The dominant role of Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) in automatic speech recognition (ASR) is not to be denied. At first, the HMMs were trained using the Maximum Likelihood (ML) approach, using the BaumWelch or Expectation Maximization algorithms (Rabiner, 1989). Then, discriminative training methods emerged, i.e. the Minimum Classification Error (Sha & Saul, 2007; Siohan et al., 1998), the Conditi...

ingestion and inhalation of phosphine are 2 forms of toxicity and their clinical manifestation is extremely wide. a 22-year-old girl was admitted with complaints of nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain after eating lunch. she had a history of celiac disease. on arrival, she was alert and hemodynamically stable. there was not any abdominal tenderness or guarding. food poisoning treatment initiat...

The dominant role of Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) in automatic speech recognition (ASR) is not to be denied. At first, the HMMs were trained using the Maximum Likelihood (ML) approach, using the BaumWelch or Expectation Maximization algorithms (Rabiner, 1989). Then, discriminative training methods emerged, i.e. the Minimum Classification Error (Sha & Saul, 2007; Siohan et al., 1998), the Conditi...

one of the worst phenomena in a muslim’s life is apostasy. an apostate has renounced the faith and denies the principles and precepts of religion after accepting it. if either parent or both are muslims and their child accepted islam after his maturity, but he denied it later, he/she is called a natural apostate. however, if a person was born to a non-muslim family and converted to islam after ...

A 44-year-old African-American male presented to the emergency department with progressive left-sided anterior chest pain of 1-month duration, which was rated six out of 10 in intensity. Associated symptoms included nocturnal dry cough and tenderness to touch. The patient's symptoms were relieved with ibuprofen. When questioned, the patient denied having fever, chills, dyspnoea, weight loss, ab...

CONTEXT Some states prohibit the purchase of handguns by persons convicted of selected misdemeanor crimes, but most do not. California has denied handgun purchases by violent misdemeanants since 1991; the effectiveness of these policies is unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors for new criminal activity among violent misdemeanants who seek to purchase handguns and whether denial of ...

In two experiments, the authors investigated how differences in social value orientation predict evaluations of procedures that were accorded to self and others. Proselfs versus prosocials were either granted or denied an opportunity to voice an opinion in a decision-making process and witnessed how someone else was either granted or denied such an opportunity. Consistent with the hypothesis, p...