Knowledge of vocal-tract (VT) length is a logical prerequisite for acoustic-to-articulatory inversion. Prior work has treated VT length estimation (VTLE) and inversion largely as separate problems. We describe a new algorithm for VTLE based on acoustic-to-articulatory inversion. Our inversion process uses the Maeda model (MM, [1,2]) and combines global search [3] and dynamic programming for tra...

In this dissertation, a suite of inversion-based feedforward-feedback control techniques are developed and applied to achieve high speed AFM imaging. In the last decade, great efforts have been made in developing the inversion-based feedforward control as an effective approach for precision output tracking. Such efforts are facilitated by the fruitful results obtained in the stable-inversion th...

a rare case of non-puerperal uterine inversion caused by a large fundal leiomyoma in a 39-year nulliparous, infertile woman resulting in intractable hemorrhage was reported after a myomectomy. attempts to reduce the inversion vaginally by transecting the anterior and posterior cervix were unsuccessful and a laparotomy was performed. the inversion was not successfully corrected and hysterectomy ...