To date, the performance of speech and language recognition systems is poor on non-native speech. The challenge for nonnative speech recognition is to maximize the accuracy of a speech recognition system when only a small amount of nonnative data is available. We report on the acoustic model adaptation for improving the recognition of non-native speech in English, French and Vietnamese, spoken ...

We derive an expression with four adjustable parameters that reproduces well the 20×20 MiyazawaJernigan potential matrix extracted from known protein structures. The numerical values of the parameters can be approximately computed from the surface tension of water, water-screened dipole interactions between residues and water and among residues, and average exposures of residues in folded prote...

Non-cognitive skills are increasingly essential in the labor market, especially given technological advances and evolving work environments. Unequal distribution of non-cognitive among various groups population may contribute to market inequalities. This article investigates significance for immigrant-native inequalities European market. Specifically, we examine potential differences between na...

BACKGROUND Since the mental health of marginal settlers (non-native population) may affect other citizens' health, the present study attempts to investigate the mental health status of marginal settlers of Yazd. MATERIALS & METHODS this study was a descriptive, cross-sectional research, in which 400 of non-native and native population have participated. To study mental health status of people...