This paper presents a new approach to spoken document information retrieval for spontaneous speech corpora. The classical approach to this problem is the use of an automatic speech recognizer (ASR) combined with standard information retrieval techniques. However, ASRs tend to produce transcripts of spontaneous speech with significant word error rate, which is a drawback for standard retrieval t...

This paper looks into classification of documents that have hierarchical labels and are not restricted to a single label. Previous work in hierarchical classification focuses on the hierarchical perceptron (Hieron) algorithm. Hieron only supports single label learning. We investigate applying several standard multi-label learning techniques to Hieron. We then propose an extension of the algorit...

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder that has not been well studied in older adults. In this study we examined relationships between ADHD symptoms and cognitive ability and compared them between middle-age (MA; 48-52 years) and older-age (OA; 68-74 years) adults sampled from the same population. ADHD, mood disorder symptoms and cognitive abilitie...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-specific genotypes have been closely correlated with an increased risk of gastric cancer (GC). The present study aimed to determine the distribution of H. pylori pathogenic genotypes amongst Iranians infected with strains representing European ancestry in areas with different GC incidence.  METHODS A total of 138 H. pylori isolates from ten districts...

Golestan province is located in north of Iran, in the south east of Caspian Sea. Stomach cancer data were identified and collected through the 18 Pathology Laboratory centers, where male populations are referred. Using a structured questionnaire, trained personnel conducted in-person interviews to collect information on stomach cancer. Newly diagnosed cases which were detected by histologic or ...

1. MOTIVATION • Human listeners are much better at recognizing speech in noise than automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems – Understanding why could directly improve ASR noise robustness • We utilize the recently introduced “auditory bubbles” technique to compare the cues used by humans and ASRs (Mandel, 2013; Mandel et al., 2014) 1. Measure the intelligibility to listeners of the same spee...

Subjects were randomized in a 2:1 ratio to PMMAcollagen or saline (control). Subjects received up to 2 injections per scar and followed for 12 months. Evaluations were performed by treating and blinded investigators and subject self-assessments. Success was determined by an improvement of 2 points on the ASRS by at least 50% of treated scars. At month 6, the blind was removed and control subjec...