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Unsupervised Fine-tuning of Speaker Diarisation Pipelines using Silhouette Coefficients
(SACAIR, 2021)
We investigate the use of silhouette coefficients in cluster analysis for speaker diarisation, with the dual purpose of unsupervised fine-tuning during domain adaptation and determining the number of speakers in an audio ...
Biosynthesis and antimicrobial activity of pseudodesmin and viscosinamide cyclic lipopeptides produced by pseudomonads associated with the cocoyam rhizosphere
(MDPI, 2020)
Pseudomonas cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs) are encoded non-ribosomally by biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) and possess diverse biological activities. In this study, we conducted chemical structure and BGC analyses with ...
Characterizing light-absorbing aerosols in a low-income settlement in South Africa
(Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research, 2020)
Light‑absorbing aerosols, particularly black carbon (BC), have significant impacts on human health and the climate. They are also the least‑studied fraction of atmospheric particles, particularly in residential areas of ...
Association of nut intake with risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 16 countries from 5 continents: analysis from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study
(Oxford Univ Press, 2020)
Background
The association of nuts with cardiovascular disease and deaths has been investigated mostly in Europe, the USA, and East Asia, with few data available from other regions of the world or from low- and middle-income ...
An empirical exploration of the capabilities of people with disabilities in coping with disasters
(Springer, 2020)
While the capability approach is increasingly being adopted for evaluating well-being and social justice in the field of human development, this approach in disaster research has remained scarce. This research thus seeks ...
Treatment outcomes and determinants of mortality in children aged 0-59 months diagnosed with complicated severe acute malnutrition in two referral hospitals in Ghana
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Background: Complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) poses an enormous threat to the survival of children. However, the relationship between admission characteristics and recovery, weight gain and the risk of mortality ...
Intensity of Facebook use: a personality-based perspective on dependency formation
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Despite recent privacy scandals, the intensity with which individuals use Facebook has not declined. This indicates that individuals still place significant value on the psychosocial development afforded by using Facebook. ...
Prevalence and lifestyle-associated risk factors of metabolic syndrome among commercial motor vehicle drivers in a metropolitan city in Ghana
(PAMJ, 2020)
Introduction: commercial motor vehicle drivers are
at risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) due to the
nature of their work as they tend to go to work
early, work for more hours, have irregular dietary
habits and patterns, ...
Co-pyrolysis of coal and raw/torrefied biomass: a review on chemistry, kinetics and implementation
(Elsevier, 2021)
Thermochemical conversion via co-pyrolysis has the potential to be an efficient route for converting biomass to
bio-energy and bio-refinery products. In this review, the implementation of co-pyrolysis of torrefied biomass ...
Modelling nanoparticles parameters for antimicrobial activity
(Springer, 2020)
The current study reveals the antimicrobial activity of various nanoparticles (NPs) against numerous microorganisms through statistical models that define suitable parameters to improve the antimicrobial efficacy of NPs. ...