Arabic texts suffer from missing short vowels. Arabic Speech Recognition is not as good as English speech recognition due to the short vowels not being recognized. And the Arabic language is unlike the English languag...Arabic texts suffer from missing short vowels. Arabic Speech Recognition is not as good as English speech recognition due to the short vowels not being recognized. And the Arabic language is unlike the English language in characteristics such as the number of vowels. English has more than 24 vowels that are close to each other in pronunciation. The Arabic language only has three short vowels that are far from each other in utter and measurement, by elongating those short vowels, long vowels arose. Researchers said that the vowels could be recognized using formants. The formants’ measurements of Arabic vowels are far from each other too, so it is possible to recognize them so that Arabic Speech recognition can give more accurate results. The paper applies this idea to the corpus Phonemes of Arabic. It uses the Euclidian distance method to measure the distances between formant values to recognize Arabic from words with a CV3 structure, the Linear Predictive Coding method and MATLAB to develop the programs that will extract the formants and calculate the means of the short vowels by using the corpus to identify the short vowels within words in the corpus. The results showed that if highly qualified readers were chosen to read the Arabic text, then higher rates of recognition of the short vowels involved in words will be achieved. This paper revealed that some of the characteristics of a language can be utilized for vowel recognition or to enhance the existing methods for speech recognition.展开更多
OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical curative effect of fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion at Zhongji(CV 3)and Guanyuan(CV 4) for preventing dysuria after internal fixation of lower limb fractures.METHODS: Sixty patients co...OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical curative effect of fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion at Zhongji(CV 3)and Guanyuan(CV 4) for preventing dysuria after internal fixation of lower limb fractures.METHODS: Sixty patients conforming to the inclusion standards were randomly divided into a treatment group(n=30) and a control group(n=30).Fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion was performed at Guanyuan(CV 4) and Zhongji(CV 3), 20 min at a time, twice a day, for 3 days before operation in the treatment group. No fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion was performed in the control group. After treatment, the score for symptoms of first urination, urinary time, urinary volume, 24 h remaining urinary volume, incidence of uroschesis, and rate of controlling dysuria were compared to evaluate the curative effect of preventing post-operative dysuria.RESULTS: The score for symptoms of first urination,24 h remaining urinary volume(maximum 120 m L vs 250 m L, and less than 10 m L in 24 cases vs 15 cases), and the rate of controlling dysuria(83.34% vs30%) were significantly better(P<0.05, P<0.05, and P<0.001, respectively) in the treatment compared with the control group. There was no statistical difference(P>0.05) between the two groups in first post-operative urinary time, urinary volume, or incidence of 24 h uroschesis.CONCLUSION: Fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion at Zhongji(CV 3) and Guanyuan(CV 4) can better prevent post-operative dysuria, effectively promote the functional restoration of the urinary bladder,and control the incidence of post-operative dysuria.展开更多
OBJECTIVE： To study the effect of acupuncture on rabbit bladder with urodynamic indexes. METHODS： New Zealand male rabbits were divid ed into control group, model group, treatment group 1 treated by acupuncture at S...OBJECTIVE： To study the effect of acupuncture on rabbit bladder with urodynamic indexes. METHODS： New Zealand male rabbits were divid ed into control group, model group, treatment group 1 treated by acupuncture at Shenshu （BL 23） and treatment group 2 treated by acupuncture at Zhongji （CV 3）. The urine dynamic parameters through the urethral catheter were detected in each group in order： fluctuation of pressure at fill ing phase of urinary bladder and flow rate in urina tion phase, which were used as quantification in dexes of urinary bladder function. The urinary blad der abnormal model was prepared by administra tion of cholinergic stimulant; Regulatory effects of acupuncture at Shenshu （BL 23） and Zhongji （CV 3） on the abnormal state of the urinary bladder were respectively observed. RESULTS： 1） In the filling phase of urinary bladder and in the urination phase, the intravesical pres sure wave in infilling （IPWI） and intravesical dis charge rate （IDR） could be respectively recorded. 2） IPWI and IDR could become abnormality by neo stigmine methyl sulfate [stability type IPWh the con trol group （n=20, 80%） vs the model group （n=15, 14.3%）, P〈0.01; IDR and time regression equation： the control group （n=20, y=24.3 0.878x） vs the model group （n=15, y=40.0 5.15x）, P〈0.01]. 3） Ab normal IPWI＇s could be normalized respectively by acupuncture at Shenshu （BL 23） and Zhongji （CV 3） [the stability type IPWl wave： the model group （n= 2, 14.3%） vs the treatment group 1 （n=3, 30%）, P〉 0.05; the instability type IPWl wave： the model group （n=13, 85.7%） in vs the treatment group 2 （n=6, 60%）, P〉0.05]; 4） Abnormal IDR also could be turned to normality by acupuncture at Shenshu （BL 23） and Zhongji （CV 3）, respectively [IDR and the time regression equation： the model group （n=15, y=40.0 5.15x） vs the treatment group 1 （n=10, y= 18.9 0.499x）, P〈0.01; the model group （n=15, y= 40.0 5.15x） vs the treatment group 2 （n=10, y= 17.5 0.251x）, P〈0.01]. CONCLUSION： 1） Urodynamic indexes can be used for study of mechanism of acupuncture effects; 2） The effect of acupuncture in the bladder filling phase is smaller than that in the urination phase; 3） Acupuncture has a very obvious effect on intravesi cal discharge rate.展开更多
Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion for dysmenorrhea due to deficiency cold.Methods:A total of 70 patients with dysmenorrhea who met the inclusion criteria were randomized...Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion for dysmenorrhea due to deficiency cold.Methods:A total of 70 patients with dysmenorrhea who met the inclusion criteria were randomized into a mild moxibustion group and a herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group by the random number table,with 35 cases in each group.Shenque(CV 8),Zhongji(CV 3)and bilateral Zigong(EX-CA 1)were selected for both groups.The treatment continued for 3 menstrual cycles.The visual analog scale(VAS)and COX menstrual symptom scale(CMSS)were scored in both groups before treatment,after treatment and at the end of the 3rd menstrual cycle after treatment.The clinical efficacy was evaluated at the end of the 3rd menstrual cycle after treatment.Results:After treatment,the clinical efficacy of the herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group had the tendency to be superior to that of the mild moxibustion group,while there was no statistically significant difference in the overall efficacy between the two groups(P>0.05).The VAS and CMSS scores after treatment and at the follow-up were significantly lower than those before treatment in both groups(all P<0.05).At the follow-up,the VAS scores in both groups had no significant intra-group differences from those after treatment(both P>0.05).The CMSS scores in both groups were significantly lower than those after treatment(both P<0.05).The VAS scores at the follow-up of both groups had no statistical differences from those after treatment(both P>0.05).After treatment,the CMSS score in the herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group was significantly lower than that in the mild moxibustion group(P<0.05).At the follow-up,there were no statistical differences in the CMSS score between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion:The herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion has the same therapeutic efficacy for dysmenorrhea as the mild moxibustion;the two moxibustion methods can significantly improve the concomitant symptoms of dysmenorrhea,and the herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion is little better.展开更多
Objective To observe the clinical effects on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) of abdominal obesity treated with the dialing needling technique at the abdomen. Methods A total of 33 patients of PCOS of abdominal obesit...Objective To observe the clinical effects on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) of abdominal obesity treated with the dialing needling technique at the abdomen. Methods A total of 33 patients of PCOS of abdominal obesity were treated with the dialing needling method. The reinforcing technique was applied to Zhongwan (CV12), Qihai (CV6), Guanyuan (CV4 ) and Zhongji (CV3) and the reducing technique was applied to Huaroumen (ST24), Tianshu (ST25).展开更多
Objective: To observe whether the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on improving sex hormone disorders and follicle development is by decreasing the expression of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) in rats with experimental...Objective: To observe whether the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on improving sex hormone disorders and follicle development is by decreasing the expression of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) in rats with experimental polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Methods: Forty rats were randomly divided into four groups, a normal group (NG), a model group (MG), an EA at acupoints group (EAAG), and an EA at non-acupoints group (EANAG), with 10 rats in each group. The rats in the EAAG and EANAG were intervened by EA treatment for consecutive 14 d. Zhongji (CV 3) and Guanyuan (CV 4) were selected as the acupoints in the EAAG, and the tip of the tail and 1 cm up from the tail tip were selected as the non-acupoints in the EANAG. After treatment, the histomorphological changes of the ovary, the levels of aromatase P450 (P450arom)/ testosterone and estradiol in the ovarian tissues, and the expressions of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and AMH were observed. Results: After treatment, compared with the MG and EANAG, the expression of AMH decreased (P<0.05), the levels of P450arom and estradiol in creased sign ifica ntly, and the level of testostero ne decreased sign ifica ntly (all P<0.01) in the EAAG. Additionally, several normal follicles were present and the number of cystically dilated follicles decreased in the EAAG. Compared with the MG and EANAG, the EAAG obviously had more follicular granulosa cells. Con elusion: EA can dow n-regulate the abn ormally in creased expressi on of AMH to improve sex hormone disorders and follicle development in PCOS rats.展开更多
Objective： To observe the effect of postoperative urinary retention treated with tuina therapy. Methods： Tuina therapy was applied on 37 cases of postoperative urinary retention; Qihai （CV 6）, Guanyuan （CV 4）, Z...Objective： To observe the effect of postoperative urinary retention treated with tuina therapy. Methods： Tuina therapy was applied on 37 cases of postoperative urinary retention; Qihai （CV 6）, Guanyuan （CV 4）, Zhongji （CV 3） and bilateral Sanyinjiao （SP 6） were selected. Results： Thirty-six cases were cured and 1 case was not surveyed after 1 to 3 treatments. Conclusion： Point tuina is an effective method in treating postoperative urinary retention.展开更多
文摘Arabic texts suffer from missing short vowels. Arabic Speech Recognition is not as good as English speech recognition due to the short vowels not being recognized. And the Arabic language is unlike the English language in characteristics such as the number of vowels. English has more than 24 vowels that are close to each other in pronunciation. The Arabic language only has three short vowels that are far from each other in utter and measurement, by elongating those short vowels, long vowels arose. Researchers said that the vowels could be recognized using formants. The formants’ measurements of Arabic vowels are far from each other too, so it is possible to recognize them so that Arabic Speech recognition can give more accurate results. The paper applies this idea to the corpus Phonemes of Arabic. It uses the Euclidian distance method to measure the distances between formant values to recognize Arabic from words with a CV3 structure, the Linear Predictive Coding method and MATLAB to develop the programs that will extract the formants and calculate the means of the short vowels by using the corpus to identify the short vowels within words in the corpus. The results showed that if highly qualified readers were chosen to read the Arabic text, then higher rates of recognition of the short vowels involved in words will be achieved. This paper revealed that some of the characteristics of a language can be utilized for vowel recognition or to enhance the existing methods for speech recognition.
基金Supported by Shaoxing's Science and Technology Plan(No.2012D10020):Clinical research of fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion for preventing dysuria after operation for fracture
文摘OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical curative effect of fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion at Zhongji(CV 3)and Guanyuan(CV 4) for preventing dysuria after internal fixation of lower limb fractures.METHODS: Sixty patients conforming to the inclusion standards were randomly divided into a treatment group(n=30) and a control group(n=30).Fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion was performed at Guanyuan(CV 4) and Zhongji(CV 3), 20 min at a time, twice a day, for 3 days before operation in the treatment group. No fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion was performed in the control group. After treatment, the score for symptoms of first urination, urinary time, urinary volume, 24 h remaining urinary volume, incidence of uroschesis, and rate of controlling dysuria were compared to evaluate the curative effect of preventing post-operative dysuria.RESULTS: The score for symptoms of first urination,24 h remaining urinary volume(maximum 120 m L vs 250 m L, and less than 10 m L in 24 cases vs 15 cases), and the rate of controlling dysuria(83.34% vs30%) were significantly better(P<0.05, P<0.05, and P<0.001, respectively) in the treatment compared with the control group. There was no statistical difference(P>0.05) between the two groups in first post-operative urinary time, urinary volume, or incidence of 24 h uroschesis.CONCLUSION: Fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion at Zhongji(CV 3) and Guanyuan(CV 4) can better prevent post-operative dysuria, effectively promote the functional restoration of the urinary bladder,and control the incidence of post-operative dysuria.
文摘OBJECTIVE： To study the effect of acupuncture on rabbit bladder with urodynamic indexes. METHODS： New Zealand male rabbits were divid ed into control group, model group, treatment group 1 treated by acupuncture at Shenshu （BL 23） and treatment group 2 treated by acupuncture at Zhongji （CV 3）. The urine dynamic parameters through the urethral catheter were detected in each group in order： fluctuation of pressure at fill ing phase of urinary bladder and flow rate in urina tion phase, which were used as quantification in dexes of urinary bladder function. The urinary blad der abnormal model was prepared by administra tion of cholinergic stimulant; Regulatory effects of acupuncture at Shenshu （BL 23） and Zhongji （CV 3） on the abnormal state of the urinary bladder were respectively observed. RESULTS： 1） In the filling phase of urinary bladder and in the urination phase, the intravesical pres sure wave in infilling （IPWI） and intravesical dis charge rate （IDR） could be respectively recorded. 2） IPWI and IDR could become abnormality by neo stigmine methyl sulfate [stability type IPWh the con trol group （n=20, 80%） vs the model group （n=15, 14.3%）, P〈0.01; IDR and time regression equation： the control group （n=20, y=24.3 0.878x） vs the model group （n=15, y=40.0 5.15x）, P〈0.01]. 3） Ab normal IPWI＇s could be normalized respectively by acupuncture at Shenshu （BL 23） and Zhongji （CV 3） [the stability type IPWl wave： the model group （n= 2, 14.3%） vs the treatment group 1 （n=3, 30%）, P〉 0.05; the instability type IPWl wave： the model group （n=13, 85.7%） in vs the treatment group 2 （n=6, 60%）, P〉0.05]; 4） Abnormal IDR also could be turned to normality by acupuncture at Shenshu （BL 23） and Zhongji （CV 3）, respectively [IDR and the time regression equation： the model group （n=15, y=40.0 5.15x） vs the treatment group 1 （n=10, y= 18.9 0.499x）, P〈0.01; the model group （n=15, y= 40.0 5.15x） vs the treatment group 2 （n=10, y= 17.5 0.251x）, P〈0.01]. CONCLUSION： 1） Urodynamic indexes can be used for study of mechanism of acupuncture effects; 2） The effect of acupuncture in the bladder filling phase is smaller than that in the urination phase; 3） Acupuncture has a very obvious effect on intravesi cal discharge rate.
文摘Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion for dysmenorrhea due to deficiency cold.Methods:A total of 70 patients with dysmenorrhea who met the inclusion criteria were randomized into a mild moxibustion group and a herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group by the random number table,with 35 cases in each group.Shenque(CV 8),Zhongji(CV 3)and bilateral Zigong(EX-CA 1)were selected for both groups.The treatment continued for 3 menstrual cycles.The visual analog scale(VAS)and COX menstrual symptom scale(CMSS)were scored in both groups before treatment,after treatment and at the end of the 3rd menstrual cycle after treatment.The clinical efficacy was evaluated at the end of the 3rd menstrual cycle after treatment.Results:After treatment,the clinical efficacy of the herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group had the tendency to be superior to that of the mild moxibustion group,while there was no statistically significant difference in the overall efficacy between the two groups(P>0.05).The VAS and CMSS scores after treatment and at the follow-up were significantly lower than those before treatment in both groups(all P<0.05).At the follow-up,the VAS scores in both groups had no significant intra-group differences from those after treatment(both P>0.05).The CMSS scores in both groups were significantly lower than those after treatment(both P<0.05).The VAS scores at the follow-up of both groups had no statistical differences from those after treatment(both P>0.05).After treatment,the CMSS score in the herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group was significantly lower than that in the mild moxibustion group(P<0.05).At the follow-up,there were no statistical differences in the CMSS score between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion:The herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion has the same therapeutic efficacy for dysmenorrhea as the mild moxibustion;the two moxibustion methods can significantly improve the concomitant symptoms of dysmenorrhea,and the herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion is little better.
文摘Objective To observe the clinical effects on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) of abdominal obesity treated with the dialing needling technique at the abdomen. Methods A total of 33 patients of PCOS of abdominal obesity were treated with the dialing needling method. The reinforcing technique was applied to Zhongwan (CV12), Qihai (CV6), Guanyuan (CV4 ) and Zhongji (CV3) and the reducing technique was applied to Huaroumen (ST24), Tianshu (ST25).
文摘Objective: To observe whether the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on improving sex hormone disorders and follicle development is by decreasing the expression of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) in rats with experimental polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Methods: Forty rats were randomly divided into four groups, a normal group (NG), a model group (MG), an EA at acupoints group (EAAG), and an EA at non-acupoints group (EANAG), with 10 rats in each group. The rats in the EAAG and EANAG were intervened by EA treatment for consecutive 14 d. Zhongji (CV 3) and Guanyuan (CV 4) were selected as the acupoints in the EAAG, and the tip of the tail and 1 cm up from the tail tip were selected as the non-acupoints in the EANAG. After treatment, the histomorphological changes of the ovary, the levels of aromatase P450 (P450arom)/ testosterone and estradiol in the ovarian tissues, and the expressions of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and AMH were observed. Results: After treatment, compared with the MG and EANAG, the expression of AMH decreased (P<0.05), the levels of P450arom and estradiol in creased sign ifica ntly, and the level of testostero ne decreased sign ifica ntly (all P<0.01) in the EAAG. Additionally, several normal follicles were present and the number of cystically dilated follicles decreased in the EAAG. Compared with the MG and EANAG, the EAAG obviously had more follicular granulosa cells. Con elusion: EA can dow n-regulate the abn ormally in creased expressi on of AMH to improve sex hormone disorders and follicle development in PCOS rats.
文摘Objective： To observe the effect of postoperative urinary retention treated with tuina therapy. Methods： Tuina therapy was applied on 37 cases of postoperative urinary retention; Qihai （CV 6）, Guanyuan （CV 4）, Zhongji （CV 3） and bilateral Sanyinjiao （SP 6） were selected. Results： Thirty-six cases were cured and 1 case was not surveyed after 1 to 3 treatments. Conclusion： Point tuina is an effective method in treating postoperative urinary retention.
