In this article, we propose an innovative way of estimating pitch from speech waveform data, using an iterative ARMA technique that efficiently estimates multiple frequency components of a time series. Additionally, the harmonic structure of voiced speech and the smoothness of its pitch period are incorporated into the iterative ARMA technique, and this novel integration results in an efficient...

Endopolygalacturonic acid lyase, purified from the phytopathogenic bacterium, Erwinia carotovora , induces phytoalexin accumulation in soybean ( Glycine max L .) cotyledons. This pectin-degrading enzyme releases heat-stable elicitors of phytoalexin accumulation from soybean cell walls, citrus pectin, and citrus sodium polypectate. The most elicitor-active m olecules ob­ tained by treating soybe...

Emerging powers have often employed diverse strategies to gain influence in their regions. This article explores and compares the maritime regional influence-building pro- cesses spearheaded by Brazil India. We identify geo- political variables that permanence of dis- cursive region-building involve: sustained interaction with coastal states; generation sufficient consciousness/awareness; strat...

We examined the role of sleep-related memory consolidation processes in learning new form-meaning mappings. Specifically, we examined a Complementary Learning Systems account, which implies that sleep-related consolidation should be more beneficial for new hippocampally dependent arbitrary mappings (e.g. new vocabulary items) relative to new systematic mappings (e.g. grammatical regularities), ...

Human blockage is an important phenomenon that should be considered in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) communication systems. Realizing behavior could very valuable mm-wave link simulations, several models have been proposed previous works based on knife-edge diffraction (KED), high-frequency and measurements. This article investigates using a full-body phantom proves body accurate enough to replace ...