Voice conversion with parallel/non-parallel data and synthetic speech detection by Tian, Xiaohai

“…As low-dimensional features are typically used in synthetic techniques, detailed information has been abandoned in synthetic speech. This work mainly focused on the detailed information of high-dimensional features, especially their high-frequency parts, for synthetic speech detection. …”
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Effective type label-based synergistic representation learning for biomedical event trigger detection by Hao, Anran, Yuan, Haohan, Hui, Siu Cheung, Su, Jian

“…Most state-of-the-art models rely mainly on external resources such as linguistic tools and knowledge bases to improve system performance. …”
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Community noise measure via crowd sourcing by Lim, Yun Jie

“…The study shows that the noise on campus is mainly due to human and mechanical noise. By mashing the noise data with Wi-Fi log data, the results show a good positive correlation between noise level and human density in an area. …”
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Reliability analysis and data driven modelling of railway component failure by Wang, Jinlong

“…The novelty of this research mainly including: designing customized raw data processing, developing robust modelling framework, and providing implementable knowledge feedback for maintenance application. …”
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Water treatment using one-dimensional manganese oxide based materials by Zhang, Tong

“…To overcome the engineering issue, various separation techniques such as free settling, centrifugation, magnetic separation and membrane filtration, have been proposed over the years. This research topic mainly focused on the synthesis and environmental application of 1D nanostructured manganese oxide based materials in the easily separable forms including MnO2 nanowires, magnetic manganese oxide nanocomposites, micro-/nano-structured MnO2 spheres, and manganese oxide nanofibrous membrane. …”
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Dynamics of current-driven magnetic domain walls and skyrmions by Indra Purnama

“…At present, the investigation of domain wall dynamics is mainly focused on finding additional driving mechanisms to improve its mobility. …”
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Development of (TAML) iron complexes for photocatalytic, oxidative water treatment by Lim, Jia Hui

“…The current energy demand is met mainly by the combustion fossil fuels. This unsustainable energy source brings about negative environmental effects. …”
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Early adulthood BMI and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the China Kadoorie Biobank by Chen, Y, Yu, W, Lv, J, Sun, D, Pei, P, Du, H, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Zhang, H, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Yu, C

“…The primary outcome was the incidence of cardiovascular diseases as a group, ischaemic heart disease, haemorrhagic stroke, and ischaemic stroke, which were obtained mainly through linkage to disease registries and the national database for health insurance claims. …”

Targeting TFEB and TFE3 in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons to correct autophagic/lysosomal deficits in Parkinson's disease by McGuinness, W

“…</p> <p>Surprisingly, TFEB overexpression mainly upregulated genes associated with mitochondrial function and bioenergetics in iPSC-DaNs, demonstrating a novel, DaN- specific therapeutic function for TFEB activation in PD.…”

Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular profiles of acinetobacter baumannii in Makkah hospitals, and the potential use of bacteriophage as a treatment option by Raees, Fahad

“…The aminoglycosides resistance was encoded mainly by aminoglycoside phosphor-transferase gene, aph(3′′)-Ib at 83.8% and aminoglycoside O-phosphotransferase aph(6)-Id at 70.3%. …”
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不一样的移民社会 ：黄乃裳组织福州人迁移诗巫的历史个案研究 = A different immigrant society : a study on Wong Nai Siong planned migration of Foochownese to Sibu... by 陈雯 Chen, Wen

“…The history of Chinese immigrants and immigration has been studied by many, and the impression for this history is mainly deemed in a negative light. It is generally believed that the Chinese immigrants will have to been through a bumpy journey while immigrating, and will have to face a lot of hardships, struggling to survive in Nanyang. …”
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Selective laser melting of ceramic particles strengthened stainless steel by Zhai, Wengang

“…The strength enhancement is mainly achieved through grain refinement and Orowan strengthening. …”
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Perovskite superstructures and heterostructures for enhanced optical performance by Chan, Wen Kiat

“…Studies involving perovskite SSs mainly focus on all-inorganic CsPbBr3 synthesized using either the hot injection or ultrasonication methods. …”
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The combined role of MRI prostate and prostate health index in improving detection of significant prostate cancer in a screening population of Chinese men by Chiu, Peter K. F., Lam, Thomas Y. T., Ng, Chi-Fai, Teoh, Jeremy Y. C., Cho, Carmen C. M., Hung, Hiu-Yee, Hong, Cindy, Roobol, Monique J., Chu, Winnie C. W., Wong, Samuel Y. S., Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu

“…The benefit of MRI prostate was mainly observed in PSA 4.0-9.9 ng ml -1 and PHI ≥35 group. …”
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指示代词的翻译——基于三版《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》汉译本的分析 = Demonstratives in translation – analysis based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by 许天惠 Xu, Tianhui

“…Through a comprehensive analysis of numerous examples, this paper argues that the reasons for non-equivalent translation mainly include spatial, temporal, psychological, and narrative distances; the characteristics and fixed collocations of English and Chinese languages; and the tendencies in balancing between the source language and the target language across different periods. …”
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Geometric hashing for camera based localization by Tan, Wei Chian

“…However, the performance is not good, none of the shortlists returned for each query location include the ground truth, both with and without Geometric Hashing. This is mainly due to poor detection results of VCLH feature. …”
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Study of lithium-ion battery anodes based on silicon nanostructures by Fan, Yu

“…The good performance can be mainly attributed to two factors. First, small curvature of the thick CNT core effectively reduces the detrimental hoop stress in the Si shell. …”
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Human factors in agile software development by Lin, Jun

“…In this research, we treat agile process as a HCS and explore the usage of goal-oriented method, agent-oriented method and emotion modeling method to allow agile teams to quantitatively handle human factors during the development process with fewer burdens. Our research mainly focuses on the following questions in ASD practice. …”
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“可爱” 又 “可恶” 的女人 ：中国广场舞大妈 = Adorable or abominable? : Chinese square dancing dama by 徐昕 Xin, Xu

“…Participants of square dancing are mainly female ranging from middle to old age. They are often name as square dancing "dama". …”
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新加坡华人对中国的贡献 ：新加坡城市规划之父刘太格个案研究 = Contributions of Singaporean Chinese to China : a case study on Singapore’s father of city planning Liu Thai Ker... by 冯时辉 Phang, Shi Hwee

“…Majority of the research papers discussing on Singapore’s contribution to China investigated mainly on the economic investment and educational aspects. …”
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