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A Hybrid Method Oriented to Concatenative Text-to-Speech Synthesis
(2003-09-01)In this paper we present a speech synthesis method for diphonebased text-to-speech systems. Its main goal is to achieve prosodic modifications that result in more natural-sounding synthetic speech. This ... -
A Methodology to Study the University’s Online Teaching Activity from Virtual Platform Indicators: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(Sustainability, 2021, 13 (9), 2021-05)The Covid-19 pandemic led Catalan universities to do all teaching and evaluation onlinefrom 11 March 2020 until the end of term on 30 July. Conventional universities made the transition toonline teaching ... -
A model-independent Dalitz plot analysis of B±→DK± with D→K0Sh+h− (h=π,K) decays and constraints on the CKM angle γ
(Physics Letters B , 2015, Vol. 718, No. 1 (Novembre), 2012-11-15)A binned Dalitz plot analysis of B± → DK± decays, with D → K0 Sπ+π− and D → K0 S K+K−, is performed to measure the CP-violating observables x± and y± which are sensitive to the CKM angle γ . The analysis ... -
A new method to assess how curricula prepare students for the workplace in higher education
(© Educational review, 2020-02-03)Curricula are an essential ingredient of academic activity in higher education institutions and so it is necessary to develop tools that help improve these curricula. The need to increase student ... -
A Pitch Marks Filtering Algorithm Based on Restricted Dynamic Programming
(2006-09-17)In this paper, a generic pitch marks filtering algorithm (PMFA) is introduced in order to achieve reliable and smooth pitch marks from any input pitch tracking or marking algorithm. The proposed PMFA ... -
A Privacy-Oriented Local Web Learning Analytics JavaScript Library with a Configurable Schema to Analyze Any Edtech Log: Moodle’s Case Study
(Sustainability, 2021, 13 (9), 2021-05)Educational institutions are transferring analytics computing to the cloud to reduce costs.Any data transfer and storage outside institutions involve serious privacy concerns, such as studentidentity ... -
A qualitative approach to help adjust the design of management subjects in ICT engineering undergraduate programs through user experience in a smart classroom context
(Sensors, 2021-07-12)Qualitative research activities, including first-day of class surveys and user experience interviews on completion of a subject were carried out to obtain students’ feedback in order to improve the ... -
A Review of physical and perceptual feature extraction techniques for speech, music and environmental sounds
(Applied Sciences. 2016, Vol. 6, No.5 (Maig), 2016-05)Endowing machines with sensing capabilities similar to those of humans is a prevalent quest in engineering and computer science. In the pursuit of making computers sense their surroundings, a huge effort ... -
A Smart Campus’ Digital Twin for Sustainable Comfort Monitoring
(Sustainability, 2020, Vol. 12, No. 21, 2020-11)Interdisciplinary cross-cultural and cross-organizational research offers great opportunities for innovative breakthroughs in the field of smart cities, yet it also presents organizational and knowledge ... -
A study of CP violation in B±→DK± and B±→Dπ± decays with D→K0SK±π∓ final states
(Physics Letters B , 2014, Vol. 733 (Juny), 2014-06-02)A first study of CP violation in the decay modes B±→[K0SK±π∓]Dh± and B±→[K0SK∓π±]Dh±, where h labels a K or π meson and D labels a D0 or D⎯⎯⎯0 meson, is performed. The analysis uses the LHCb data set ... -
A study of the Z production cross-section in pp collisions at s√=7TeV using tau final states
(Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013, Vol. 2013, No.1 (Gener), 2013-01-16)A measurement of the inclusive Z → ττ cross-section in pp collisions at s√=7TeV is presented based on a dataset of 1.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb detector. Candidates for Z → τ τ decays are identified ... -
A Systematic Review of Current Strategies and Methods for BIM Implementation in the Academic Field
(Applied Sciences, 2021, 11 (12), 2021-06)Since the international governmental institutions required and/or recommended (accord-ing to the regulations of each country and continent) all public works to be certified in the BIM(Building Information ... -
A Three Methods Proactive Improvement Model for Buildings Construction Processes
(Sustainability, 2020, Vol. 12, No 10, 2020-05)This paper proposes a proactive model to improve the overall performance of constructionprocesses. The main advantage is that potential waste and associate impacts could be identified in theearly stages ... -
A unit selection text-to-speech-and-singing synthesis framework from neutral speech: proof of concept
(EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing. 2019:22, 2019-12)Text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis systems have been widely used in general-purpose applications based on the generation of speech. Nonetheless, there are some domains, such as storytelling or voice output ... -
A WASN-Based Suburban Dataset for Anomalous Noise Event Detection on Dynamic Road-Traffic Noise Mapping
(Sensors. 2019, Vol. 19, No. 11, 2019-05)Traffic noise is presently considered one of the main pollutants in urban and suburban areas. Several recent technological advances have allowed a step forward in the dynamic computation of road-traffic ... -
Absorptive capacity and innovation in low-tech companies in emerging economies
(Journal of Technology Management & Innovation. 2018, Vol.13, 2, 2018-07)Innovation capacity is on the focus of policy makers in emerging economies. Although some studies show the antecedents of innovation capacity for developed economies and high technological industries, ... -
Accesibilidad Web en entornos culturales
(Actas de Conferencia Iadis Ibero-Americana. WWW/ Internet, 2008-12)La página WEB de cualquier institución se ha convertido en los últimos años en un referente comunicativo de sus actividades. Si nos centramos en el mundo de la cultura, los museos siguen siendo un ... -
Acompañamiento a profesores de Infantil para integrar la robótica en el aula: experiencia realizada en cuatro escuelas en Cataluña
(2019-10-09)En este estudio se presenta el acompañamiento formativo a cuatro profesores de Infantil en tres escuelas de Cataluña durante el año escolar 2017/2018 con el objetivo de introducir robótica en sus clases. ... -
Acoustic Categorization of the urban Multi-Sensor Network ofthe DYNAMAP LIFE project developed for Road Traffic NoiseMapping
(2019-06-16)The DYNAMAP LIFE project proposes the implementation of a dynamic noisemapping system able to determine the acoustic impact of road infrastructures inreal-time, following the European ... -
Acoustic Description of Bird Broiler Vocalisations in a Real-Life Intensive Farm and Its Impact on Animal Welfare: A Comparative Analysis of Recordings
(Engineering Proceedings, 2020, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2020-11)The poultry meat industry is one of the most efficient biological systems to transform cereal protein into high quality protein for human consumption at a low cost. However, to supply the increasing ...