This paper proposes an approach to improving the correctness of tone of the synthesized speech which is generated by an HMM-based Thai speech synthesis system. In the tree-based context clustering process, tone groups and tone types are used to design four different structures of decision tree including a single binary tree structure, a simple tone-separated tree structure, a constancy-based-to...

We recently reported that the high mannose-type oligosaccharides of the biosynthetic intermediates of &glucuronidase contain phosphate groups in diester linkage between mannose residues and outer a-linked N-acetylglucosamine residues (Tabas, I., and Kornfeld, S. (1980) J. Bwl. C h m . 255, 6633-6639). We now describe an a-N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphodiesterase from rat liver that is capable of ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term clinical outcome and its related factors regarding the severity of adhesion of CH ligament over long head of biceps (LHB) after shoulder arthroscopic capsular release for frozen shoulder with technical points in 255 patients. METHODS We performed arthroscopic capsular release for frozen shoulder in 267 shoulders of 255 pati...

increasing energy demands associated with economic growth and industrialization have resulted in dramatic increases in air pollution emissions. air pollution damages the plant mainly by disrupting cell homeostatic conditions.in the present study, diverse plant criteria indicating air pollution from different levels including cell biochemistry, leaf and tree crown in the plane-tree were determin...

Background and Objectives: Arteriovenous fistula is a popular vascular access method for surgical treatment of hemodialysis patients. The method, however, is associated with a high rate of early failure varying in the range of 20-60%. Predicting early Arteriovenous fistula failure and its risk factors can help reduce its incidence, its hospitalization rate, and associated costs. In this study, ...

A general inductive inference method is proposed and applied to the automatic building of decision trees for the transient stability assessment of power systems. On the basis of large sets of simulations, the essential features of the method are analysed and illustrated. Al~lraet-An inductive inference method for the automatic building of decision trees is investigated. Among its various tasks,...

OBJECTIVE To provide a broader evidence summary to inform dietary guidelines of the effect of tree nuts on criteria of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). DESIGN We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of tree nuts on criteria of the MetS. DATA SOURCES We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library (through 4 April 2014). ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTIN...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome which underlies the increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes is considered as a group of metabolic abnormalities including central obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, glucose intolerance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Recently, artificial intelligence based health-care systems are highly regarded because of its success in diagnosis, predictio...

We conducted a 320 year retrospective survey of the history and genealogy of a large Brazilian family with SCA7. The ancestral couple was from the State of Ceará, Brazil, and the genealogical tree was composed of 577 individuals, including 217 males (37.6%), 255 females (44.1%) and 105 individuals of unknown sex (18.1%). Based on collected information, the 118 individuals consistently affected ...