DLD: An Optimized Chinese Speech Recognition Model Based on Deep Learning by Hong Lei, Yue Xiao, Yanchun Liang, Dalin Li, Heow Pueh Lee

“…To improve the performance of offline Chinese speech recognition, we propose a hybrid acoustic model of deep convolutional neural network, long short-term memory, and deep neural network (DCNN-LSTM-DNN, DLD). …”
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An Experimental Study on Cracking Behavior of Precracked Sandstone Specimens under Seepage Pressure by Qibin Lin, Ping Cao, Hua Wang, Rihong Cao

“…For this purpose, precracked sandstone specimens were prepared with different fissure angles, and a seepage pressure loading device was created. Together with the acoustic emission (AE) system, the loading device was adopted to perform uniaxial compression tests with or without seepage pressure. …”
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Retiming dynamics of harmonically mode-locked laser solitons in a self-driven optomechanical lattice by Xiaocong Wang, Benhai Wang, Wenbin He, Xintong Zhang, Qi Huang, Zhiyuan Huang, Xin Jiang, Meng Pang, Philip. St. J. Russell

“…Here, in a series of carefully designed experiments, we elucidate the retiming dynamics of laser pulses generated in a soliton fiber laser harmonically mode-locked at GHz frequencies to the acoustic resonance in a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) core. …”
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Cyclic Evolution of Synergized Spin and Orbital Angular Momenta by Lei Liu, Xiao‐Chen Sun, Yuan Tian, Xiujuan Zhang, Ming‐Hui Lu, Yan‐Feng Chen

“…Remarkably, this evolution acquires a nontrivial geometric phase, leading to its representation on a Möbius strip. Experimentally, an acoustic cavity array is designed, whose dipole resonances precisely mimic the p‐orbitals, with pressure fields featuring the spatial characteristics and velocity fields the vectorial orientations. …”
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Impact of power ultrasound on the quality of leafy green produce through a multifrequency, multimode, modulated system by Bin Zhou, J. Atilio de Frias, Yaguang Luo, Jorge M. Fonseca, Hao Feng

“…Ultrasound treatment at an acoustic power density below 80 W/L had no significant effect (P > 0.05) on the overall sensory quality of leafy greens during 14 days of storage. …”
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Porous ground treatments for propeller noise reduction in ground effect by Hasan Kamliya Jawahar, Liam Hanson, Md. Zishan Akhter, Mahdi Azarpeyvand

“…Coherence analysis revealed that porous treatments improve the spatial consistency of acoustic signals, making noise propagation more predictable and controllable. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Crack Initiation and Propagation in the Unreinforced Masonry Specimen Subjected to Vertical Settlement by Junbo Wang, Weibing Hu, Xinyu Wang, Yaozhe Liang

“…To study the cracking process of the wall caused by differential settlement under a uniformly distributed load on the top of the wall, a laboratory model experiment was carried out on large-scale masonry specimens, and the acoustic emission (AE) technique and digital close-range industrial photogrammetry were adopted to monitor the AE signals and displacement characteristics of the masonry specimens during loading in real time. …”
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IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS FOR MODELLING MAINTENANCE PRIORITISATION IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS by Fredrick SIMPEH, Zainu MOHAMED, Andreas HARTMANN

“…However aesthetics, structural safety and lighting appear to be performing satisfactory even though they were below student’s satisfaction; whereas, thermal comfort, ventilation, fire safety & exit, acoustic control, and cleanliness are clearly underperforming and require immediate attention. …”
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Axial Spacing Effects on Rotor-Rotor Interaction Noise and Vibration in a Contra-Rotating Fan by Hengxuan Luan, Liyuan Weng, Ranhui Liu, Dongmin Li, Mingwei Wang

“…With the increase of axial spacing, the rotor-rotor interaction is weakened, while unsteady features of two-stage rotor blades tend to be consistent. The acoustic and vibration effects of axial spacing are studied. …”
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The Time-Space Joint Response Characteristics of AE-UT under Step Loading and Its Application by Xiaoran Wang, Xiaofei Liu, Enyuan Wang, Chong Zhang, Haishan Jia, Dexing Li

“…The acoustic emission (AE) and ultrasonic (UT) simultaneous monitoring program is designed using concrete samples under step loading. …”
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Meaningful Multimodal Emotion Recognition Based on Capsule Graph Transformer Architecture by Hajar Filali, Chafik Boulealam, Khalid El Fazazy, Adnane Mohamed Mahraz, Hamid Tairi, Jamal Riffi

“…Specifically, the proposed model concatenates multimodality inputs using a graph convolutional network to extract acoustic modality, a capsule network to generate the textual modality, and vision transformer to acquire the visual modality. …”
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Strengthening effect of particle gradation on the mechanical properties of sand powder 3D printed rock analog by Zhe Zhang, Lishuai Jiang, Atsushi Sainoki, Xiaohan Peng, Chunang Li, Qingjia Niu, Xinzhe Wang, Mingwei Gang

“…The effects of various particle sizes and gradations on the mechanical properties of these specimens were investigated through a series of mechanical tests, acoustic emission analysis, and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Fully integrated wearable control system for micro/nanorobot navigation by Zhanxiang Zhang, Lin Wang, Fengqi Jiang, Shimin Yu, Fengtong Ji, Tianhao Sun, He Zhang, Yanhe Zhu, Hao Chang, Tianlong Li, Jie Zhao

“…The sensor array could perceive real-time changes in gestures, wrist rotation, and acoustic signals. AI planner based on machine learning offers adaptive path planning in response to dynamically changing signals to generate magnetic fields for the on-demand manipulation of micro/nanorobots. …”
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Planning and Implementation of Active Leakage Control in the Management of Unreported Leakages by Mahmut Fırat, Mustafa Yıldırım

“…During the field studies, minimum night flow rates were monitored in 3 pilot isolated areas, potential recoverable leaks were calculated and their location was determined by acoustic methods. As a result of these studies, a total of 38 unreported leak points were identified and repaired in 3 pilot regions, and as a result, a total of 35 l/s flow rate was saved to the system in 3 regions. …”
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Insights from in vivo preclinical cancer studies with histotripsy by Tejaswi Worlikar, Timothy Hall, Man Zhang, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, Michael Green, Clifford S. Cho, Zhen Xu

“…Histotripsy is the first noninvasive, non-ionizing, and non-thermal ablation technique that mechanically fractionates target tissue into acellular homogenate via controlled acoustic cavitation. Histotripsy has been evaluated for various preclinical applications requiring noninvasive tissue removal including cancer, brain surgery, blood clot and hematoma liquefaction, and correction of neonatal congenital heart defects. …”
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Design and Evaluation of a Voice-Controlled Elevator System to Improve the Safety and Accessibility by Ander Gonzalez Docasal, Jon Alonso, Jon Olaizola, Mikel Mendicute, Maria Patricia Franco, Arantza Del Pozo, Daniel Aguinaga, Aitor Alvarez, Eduardo Lleida

“…An objective evaluation measured acoustic conditions rigorously using a dataset of 2900 audio files recorded inside a laboratory elevator cabin featuring two internal coatings, five audio input devices, and under four distinct noise conditions. …”
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Amortissement des phonons dans un superfluide 2D : insuffisance de la règle d’or de Fermi à basse température by Castin, Yvan, Serafin, Alan, Sinatra, Alice

“…Thus, in this limit, we should always be able to calculate the damping rate of thermal phonons by applying Fermi’s golden rule to the Hamiltonian H3 of cubic phonon-phonon coupling taken from quantum hydrodynamics, at least in the case of a convex acoustic branch and in the collisionless regime (where the eigenfrequency of the considered phonons remains much greater than the gas thermalization rate). …”
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Changes in Vowel Articulation with Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Dysarthric Speakers with Parkinson’s Disease by Vincent Martel Sauvageau, Joël Macoir, Mélanie Langlois, Michel Prud’Homme, Léo Cantin, Johanna-Pascale Roy

“…Vowel articulation was compared ON-simulation versus OFF-stimulation using acoustic vowel space and formant centralization ratio, calculated with the first (F1) and second formant (F2) of the vowels /i/, /u/, and /a/. …”
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Rupture and Migration Law of Disturbed Overburden during Slicing Mining of Steeply Dipping Thick Coal Seam by Shuai Liu, Ke Yang, Chunan Tang, Xiaolou Chi

“…Steeply inclined and thick coal seams in Huainan Panbei Coal Mine in Anhui Province, China, were analyzed by physical analog modeling, acoustic emission (AE), and distributed fiber sensing (DBS). …”
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Slurry and Technology Optimization for Grouting Fissures in Earthen Sites with Quicklime by Kai Cui, Fei Feng, Wen-wu Chen, Dong-hua Wang, Xiao-hai Wang

“…., microlime piles in the fissure) in fissure grouting field experiments. The acoustic wave, penetration resistance, and infrared thermal imaging results after fissure grouting were used to develop a preliminary explanation for the related mechanisms of slurry swelling, hardening, and lime pile compaction. …”
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