Abstract: A speech recognizing system comprises: an utterance data acquiring means for acquiring real utterance data uttered by a speaker, a text converting means for converting the real utterance data into a text data, a speech synthesizing means for generating corresponding synthesis speech corresponding to the real utterance data by speech synthesizing using the text data, a conversion model generating means for generating a conversion model converting input speech into synthesis speech using the real utterance data and the corresponding synthesis speech, and a speech recognizing means for speech recognizing the synthesis speech converted using the conversion model.

Abstract: This method of evaluating a SiC substrate includes a preparation step of preparing two or more SiC substrates obtained from the same SiC ingot grown from the same seed crystal, a defect position specifying step of specifying positions of defects in the substrates by observing a main surface of each of the two or more SiC substrates, and a comparison step of comparing the positions of the defects of the two or more SiC substrates, in which, in the preparation step, a SiC substrate positioned closest to the seed crystal is used as a reference wafer among the two or more SiC substrates, and the comparison step comprises a sub-step wherein a first defect of the reference wafer is compared with a second defect of a SiC substrate other than the reference wafer, it is judged whether a defect distance of the two compared defects in a [11-20] direction is 0.6 mm or more or less than 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a beverage additive comprising a clouding agent comprising a soluble citrus fiber as well as to a beverage comprising said beverage additive. The present invention further relates to a method for the preparation of soluble citrus fibers and the use of said soluble citrus fibers as a clouding agent in a beverage.

Abstract: An authentication apparatus includes: a calculation unit that calculates, from an air conduction sound signal indicating an air conduction sound of a voice of a target person and a bone conduction sound signal indicating a bone conduction sound of the voice of the target person, an air conduction feature quantity that is a feature quantity of the air conduction sound signal and a bone conduction feature quantity that is a feature quantity of the bone conduction sound signal, and that calculates a target feature quantity that is a feature quantity of the voice of the target person by combining the air conduction feature quantity and the bone conduction feature quantity; and an authentication unit that authenticates the target person on the basis of the target feature quantity.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for producing an extruded particle including an encapsulated flavor oil, including the steps of providing a raw material composition including starch, water, flavor oil, and an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing starch, and extruding the mixture to form an extruded particle including an encapsulated flavor oil. Also described herein is an extruded particle obtained by the method.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of CPUs, a CPU scheduler, an idle predictor, and a CPU-idle framework. The CPUs are categorized into a first group and a second group, and a specific CPU is in the first group. When the specific CPU is idle, the CPU scheduler executes an idle task. The idle predictor determines whether the CPUs in the first group corresponding to the specific CPU are going to operate the sleep mode in response to the idle task so as to schedule a sleep schedule of the CPUs in the first group operating in the sleep mode. The CPU-idle framework commands the CPUs in the first group to operate in the sleep mode based on the sleep schedule.

Abstract: A speech processing device includes: first segment means for dividing first speech into a plurality of first speech segments; second segment means for dividing second speech into a plurality of second speech segments; primary speaker recognition means for calculating scores indicating similarities between the plurality of first and second speech segments; threshold value calculation means for calculating a threshold value based on scores indicating similarities between the plurality of first speech segments; speaker clustering means for classifying each of the plurality of second speech segments into one or more clusters having a similarity higher than the similarity indicated by the threshold value; and secondary speaker recognition means for calculating a similarity between each of the one or more clusters and the first speech and determining based on a result of the calculation whether speech corresponding to the first speech is contained in any of the one or more clusters.

Abstract: A light-emitting device for a vehicle and has at least one light-emitting unit, the light-emitting unit including a light source and a reflective unit. The reflective unit includes a first reflective portion, having a first reflective face facing the light source; and a second reflective portion, having a second reflective face facing a light output region of the light-emitting unit The reflective unit further includes a bridging portion connecting the first reflective portion and the second reflective portion.

Abstract: A wafer evaluation method according to the present embodiment includes installing a SiC wafer or a SiC epitaxial wafer on a porous plate having a plurality of through holes; installing a lid on a second surface opposite to a first surface of the SiC wafer or the SiC epitaxial wafer with an O-ring therebetween; supplying a gas into a space surrounded by the second surface, the O-ring and the lid and pressurizing the inside of the space; and measuring the pressure in the space after a certain period has elapsed and inspecting whether there is a threading defect in the SiC wafer or the SiC epitaxial wafer.

Abstract: A SiC epitaxial wafer in which a SiC epitaxial layer is formed on a 4H-SiC single crystal substrate having an off angle and a substrate carbon inclusion density of 0.1 to 6.0 inclusions/cm2, wherein a total density of large pit defects and triangular defects caused by substrate carbon inclusions and contained in the SiC epitaxial layer is 0.01 defects/cm2 or more and 0.6 defects/cm2 or less. The large pit defect is a pit located on a surface at a position corresponding to a position of the carbon inclusion on the substrate surface, and a conversion rate from the substrate carbon inclusions to the large pit defects and the triangular defects caused by the substrate carbon inclusions is 20% or less. Also disclosed is a method for producing the SiC epitaxial wafer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a chitosan-Fe coating-based synbiotic microcapsule with gastric acid resistance and intestinal targeted release and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method includes the following steps: preparation of mixed probiotics, preparation of a chitosan-Fe coating, preparation of a microcapsule, and freeze-drying. In the present disclosure, live probiotics wrapped in the microcapsule can avoid a weak acid resistance and a poor long-term storage stability of the probiotics; chitosan-Fe added to a wall material can significantly improve an embedding rate of the microcapsule, and can also achieve targeted release of the probiotics in the intestinal tract.

Abstract: Example access network devices are described. One example access network device includes a signal processing apparatus. The signal processing apparatus includes a first power amplifier, a second power amplifier, a first filter, a second filter, and a combiner. The first filter filters a second signal obtained by the first power amplifier, to obtain a first sub-signal belonging to a first frequency band and a second sub-signal belonging to a second frequency band. The second filter filters a fourth signal obtained by the second power amplifier, to obtain n sub-signals including at least a third sub-signal belonging to a third frequency band. The combiner combines the first sub-signal and i sub-signals in the n sub-signals based on a preset condition, to obtain a first combined signal. The communication module sends the first combined signal by using a first port, and sends the second sub-signal by using a second port.

Abstract: A method for preventing, alleviating or treating disease in a patient comprising administering (orally or by injection, etc.) to the patient a prophylactic, alleviating or therapeutic amount of at least one of pyrroloquinoline quinone or a derivative thereof. PQQ is effective in preventing, alleviating or treating patient with primary dysmenorrhea, secondary dysmenorrhea and menstrual abnormalities accidentally.

Abstract: A feature extraction unit (110) extracts, from input data based on an utterance of a person to be determined, a first feature of the input data using a discriminator that has performed machine learning using, as training data, voice data based on an utterance of the person to be determined in a normal state. An index value calculation unit (120) calculates an index value indicating the degree of similarity between the first feature of the input data and a second feature of the voice data based on the utterance of the person to be determined in the normal state. A state determination unit (130) determines whether the person to be determined is in the normal state or in an unusual state on the basis of the index value.

Abstract: A light-emitting device for a vehicle and has at least one light-emitting unit, the light-emitting unit including a light source and a reflective unit. The reflective unit includes a first reflective portion, having a first reflective face facing the light source; and a second reflective portion, having a second reflective face facing a light output region of the light-emitting unit The reflective unit further includes a bridging portion connecting the first reflective portion and the second reflective portion.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for monitoring a pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac synchronization of a subject. In one example, a method includes acquiring at least one of electrocardiogram (ECG) data, phonocardiogram (PCG) data, and seismocardiogram (SCG) data from a subject via a digital stethoscope, inputting one or more of the ECG data, the PCG data, and the SCG data into a machine learning algorithm, and estimating at least one of a pulmonary artery pressure and a cardiac synchronization of the subject using the machine learning algorithm. In this way, the pulmonary artery pressure and the cardiac synchronization may be estimated using artificial intelligence and inputs that are non-invasively measured by the digital stethoscope, allowing conditions like heart failure and pulmonary hypertension to be more simply and reliably detected and monitored.

Abstract: Example access network devices are described. One example access network device includes a signal processing apparatus. The signal processing apparatus includes a first power amplifier, a second power amplifier, a first filter, a second filter, and a combiner. The first filter filters a second signal obtained by the first power amplifier, to obtain a first sub-signal belonging to a first frequency band and a second sub-signal belonging to a second frequency band. The second filter filters a fourth signal obtained by the second power amplifier, to obtain n sub-signals including at least a third sub-signal belonging to a third frequency band. The combiner combines the first sub-signal and i sub-signals in the n sub-signals based on a preset condition, to obtain a first combined signal. The communication module sends the first combined signal by using a first port, and sends the second sub-signal by using a second port.

Abstract: A system of concentrating and separating waste solvent liquid includes a distillation tower, an extracting distillation unit, an extract agent recovery unit, and a vapor permeation film unit. The scheme of centrifugal distillation is specifically employed to collocate with vapor permeation to effectively concentrate the content of isopropanol in the waste solvent liquid to generate a final produce with ultra high concentration of isopropanol, and constantly recovers the extract agent. The system is able to be quickly settled to a steady state of operation with low power consumption because the extracting distillation unit has smaller size. Since no liquid is left in the extract agent recovery unit, operation risk is greatly reduced. In addition, the input feed is almost processed, overall efficiency is thus improved. The vapor permeation film unit further removes considerably little content of water from the organic solvent to increase the content of isopropanol up to 99.9% or more.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus (2000) computes a first score representing a degree of similarity between the input sound data (10) and the registrant sound data (22) of the registrant (20). The information processing apparatus (2000) obtains a plurality of pieces of segmented sound data (12) by segmenting the input sound data (10) in the time direction. The information processing apparatus (2000) computes, for each piece of segmented sound data piece (12), a second score representing the degree of similarity between the segmented sound data (12) and the registrant sound data (22). The information processing apparatus 2000 makes first determination to determine whether a number of speakers of sound included in the input sound data (10) is one or multiple, using at least the second score.