This is a short response to a recent paper by Kim et al. [1] which correctly notes that the zerocrossing pinched hysteresis loop of a memristor or memristive system must hold for all amplitudes, for all frequencies, and for all initial conditions, of any periodic testing waveform, such as sinusoidal or triangular signals, which assumes both positive and negative values over each period of the w...

The min-max modular neural network with Gaussian zerocrossing function (M-GZC) has locally tuned response characteristic and emergent incremental learning ability, but it suffers from high storage requirement. This paper presents a new algorithm, called Enhanced Threshold Incremental Check (ETIC), which can select representative samples from new training data set and can prune redundant modules...

Computational Auditory Scene Analysis (CASA) aims to model our ability to structure our acoustical environment. In a CASA context, this paper deals with a method for time-frequency labeling based on harmonic properties. The method is based on a classical pitch extraction algorithm, termed the « zerocrossing method », which is known to be particularly sensitive to any kind of interference. This ...

The min-max modular neural network with Gaussian zerocrossing function (M-GZC) has locally tuned response characteristic and emergent incremental learning ability, but it suffers from quadratic complexity in storage space and response time. Redundant Sample pruning and redundant structure pruning can be considered to overcome these weaknesses. This paper aims at the latter; it analyzes the prop...

This paper proposes a new wavelet-based algorithm for voice/unvoiced classification of speech segments. The classification process is based on: 1) statistical analysis of the energy-frequency distribution of the speech signal using wavelet transform, and 2) estimation of the short-time zero-crossing rate of the signal. First, the ratio of the average energy in the low-frequency wavelet subbands...

Two simple, accurate, sensitive and reproducible methods have been developed and subsequent validated for the determination of Sildenafil citrate (SC) in presence of its impurities “1-methyl-4-nitro-3-n-propyl-5pyrozole Carboxamide (MNC), 4-amino-1-methyl-3-n-propyl-5-pyrazole Carboxamide (AMP), 4-(2-ethoxy benzoyl amino)-1-methyl-3-n-propyl-5-pyrazole Carboxamide (EMC) and 5-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-1...

This paper presents a 5 bit charge-redistribution phase domain ADC (PhADC) implemented in 0.18 μm CMOS technology for low power FSK/PSK demodulation. An IQ-assisted conversion algorithm is proposed to avoid the need for an accurate linear combination of in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals with various scaling factors in a conventional zerocrossing algorithm, thus eliminating the power consu...