In this paper we consider the combination of hidden Markov models based on Gaussian mixture densities (GMM-HMM) and linear dynamic models (LDM) as the acoustic model for automatic speech recognition systems. In doing so, the individual strengths of both models, i.e. the modelling of long-term temporal dependencies by the GMM-HMM and the direct modelling of statistical dependencies between conse...

Metric learning has significantly improved machine applications such as face re-identification and image classification using K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers. However, to the best of our knowledge, it not been investigated yet, especially for multimodal biometric recognition problem in immigration, forensic surveillance with uncontrolled ear datasets. Therefore...

Domain decomposition of the network conductance matrix is one efficient approaches to solve large-scale networks in parallel, wherein most commonly-used non-iterative method Schur complement (SC) method. However, SC could not obtain inversion directly, and computational cost will increase fast when overlapping domain expands. In this work, a novel Linking-Domain Extraction (LDE) based proposed,...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Certain antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) such as valproic acid (VPA) are known to affect body weight, and lipid profile. However, evidences regarding effects of AEDs on the body composition are deficient. This cross-sectional study compared the body composition and lipid profile among patients with epilepsy on newer and conventional AEDs. METHODS The patients with epilepsy (...

The demand for providing multicast services in cellular networks is continuously and fastly increasing. In this work, we propose a non-orthogonal transmission framework based on layered-division multiplexing (LDM) to support multicast and unicast services concurrently in cooperative multi-cell cellular networks with limited backhaul capacity. We adopt a two-layer LDM structure where the first l...

Metronomic chemotherapy refers to the close, regular administration of comparatively low doses of cytotoxic drugs, with minimal or no drug-free breaks, over prolonged periods. It is thought to have an antiangiogenic basis. However, whereas surprisingly durable and potent tumor responses have been observed in a number of preclinical tumor models, relapses usually eventually occur using this type...

BACKGROUND Hallux abducto valgus (HAV) is one of the most common forefoot deformities in adulthood with a variable prevalence but has been reported as high as 48%. The study proposed that HAV development involves a skeletal parameter of the first metatarsal bone and proximal phalanx hallux (PPH) to determine if the length measurements of the metatarsal and PPH can be used to infer adult HAV. ...

Vascular delay is a surgical technique that renders a skin flap sub-lethally ischemic and produces significant alterations in the characteristics of the tissue perfusion. The enhanced perfusion is associated with decreased distal flap necrosis and increased viability. Applying this technique to skeletal muscle flaps produces similar vascular changes and results in enhanced perfusion and contrac...