A speaker-independent Spoken Dialogue Systems (SDS) is proposed as a more natural interface for human–computer interaction than the traditional point-and-click method. This report describes the objectives, development and initial implementation of an SDS within a prototype command environment. It includes design decisions and solutions to problems encountered during development as well as comme...

Fractional flow analysis confirms the advantages of surfactant alternative gas injection (SAG) in enhanced oil recovery, but an adsorption phenomenon that has been affected by several factors, weakens the effectiveness of SAG injection. In this study, the effects of sacrificial agent, gas phase, and surfactant concentration on adsorption density on silica mineral were investigated by static and...

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) was used to study the polydispersity of TX-100/SDS and C12E8/SDS micelle systems. Compared with other techniques, CE provides more specific and graphically detailed information on the compositional polydispersity of such micellar systems. Clear evidence of the coexistence of micelles rich in either nonionic or anionic component has been obtained. This coexistence ...

This article presents a qualitative analysis showing the dependency of effective collaborative argumentation on interpersonal relational aspects that develop during synchronous interaction. Four regulatory principles are proposed as propelling the interaction, and of these, autoregulation, or the conservative restraints within the existing relation, appears to be the dominant force. When using ...

Being aware of the presence, activities and is fundamental for Human–Robot Interaction and assistive applications. In this paper, we describe (1) designing triadic situations for cognitive stimulation for elderly users; (2) characterizing social signals that describe social context: system directed speech (SDS) and self-talk (ST); and (3) estimating an interaction efficiency measure that reveal...

The electrodeposition of Ag into organized surfactant templates adsorbed onto (22 × √3) reconstructed Au(111) is investigated by in situ electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy. Ag(+) concentrations of as low as 2.5 × 10(-6) M allow the visualization of the electrochemical molecular templating effect of a sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) adlayer. The SDS hemicylindrical stripes determine the ...

A Spoken Dialogue System provide is a computer system able to converse with human with human voice. Dialogue Manager is a component of SDS that manages state of dialogue and dialogue strategy. This report presents the literature survey based on DM. The papers are based on various components of DM. The components of DM are dialogue representation, belief state representation, policy optimization...

BACKGROUND Asthma and obesity are highly prevalent in children, and are interrelated resulting in a difficult-to-treat asthma-obesity phenotype. The exact underlying mechanisms of this phenotype remain unclear, but decreased physical activity (PA) could be an important lifestyle factor. We hypothesize that both asthma and overweight/obesity decrease PA levels and interact on PA levels in asthma...

The forces between colloidal particles at a decane-water interface, in the presence of low concentrations of a monovalent salt (NaCl) and the surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in the aqueous subphase, have been studied using laser tweezers. In the absence of electrolyte and surfactant, particle interactions exhibit a long-range repulsion, yet the variation of the interaction for different...

Apolipoprotein E (apoE), a protein genetically linked to the incidence of Alzheimer's disease, forms SDS-stable complexes in vitro with beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta), the primary component of senile plaques. In the present study, we investigated whether apoE was able to bind full-length Abeta precursor protein (APP). Using a maltose-binding-protein-APP fusion protein and human very-low-density l...