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Computer-based Learning: What Automatic Speech Recognition Has to Offer

What has Instrumental Variable method to offer for system identification?

This paper gathers several experiences of using instrumental variable method in different contexts: closed-loop system identification, LPV model, frequency domain framework.

Virtual cities and landscape models – what has photogrammetry to offer?

The demand for geocoded (geographical, spatial) data will considerably grow for the next years. One driving force is the Internet, which allows the user to visit all spots on the Earth if their data is digitally stored and web-accessable. Another request for digital landscapes and city models comes from the communication technology to provide transmitters at the right spots and therefore to ove...

PTCA comes to the bifurcations in the road: what the VA has to offer.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has grown exponentially since Gruentzig et al. (1) introduced the procedure in 1979. Most of the growth of PTCA since 1977 has been seen in populations previously managed medically (2). To date, the only multicenter, prospective, randomized trial data comparing PTCA with medical therapy has come from the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) Cooperativ...

Viewpoint Retrospective — Electromagnons offer the best of two worlds

This week, the Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference takes place in Scottsdale, Arizona. This article takes a look back on the discovery of electromagnons, and how it influenced the search for materials with coupled electric and magnetic properties. Physical phenomena living in two worlds have long inspired scientists and popular culture alike. A good example is light, which consists of c...