In this research various objective quality measures are evaluated in order to predict the intelligibility for a wide range of non-linearly processed speech signals and speech degraded by additive noise. The obtained results are compared with the prediction results of a more advanced perceptual-based model proposed by Dau et al. and an objective intelligibility measure, namely the coherence spee...

This study explores how Water User Associations in the rural Andes of Colombia adapt to degradation of their water sources. In the Andean region of South America, understanding local governance is particularly important for water management as many rural communities receive minimal government support and the communities themselves must decide if and how they will protect their watersheds and di...

Abstract Gamification has been discussed as a standout approach to improve user experience, with different studies showing that users can have preferences over game elements according their types. However, relatively less is known how kinds of may react types gamification. Therefore, in this study ( $$N=331$$ N</mml:mi...

In developing countries, safe piped drinking water is generally unavailable, and bottled water is unaffordable for most people. Purchasing drinking water from community-scale decentralized water treatment and refill kiosks (referred to as isi ulang depots in Indonesia) is becoming a common alternative. This study investigates the association between diarrhea risk and community-scale water treat...

introduction hoor-al-azim wetland is one of the most important wildlife refuges and marine ecosystems in the south-west of iran where structure and function has been significantly affected by different changes during the 2 recent decades. changes in water regime of hoor-al-azim wetland and human activities are some of the most important factors. changes in water regime and anthropogenic activit...

Organizing data into hierarchies is natural for humans. However, there is little work in machine learning that explores human-machine mixed-initiative approaches to organizing data into hierarchical clusters. In this paper we consider mixed-initiative clustering of a user’s email, in which the machine produces (initial and retrained) hierarchical clusterings of email, and the user reviews and e...

in online catalogs, searching based on subject keywords, comprise a significant percentage of searches. various studies, especially those of us origin, have stated it to be more than 50 percent. due to the importance of subject searching in online cataloging systems for users, much efforts is being exerted on the part of researchers and designers of such cataloging systems to increase its perfo...