scholarly journals Synthetic speech prosody of digital assistents and their functions in the modern world

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-119
Author(s):  
Natalia ZADORIZHNA
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Synthetic Speech ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Speech Prosody ◽  
Intensity Range ◽  
Communication Context

The article is devoted to the speech prosody analysis of digital assistants and their functions in the modern world. Peculiarities of their functioning in different spheres, in particular in educational, are considered and as well as tasks which they perform. Synthetic speech prosody is investigated on the example of voice assistants which speak in a female, male and genderless voice. Characteristics of melody (melodic scales and terminal tones), FF and intensity range, tempo and pause features, voice quality were taken into account. In the course of comparative study some identical and distinctive features of assistants’ speech were singled out. The results of the experiment demonstrate variability of prosodic parameters, used by digital assistants. Voice differentiation and different degrees of expressiveness depend on the sphere of application, users’ preferences and communication context.

Conditions for the development of the philosophy of non-violence in the modern world

2020 ◽  
pp. 337-352
Author(s):  
Tolganay V. Mustafina-Kulchmanova ◽  
Zhabayhan M. Abdildin ◽  
Kudaibergen A. Temirgaliev ◽  
Kuralay S. Yermagambetova ◽  
Manifa S. Sarkulova
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Theoretical Methods ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
And Behavior

This article addresses the issues of the genesis of non-violence and the practical application of non-violent practices in the context of modern realities. The phe-nomenon of non-violence is seen in close connection with violence, which is more often reflected in the form of wars, military clashes, and conflicts. The article pro-vides an analysis of the use of non-violent practices and the possibility of develop-ing peacekeeping in public opinion and behavior. During the preparation of this article, a review and comparative study of various literature aimed at studying non-violence were carried out. Together with the philosophical works, various ma-terials of a political science character are studied. In preparing this work, they were used as general theoretical methods, such as analysis and synthesis. At the same time, analogies, systematization, etc. were used. The materials of the article sug-gest practical significance for university teachers of humanitarian/philosophical specialties.

scholarly journals Clinical and imaging characteristics of primary hepatic sarcomatoid carcinoma and sarcoma: a comparative study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongli Shi ◽  
Jun Sun ◽  
Liang Ma ◽  
Jing Chang ◽  
Hongjun Li
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Sarcomatoid Carcinoma ◽  
Arterial Phase ◽  
Imaging Features ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Imaging Characteristics ◽  
Cystic Masses ◽  
Mass Lesions ◽  
Univariate Analyses

Abstract Background：Primary hepatic sarcomatous carcinoma (PHSC) and primary hepatic sarcoma (PHS) are rare malignancies with frequent overlap in both the clinic and radiology. No comparative study of these tumors for the restricted cases has previously been undertaken. The purpose of our study was to analyze the clinical and imaging features of PHSCs and PHSs, with an emphasis on particularities and similarities through a comparison of the two tumors.Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical and imaging features of 39 patients with pathologically proven PHSCs (n=23) and PHSs (n=16) from four university centers over a 9-year period from 2010-2019. Univariate analyses were performed to determine the consistent and distinctive features. Results：The background of chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis was observed with a high frequency in both of PHSCs (73.7%) and PHSs (62.5%). Tumors with a diameter greater than 10cm were significantly more common in PHSs than PHSCs (p=0.043) and cystic masses were more detected in PHSs (P=0.041). Both PHSCs and PHSs mainly presented hypovascularity (78.3% vs 81.3%). The ring hyper enhancement on the arterial phase (AP) and wash out were more frequently seen in PHSCs and the iso-hypo enhancement on the AP followed persistent or progressive enhancement was more commonly detected in PHSs (all, p<0.05). Conclusion：PHSC and PHS generally present as mass lesions with hypovascularity. The ring hyper enhancement on the AP and wash out favor the diagnosis of PHSC. The large size greater than 10cm, cystic lesion, iso-hypo persistent or progressive enhancement pattern might suggest the possibility of PHSs.

scholarly journals "Comparisons are Odious?" Revisiting the ancient fable of the ant and the grasshopper adapted in Maugham's short story

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1181-1186
Author(s):  
Muhammad Reazul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Moral Conflict ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Fantasy World ◽  
Academic Debate

The article seeks to locate a comparative study of the meanings and the morals of a popular ancient fable, adapted by William Somerset Maugham in his short story, The Ant and the Grasshopper. The comparison and contrast in adapting the fable generated an intense academic debate about the appropriate policies of life, a human should undergo. Alike the ancient fable, the setting of the story opens with the conversation between an industrious ant and its reluctant counterpart, a grasshopper. Although the story of the fable is embodied with a moral where industry is rewarded and giddiness punished, we see a completely different scenario at the end of the story. Therefore, it is an irony of the moral conflict between two Ramsay brothers, namely George Ramsay, a man of ethics and Tom Ramsay, a man of a fantasy world. Throughout the story, The Ant and the Grasshopper, Maugham's effort to portray the themes of justice, trust, fear, morality, embarrassment, happiness and struggle is indeed praiseworthy. But, at the same time, it has aroused a hypothesis of seeking out the ultimate principles of life. The paper considers the development of the Greek fable from its origin to the later adaptations, including the version of La Fontaine, a French fabulist, and the final reversal to a counter-fable by Maugham. It also includes a web of researches in the corresponding fields, and a synthesis resulting from the causes and effects of indebtedness and unemployment that can eventually affect the economy through fluctuations in confidence. The further objective of this work illustrates the misconception and mockery of a man of letter and the eventual paradoxes he has to face in reality. Finally, it concludes with an inception that a post modern world like ours needs not only a determined and preset humane policy, but also a new narrative, and liberal outlook to survive or live in luxury.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on the Application of Quality Assessment Schemes in Academic and Construction Industries

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.12) ◽  
pp. 425
Author(s):  
M Balasubramanian ◽  
Senthil Selvan.S ◽  
V R.Prasath Kumar ◽  
Mahadevan S
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Implementation Evaluation ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Engineering Department

In this study, the development of professionalism of undergraduate students of civil engineering is essential to face the challenges in the modern world and this study describes professional internship program for each semester in the civil engineering department at SRM Institute of Science and Technology. Based upon literature reviews of the professional internship program for each semester questionnaires are prepared and given to faculties, undergraduates of SRM Institute of Science and Technology and also get from the construction contractors, to predict issues in the traditional professional internship program. For undergraduates questionnaires consider weighted percentage of before and after professional internship program are Wb and Wa. The expert groups were utilized to planning, implementation, evaluation, and execution of the professional internship program at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology. An implementation of the professional internship program for each semester of undergraduate students of the civil engineering department at SRM Institute of Science and Technology. The outcomes obtained for civil engineering undergraduates are getting from valuable resources, that professional internship program for each semester is needed undergraduates to develop the carrier and gain knowledge and should create best civil engineers.   

The Holocaust in European History

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Roseman
Keyword(s):  
National Socialism ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Total War ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
Unique Event ◽  
Fundamental Causes ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
The Holocaust

This chapter outlines some of the Holocaust’s fundamental causes and characteristics, and its parallels and contrasts with other genocides. It begins by reminding readers of the profound questioning and uncertainty about human progress that emerged in the wake of the experience of National Socialism and the Holocaust, as a result of which our relationship to the modern world has changed. It notes the continuing difficulty historians, social scientists, and others face in applying general models or frameworks to explain the Holocaust, despite a growing consensus that it is neither uniquely mysterious nor a unique event. It then identifies a series of causal moments—crisis, ideology and specifically anti-Semitism, participation, total war, imperialism, and collaboration—that provide entry points to understanding the Holocaust, and at the same time illustrate the ways it mirrors and diverges from other genocides and mega-murders. It concludes with one of the Holocaust’s most distinctive features—the scale and sophistication of victim chronicles of the event.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Voice Quality and Coverage for Voice over Long Term Evolution Calls Using Different Codec Mode-sets

IEEE Access ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 10315-10322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaideep Abichandani ◽  
Jeffrey Baenke ◽  
Michael S. Irizarry ◽  
Narothum Saxena ◽  
Purva Vyas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Long Term Evolution ◽  
Term Evolution

Developing Internet Jurisdiction in B2B and B2C Contracts: Focusing on Iranian Legal System with Comparative Study of American, English and eu Laws

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-304
Author(s):  
Taher Habibzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
International Law ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Legal System ◽  
American English ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Habitual Residence ◽  
Electronic Communications

Abstract In the modern world, electronic communications play a significant role in areas of national and international law such as Internet jurisdiction. Private international law provides that the competent court is the court within which jurisdiction the contract is performed, so it is important to know the place of performance of the contract in the case of contracts for digital goods such as e-books or computer software delivered online. It is equally important in the case of electronic services such as e-teaching. Furthermore, as consumer protection in B2C contracts is important in developing global e-commerce, it is important to consider whether the consumer party is able to bring an action against the business party in his own place of domicile or habitual residence. The article analyses these questions and proposes ways in which the Iranian legal system might be developed to address issues of Internet jurisdiction in B2B and B2C contracts.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF TERRITORIAL STATE TV CHANNELS IN UZBEKISTAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 124-131
Author(s):  
Marguba Altmishbaevna Dadakhanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Development Trends ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Territorial State ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
Regional State ◽  
Digital Format

This article provides a comparative study of the activities of regional TV channels in the system of the Central Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan. The focus on their development during the years of independence, the existing legal and regulatory documents in this area, the work being done to improve the logistics of TV channels are studied. The growth of regional TV channels and the expansion of airtime are analyzed on the basis of media efficiency. The process of transition from analog to digital format is covered on the basis of evidence, based on the information, speed, interest and needs of the audience in the activities of regional state TV channels, the need to operate. Distinctive features of the development trends of regional TV channels are highlighted and general conclusions are drawn about the aspects that are important for their development. The article consists of introduction, purpose and objectives, research methods, results / discussion, conclusion.

scholarly journals Baeza and Úbeda – the first cities of Spanish Renaissance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Надежда Михайловна Сим
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Classical Architecture ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
Architectural Language ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Juan De Herrera

Объектом исследования в контексте испанской архитектуры XVI начала XVII века являются два испанских города Баэса и Убеда, имеющих культурное и историческое сходство. В результате анализа их планов, архитектурных доминант автор обнаруживает отличительные черты архитектурного и градостроительного решения двух близлежащих городов. Особый интерес представляет многообразие художественных течений и традиций разных исторических эпох (поздней готики, мудехара, кастильско-фламандского исабелино, итальянского пуризма, элементов классической архитектуры раннего испанского Ренессанса и др.). Подобное сопоставительное исследование ранее не проводилось искусствоведами. Материалом для анализа послужили наиболее характерные по выразительности стилевых решений арка де Вильялар, ворота Хаена, площадь Популо, дворец Хабалькинто, капелла-усыпальница Сан Сальвадор, дворец Васкес де Молина и собор Санта Мария де лос Реалес Алькасарес, Каса де лас Торрес дворец маркизов Баско дель Пескаро, палаццо Канденас. Автором отмечен вклад таких зодчих, как Энрике де Эгас и Хуан Гуас, Андрес де Вандельвира, Хуан де Эррера и Диего де Силоэ, в формирование архитектурного языка Восточной Андалусии. The object of the study are two Spanish cities Baeza and Ubeda, which have cultural and historical similarities in the context of Spanish architecture of the 16th early 17th centuries. As a result of the analysis of their plans, architectural dominants, the author discovers the distinctive features of the architectural and urban planning decisions of two nearby cities. Of particular interest is the variety of artistic movements and traditions of different historical eras (late Gothic, Mudejar, Castilian-Flemish Isabelino, Italian purism, elements of the classical architecture of the early Spanish Renaissance, etc.). Earlier, art historians did not conduct such a comparative study. The materials used for analysis were the most typical architectural monuments that are most expressive of style decisions: Villalar Arch (Arco de Villalar), Baeza Jaen Gate (Puerta de Jan), Ppulo Square (Plaza del Ppulo), Jabalquinto Palace (Palacio de Jabalquinto), Holy Chapel of the Saviour (Sacra Capilla del Salvador), Vzquez de Molina Palace, Baslica de Santa Mara de los Reales Alczares, House of Towers (Casa de las Torres), Palace of the Chains (Palacio de las Cadenas). The author notes the contribution of architects such as Enrique Egas and Juan Guas, Andres de Vandelvira, Juan de Herrera and Diego de Silo in the formation of the architectural language of Eastern Andalusia.

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