In this paper, we develop improved schemes for simultaneous speech interpolation and demodulation based on continuous-time models. This leads to robust algorithms to estimate the instantaneous amplitudes and frequencies of the speech resonances and extract novel acoustic features for ASR. The continous-time models retain the excellent time resolution of the ESAs based on discrete energy operato...

The rates of subsea permafrost degradation and occurrence of gas-migration pathways are key factors controlling the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) methane (CH4) emissions, yet these factors still require assessment. It is thought that after inundation, permafrost-degradation rates would decrease over time and submerged thaw-lake taliks would freeze; therefore, no CH4 release would occur for ...

Here, we present the findings of our field study conducted on 39 breast cancer patients in rural Bangladesh. Lack of motivation to go to health centers on patients’ side due to financial, social and transportation hazards result in inadequate data for proper assessment. In this scenario a mobile phone based remote symptom monitoring system (RSMS) with inspirational videos can serve the purpose ...

Anemia is a common complication in patients with inflammatory diseases of many kinds, including cancer. The mechanisms that have captured the most attention include cytokine-mediated changes in both the production of and the response to erythropoietin (Epo), as well as important alterations in iron metabolism. The last is brought about by the relatively recently recognized peptide hormone, hepc...

Basadas en una distancia intervalar, se dan tres funciones para cuantificar similaridades entre conjuntos de datos unidimensionales mediante el uso de estadísticos de primer orden. Se usa la base de datos Glass Identification para ilustrar cómo esas medidas de similaridad se pueden usar para analizar un conjunto de datos antes de su clasificación y/o para excluir dimensiones. Además, se diseña ...

Anemia is a common finding in cancer patients, most often as a result of chemotherapy. Management of anemia requires a comprehensive approach of appropriate diagnosis, exclusion of reversible causes, use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAS), and iron supplementation. Recently, consensus guidelines on the management of chemotherapy-induced anemia were published in Europe and the United St...

In what a key observer described as “another example ... where an intervention to modify a surrogate endpoint failed to translate into the expected improvement in patient outcome,”1 Pfeffer et al. (October 2009) found a nearly 2-fold increased risk of stroke in patients with diabetes, anemia, and pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) dosed with darbepoetin alfa to a target hemoglobin (Hb) o...