A simple model for detection of rare sound events

We propose a simple recurrent model for detecting rare sound events, when the time boundaries of events are available for training. Our model optimizes the combination of an utterance-level loss, which classifies whether an event occurs in an utterance, and a frame-level loss, which classifies whether each frame corresponds to the event when it does occur. The two losses make use of a shared vectorial representation the event, and are connected by an attention mechanism. We demonstrate our model on Task 2 of the DCASE 2017 challenge, and achieve competitive performance.Comment: Accepted by Interspeech 201

Growth and equity with endogenous human capital: Taiwan's economic miracle revisited

Economic development ; Human capital ; Taiwan

It is they that testify about me : the use of explicit OT quotations in the gospel of John as an index of John\u27s christology

https://place.asburyseminary.edu/ecommonsatsdissertations/2283/thumbnail.jp

The tapered-width micro-cantilevers: design and characterization

Tapered-width cantilevers are proposed to give designers more design space in obtaining lower pull-in voltage and higher capacitance change for a cantilever with relatively short length and moderate area. Several types of the width taper functions have been investigated in this research. Based on the analytical form of the pull-in voltage for a simple cantilever, we have obtained empirical forms of the pull-in voltages for tapered-width cantilevers. These formulae can be the basis of the pull-in voltage synthesis by geometry control of a cantilever and might be helpful for integrated cantilever sensor systems in which only low actuating voltage is available. The measured pull-in voltages of cantilevers together with these formulae were used to extract the Young\u27s modulus of the material (polysilicon), which is 175 GPa with a standard deviation 40 GPa.;For applications of micro-mechanical structures, on-chip circuitry is preferred to do the signal conditioning to avoid parasitics of bonding pads/wires, which is usually comparable to or larger than the motional induced capacitance change if interest. Unfortunately, not every micro-machining process is compatible with the fabrication processes for integrated circuits; instead they are usually very customized for their particular applications. In this project, we have investigated RF measurement techniques for the characterization of microstructures and a direct-conversion circuit based on the electromechanical amplitude modulation/demodulation scheme has been built for possible off-chip readout circuitry applications. A direct measurement of input voltage and through-current was used to obtain the input admittances of devices under test, from which the equivalent circuits can be extracted

DEBT OVERHANG, FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

This paper uses panel data of 20 high external debt countries selected from Asia and Latin-America to investigate the financial sector development-debt-growth nexus within the framework of an endogenous growth and financial development mechanism. First, we found that among 20 high external debt countries, the external debt-to-GDP ratio is significantly negatively correlated with economic growth rates, indicating that excessive debt is detrimental to the growth of an economy. Second, we introduced the simultaneous GMM equations between financial sector development and economic growth to evaluate the interaction effects among economic growth, external debt, and financial sector development. In empirical results, we find that the negative impact of high debt on growth appears to operate through a strong negative effect, in terms of compulsion to resort to financially repressive policies. In addition, we also find a two-way relationship between financial sector development and economic growth.Debt Overhang Hypothesis, Dynamic Panel Data, Dynamic GMM, Financial Sector Development, Economic Growth