Intelligibility enhancement for noisy whispered speech using asymmetric cost function

We proposed two whispered speech enhancement methods based on asymmetric cost functions in this paper to deal with the amplification and attenuation distortions of whispered speech distinctively.The modified Itakura-Saito（MIS）distance function provides more penalties to speech amplification distortion,whereas the Kullback-Leibler（KL）divergence function gives more penalties to speech attenuation distortion.The experimental results show that the MIS function based method achieves significant improvement of intelligibility in contrast to the conventional speech enhancement algorithms when the signal-to-noise ratio（SNR）falls below-6 dB,whereas the KL function based one achieves the similar result as the minimum mean square error（MMSE）speech enhancement method.The results show that the effects of the amplification and attenuation distortions on the intelligibility of the enhanced whisper are different,where larger attenuation distortion may result in better intelligibility of speech with low SNR.However,the attenuation distortion has small effects on intelligibility of speech with high SNR.     

电子辐照条件下初始电位对介质材料表面电位衰减特性的影响

为了研究航天器介质材料表面不同电位初始值对表面电位衰减特性的影响。利用航天器带电地面模拟实验设备对聚酰亚胺和聚四氟乙烯介质材料充电到不同电位值,然后关闭电子枪,用电位计测量介质材料表面电位的衰减曲线,并从理论上对cross-over现象进行分析。介质材料初始电位值越大,则表面电位衰减速度越快,且在一定的时间段内电位衰减效率随初始电位值的增大而变大;在相同的真空度条件下,对于初始电位值之和相等的两组衰减曲线,初始电位值之间差值较小的一组衰减曲线更容易出现cross-over现象;出现cross-over现象的时间和电子的迁移率相关,对于相同的两个初始电位,迁移率越大的材料则出现cross-over现象的时间越短,电位衰减会更快。航天器介质材料表面充电电位越大则衰减速度越快,在一定时间的衰减效率越高。     

HTS双饼线圈的加工工艺及实验研究

详细介绍了高温超导双饼线圈的加工工艺和流程,针对绕制时带材弯曲形变使临界电流退化的技术难点,重点阐述了其解决方法。在液氮温度、自场环境下对采用该加工工艺制作的YBCO双饼线圈及Bi2223/Ag双饼线圈进行低温实验,测试其V-I特性曲线。实验结果表明:该工艺制作的双饼线圈性能良好,工艺安全可靠,是合适的。同时,实验测量数据也为线圈在磁体中的进一步应用提供了可靠依据。     

仿选择性注意机制的语音情感识别算法

有效特征的选取一直都是语音情感识别算法的关键。为此,针对语音情感特征选择与构建的问题,一种仿选择性注意机制的语音情感识别算法被提出。考虑到语音信号的时频特性,算法首先计算语音信号的语谱图;其次,模仿选择性注意机制,计算语谱图的颜色、方向和亮度特征图,归一化后形成特征矩阵;然后,将特征矩阵重排列并进行PCA降维,形成情感识别特征向量;最后,利用改进的支持向量机分类方法进行语音情感识别。对愤怒、恐惧、高兴、悲伤和惊奇5种情感的识别实验显示,基于选择性注意的方法能够获得较好的识别效果,平均识别率为85.44%。相比于韵律特征和音质特征,语音情感识别率至少提高10%;相比于其它语谱特征,识别率提高7%左右。     

啸叫快速抑制的助听器回声抵消算法

针对助听器回声路径快速变化下易产生啸叫的问题,本文提出一种变步长标准最小均方差-陷波器(Variable Step Normalized least mean square-Notch Filter,VSN-NF)算法。在回声路径相对稳定时,提出一种基于状态分类的变步长标准最小均方差算法来估计回声信号。算法根据滤波器系数能量的长时平均值和短时平均值,将滤波器当前状态分为收敛态、过渡态与稳态,并根据不同状态选择不同的步长。在路径突然变化并产生啸叫时,算法通过关闭变步长NLMS算法来稳定啸叫频点,然后基于ZoomFFT算法动态生成陷波器来进行啸叫抑制;当啸叫抑制后,再开启变步长NLMS进行回声估计。针对易产生多频点啸叫的回声路径,VSN-NF算法还引入不同频带的两个陷波器来进行双频点啸叫抑制。同其它助听器回声抵消算法的对比实验显示,VSN-NF算法的回波抵消性能最好,尤其具有快速啸叫抑制能力。此外,算法生成的语音质量较高,实时性能好,适合于像助听器类的低功耗、小体积产品。     

Investigation of formation mechanism of Ti3SiC2 by high pressure and high-temperature synthesis

ABSTRACT

In this paper, synthesis of titanium silicon carbide (Ti₃SiC₂) under high pressure and high-temperature condition has been investigated by using the reactant systems Ti/Si/C, Ti/SiC/TiC, Ti/SiC/C and Ti/TiC/Si. Results reveal that Ti/TiC/Si is unsuited to the synthesis of Ti₃SiC₂ under a high pressure of 2.0?GPa, while an elemental mixture of Ti/Si/C is applicable. By the addition of Al, Ti₃SiC₂ with 95.8?wt% purity was obtained from elemental mixture with a large excess of silicon. The optimum experimental parameters were determined as Ti/Si/Al/C having the molar ratio of 3:1.5:0.5:1.9, holding at 2.0?GPa and 1300?°C for 60?min.     

新型结构超宽带LiNbO3电光调制器的优化设计

采用有限元软件对新型结构的铌酸锂电光调制器进行了优化设计.分析表明,采用脊波导和T型电极相结合的方式,能在保持高的特征阻抗的同时有效的实现相速匹配和有效降低电极损耗,从而较好的提高器件性能,是一种比较有潜力的调制器.利用优化结果,给出一种带宽达153 GHz,半波电压为8.55 V,特征阻抗为44 Ω的调制器的设计例子.     

Aerogels prepared from polymeric β-cyclodextrin and graphene aerogels as a novel host-guest system for immobilization of antibodies: a voltammetric immunosensor for the tumor marker CA 15–3

A three-dimensional porous network graphene aerogel (GAs) with large specific area and excellent conductivity was loaded with β-cyclodextrin polymer (Pβ-CD) to serve as a support for immobilization of antibodies. A highly sensitive immunosensor for the cancer marker carbohydrate antigen 15–3 (CA15–3) was designed based on the use of Pβ-CD/GAs. The large specific area of GAs warrants high loading with antibodies, and their excellent electrical conductivity warrants strong electrical signals. Based on the synergistic effect of GAs and Pβ-CD, an immunoassay was designed that is making use of hexacyanoferrate as an electrochemical probe and having a pleasantly low working potential of 0.2 V (vs. SCE). Response is linear in the 0.1 mU mL^?1 to 100 U mL^?1 activity range, and the lower detection limit is 0.03 mU mL^?1 (at S/N =?3). The immunoassay is stable, selective and reproducible. It was applied to the analysis of spiked samples, and results were satisfactory.

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Graphical abstract Schematic of an electrochemical immunoassay for the carbohydrate antigen 15–3. It is based on the use of β-cyclodextrin polymer and a graphene aerogel.

     

Analysis of eight pyrethroids in water samples by liquid–liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic droplet combined with gas chromatography

A novel method was developed for the determination of eight pyrethroids in water samples by liquid–liquid microextraction based on solidification of floating organic droplets followed by gas chromatography with electron capture detection. The type and volume of the extraction solvents, extraction time, sample solution temperature, stirring rate and ionic strength were studied and optimized. Under the optimum conditions, enrichment factors ranged from 824 to 1,432, and the limit of detection range from 2.0 to 50 ng?L^?1. The calibration graph is linear from 0.15 to 80 μg?L^?1 for cyfluthrin, fenvalerate, fluvalinate and deltamethrin, 0.09 to 80 μg?L^?1 for fenpropathrin, 0.006 to 80 μg?L^?1 for lambda-cyhalothrin, 0.026 to 80 μg?L^?1 for permethrin, 0.01 to 80 μg?L^?1 for cypermethrin. The correlation coefficients (r) varied from 0.9961 to 0.9988. The method was successfully applied to the determination of pyrethroid pesticide residues in tap water, well water, reservoir water, and river water. Recoveries ranged from 79.0% to 113.6%, and relative standard deviations are between 4.1% and 8.7%.     

SO_4~（2－）／ZrO_2超强酸催化剂的XPS研究

用ＸＰＳ技术对不同焙烧温度、不同Ｈ＿２ＳＯ＿４浓度制得的／ＺｒＯ＿２和不同反应温度下反应后／ＺｒＯ＿２超强酸催化剂的表面元素电子结合能及表面元素的相对含量进行了分析。结果表明，焙烧温度和反应温度对催化剂表面元素Ｚｒ、Ｏ和Ｓ的氧化态没有影响，但Ｚｒ和Ｏ的电子结合能随温度的升高而下降；Ｏ（－２）至少可归结为三种存在形式的氧；可以在催化剂表面富集，且当Ｈ＿２ＳＯ＿４浓度为０．５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ时，表面富集最显著；Ｈ＿２ＳＯ＿４浓度为１ｍｏｌ／Ｌ时，催化剂表面和总体含硫量都较高；太低和太高的Ｈ＿２ＳＯ＿４浓度时，催化剂表面和总体含硫量都很低。当焙烧温度高至８５３Ｋ或反应温度高至６２３Ｋ以后，催化剂表面含硫量迅速下降。此外，还对催化剂表面的Ｂｒｏｎｓｔｅｄ酸中心的存在形式和催化剂的失活进行了探讨。