on hematological parameters in diabetic rats induced by Streptozotocin. Rats, 2.5 males old, were grouped into two sections includ...

BACKGROUND First, first permanent molars (FPMs) of poor prognosis are often planned for extraction at an 'ideal time' so that second permanent molars (SPMs) erupt favourably to replace them. However for lower FPM extractions, timing is not an accurate predictor of success. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify additional radiographic factors that could better predict the degree of s...

QUALITY CONTROL CHARTS are a widely used tool, developed in the field of statistical process monitoring (SPM) to identify when a system is deviating from typical behavior. High-dimensional, timedependent data frequently arise in applications ranging from health care, industry, and IT to the economy. These data features challenge many canonical SPM methods, which lose precision as the dimensiona...

The effects of spermine (SPM) on the production of Th1 and Th2 cytokines using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) derived from cedar pollinosis subjects were investigated. Th2 cytokines produced by PBMCs stimulated by 10 microM SPM was significantly lower than that in the controls. These findings indicate that blood SPM is an important factor in the Th1/Th2 balance.

spm (Sand Pile Model) is a simple discrete dynamical system used in physics to represent granular objects. It is deeply related to integer partitions, and many other combinatorics problems, such as tilings or rewriting systems. The evolution of the system started with n stacked grains generates a lattice, denoted by SPM(n). We study here the structure of this lattice. We first explain how it ca...