In this paper, we propose a new system combination approach for an LVCSR system using speaker-class (SC) models and a speaker adaptation technique based on these SC models. The basic concept of the SC-based system is to select speakers who are acoustically similar to a target speaker to train acoustic models. One of the major problems regarding the use of the SC model is determining the selecti...

Currently, intraperitoneal (IP) injection of D-luciferin is the preferred method of providing substrate for bioluminescent imaging (BLI); however it has a failure rate of 3-10% due to accidental intestinal injection. The present study evaluates the quality of BLI after subcutaneous (SC) injection of D-luciferin and demonstrates the effectiveness of SC injection in anatomically disparate tumor m...

Process industries are nowadays involved in extended supply chains (ESC), which leave aside the traditional company-centric view of the supply chain (SC). The CAPE community has done many contributions in this domain, mainly proposing mathematical models to tackle the optimal infrastructure design of the SC and to address the SC planning and scheduling problems. Most approaches assume that the ...

The allocation of combinations of attribute levels to choice situations in stated choice (SC) experiments can have a significant influence upon the resulting study outputs once data is collected. Recently, a small but growing stream of research has looked at using what have become known as efficient SC experimental designs to allocate the attribute levels to choice situations in a manner design...

Introduction: Due to interesting therapeutic properties of 46Sc and antineoblastic antibiotic, bleomycin (BLM), 46Sc-bleomycin (46Sc-BLM) was developed as a possible therapeutic compound. Methods: In this work, Sc-46 chloride was obtained by thermal neutron flux (4 × 1013 n.cm-2.s-1) of natural metallic scandium sample followed ...

As an energy-economics modeler, who collaborated with academics while also consulting to government and industry, Campbell Watkins was especially interested in the empirical relationship between energy inputs and economic output. His skills were perfectly suited to this pressing research issue, which first emerged in the mid-1970s as the “energy-capital substitution” controversy. As his publica...

Our paper (1) was undertaken to challenge earlier reports that low salinity stress increases brevetoxin production in Karenia brevis (2). Despite independent negative findings by three laboratories (1), Errera and Campbell still assert that low salinity shock increases cellular brevetoxins (3). Their initial report of >14-fold increases (2) lacks experimental controls. Their correction (2) subs...

Owing to the ever-increasing prevalence of social media use, social commerce has become an important part of e-commerce. This study endeavors to explore the impact of social media quality and social support on the social commerce (SC) intention directly and through the variable of perceived risk. The sample included 214 social media users in Isfahan collected through simple random sampling meth...

The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a widely conserved structure that mediates the intimate alignment of homologous chromosomes during meiotic prophase and is required for proper homolog segregation at meiosis I. However, fundamental details of SC architecture and assembly remain poorly understood. The coiled-coil protein, Zip1, is the only component whose arrangement within the mature SC of buddi...