Single channel multi-talker speech separation with deep learning by Xu, Chenglin

“…With these explicit temporal information as supervision and features, the temporal continuity, that is broken by windowing effect between frames, is bridged. The speech separation network is optimized through a multi-task learning framework with a subtask to predict an attribute (silence, single, and overlapped) for each time-frequency (TF) bin of the mixture magnitude. …”
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Structural behaviour of high strength steel bolted connections by Jiang, Ke

“…The use of high strength steel has been increasingly prevalent in construction of large-scale structures, such as long-span bridges and high-rise buildings, mainly due to its high material strength, allowing structural members and connections to be designed with smaller sizes and simpler configurations. …”
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Regional feedback control of robot with application to optical manipulation of biological cells by Li, Xiang

“…The proposed formulation provides a theoretical framework that bridges the gap between traditional robotic manipulation techniques and optical manipulation techniques of cells.…”
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Incommensurate structure of melilite-type electrolyte : synthesis, crystal chemistry and ion conduction by Wei, Fengxia

“…Melilites ([A2]2[BI]2[BII2O7]2) are layered oxides containing distorted pentagonal rings, constructed from BO4 tetrahedra, whose basic structure can be ‘modulated’ to accommodate misfit between the interlayer spacing and the bridging A cations. While prototypically regarded as possessing a tetragonal unit cell metric with atoms distributed in accord with space group , these materials are often incommensurate and are best described in higher dimensional superspace. …”
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Fabrication of carbon-metal oxide nanocomposites as electrode materials for supercapacitors by Yan, Weili

“…Supercapacitors (SCs) are deemed as the promising energy storage devices because of their remarkable power density, long cycle life and their special status in terms of power and energy densities that bridges the gap between conventional capacitors and batteries/fuel cells. …”
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達志通欲 ： 朝鮮漢語譯官與十七至十九世紀的中朝關係 = Communicating likings and needs : Chinese interpreters of Chosŏn and Sino-Chosŏn relations, 1600-1900 by 羅樂然 Law, Lok-Yin

“…Arguing those interpreters as intermediaries, this study looks at their responsibilities for negotiating tributary rituals and border disputes with the Chinese Court, learning new knowledge of the outside world, and bridging relations with Chinese officers and academe by utilizing their Chinese communication skills and literatures. …”
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Carbon-based materials for thermal management applications by Kong, Qinyu

“…The 3D CNT network is comprised of vertically aligned CNT arrays (primary CNT arrays) bridged with randomly-oriented secondary CNTs. These linkages between the primary CNTs can be postulated to enhance the thermal performance of CNT-based TIMs. …”
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Scale removal in water pipeline with a magnetic field by Othman, Athirah

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Digesting industrialisation: social changes in two industrialised villages in East China by Zhang, G

“…</p> <p>This research bridges literature on village studies, sociology of industrialisation, and social inequality in China. …”

Addressing an old issue from a new methodological perspective: a proposition on how to deal with bias due to multilevel measurement error in the estimation of the effects of school... by Televantou, I

“…The originality of Study 2 lies in verifying BFLPEs for students as young as five to eight/nine years old. Bridging the findings related to students' mathematics self-concept (Study 2) and the findings on students’ mathematics achievements (Study 1a), I demonstrate that the prevalence of BFLPEs with the English data partly explains the negative compositional effect of school average mathematics achievement on students' subsequent mathematics achievement.…”

Synthesis and Reactions of a Cyclopentadienyl-Amidinate Titanium tert-Butoxyimido Compound by Groom, L, Schwarz, A, Nova, A, Clot, E, Mountford, P

“…Net NOtBu group transfer was observed with both tBuNCO and PhC(O)R, yielding the oxo-bridged dimer [CpTi{PhC(NiPr)2}(μ-O)] 2 and either the alkoxycarbodiimide tBuNCNOtBu or the oxime ethers PhC(NOtBu)R (R = H (25a), Me (25b), Ph (25c)). …”

Synthesis, characterization, and properties of high molecular weight poly(methylated ferrocenylsilanes) and their charge transfer polymer salts with tetracyanoethylene by Pudelski, J, Foucher, D, Honeyman, C, Macdonald, P, Manners, I, Barlow, S, OHare, D

“…A series of poly(ferrocenylsilanes) with methylated cyclopentadienyl (Cp) rings [Fe(η-C5-MexH4-x)(η-C 5MeyH4-y)SiMe2]n, (2a-e) (a, x = 0, y = 0; b, x = 1, y = 1 (Cp-Me groups at random positions); c, x = 1, y = 1 (Cp-Me groups at 3,3′ positions); d, x = 4, y = 0; e, x = 4, y = 4) have been prepared by thermal ring-opening polymerization (TROP) of the corresponding silicon-bridged [1]ferrocenophanes Fe-(η-C5MexH4-x)(η-C5Me yH4-y)SiMe2 (1a-e). …”

Sulfonamide-Supported Aluminum Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by Schwarz, A, Chu, Z, Mountford, P

“…X-ray diffraction studies revealed four- or five-coordinate C.v-symmetric structures for 17-21, a five-coordinate C2-symmetric sulfonamide-bridged dimer for 28, and a five-coordinate C,-symmetric monomer for 30 stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the sulfonyl oxygens and the amine protons. …”

Solution-based Group 14 Zintl anions: new frontiers and discoveries by Wang, Y, McGrady, JE, Sun, Z-M

“…The range of products includes intermetalloid clusters with transition metal atom(s) embedded in main-group element cages, organometallic Zintl anions in which [E_<em>x</em>]^{<em>q</em>&minus;}&nbsp;acts as a ligand, intermetallic Zintl anions where [E_<em>x</em>]^{<em>q</em>&minus;}&nbsp;is bridged by ligand-free transition metal atom(s), organo-Zintl anions where [E_<em>x</em>]^{<em>q</em>&minus;}&nbsp;is functionalized with organic-group(s), and oligomers formed through oxidative coupling reactions. …”

Electron paramagnetic resonance studies and magnetic field effects on porphyrin nanostructures and triad systems by Richert, S

“…It was found that even though the porphyrin units are held in an approximately co-planar arrangement within the ladder complex, which should favour long-range electronic communication, complete delocalisation is restricted to two porphyrin units at low temperatures and no delocalisation across the bridging ligand was observed.</p> <p>In a different project on symmetric and asymmetric zinc porphyrin oligomers with varying side and end groups, the influence of electronic symmetry on triplet state delocalisation was determined to be the major factor governing and limiting the extent of triplet state delocalisation in linear porphyrin oligomers.…”

Linking entrepreneurial orientation to firm performance of small and medium-sized manufacturing firms in Sabah: moderating effect of the government’s role / Melvin Mojikon by Mojikon, Melvin

“…Second, since previous studies pertaining to EO and the performance of firms have mainly concentrated on how the dimensions directly affected firm performance, this study bridges that literature gap by investigating the impact of EO, as well as the manner in which the government’s role factor had an effect on the relationship between EO and firm performance. …”
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Usage attitude among food and beverages small medium enterprises towards halal mobile application in Sabah, Malaysia by Haslinda Hasan

“…The research model was developed based on image theory and the adoption process. This study also bridges the interdisciplinary gap between Image theory for human decision making and the diffusion of innovation. …”
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Perception on the role of parenting styles and peer influence on juvenile delinquency among adolescents in the government remand homes in Lagos, Nigeria by Adewale, Yusuf Sodiq

“…In terms of knowledge development, this present study contributes to bridging the literature gap concerning the role of parenting and peers' influence on juvenile delinquency among adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria.…”
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Antioxidant properties of leaf and flower extracts of Moringa oleifera Lam (kelor) and their effects on acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in vivo by Sharifudin, Syazana Akmal

“…Histologically, the liver was observed to have severe inflammation and bridging necrosis. When concurrent treatment was conducted with either flowers or leaves, the level of ALT and AST were significantly reduced. …”
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Cloning, expression and characterization of a stearoyl-ACP desaturase gene from Jessenia bataua Mart, var. bataua by Sharian, Muhamad Syafiq

“…JbSAD also contains an acyl-acyl carrier protein-desaturase (acyl-ACP-desaturase) conserved domain which is a mu-oxo-bridged diiron-carboxylate enzyme that belongs to a broad superfamily of ferritin-like proteins. …”
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