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BaNa: a noise resilient fundamental frequency detection algorithm for speech and music
Fundamental frequency (F0) is one of the essential features in many acoustic related applications. Although numerous F0 detection algorithms have been developed, the detection accuracy in noisy environments still needs improvement. We present a hybrid noise resilient F0 detection algorithm named BaNa that combines the approaches of harmonic ratios and Cepstrum analysis. A Viterbi algorithm with a cost function is used to identify the F0 value among several F0 candidates. Speech and music databases with eight different types of additive noise are used to evaluate the performance of the BaNa algorithm and several classic and state-of-the-art F0 detection algorithms. Results show that for almost all types of noise and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values investigated, BaNa achieves the lowest Gross Pitch Error (GPE) rate among all the algorithms. Moreover, for the 0 dB SNR scenarios, the BaNa algorithm is shown to achieve 20% to 35% GPE rate for speech and 12% to 39% GPE rate for music. We also describe implementation issues that must be addressed to run the BaNa algorithm as a real-time application on a smartphone platform.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
Carbon monoxide in an extremely metal-poor galaxy
Extremely metal-poor galaxies with metallicity below 10% of the solar value
in the local universe are the best analogues to investigating the interstellar
medium at a quasi-primitive environment in the early universe. In spite of the
ongoing formation of stars in these galaxies, the presence of molecular gas
(which is known to provide the material reservoir for star formation in
galaxies, such as our Milky Way) remains unclear. Here, we report the detection
of carbon monoxide (CO), the primary tracer of molecular gas, in a galaxy with
7% solar metallicity, with additional detections in two galaxies at higher
metallicities. Such detections offer direct evidence for the existence of
molecular gas in these galaxies that contain few metals. Using archived
infrared data, it is shown that the molecular gas mass per CO luminosity at
extremely low metallicity is approximately one-thousand times the Milky Way
value.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. Supplementary data at
http://www.nature.com/article-assets/npg/ncomms/2016/161209/ncomms13789/extref/ncomms13789-s1.pd
Magnetoelectric Coupling and Electric Control of Magnetization in Ferromagnet-Ferroelectric-Metal Superlattices
Ferromagnet-ferroelectric-metal superlattices are proposed to realize the
large room-temperature magnetoelectric effect. Spin dependent electron
screening is the fundamental mechanism at the microscopic level. We also
predict an electric control of magnetization in this structure. The naturally
broken inversion symmetry in our tri-component structure introduces a
magnetoelectric coupling energy of . Such a magnetoelectric coupling
effect is general in ferromagnet-ferroelectric heterostructures, independent of
particular chemical or physical bonding, and will play an important role in the
field of multiferroics.Comment: 5 pages including 3 figures and 1 tabl
2,2′-Dichloro-N,N′-[1,3-phenylenebis(methylene)]diacetamide
The complete molecule of the title compound, C12H14Cl2N2O2, is generated by a crystallographic twofold axis with two C atoms of the central benzene ring lying on the axis. In the crystal, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains parallel to the c axis
Vacuum Filling Simulation with Combined Lagranian and VOF Method
Jetting succeeded by accumulation is the characteristic of the vacuum filling, which is different from the conventional pressure-driven flow. In order to simulate this kind of flow, a three-dimensional theoretical model in terms of incompressible and viscous flow is established, and an iterative method combined with finite element method (FEM) is proposed to solve the flow problem. The Lagranian-VOF method is constructed to trace the jetting and accumulated flow fronts. Based on the proposed model and algorithm, a simulation program is developed to predict the velocity, pressure, temperature, and advancement progress. To validate the model and algorithm, a visual experimental equipment for vacuum filling is designed and construted. The vacuum filling experiments with different viscous materials and negative pressures were conducted and compared the corresponding simulations. The results show the flow front shape closely depends on the fluid viscosity and less relates to the vacuum pressure
A Convenient Adomian-Pade Technique for the Nonlinear Oscillator Equation
Very recently, the convenient way to calculate the Adomian series was suggested. This paper combines this technique and the Pade approximation to develop some new iteration schemes. Then, the combined method is applied to nonlinear models and the residual functions illustrate the accuracies and conveniences
STUDY OF APPLICATION OF THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY IN FOOD SAFETY
Abstract: In this paper, a new spectroscopy technology named terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) is introduced, which is used in food safety. We describe a coherent subpicosecond THz spectroscopy system based on nonresonant optical rectification for the generation of THz radiation. As an example, we measured absorption spectrum of water vapor by THz-TDS in frequency from 0.5 to 2.5 THz, The experiment demonstrated that the spectroscopy resolution of system was up to 0.0001THz, which can be measured vegetable pesticide residual, for it neither need sample pretreatment nor cause pollution
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