Techniques for separating speech from background noise and other sources of interference have important applications for robust speech recognition and speech enhancement. Many traditional computational auditory scene analysis (CASA) based approaches decompose the input mixture into a time-frequency (T-F) representation, and attempt to identify the T-F units where the target energy dominates tha...

abstract background: sperm parameters and motion kinetics are affected by cryopreservation. objective: the main purpose of the current study was to determine the effect of different concentrations of trolox as an antioxidant to freezing-thawing procedure on human sperm kinematic parameter. materials and methods: semen was collected from 20 normal donors and divided into five aliquots prior to c...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dilution rate and holding time on various motility parameters using computer-assisted sperm analysis (casa). the semen samples were collected from three ghezel rams. samples were diluted in seminal plasma (sp), phosphate-buffered saline (pbs) containing 1% bovine serum albumin (bsa) and bioexcell. the motility parameters that computed and rec...

Aim: The study was undertaken to quantify and to analyze the changes in the motion characteristics of bull spermatozoa during various stages of cryopreservation cycle. Materials and Methods: Using computer assisted semen analysis (CASA) technique, 26 ejaculates, collected from two Jersey bulls were analyzed for motility, head behaviour and swimming pattern of spermatozoa on dilution, pre-freeze...

CASA (Computer assisted semen analysis) systems are designed to assist Andrologist labour. Most available CASA systems are not accurate or so expensive. Therefore labours use manual methods to provide parameters. Although some companies have achieved appropriate accuracy, they have not released their methods. So proposing methods in this area might be useful for groups who intend to design new ...

Sexual assault occurring when the victim is unable to consent or resist due to the use or administration of alcohol or drugs (i.e., incapacitated/drug-or-alcohol facilitated rape; IR/DAFR) is a particularly prevalent form of victimization experienced by college women. By definition, substance use precedes IR/DAFR; however, few studies have examined other potential risk factors for IR/DAFR that ...

Although the efficacy of computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) has been demonstrated for use with a variety of species in assessing male reproductive quality as well as the impact of various treatments on sperm motility, many investigations continue to rely on manual analytical methods. CASA has been consistently shown to outperform such methods in terms of reproducibility as well as in the v...