A Method to Detect the Syllable Strings of Self-repair in Spontaneous Speech Using N -gram Model

This paper proposes a method to detect the strings of self-repairs occuring in spontaneous speech, which are assumed to be represented with strings of syllables obtained correctly by accoustic processing, using n-gram model and Markov models of syllables. This method os decomposed of the following two steps: The first step is to detect all of the pairs (celled as n-gram pair) with the same substrings appeared in dialogue sentence using n-gram extraction methods. The second step is to determine whether n-gram pair is self-repair or not. using Markov models of syllables. This method is experimentally evaluated to be effective using ATR database of dialogue

Mentoring the next generation of physician-scientists in Japan: A cross-sectional survey of mentees in six academic medical centers Career choice, professional education and development

Background: Physician-scientists play key roles in biomedical research across the globe, yet prior studies have found that it is increasingly difficult to recruit and retain physician-scientists in research careers. Access to quality research mentorship may help to ameliorate this problem in the U.S., but there is virtually no information on mentoring in academic medicine in Japan. We conducted a survey to determine the availability and quality of mentoring relationships for trainee physician-scientists in Japan. Methods: We surveyed 1700 physician-scientists in post-graduate research training programs in 6 academic medical centers in Japan about mentorship characteristics, mentee perceptions of the mentoring relationship, and attitudes about career development. Results: A total of 683 potential physician-scientist mentees completed the survey. Most reported that they had a departmental mentor (91%) with whom they met at least once a month; 48% reported that they were very satisfied with the mentoring available to them. Mentoring pairs were usually initiated by the mentor (85% of the time); respondents identified translational research skills (55%) and grant writing (50%) as unmet needs. Mentoring concerning long-term career planning was significantly associated with the intention to pursue research careers, however this was also identified by some mentees as an unmet need (35% desired assistance; 15% reported receiving it). Conclusions: More emphasis and formal training in career mentorship may help to support Japanese physician-scientist mentees to develop a sense of self-efficacy to pursue and stay in research careers

Visualization 1: Integral 3D display using multiple LCD panels and multi-image combining optical system

Changes in the appearance of image from different viewpoints. Originally published in Optics Express on 06 February 2017 (oe-25-3-2805