We describe an algorithm based on acoustic clustering and acoustic adaptation to significantly improve speech recognition performance. The method is particularly useful when speech from multiple speakers is to be recognized and the boundary between speakers is not known. We assume that each test data segment is relatively homogeneous with respect to the acoustic background and speaker. These se...

BACKGROUND Campylobacter jejuni is the major cause of human bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, and in a minority of cases, post-infectious complications may occur. ST-22 complex (usually Penner serotype 19) strains have been overrepresented among patients with postinfectious complications of campylobacteriosis. We here present a characterization of a collection of 27 Finnish C. jejuni strains...

Electro-thermal maps of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) show the spatial distribution current density and temperature, which is useful to evaluate their performance. Here, electro-thermal mapping carried out for first time on PEMFC with fractal cathode flow-field, design emulates efficient, scalable air transport inside lungs. Such are compared those conventional single-serpent...

Mathematical modelling provides a comprehensive understanding of the charge transport process inside solar cells and determines various elements affecting their performance. In present paper, proposed CH3NH3Pb(I1−xBrx)3-based perovskite consisting Cd1−xZnxS as electron layer (ETL) have been mathematically simulated using SCAPS-1D simulator. Hole layers (HTLs) poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), Cu2O...

OBJECTIVE To introduce new parameters of diploid histogram of image DNA cytometry and new types of silver-stained nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) and to validate resulting proliferative-kinetic index (PKI) in a prognostic study of patients with chronic leukemic lymphoproliferative disorders (CLLPD). STUDY DESIGN A total of 413 smears of from various tumor mass compartments-bone marrow, p...

Purpose: The study aims to compare the credit risk minimization between Islamic and conventional banks in Yemen. Approach/Methodology/Design: This paper is limited a homogeneous sample that includes banks' coverage as they represent most significant part of Yemeni banking sector. Using descriptive-analytical method, data has been collected by questionnaire sent post each bank separately located...

A μ-way Latin trade of volume s is a collection of μ partial Latin squares T1, T2, . . . , Tμ, containing exactly the same s filled cells, such that if cell (i, j) is filled, it contains a different entry in each of the μ partial Latin squares, and such that row i in each of the μ partial Latin squares contains, set-wise, the same symbols and column j, likewise. It is called μ–way k–homogeneous...

background: the fatal effect of ionizing radiation on cells depends on linear energy transfer (let) level. the distribution of ionizing radiation is sparse and homogeneous for low let radiations such as x or γ, but it is dense and concentrated for high let radiation such as heavy-ions radiation. material and methods: chinese hamster ovary cells (cho-k1) were exposed to 4 gy fe-ion 2000 kev/m. ...