Expanding the MOS: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the MOS-R and MOS-X

The Mean Opinion Scale (MOS) is a questionnaire used to obtain listeners' subjective assessments of synthetic speech. This paper documents the motivation, method, and results of six experiments conducted from 1999 to 2002 that investigated the psychometric properties of the MOS and expanded the range of speech characteristics it evaluates. Our initial experiments documented the reliability, validity, sensitivity, and factor structure of the P.L. Salza et al. (Acta Acustica, Vol. 82, pp. 650–656, 1996) MOS and used psychometric principles to revise and improve the scale. This work resulted in the MOS-Revised (MOS-R). Four subsequent experiments expanded the MOS-R beyond its previous focus on Intelligibility and Naturalness, to include measurement of the Prosody and Social Impression of synthetic voices. As a result of this work, we created the MOS-Expanded (MOS-X), a rating scale shown to be reliable, valid, and sensitive for high-quality evaluation of synthetic speech in applied industrial settings.     

扫描式X光机及DDS在其运动控制中的应用

扫描式X光机是一种高精度，高性能的新型医疗设备，其显著优点在于大大降低了患者所受X光辐射剂量，可直接得到患者清晰的X光数字图像，缩短出片时间，X光片资料存储方便，便于实现远程诊断，该设备对运动控制部分的匀速性，平稳性和多次扫描的位置重复性的要求均很高。本文主要针对其运动控制部分的结构特点，分析了影响运动性能的主要原因，并将直接数字频率合成器应用于调速，从而实现了对其运动控制部分的要求。     

Comparison of physical characteristics and cell culture test of hydroxyapatite/collagen composite coating on NiTi SMA: electrochemical deposition and chemically biomimetic growth

A hydroxyapatite (HA)/collagen (COL) composite coating on NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA) was prepared by eletrochemical deposition (ELD) in modified simulated body fluid (MSBF). To draw comparisons of physical characteristics and bioactivity of the composite coating, the HA/COL composite coating was also prepared by chemically biomimetic growth (BG) and the ELD coating was re-soaked in MSBF again for further biomimetic growth (called EBG method in this paper). It was indicated that the c-axis of HA crystals was oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction of the COL fibril in BG and EBG coating, which could not found in ELD coating. The EBG method could induce a denser, thicker and better crystallized HA/COL coating. The cell culture test indicated that the BG coating presented better cell biocompatibility.     

GIS数据库中的数据挖掘

首先探讨了DM在GIS中应用的必要性和可能性,然后讨论了GIS数据库中的DM可以发现的知识类型、可以使用的方法,可以采用的DM系统原型,最后简单介绍了DM对GIS的贡献。     

三代微光管均匀性测试与分析

利用自行研制的“光电阴极多信息量测试系统”首次对国产三代微光管中的GaAs光电阴极的均匀性进行了光谱响应测试 ,结果表明该国产三代微光管存在明显的非均匀性。利用曲线拟合方法估算了GaAs光电阴极的材料性能参数 ,发现表面逸出概率不一致是非均匀性的主要原因 ,GaAs材料的少子扩散长度 (1 1 2～ 1 82 ) μm ,与阴极厚度相当 ,后界面复合速率在 (1× 1 0 5～ 1× 1 0 6 )cm/s之间 ,它限制了阴极灵敏度的提高     

14 kV single-phase superconducting fault current limiter based on YBCO films

We present the fabrication and short circuit test results of a 14 kV single-phase resistive superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) based on YBa₂Cu₃O₇ (YBCO) films. Individual components were processed using the 4″ YBCO films and have the rated voltage and current of 600 V and 35 A at 77 K, respectively. Twenty four components, eight components in series and three lines in parallel, make a module having the rated voltage and current of 4.8 kV and 105 A, respectively. Three modules were assembled in series to produce the SFCL working at 77 K, a 14 kV single-phase machine for the 22.9 kV Y-Y grid. short circuit tests were successfully conducted in an accredited test facility with the maximum fault currents up to 14.1 kA_P. All components quenched together upon faults and shared the rated voltage evenly without any supplementary device between the modules. This proves that the SFCL based on YBCO films may not only work reliably at 22.9 kV, but also provide technical feasibility for higher voltage application including the transmission grids.     

油煤浆的管道输送特性与管路设计原则

通过理论分析和管道实验，探讨了油煤浆在工业管道输送中的流变特性、流动状态和阻力特性，得出了油煤浆的物性参数、表观参数、管道阻力参数的测定值和计算公式，并在此基础上探讨了油煤浆管道输送的设计原则，为油煤浆管路的设计提供基础数据、计算方法和一般原则。     

饮用水中挥发性三卤甲烷(THM)_s测定方法的改进

本文使用吹扫捕集法来前处理水样,用带有电子捕获检测(ECD)的气相色谱仪来测定水中三卤甲烷(THM)_s。水样加标回收率在85%～115%之间,相对标准偏差在5%左右。实验结果表明,该法具有简单、快速、灵敏的特点。     

A localized surface plasmon resonance based immunosensor for the detection of casein in milk

In this research, a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) immunosensor based on gold-capped nanoparticle substrate for detecting casein, one of the most potent allergens in milk, was developed. The fabrication of the gold-capped nanoparticle substrate involved a surface-modified silica nanoparticle layer (core) on the slide glass substrate between bottom and top gold layers (shell). The absorbance peak of the gold-capped nanoparticle substrate was observed at ∼520 nm. In addition, the atomic force microscopy (AFM) images demonstrated that the nanoparticles formed a monolayer on the slide glass. After immobilizing anti-casein antibody on the surface, our device, casein immunosensor, could be applied easily for the detection of casein in the raw milk sample without a difficult pretreatment. Under the optimum conditions, the detection limit of the casein immunosensor was determined as 10 ng/mL. Our device brings several advantages to the existing LSPR-based biosensors with its easy fabrication, simple handling, low-cost, and high sensitivity.