LVCSR performance is consistently poor on low-pro ciency non-native speech. While gains from speaker adaptation can often bring recognizer performance on highpro ciency non-native speakers close to that seen for native speakers [12], recognition for lower-pro ciency speakers remains low even after individual speaker adaptation [2]. The challenge for accent adaptation is to maximize recognizer p...

There are a number of driving forces behind energy e$ciency. In recent times, the Kyoto Protocol has been the most prominent in bringing energy e$ciency to the fore. In some countries, the domestic sector has been highlighted as an area which has a signi"cant potential for improvement. However, prior to the implementation of large-scale energy-e$ciency programmes, it is important to evaluate wh...

This study assessed the technical effi ciency of family poultry production in NigerDelta, Nigeria. The technical effi ciency estimate shows that the technical effi ciency of family poultry ranges between 0.09 and 0.63, with mean of 0.22. This indicates that on the average, the respondents are 22% effi cient in the use of combination of their inputs. The elasticity estimate of 12.29 indicates th...

Vitamin D defi ciency is an increasingly important worldwide issue. It is estimated that one billion people worldwide have vitamin D defi ciency or insuffi ciency.1 Vitamin D defi ciency has been linked to a multitude of problems across the lifespan. The importance of vitamin D and calcium absorption has been well documented. What remains unclear is the role of vitamin D in osteoporotic fractur...

We analyze the interaction between risk sharing and capital accumulation in a stochastic OLG model with production. We give a complete characterization of interim Pareto optimality. Our characterization also subsumes equilibria with a PAYG social security system. In a competitive equilibrium interim Pareto optimality is equivalent to intergenerational exchange e¢ciency, which in turn implies dy...

The role of the dairy cow is to help provide high-quality protein and other nutrients for humans. We must select and manage cows with the goal of reaching the greatest possible effi ciency for any given environment. We have increased effi ciency tremendously over the years, yet the variation in productive and reproductive effi ciency among animals is still quite large. In part this is because o...

In this paper I compare inter-thread communication methods: blocking queue and LMAX Disruptor without synchronization according to a number of threads (CPU cores) and consumer rate. The research is carried out using a multiprocessor machine with Non Uniformed Memory and Oracle Java Runtime Environment. I determine if processing on many multi-core CPUs with NUMA is faster than on single multicor...

During the last years, the concept of input congestion and technical ineff-ciency in data envelopment analysis (DEA), have been investigated by manyresearchers. The motivation of this paper is to present models which obtain thedecreased output value due to input congestion and technical ineciency. More-over, we extend the models to estimate input congestion, technical ineciencyand output reduct...