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'You can't just hit a button’: an ethnographic study of strategies to repurpose data from advanced clinical information systems for clinical process improvement
(BMC Medicine, 2013-04)
Abstract Background Current policies encourage healthcare institutions to acquire clinical information systems (CIS) so that captured data can be used for secondary purposes, including clinical process improvement. Such ...
Autoregressive models for statistical parametric speech synthesis
(IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 2013-03)
We propose using the autoregressive hidden Markov model (HMM) for speech synthesis. The autoregressive HMM uses the same model for parameter estimation and synthesis in a consistent way, in contrast to the standard approach ...
Fast, low-artifact speech synthesis considering global variance
(IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 2013-05-27)
Speech parameter generation considering global variance (GV generation) is widely acknowledged to dramatically improve the quality of synthetic speech generated by HMM-based systems. However it is slower and has higher ...
Mixing and internal dynamics of droplets impacting and coalescing on a solid surface
(American Physical SocietyPhysical Review E, 2013-08-26)
The coalescence and mixing of a sessile and an impacting liquid droplet on a solid surface are studied experimentally and numerically in terms of lateral separation and droplet speed. Two droplet generators are used to ...
Precracked RC T-beams Repaired in Shear with Prestressed CFRP Straps
(American Concrete InstituteACI Structural Journal, 2013-09-01)
The results of an experimental and numerical investigation involving unstrengthened reinforced concrete (RC) T-beams and precracked RC T-beams strengthened in shear with prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) ...
Jets, mixing, and topography in the Southern Ocean
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsClare College, 2013-11-12)
The Southern Ocean holds a unique place in our planet. It is home to the world’s longest and strongest ocean current, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (or ACC), which is formed of jets (alternating velocity structures), ...
Elastocapillarity: adhesion and large deformations of thin sheets
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2013-09-03)
This thesis is concerned with the deformation and adhesion of thin elastic sheets that come into contact with an underlying substrate. The focus of this work is on the interplay between material and geometric properties ...
Modeling and numerics for two partial differential equation systems arising from nanoscale physics
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2013-04-30)
This thesis focuses on the mathematical analysis of two partial differential equation systems. Consistent improvement of mathematical computation allows more and more questions to be addressed in the form of numerical ...
An experimental and theoretical study of the dynamics of grounding lines
(Cambridge University Press, 2013-07-01)
We present an experimental and theoretical study of a thin, viscous fluid layer that flows radially under gravity from a point source into a denser inviscid fluid layer of uniform depth above a rigid horizontal surface. ...
Rotating black droplet
(Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013-08-19)