This paper discusses the challenges posed in creating a Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT) environment for multiple languages. By selecting one language from each of three different language families, we show that a single environment ma...
Drifting snow is a significant factor in snow redistribution and cascading snow incidents. However, field observations of drifting snow are relatively difficult due to limitations in observation technology, and drifting snow observation data are scar...
General-purpose automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems have improved in quality and are being used for pronunciation assessment. However, the assessment of isolated short utterances, such as words in minimal pairs for segmental approaches, remain...
Brucellosis in humans is under-detected and underreported in sub-Saharan Africa. Risk factors associated with Brucella infection and health seeking behaviour in response to brucellosis-like symptoms, amongst cattle farm workers and veterinary officia...
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the widespread adoption of online instruction all around the world. In fact, in the post-pandemic era, online teaching and learning are proliferating and are considered as alternatives to traditional learning. The cu...
This article contributes to the discourse on how contemporary computer and information technology may help in improving foreign language learning not only by supporting better and more flexible workflow and digitizing study materials but also through...
In this study, first-principles calculations in conjunction with the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm structure search method were employed to investigate the stable phases of Ca-Pt intermetallic compounds under various pressure conditions...
In South Africa, the prevalence of cattle handler exposure to Brucella on cattle farms is unknown and risk factors and cattle symptoms associated with infected cattle herds are unavailable. To address this gap, a case-control study of cattle herds wa...
As an indispensable module of computer-aided pronunciation training (CAPT) systems, mispronunciation detection and diagnosis (MDD) techniques have attracted a lot of attention from academia and industry over the past decade. To train robust MDD model...
Advanced automatic pronunciation error detection (APED) algorithms are usually based on state-of-the-art automatic speech recognition (ASR) techniques. With the development of deep learning technology, end-to-end ASR technology has gradually matured...
A crucial element of computer-assisted pronunciation training systems (CAPT) is the mispronunciation detection and diagnostic (MDD) technique. The provided transcriptions can act as a teacher when evaluating the pronunciation quality of finite speech...
Multi-wall lipid-core nanocapsule (MLNC) functionalized with captopril and nanoencapsulating furosemide within the core was developed as a liquid formulation for oral administration. The nanocapsules had mean particle size below 200 nm, showing unimo...
Objective: The aim of this project was to develop the Arabic CAPT (A-CAPT), a Standard Arabic version of the CHEAR auditory perception test (CAPT) that assesses consonant perception ability in children. Method: This closed-set test was evaluated with...
Vowel reduction is a common pronunciation phenomenon in stress-timed languages like English. Native speakers tend to weaken unstressed vowels into a schwa-like sound. It is an essential factor that makes the accent of language learners sound unnatura...
This research paper addresses the challenge of providing effective feedback on spontaneous speech produced by second language (L2) English learners. As the position of pauses and lexical stress is often considered a determinative factor for easy comp...
This paper presents the design and evaluation of e-SoundWay, a cross-platform serious game developed to improve English phonetic competence through a multimodal and narrative-driven approach. While the platform is specifically tailored to meet the ne...
This paper presents an AI-augmented pronunciation training approach for Russian language learners through a mobile application that supports an interactive learner–system feedback loop. The system combines a pre-trained Wav2Vec2Phoneme neural n...
For Thai vowel pronunciation, it is very important to know that when mispronunciation occurs, the meanings of words change completely. Thus, effective and standardized practice is essential to pronouncing words correctly as a native speaker. Since th...
Activated clay minerals have been widely used in the edible oil refining industry for decolorization of crude oil by adsorption, and so far many methods have been used to improve their decolorization efficiency. Herein, we successfully prepared a ser...
Abattoir workers are liable to zoonotic infections from animals and animal products, primarily to diseases with asymptomatic and chronic clinical manifestations in animals, such as brucellosis. No published reports exist on the seroprevalence of bruc...
Two new fully ordered ternary Laves phase compounds, Ca2Pt3Ga and Ca2Pd3Ga, have been synthesized and characterized by powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction along with electronic structure calculations. Ca2Pd3Ga was synthesized as a pure phase...
Avoiding interference and realizing the precise detection of mycotoxins in complex food samples is still an urgent problem for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) analysis technology. Herein, a highly sensitive and specific aptasensor was deve...
The industrial application of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells is limited by the high cost of platinum catalysts. In this study, we developed a one−step synthesis strategy for low−platinum alloy catalysts based on crystal−str...
Conversational Agents have been showing promise for depression in adults in the short-term. Although, there has been little research done for conversational agents (CAs) with depression in adolescents. This study aimed to determine adolescents’...
A high-performance versatile computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) system that provides the learner immediate feedback as to whether their pronunciation is correct is very helpful in learning correct pronunciation and allows learners to pra...
Operation modes are an important topic in the research of Rotating Detonation Chamber (RDC) as it can affect the stability of RDC. However, they have not been discussed in detail due to the limitation of measurement means in experiments. The aim of t...
A rotating detonation engine (RDE) is a highly promising detonation-based propulsion system and has been widely researched in recent decades. In this study, BYCFoam, the latest gaseous version of the BYRFoam family, is developed specifically for RDE...
Ozone addition presents a promising approach for optimizing and regulating both combustion and ignition mechanisms. In Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs), investigating the impact of ozone addition is particularly important due to the fact of their u...
Computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) is a helpful method for self-directed or long-distance foreign language learning. It greatly benefits from the progress, and of acoustic signal processing and artificial intelligence techniques. However...
A serious and ubiquitous issue in existing mapped WENO schemes is that most of them can hardly preserve high resolutions, but in the meantime prevent spurious oscillations in the solving of hyperbolic conservation laws with long output times. Our goa...
As is well known, due to the spectral decomposition of the Jacobian matrix, the WENO reconstructions in the characteristic-wise fashion (abbreviated as CH-WENO) need much higher computational cost and more complicated implementation than their counte...
The WENO-NIP scheme was obtained by developing a class of
Ion irradiation, combined with nanoindentation, has long been recognized as an effective way to study effects of irradiation on the mechanical properties of metallic materials. In this research, hardening and creep of ion irradiated Chinese low activ...
Background: Depression is a significant public health problem for adolescents. The goal of this study was to evaluate the moderating role of human support in an online depression prevention program on both depression outcomes and overall engagement w...
A new series of nicotinonitrile derivatives 2–7 was designed and synthesized from the starting material (E)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (1) to assess their molluscicidal activity. The newly synthesized nicotinonitrile...
The Canadian system for approval of new cancer drugs is complex with multiple steps. Health Canada grants a license for a drug to be marketed and prescribed. The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) and Institut national d&rsq...
Little attention is paid to prosody in second language (L2) instruction, but computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) offers learners solutions to improve the perception and production of L2 suprasegmentals. In this study, we extend with acous...
In this study, we synthesized benzodioxol carboxamide derivatives and investigated their antidiabetic potential. The synthesized compounds (Ia-Ic and IIa-IId) underwent characterization via HRMS, 1H-, 13CAPT-NMR, and MicroED. Their efficacy against &...
Pronunciation assessment is central to computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) and speaking tests, yet most systems still adopt a native norm, treating deviations from canonical L1 pronunciations as errors. In contrast, rating rubrics and psy...
Laser plasma acceleration has made remarkable progress in the last few decades, but it also faces many challenges. Although the high gradient is a great potential advantage, the beam quality of the laser accelerator has a certain gap, or it is differ...
FGH96 is a powder metallurgy Ni-based superalloy used for turbine disks of aero-engines. In the present study, room-temperature pre-tension experiments with various plastic strain were conducted for the P/M FGH96 alloy, and subsequent creep tests wer...
A series of twenty-five salicylic acid derivatives was synthesized and structurally characterized by 1H and 13C-APT NMR and IR spectroscopic techniques, and HRMS analysis. The derivatives were subjected to biological evaluation against species of the...
Mispronunciation detection (MD) is a key component in computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) and speaking tests. Most MD systems adopt a production view, measuring phone-level deviation from a canonical pronunciation (Native Norm) or the exp...
Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) traditionally occurs in face-to-face (FTF BPT). Recently, Behavioral Intervention Technology (BIT) has been developed to deliver BPT in lieu of or as an adjunct to FTF BPT using websites, computer software, smartphone...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a sudden injury that causes damage to the brain. Rehabilitation therapies include specific training, such as attention process training (APT) programs using either standard or innovative approaches. The aim of this stu...
The interaction between an ultrastrong laser and a cone-like target is an efficient approach to generate high-power radiations such as attosecond pulses and terahertz waves. The objective is to study the
Online parenting training programs have shown to be effective. However, no studies on parent training programs delivered through chatbots have been reported yet. Aim. This study aims to assess the feasibility of delivering parenting skills through a...
Benzimidazole derivatives are known to be key players in the development of novel anticancer agents. Herein, we aimed to synthesize novel derivatives to target breast cancer. A new series of benzimidazole derivatives conjugated with either six- and f...
Unmanned equipment, such as unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), are widely used in marine science for underwater observation, rescue, military purposes, etc. However, current vehicles are not applicable in comple...
Droplet microfluidics has become the most promising subcategory of microfluidics since it contributes numerous applications to diverse fields. However, fabrication of microfluidic devices for droplet formation, manipulation and applications is usuall...
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