This article aims to examine methods of optimizing GMM-based voice conversion systems performance in which GMM method is introduced as the basic method for improvement of voice conversion systems performance. In the current methods, due to using a single conversion function to convert all speech units and subsequent spectral smoothing arising from statistical averaging, we will observe quality ...

in this paper, a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii (nsga-ii) based approach is presented for distribution system reconfiguration. in contrast to the conventional ga based methods, the proposed approach does not require weighting factors for conversion of multi-objective function into an equivalent single objective function. in order to illustrate the performance of the proposed method,...

the khorasan region is one of the active seismic zones in iranian plateau, which is located between central iran and kopet-dagh zones. we study the crustal thickness (h) and vp/vs ratio (k) in mashhad, capital of razavi khorasan province by the receiver function method. this study uses teleseismic events recorded by an array of three broadband stations of khorasan seismic network, earthquake re...

The frequency of conversion and the disparity in the direction of conversion were studied for six frameshift mutants lying in locus b2 of Ascobolus immersus and giving more 2 wild type:6 mutant (2+6m) than 6 wild type:2 mutant (6+2m) aberrant asci (type B). The frequency of conversion decreased from left to right in the locus. The disparity steadily increased from left to right and then reached...

In the previous chapter, I argued for a restricted version of Conditional Scrutability by arguing that all ordinary truths are a priori scrutable from PQT I. In this chapter I extend those arguments to A Priori Scrutability. In particular, I argue that all ordinary truths are a priori scrutable from PQT I. First, however, it is worth taking some time to clarify the notion of the a priori that I...

Statistical tests for detecting gene conversion are described for a sample of homologous DNA sequences. The tests are based on imbalances in the distribution of segments on which some pair of sequences agrees. The methods automatically control for variable mutation rates along the genome and do not depend on a priori choices of potentially monophyletic subsets of the sample. The tests show stro...