This paper presents the Modi ed Multiband Excitation Model used for speech coding. In many MBE model coders, speech quality is degraded when incorrect voicing decisions are made, particularly for high-pitched female speakers. The MMBE addresses this issue with a modi ed voiced/unvoiced decision algorithm and a more robust pitch estimate. The listening quality of speech produced using the MMBE m...

A comprehensive review of the propagation prediction models for terrestrial wireless communication systems is presented in this paper. The classic empirical models are briefly described and the focus is placed on the application of ray-tracing techniques to the development of deterministic propagation models. Schemes to increase the computational efficiency and accuracy are discussed. Tradition...

This paper reports a preliminary attempt on data-driven modeling of segmental (phoneme) duration for two Indian languages Hindi and Telugu. Classification and Regression Tree (CART) based data-driven duration modeling for segmental duration prediction is presented. A number of features are proposed and their usefulness and relative contribution in segmental duration prediction is assessed. Obje...

abstract background: gestational diabetes is the second common disorder in pregnancy period, which is detected in 24-28 weeks of gestational age through screening tests in low-risk women. the women with gestational diabetes are prone to prenatal mortality and development of future diabetes. therefore, detection of these individuals in the fi rst trimester and conducting preventive interventions...

objective: there are various attempts to confirm variables that could predict postpartum depression in advance. this study determined antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression in women at risk of developing this disorder. methods: a prospective cohort study was conducted with 2279 eligible women who attended at mazandaran province’ primary health centers from 32-42 weeks of pregnancy to ...

many studies suggested that fractals could be brought in any structural anarchy, such as cancers, for diagnosis and prognosis evaluation by quantifying it and expressing it in terms of fractal geometry. in this study, we aimed to evaluate pathologic grades or breast carcinomas by fractal analysis. this cross-sectional study was performed on 60 women with breast ductal carcinoma. from all the pa...

data on body weight and body measurements (body length, height at withers, chest girth and paunch girth) of adult kilakarsal sheep have been collected from 124 adult animals managed at the farmers filed in tirunelveli districts of tami nadu, india to estimate the body weight from body measurements. the data were subjected to standard statistical analysis using spss software and linear regressio...

the quantitative structure-property relationship (qspr) method is used to develop the correlation between structures of refrigerants (198 compounds) and their critical temperature. molecular descriptors calculated from structure alone were used to represent molecular structures. a subset of the calculated descriptors selected using a genetic algorithm (ga) was used in the qspr model development...

yield prediction before harvesting is one of the tools in order to planning food production supply in future.yield prediction was carried out for wheat(triticum aestivum) using different meteorological variables with agrometeorological indices in hamedan district during 2003-04 and 2004-05. according to correlation coefficients, standard error of estimate as well as relative deviation of predic...

Speech coding algorithms based on Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction (ACELP) quantize and code the residual signal with a fixed algebraic codebook. This paper generalizes the conventional encoding to provide optimal bit consumption for all codebook designs by enumerating all possible states. The codebook designed is aimed for constant bit-rate applications applied on mobile devices.