Supported by recent computational studies, there is increasing evidence that a wide range
of neuronal responses can be understood as an emergent property of nonnegative sparse …

Bolted joints are fundamental building blocks and have been widely used to hold multiple
structural components together, while their looseness may lead to costly disasters in …

This study is proposed a new adaptive threshold based on noisy speech for each sub-bands
with low complex and it is suitability for range of human hearing and range of hearing test. A …

Emotional state identification is an important issue to achieve more natural speech
interactive systems. Ideally, these systems should also be able to work in real environments …

When a signal is recorded in an enclosed room, it typically gets affected by reverberation.
This degradation represents a problem when dealing with audio signals, particularly in the …

Snoring affects the sleep quality of the snorer itself and its social circle. Some types of
snoring are related to sleep apnea, which leads to sleepiness during the day and to several …

In this paper, three sparse models for the human auditory system are proposed. Biological
studies shows that the haircells in the inner ear of the auditory system generate sparse …

Among the most dangerous cancers, there is the Melanoma that affects millions of people.
As this is a type of malignant pigmented skin lesion and it can be recognized by medical …

Snoring affects the sleep quality of the snorer itself and its social circle. Some types of
snoring are related to sleep apnea, which leads to sleepiness during the day and to several …

The recognition of states and traits of speakers is a significant issue to investigate, to be able
to achieve more useful interactive systems. The sincerity of a speaker is a relevant …