Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 32
Gas-sensitive holographic sensors
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyInstitute of Biotechnology, 2013-04-16)
Holographic sensors are photonic layered structures contained in analyte sensitive lms that upon illumination produce monochromatic reflections (λ). The present work reports the fabrication of oxygen and ammonia sensors ...
Automatic induction of verb classes using clustering
(University of CambridgeFaculty of Computer Science and TechnologyComputer Laboratory, 2013-04-30)
Verb classifications have attracted a great deal of interest in both linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). They have proved useful for important tasks and applications, including e.g. computational lexicography, ...
'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) ...
GREEN IPTV: a resource and energy efficient network for IPTV
(University of CambridgeFaculty of Computer Science and TechnologyComputer LaboratoryDepartment of Engineering, 2013-01-08)
The distribution of television is currently dominated by three technologies: over-the-air broadcast, cable, and satellite. The advent of IP networks and the increased availability of broadband access created a new vehicle ...
Privacy engineering for social networks
(University of CambridgeFaculty of Computer Science and TechnologyComputer Laboratory, 2013-01-08)
In this dissertation, I enumerate several privacy problems in online social networks (OSNs) and describe a system called Footlights that addresses them. Footlights is a platform for distributed social applications that ...
Modelling of friction stir spot welding
(University of CambridgeDepartment of EngineeringSidney Sussex CollegeTrinity Hall, 2013-07-09)
Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) is a solid-state welding process which is especially useful for joining precipitation-hardened aluminium alloys that undergo adverse property changes during fusion welding. It also has ...