Spectral enhancement of Polish vowels to improve their identification by hearing impaired listeners

Abnormalities in the cochlear function usually cause broadening of the auditory filters which reduces the speech intelligibility. An attempt to apply a spectral enhancement algorithm has been undertaken to improve the identification of Polish vowels by subjects with cochlear-based hearing-impairment. The identification scores of natural (unprocessed) vowels and spectrally enhanced (processed) vowels has been measured for hearing-impaired subjects. It has been found that spectral enhancement improves vowel scores by about 10% for those subjects, however, a wide variation in individual performance among subjects has been observed. The overall vowels identification scores obtained were 85% for natural vowels and 96% for spectrally enhanced vowels.     

Bias in modal parameters due to aliasing in the time domain

This paper deals with some aliasing effects in the time domain that can lead to unacceptable misestimations of modal parameters. When a frequency response function of a vibrating system is sampled and inverse Fourier transformed, the resulting impulse response is given by an infinite geometric series, the single term of which is the impulse response itself shifted in time. For this reason, some modal parameters, if estimated in the time domain, are biased; in particular, while the damping factor and the natural frequency are not influenced by the aliasing phenomenon, the magnitude and phase of the residue can be highly biased. Corrective terms are theoretically evaluated and their efficiency is shown in numerical simulations.

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Sommario In questo articolo e' presentato un metodo per correggere gli errori che si compiono nella stima di alcuni parametri modali, quando essi vengono ricavati nel dominio del tempo. Infatti se la funzione di risposta in frequenza e' ottenuta con eccitazioni particolari—quali ad esempio lo pseudo-random, lo stepped-sine a passo costante o lo sweep in frequenza-la risposta impulsiva, ottenuta per mezzo dell'antitrasformata discreta di Fourier, risulta periodica, con periodo pari all'inverso della spaziatura tra le righe spettrali. Cio' comporta un errore nella stima dell'ampiezza e della fase del residuo, mentre nessuna conseguenza si ha sulla frequenza naturale e sul fattore di smorzamento. L'errore sulle stime risulta tanto piu' grande, quanto meno smorzata e' la risposta impulsiva all'interno dell'intervallo di osservazione.Partendo dall'inviluppo e dalla fase istantanea dei segnali complessi, ottenibili per mezzo della trasformata di Hilbert, si sono ricavati i termini correttivi sia per il modulo, che per la fase del residuo. La validita' delle correzioni e' mostrata con esempi numerici.

     

人工神经网络对VOCs的自动识别

利用人工神经网络(ANN)对严重混叠的傅里叶变换红外光谱图进行了定性和定量解析。通过大量模拟数据训练神经网络后,引用了新的评价标准——逼近度来选择最优网络模型。利用此优化网络对两类光谱图进行了解析,考察了网络的泛化能力。结果表明：该网络不仅能够对两组分同时存在时的样本进行准确解析,而且对于未知单组分光谱图,也能够进行准确鉴别和定量分析。可见, 该研究为人工神经网络在单组分和多组分未知物的定性和定量分析方面提供了一种新思路。     

Properties of cat-eye modulating retro-reflector and its application with piezoelectric transducer

Piezoelectric cat-eye modulating retro-reflector (MRR) is the core component of an acousto-optic retro-identification system. The influence of the optical parameters (link distance l, lens focal length f and the detector diameter r) to the cat-eye effect was analyzed theoretically and experimentally. A piezoelectric cat-eye retro-identification (PCERI) system was built, and an information transmission ratio of 2 kHz was achieved which can satisfy an access control system.     

印章印文的鉴定方法

对印章印文的鉴定方法进行了综述,内容包括显微镜观察印文特征、计算机辅助人工比对、印油的渗散程度测定和仪器分析方法(包括紫外-可见导数光谱法、荧光光谱法、红外光谱法、拉曼光谱法、薄层色谱法、液相色谱法、气相色谱法和质谱法)等(引用文献64篇)。     

自动化质谱图解卷积和鉴定系统用于鉴定含痕量杂原子的石油馏分（英文）

Here we present a simple yet effective gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) identification approach for the detection of heteroatom-containing compounds (HACCs) in petroleum fractions. The MS/AMDIS (Automated Mass Spectral Deconvolution and Identification System) program was used to identify parts per million (ppm) HACC concentrations in petroleum fractions in place of traditional techniques (extraction and standard injection). Polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles (S-PAHs) were used as model compounds to confirm the validity of the AMDIS identifiers, which were compared with extracted results using the off-line X-calibur software. AMDIS was able to identify ppm concentrations of S-PAHs in oil condensate. There was good agreement between experimental and AMDIS identification results for S-PAHs in oil condensate. AMDIS was also used to detect nitrogen-containing compounds (NCCs) and alkylphenols in oil condensate. Our results confirmed the presence of 2-methylbenzothiazole, carbazole, and 2,4-ditertbutyl phenol. In a crude oil sample, AMDIS identification of m/z=191 biomarkers was consistent with empirical results. Therefore, AMDIS can help to reduce the number of experimental steps in identification protocols.     

系列甘露糖醛酸寡糖的制备与鉴定

用酸降解法制备了系列甘露糖醛酸寡糖(聚合度2～8),并分析测定了寡糖的结构. 褐藻胶经部分酸水解,于pH=2.85处分级获得聚甘露糖醛酸. 继续用酸降解法降解聚甘露糖醛酸,经凝胶柱层析分离纯化,获得系列甘露糖醛酸寡糖. 用荧光标记糖电泳(FACE)对寡糖进行了分析,并用电喷雾离子化质谱(ESI-MS)、 核磁共振波谱(NMR)及红外光谱(FTIR)进行了结构表征. 本研究用酸降解法制备饱和甘露糖醛酸寡糖,用凝胶柱层析法分离获得系列聚合度的寡糖,为褐藻胶大分子构效关系研究和药物的筛选与发现提供了重要的基础资料.     

Rapid Purification and Identification of Osteopontin from Human Milk by HPLC Coupled to FT-ICR-MS

Milk as a key element for infant nutrition represents the only source of feeding for newborns and infants, breast-feeding milk normally contains several bioactive proteins or peptides useful for the development of the immune system that protects infants from diseases. Osteopontin(OPN) plays a distinct role during the processes of lactation. Some studies on OPN isolated and purified from the human milk via HPLC on SCX and C4 columns adopted biological mass spectrometry. After digesting the purified OPN sampl...     

乌骨鸡肌肉中肌肽的鉴定与测定

肌肽是具有抗氧化、抗衰老等多种活性的功能性二肽. 建立了一种高效液相色谱测定鸡肌肉中肌肽的新方法, 该法采用NH2柱分离, 样品无需衍生, 操作简便. 通过该法和HPLC-MS 联用技术鉴定了乌骨鸡肌肉中存在肌肽, 同时比较乌骨鸡和普通白洛克鸡肌肉中肌肽的量. 结果表明: 该法适合于肌肉中肌肽的测定, 测定结果显示, 乌骨鸡肌肉中肌肽量约0.45%, 普通白洛克鸡肌肉中约0.22%. 乌骨鸡肌肉中肌肽量显著高于普通白洛克鸡, 这表明肌肽可能是体现乌骨鸡滋补营养作用的主要成分之一.