A method is presented for the automatic extraction of voice source parameters from speech. An automatic i n-verse filtering algorithm is used to obtain an esti mate of the glottal flow signal. Subsequently, an LF-model [1] is fitted to the glottal flow signal. In the current article we will focus on the improvement of the automatic fit procedure. To keep track of the performance of the fit proc...

The do-calculus was developed in 1995 to facilitate theidentification of causal effects in non-parametric mod-els. The completeness proofs of [Huang and Valtorta,2006] and [Shpitser and Pearl, 2006] and the graphi-cal criteria of [Tian and Shpitser, 2010] have laid thisidentification problem to rest. Recent explorations un-veil the usefulness of the do-calculus in three ...

The model of the large deflection of fabrics considering the effect of bending hysteresis was established for describing the post-buckling behavior of woven fabrics. The moment-curvature relationship of fabrics obtained by pure bending test was approximated by the Rate-model and the change in the flexural rigidity caused by the hysteresis was incorporated into the analysis. Using a nonlinear FE...

BACKGROUND Past clinical trials of antimicrobial treatment in soft tissue infections have focused on non-standardized clinical and physiological outcome variables, and have not considered the subjective experience of patients. The objective of this study was to develop a health-related quality of life questionnaire (HRQL) for patients with extremity soft tissue infections (ESTI) for future use ...

The increasing commercialisation and sophistication of language engineering products reinforces the need for tools and standards in support of a more cost-effective development and evaluation process than has been possible so far. This paper presents results of the MATE project which was launched in response to the need for standards and tools in support of creating, annotating, evaluating and ...

The Mate Retention Inventory (MRI) assesses the performance of behaviors that function to maintain and retain a romantic partner s exclusive involvement with the individual. We first review existing evidence for the psychometric utility of the MRI. We then examine in the current study agreement between selfreports and partner-reports of mate retention behaviors using data from married couples. ...

BACKGROUND Partial replantation (i.e. replacement of the extraperitoneal portion of the catheter with creation of a new subcutaneous tunnel) has been suggested to avoid catheter removal in patients with persistent exit-site/tunnel infection (ESTI). However, published experience with this technique is limited. METHODS Partial replantation was performed on an outpatient basis under local anesth...

Here, we report a Spatio-temporal analysis of the frequency magnitude distribution earthquakes (b-value) before 28th April 2021 (Mw 6.4) earthquake event observed in northeast India. To esti- mate average b-value for study region, data set 750 events with Mw ≥ 3.9 is extracted from homogenous part catalog (1950-2021) documented by United States Geological Survey (USGS) and International seismol...