This work uses instantaneous pitch and strength of excitation along with duration of syllable-like units as the parameters for emotion conversion. Instantaneous pitch and duration of the syllable-like units of the neutral speech are modified by the prosody modification of its linear prediction (LP) residual using the instants of significant excitation. The strength of excitation is modified by ...

The strength retention characteristics of oriented semicrystalline polylactides were monitored during hydrolytic degradation in vitro. The effects of the polymer type, the material's initial inherent viscosity (iv), the sample diameter and the residual monomer content on strength retention were analyzed. The analyzed polylactides had similar, but not identical, strength retention characteristic...

This laboratory investigation has been conducted to elucidate how the fi nes fraction affects the undrained residual shear strength and liquefaction potential of sand-silt mixtures (Algeria). A series of monotonic and cyclic undrained triaxial tests were carried out on undrained, reconstituted, saturated samples of sand with varying fi nes content ranging from 0 to 50%. These were undertaken in...

self compacting concrete (scc) specimens with limestone (l) and quartz (q) powders were formulated. the influence of the type of the powder on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete was evaluated. dense packing theories were used for mix design of samples. the equation of fuller and thompson for particle size distribution (psd) of aggregates was modified with considering fine particles a...

this study was conducted to compare the yield and strength properties of soda and kraft pulp produced from populus deltoeides sapwood and heartwood. initially fiber length, lignin content in both sapwood and heartwood were measured. then from either sapwood or heartwood pulps were prepared with using soda and kraft processes, handsheets were made from this pulp and mechanical properties were me...

The bucking strength calculation includes the determination of global buckling strength, the effective plate width and the torsional buckling strength of open section stiffeners. In each calculation the classic strength formula should be modified considering the effect of initial imperfections and residual welding stresses. The calculation method of Det Norske Veritas design rules and the Euroc...