The proposed mass model of vocal fold vibration holds a significant importance in the auxiliary diagnosis and treatment of human vocal fold disorders.Mathematical models are proposed in aerodynamics and acoustics to s...The proposed mass model of vocal fold vibration holds a significant importance in the auxiliary diagnosis and treatment of human vocal fold disorders.Mathematical models are proposed in aerodynamics and acoustics to simulate vocal fold vibration during phonation.This has always been a hot topic in pathological linguistics research.Over the past few decades,researchers have designed various types of mass models of vocal fold vibration based on experiments.These models differ in principles,computational complexity,and degrees of freedom.Therefore,we classify and describe the mass models according to modeling methods.We summarize the research status and characteristics of different models,and based on this,we look forward to future research directions for vocal fold mass models.展开更多
Voice, motion, and mimicry are naturalistic control modalities that have replaced text or display-driven control in human-computer communication (HCC). Specifically, the vocals contain a lot of knowledge, revealing de...Voice, motion, and mimicry are naturalistic control modalities that have replaced text or display-driven control in human-computer communication (HCC). Specifically, the vocals contain a lot of knowledge, revealing details about the speaker’s goals and desires, as well as their internal condition. Certain vocal characteristics reveal the speaker’s mood, intention, and motivation, while word study assists the speaker’s demand to be understood. Voice emotion recognition has become an essential component of modern HCC networks. Integrating findings from the various disciplines involved in identifying vocal emotions is also challenging. Many sound analysis techniques were developed in the past. Learning about the development of artificial intelligence (AI), and especially Deep Learning (DL) technology, research incorporating real data is becoming increasingly common these days. Thus, this research presents a novel selfish herd optimization-tuned long/short-term memory (SHO-LSTM) strategy to identify vocal emotions in human communication. The RAVDESS public dataset is used to train the suggested SHO-LSTM technique. Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient (MFCC) and wiener filter (WF) techniques are used, respectively, to remove noise and extract features from the data. LSTM and SHO are applied to the extracted data to optimize the LSTM network’s parameters for effective emotion recognition. Python Software was used to execute our proposed framework. In the finding assessment phase, Numerous metrics are used to evaluate the proposed model’s detection capability, Such as F1-score (95%), precision (95%), recall (96%), and accuracy (97%). The suggested approach is tested on a Python platform, and the SHO-LSTM’s outcomes are contrasted with those of other previously conducted research. Based on comparative assessments, our suggested approach outperforms the current approaches in vocal emotion recognition.展开更多
Variation in the vocal behavior of nonhuman vertebrates includes graded transitions and more dramatic changes.Wapiti males produce a reproductive bugle that has a fundamental frequency that surpasses 2,000 Hz with evi...Variation in the vocal behavior of nonhuman vertebrates includes graded transitions and more dramatic changes.Wapiti males produce a reproductive bugle that has a fundamental frequency that surpasses 2,000 Hz with evidence of biphonation and other nonlinear phenomena.Here,we analyze the acoustic structure of captive wapiti vocalizations to compare the male bugle with 3 categories of distress vocalizations:neonate distress(capture)calls,calf isolation calls,and adult female isolation calls.These 4 high-arousal call categories serve a common general function in recruiting conspecifics but occur in different behavioral contexts(capture,isolation,reproduction).Our goal was to distinguish characteristics that vary in graded steps that may correspond to an animal’s age or size from characteristics that are unique to the bugle.Characteristics of the high and loud fundamental(G0)varied in an age/size-graded manner with a decrease in minimum G0,an increase in the maximum and range of G0,with no evidence of sex differences.The nonlinear phenomena of deterministic chaos,biphonation,and frequency jumps were present in all 4 call categories and became more common from the distress vocalizations of neonates to calves to adult females to the male bugle.Two temporal characteristics sharply distinguished the bugle from the 3 categories of distress vocalizations:these included a prolonged call duration and a maximum G0 that occurred much later in the call for the bugle than for distress vocalizations.Our results suggest that distress vocalizations of different age groups and the reproductive bugle of wapiti share a high G0,with age/size-graded changes in G0 and nonlinear phenomena,but differ sharply in temporal characteristics.展开更多
With the development of new media technology and the popularity of the TikTok platform in China,a large number of popular vocal music teachers have flocked to online platforms for teaching.Online vocal music education...With the development of new media technology and the popularity of the TikTok platform in China,a large number of popular vocal music teachers have flocked to online platforms for teaching.Online vocal music education in China is undergoing a transformation and facing challenges.This study adopts an exploratory research approach,interviewing students learning pop vocal music,and observing popular pop teachers on TikTok.The advantages,disadvantages,techniques,and methods of domestic TikTok pop vocal music teaching were investigated and studied,and a series of experiences and suggestions for optimizing TikTok teaching were put forward.The results of this study are helpful for understanding the advantages and disadvantages of TikTok pop vocal music teaching and grasping the correct development direction.These guidance and suggestions can stimulate teachers’creativity and improve their vocal music teaching level.展开更多
目的:探讨三维超声VOCAL技术评估胰岛素抵抗不孕患者子宫内膜容受性的临床价值。方法:纳入2023年2月至2024年6月我院收治的胰岛素抵抗不孕患者50例(研究组)及同期正常孕龄妇女50例(对照组),均行三维超声VOCAL检查,比较两组内膜容积、VI/...目的:探讨三维超声VOCAL技术评估胰岛素抵抗不孕患者子宫内膜容受性的临床价值。方法:纳入2023年2月至2024年6月我院收治的胰岛素抵抗不孕患者50例(研究组)及同期正常孕龄妇女50例(对照组),均行三维超声VOCAL检查,比较两组内膜容积、VI/FI/VFI参数及血清SHBG、HOMA-IR等指标。结果:研究组内膜容积([2.45±0.31)cm^(3)]、VI(7.74±1.36)、FI(20.46±3.67)、VFI(158.14±10.20)均显著低于对照组(P<0.05),血清SHBG([45.69±5.78)nmol/L]、HDL-C([1.36±0.35)mmol/L]水平亦低于对照组(P<0.05)。研究组血清T([8.58±2.58)ng/mL]、TG([2.11±0.36)mmol/L]、FPG([7.69±1.13)mmol/L]、2 h PG([10.24±1.69)mmol/L]、FINS([27.41±3.16)μIU/mL]、HOMA-IR(2.24±0.35)水平高于对照组(P<0.05)。Pearson相关性分析显示,内膜容积与血清SHBG(r=0.536,P<0.001)、HDL-C(r=0.574,P<0.001)水平呈正相关,与血清T(r=-0.584,P<0.001)、TG(r=-0.496,P<0.001)、FPG(r=-0.547,P<0.001)、2 h PG(r=-0.558,P<0.001)、FINS(r=-0.569,P<0.001)、HOMA-IR(r=-0.585,P<0.001)均呈负相关。VI与血清SHBG(r=0.587,P<0.001)、HDL-C(r=0.604,P<0.001)水平呈正相关,与血清T(r=-0.512,P<0.001)、TG(r=-0.536,P<0.001)、FPG(r=-0.523,P<0.001)、2 h PG(r=-0.514,P<0.001)、FINS(r=-0.525,P<0.001)、HOMA-IR(r=-0.496,P<0.001)均呈负相关。FI与血清SHBG(r=0.601,P<0.001)、HDL-C(r=0.551,P<0.001)水平呈正相关,与血清T(r=-0.555,P<0.001)、TG(r=-0.587,P<0.001)、FPG(r=-0.546,P<0.001)、2 h PG(r=-0.567,P<0.001)、FINS(r=-0.516,P<0.001)、HOMA-IR(r=-0.478,P<0.001)均呈负相关。VFI与血清SHBG(r=0.598,P<0.001)、HDL-C(r=0.527,P<0.001)水平呈正相关,与血清T(r=-0.511,P<0.001)、TG(r=-0.571,P<0.001)、FPG(r=-0.532,P<0.001)、2 h PG(r=-0.510,P<0.001)、FINS(r=-0.536,P<0.001)、HOMA-IR(r=-0.546,P<0.001)均呈负相关。结论:三维超声VOCAL技术可有效评估胰岛素抵抗不孕患者的子宫内膜容受性,为个体化治疗提供影像学依据。展开更多
With the rapid development of information technology and the advancement of educational modernization,the teaching mode of vocal music in colleges and universities is undergoing a new transformation,which complies wit...With the rapid development of information technology and the advancement of educational modernization,the teaching mode of vocal music in colleges and universities is undergoing a new transformation,which complies with the trend of digital age and brings new challenges.This paper explores the specific implementation path of artificial intelligence technology,virtual reality technology,big data technology and intelligent interaction technology in vocal music teaching in colleges and universities,aiming to inject new vitality into the traditional teaching mode and improve teaching quality and efficiency.展开更多
KHOOMEI is a traditional throat-singing art created by the Mongolian ethnic group and is regarded as one of the oldest forms of this low rumbling vocal technique in the world.In 2006,Khoomei was included in China’s f...KHOOMEI is a traditional throat-singing art created by the Mongolian ethnic group and is regarded as one of the oldest forms of this low rumbling vocal technique in the world.In 2006,Khoomei was included in China’s first national list of intangible cultural heritage items,followed in 2009 by its inclusion on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.展开更多
Bird vocalizations are pivotal for ecological monitoring,providing insights into biodiversity and ecosystem health.Traditional recognition methods often neglect phase information,resulting in incomplete feature repres...Bird vocalizations are pivotal for ecological monitoring,providing insights into biodiversity and ecosystem health.Traditional recognition methods often neglect phase information,resulting in incomplete feature representation.In this paper,we introduce a novel approach to bird vocalization recognition(BVR)that integrates both amplitude and phase information,leading to enhanced species identification.We propose MHARes Net,a deep learning(DL)model that employs residual blocks and a multi-head attention mechanism to capture salient features from logarithmic power(POW),Instantaneous Frequency(IF),and Group Delay(GD)extracted from bird vocalizations.Experiments on three bird vocalization datasets demonstrate our method's superior performance,achieving accuracy rates of 94%,98.9%,and 87.1%respectively.These results indicate that our approach provides a more effective representation of bird vocalizations,outperforming existing methods.This integration of phase information in BVR is innovative and significantly advances the field of automatic bird monitoring technology,offering valuable tools for ecological research and conservation efforts.展开更多
目的:评估二维超声(2D-US)、三维超声VOCAL技术(3D-VOCAL)对子宫肌瘤体积(UMV)测量的精确性。方法:选取2022年10月~2023年4月于福建医科大学附属龙岩第一医院行子宫肌瘤外科手术治疗的患者45例,术前运用2D-US、3D-VOCAL对UMV进行测量,...目的:评估二维超声(2D-US)、三维超声VOCAL技术(3D-VOCAL)对子宫肌瘤体积(UMV)测量的精确性。方法:选取2022年10月~2023年4月于福建医科大学附属龙岩第一医院行子宫肌瘤外科手术治疗的患者45例,术前运用2D-US、3D-VOCAL对UMV进行测量,与手术切除后的实际肌瘤体积进行比较,评估两种超声技术测量UMV的准确性及重复性。结果:3D-VOCAL测量肌瘤体积的一致性(ICC=0.992)高于2D-US(ICC=0.976),且3D-VOCAL在不同大小肌瘤中的ICC均高于2D-US(均P<0.001)。2D-US、3D-VOCAL、手术术后3组间UMV测值的体积在最大径<8 cm差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),而3组间在最大径≥8 cm差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);进一步两两分析显示,在最大径≥8 cm UMV中,2D-US与手术术后的UMV测值差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),3D-VOCAL与手术术后的UMV测值差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。3D-VOCAL在不同观察者间及观察者内的一致性均优于2D-US。结论:3D-VOCAL对于术前UMV的测量优于2D-US,是一种简便、高效的可靠方法,为临床随访提供理论依据。展开更多
Juveniles of interspecific avian brood parasites need to locate and recognize conspecifics to continue their life cycle after being reared by individuals of another species.However,little is known about the recognitio...Juveniles of interspecific avian brood parasites need to locate and recognize conspecifics to continue their life cycle after being reared by individuals of another species.However,little is known about the recognition mechanisms and cues involved in this critical stage of their lives.It has been proposed that adult parasites could show some kind of parental behavior by actively searching and interacting with conspecific young,which in turn could serve the juveniles to learn and/or reinforce the learning of conspecific characteristics.Since acoustic communication is one of the main channels used by birds,if such form of parental behavior by adult avian brood parasites does exist,adult cowbirds should recognize and respond positively to vocalizations of conspecific juveniles.We experimentally tested whether adult shiny Molothrus bonariensis and screaming M.rufoaxillaris cowbirds respond positively towards acoustic signals of conspecific juveniles using two playback experiments,one conducted in semi-captivity and the other in the field.In both cases,we presented 3 types of playbacks to adults of both cowbird species:vocalizations of shiny cowbird juveniles,vocalizations of screaming cowbird juveniles,and white noise as a control.In the experiment in semi-captivity,no significant differences were found between treatments.In the field experiment,no conspecifics approached the playback area,but hosts of the species whose playback was played were attracted to the loudspeaker.In conclusion,our results do not support the predictions we tested from the parental behavior hypothesis and indicate that adult shiny and screaming cowbirds do not respond positively to acoustic signals of conspecific juveniles,at least not to the type of signals used in our experiments.展开更多
In this work,a three dimensional(3D)convolutional neural network(CNN)model based on image slices of various normal and pathological vocal folds is proposed for accurate and efficient prediction of glottal flows.The 3D...In this work,a three dimensional(3D)convolutional neural network(CNN)model based on image slices of various normal and pathological vocal folds is proposed for accurate and efficient prediction of glottal flows.The 3D CNN model is composed of the feature extraction block and regression block.The feature extraction block is capable of learning low dimensional features from the high dimensional image data of the glottal shape,and the regression block is employed to flatten the output from the feature extraction block and obtain the desired glottal flow data.The input image data is the condensed set of 2D image slices captured in the axial plane of the 3D vocal folds,where these glottal shapes are synthesized based on the equations of normal vibration modes.The output flow data is the corresponding flow rate,averaged glottal pressure and nodal pressure distributions over the glottal surface.The 3D CNN model is built to establish the mapping between the input image data and output flow data.The ground-truth flow variables of each glottal shape in the training and test datasets are obtained by a high-fidelity sharp-interface immersed-boundary solver.The proposed model is trained to predict the concerned flow variables for glottal shapes in the test set.The present 3D CNN model is more efficient than traditional Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)models while the accuracy can still be retained,and more powerful than previous data-driven prediction models because more details of the glottal flow can be provided.The prediction performance of the trained 3D CNN model in accuracy and efficiency indicates that this model could be promising for future clinical applications.展开更多
The purpose of the article is to explore the effects of Sichuan opera singing on music majors’vocal skills,focusing on three key aspects:pitch test,assessment of rhythmic perception,and emotional expression.Through a...The purpose of the article is to explore the effects of Sichuan opera singing on music majors’vocal skills,focusing on three key aspects:pitch test,assessment of rhythmic perception,and emotional expression.Through a quasi-experimental design,100 music majors were selected as research subjects and divided into an experimental group that received Sichuan opera singing instruction and a control group that received traditional vocal instruction.The results showed that compared with the control group,the experimental group receiving Sichuan opera singing teaching showed significant improvement in pitch mastery,rhythm perception,and emotional expression.展开更多
The importance of education and cultural inheritance is becoming increasingly prominent.Through literature review and empirical research,combining quantitative data and qualitative analysis,this paper assesses the tea...The importance of education and cultural inheritance is becoming increasingly prominent.Through literature review and empirical research,combining quantitative data and qualitative analysis,this paper assesses the teaching methods,curriculum,and student interest and participation in vocal music education in colleges and universities.The study found that vocal music education played a positive role in increasing students’participation in cultural activities,enhancing their identification with traditional music and improving their skills,despite problems such as inadequate teaching systems and homogenized curricula.In particular,the participation rate of students in cultural activities before and after the educational changes increased significantly from 31–54.7%to 62.4–83.6%,indicating that vocal music education can effectively stimulate students’enthusiasm for cultural participation.In addition,the strengthening of the teaching staff and innovations in teaching methods,such as the application of multimedia and virtual reality technologies,provide students with richer learning experiences and personalized learning paths.展开更多
The aims of this research were (1) to provide a description of spurfowl Pternistis spp. calls and their social context;(2) to describe the divergence of advertisement calls;and (3) to appropri-ate 23 spurfowl species ...The aims of this research were (1) to provide a description of spurfowl Pternistis spp. calls and their social context;(2) to describe the divergence of advertisement calls;and (3) to appropri-ate 23 spurfowl species to homologous sound groups which have been synthesized with recognized monophyletic groups within Pternistis spurfowls. Sound group partitioning was primarily based on male advertisement calls. A total of 218 recordings (rendering^300 identifiable calls) were analyzed covering 22 out of 23 spurfowl species in Africa. One species was assessed from written accounts. The repertoire size per spurfowl varies between 7 and 11 calls. Spurfowl calls were arranged into three broad categories including (1) advertisement calls;(2) maintenance calls including distress calls, juve-nile whining (“mews”), cheeps and comfort calls;and (3) male-female and female-offspring bonding calls. Spurfowl species were set out in eight sound groups of which five were more or less congruent with the monophyletic groups of Hall (1963), but sound groups produced more partitioning as Hall described only five groups relevant to Pternistis spp. The divergence of advertisement calls appar-ently minimizes hybridization between sympatric species but the“genetic distance”between spurfowl species is relatively small causing hybridization among spurfowl species. Despite the vocalizations of Hartlaub’s Spurfowl (P. hartlaubi) differing significantly from the rest of the spurfowls, sound analy-ses suggest that it remains within Pternistis.展开更多
Signals within animals’vocal communication are considered functional referential and context-specific.Even in the absence of the context,receivers are expected to acquire the information of calls and respond specific...Signals within animals’vocal communication are considered functional referential and context-specific.Even in the absence of the context,receivers are expected to acquire the information of calls and respond specificallyWhereas the framework was supported by plenty of evidence,its exhaustivity in describing all animal vocalisations has been questioned.Here,we investigated the vocal repertoire of a cooperatively breeding species,Azure-winged Magpie(Cyanopica cyanus),to present evidence for referential signals.The results showed that Azure-winged Magpies had a relatively large vocal repertoire,consisting of twelve distinct calls.These calls were associated with the context including movement,begging for food,contact,vigilance against predators,etc.However,even the predator-specific alarm calls would induce various responses of receivers.This implies that multiple pieces of information are involved in the vocalisation,which could be utilised by the receiver to select an appropriate response based on the surroundings.Our study gives a detailed description of the context and function of the vocal repertoire in Azure-winged Magpies,laying the foundation for further investigation on the developmental mechanisms of bird vocalisations.This study also suggests that the referential signals of animal vocalisations may not be limited to the context-specific responses of receivers and need to be discussed from a broader perspective.展开更多
A three mass model of vocal cords as well as mathematical expression of the model are discussed. Different kinds of typical hoarse speech due to laryngeal diseases are simulated on microcomputer and the effects of di...A three mass model of vocal cords as well as mathematical expression of the model are discussed. Different kinds of typical hoarse speech due to laryngeal diseases are simulated on microcomputer and the effects of different pathological factors of vocal cords on model parameters are studied. Some typical spectrum distribution of the simulated speech signals are given. Moreover, hoarse speech signals of some typical cases are analyzed by the methods of digital signal processing, including FFT, LPC, Cepstrum technique, Pseudocolor encoding, etc. The experiment results show that the three mass model analysis of vocal cords is an efficient method for analysis of hoarse speech signals.展开更多
Ultrasonic communication in vertebrates is attracting increasing research interest.To determine if ultrasonic vocalization is common in birds,we recorded their vocalizations with ultrasound detectors in the Dongzhai N...Ultrasonic communication in vertebrates is attracting increasing research interest.To determine if ultrasonic vocalization is common in birds,we recorded their vocalizations with ultrasound detectors in the Dongzhai National Nature Reserve of Henan Province,China.We found varying degrees of high frequency components in the vocalizations of 14 species and in several of these species,the frequency of harmonics was up to the range of ultrasound.We suggest that more studies are required to determine whether the high frequency components in avian vocalizations have functions and what these functions are.In addition,the ability of birds to hear sounds in the high frequency range also requires re-examination.展开更多
基金the Shanghai Educational Sciences Research Program(No.C2021016)。
文摘The proposed mass model of vocal fold vibration holds a significant importance in the auxiliary diagnosis and treatment of human vocal fold disorders.Mathematical models are proposed in aerodynamics and acoustics to simulate vocal fold vibration during phonation.This has always been a hot topic in pathological linguistics research.Over the past few decades,researchers have designed various types of mass models of vocal fold vibration based on experiments.These models differ in principles,computational complexity,and degrees of freedom.Therefore,we classify and describe the mass models according to modeling methods.We summarize the research status and characteristics of different models,and based on this,we look forward to future research directions for vocal fold mass models.
基金The author Dr.Arshiya S.Ansari extends the appreciation to the Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research at Majmaah University for funding this research work through the project number(R-2025-1538).
文摘Voice, motion, and mimicry are naturalistic control modalities that have replaced text or display-driven control in human-computer communication (HCC). Specifically, the vocals contain a lot of knowledge, revealing details about the speaker’s goals and desires, as well as their internal condition. Certain vocal characteristics reveal the speaker’s mood, intention, and motivation, while word study assists the speaker’s demand to be understood. Voice emotion recognition has become an essential component of modern HCC networks. Integrating findings from the various disciplines involved in identifying vocal emotions is also challenging. Many sound analysis techniques were developed in the past. Learning about the development of artificial intelligence (AI), and especially Deep Learning (DL) technology, research incorporating real data is becoming increasingly common these days. Thus, this research presents a novel selfish herd optimization-tuned long/short-term memory (SHO-LSTM) strategy to identify vocal emotions in human communication. The RAVDESS public dataset is used to train the suggested SHO-LSTM technique. Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient (MFCC) and wiener filter (WF) techniques are used, respectively, to remove noise and extract features from the data. LSTM and SHO are applied to the extracted data to optimize the LSTM network’s parameters for effective emotion recognition. Python Software was used to execute our proposed framework. In the finding assessment phase, Numerous metrics are used to evaluate the proposed model’s detection capability, Such as F1-score (95%), precision (95%), recall (96%), and accuracy (97%). The suggested approach is tested on a Python platform, and the SHO-LSTM’s outcomes are contrasted with those of other previously conducted research. Based on comparative assessments, our suggested approach outperforms the current approaches in vocal emotion recognition.
基金The University of Winnipeg and The University of Winnipeg Foundation contributed funding to this research.
文摘Variation in the vocal behavior of nonhuman vertebrates includes graded transitions and more dramatic changes.Wapiti males produce a reproductive bugle that has a fundamental frequency that surpasses 2,000 Hz with evidence of biphonation and other nonlinear phenomena.Here,we analyze the acoustic structure of captive wapiti vocalizations to compare the male bugle with 3 categories of distress vocalizations:neonate distress(capture)calls,calf isolation calls,and adult female isolation calls.These 4 high-arousal call categories serve a common general function in recruiting conspecifics but occur in different behavioral contexts(capture,isolation,reproduction).Our goal was to distinguish characteristics that vary in graded steps that may correspond to an animal’s age or size from characteristics that are unique to the bugle.Characteristics of the high and loud fundamental(G0)varied in an age/size-graded manner with a decrease in minimum G0,an increase in the maximum and range of G0,with no evidence of sex differences.The nonlinear phenomena of deterministic chaos,biphonation,and frequency jumps were present in all 4 call categories and became more common from the distress vocalizations of neonates to calves to adult females to the male bugle.Two temporal characteristics sharply distinguished the bugle from the 3 categories of distress vocalizations:these included a prolonged call duration and a maximum G0 that occurred much later in the call for the bugle than for distress vocalizations.Our results suggest that distress vocalizations of different age groups and the reproductive bugle of wapiti share a high G0,with age/size-graded changes in G0 and nonlinear phenomena,but differ sharply in temporal characteristics.
文摘With the development of new media technology and the popularity of the TikTok platform in China,a large number of popular vocal music teachers have flocked to online platforms for teaching.Online vocal music education in China is undergoing a transformation and facing challenges.This study adopts an exploratory research approach,interviewing students learning pop vocal music,and observing popular pop teachers on TikTok.The advantages,disadvantages,techniques,and methods of domestic TikTok pop vocal music teaching were investigated and studied,and a series of experiences and suggestions for optimizing TikTok teaching were put forward.The results of this study are helpful for understanding the advantages and disadvantages of TikTok pop vocal music teaching and grasping the correct development direction.These guidance and suggestions can stimulate teachers’creativity and improve their vocal music teaching level.
文摘目的:探讨三维超声VOCAL技术评估胰岛素抵抗不孕患者子宫内膜容受性的临床价值。方法:纳入2023年2月至2024年6月我院收治的胰岛素抵抗不孕患者50例(研究组)及同期正常孕龄妇女50例(对照组),均行三维超声VOCAL检查,比较两组内膜容积、VI/FI/VFI参数及血清SHBG、HOMA-IR等指标。结果:研究组内膜容积([2.45±0.31)cm^(3)]、VI(7.74±1.36)、FI(20.46±3.67)、VFI(158.14±10.20)均显著低于对照组(P<0.05),血清SHBG([45.69±5.78)nmol/L]、HDL-C([1.36±0.35)mmol/L]水平亦低于对照组(P<0.05)。研究组血清T([8.58±2.58)ng/mL]、TG([2.11±0.36)mmol/L]、FPG([7.69±1.13)mmol/L]、2 h PG([10.24±1.69)mmol/L]、FINS([27.41±3.16)μIU/mL]、HOMA-IR(2.24±0.35)水平高于对照组(P<0.05)。Pearson相关性分析显示,内膜容积与血清SHBG(r=0.536,P<0.001)、HDL-C(r=0.574,P<0.001)水平呈正相关,与血清T(r=-0.584,P<0.001)、TG(r=-0.496,P<0.001)、FPG(r=-0.547,P<0.001)、2 h PG(r=-0.558,P<0.001)、FINS(r=-0.569,P<0.001)、HOMA-IR(r=-0.585,P<0.001)均呈负相关。VI与血清SHBG(r=0.587,P<0.001)、HDL-C(r=0.604,P<0.001)水平呈正相关,与血清T(r=-0.512,P<0.001)、TG(r=-0.536,P<0.001)、FPG(r=-0.523,P<0.001)、2 h PG(r=-0.514,P<0.001)、FINS(r=-0.525,P<0.001)、HOMA-IR(r=-0.496,P<0.001)均呈负相关。FI与血清SHBG(r=0.601,P<0.001)、HDL-C(r=0.551,P<0.001)水平呈正相关,与血清T(r=-0.555,P<0.001)、TG(r=-0.587,P<0.001)、FPG(r=-0.546,P<0.001)、2 h PG(r=-0.567,P<0.001)、FINS(r=-0.516,P<0.001)、HOMA-IR(r=-0.478,P<0.001)均呈负相关。VFI与血清SHBG(r=0.598,P<0.001)、HDL-C(r=0.527,P<0.001)水平呈正相关,与血清T(r=-0.511,P<0.001)、TG(r=-0.571,P<0.001)、FPG(r=-0.532,P<0.001)、2 h PG(r=-0.510,P<0.001)、FINS(r=-0.536,P<0.001)、HOMA-IR(r=-0.546,P<0.001)均呈负相关。结论:三维超声VOCAL技术可有效评估胰岛素抵抗不孕患者的子宫内膜容受性,为个体化治疗提供影像学依据。
基金Education Department of Hainan Province(Project No.:Hnjg2024-112&Hnjg2025ZC-80)。
文摘With the rapid development of information technology and the advancement of educational modernization,the teaching mode of vocal music in colleges and universities is undergoing a new transformation,which complies with the trend of digital age and brings new challenges.This paper explores the specific implementation path of artificial intelligence technology,virtual reality technology,big data technology and intelligent interaction technology in vocal music teaching in colleges and universities,aiming to inject new vitality into the traditional teaching mode and improve teaching quality and efficiency.
文摘KHOOMEI is a traditional throat-singing art created by the Mongolian ethnic group and is regarded as one of the oldest forms of this low rumbling vocal technique in the world.In 2006,Khoomei was included in China’s first national list of intangible cultural heritage items,followed in 2009 by its inclusion on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
基金supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (5252014)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62303063)。
文摘Bird vocalizations are pivotal for ecological monitoring,providing insights into biodiversity and ecosystem health.Traditional recognition methods often neglect phase information,resulting in incomplete feature representation.In this paper,we introduce a novel approach to bird vocalization recognition(BVR)that integrates both amplitude and phase information,leading to enhanced species identification.We propose MHARes Net,a deep learning(DL)model that employs residual blocks and a multi-head attention mechanism to capture salient features from logarithmic power(POW),Instantaneous Frequency(IF),and Group Delay(GD)extracted from bird vocalizations.Experiments on three bird vocalization datasets demonstrate our method's superior performance,achieving accuracy rates of 94%,98.9%,and 87.1%respectively.These results indicate that our approach provides a more effective representation of bird vocalizations,outperforming existing methods.This integration of phase information in BVR is innovative and significantly advances the field of automatic bird monitoring technology,offering valuable tools for ecological research and conservation efforts.
文摘目的:评估二维超声(2D-US)、三维超声VOCAL技术(3D-VOCAL)对子宫肌瘤体积(UMV)测量的精确性。方法:选取2022年10月~2023年4月于福建医科大学附属龙岩第一医院行子宫肌瘤外科手术治疗的患者45例,术前运用2D-US、3D-VOCAL对UMV进行测量,与手术切除后的实际肌瘤体积进行比较,评估两种超声技术测量UMV的准确性及重复性。结果:3D-VOCAL测量肌瘤体积的一致性(ICC=0.992)高于2D-US(ICC=0.976),且3D-VOCAL在不同大小肌瘤中的ICC均高于2D-US(均P<0.001)。2D-US、3D-VOCAL、手术术后3组间UMV测值的体积在最大径<8 cm差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),而3组间在最大径≥8 cm差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);进一步两两分析显示,在最大径≥8 cm UMV中,2D-US与手术术后的UMV测值差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),3D-VOCAL与手术术后的UMV测值差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。3D-VOCAL在不同观察者间及观察者内的一致性均优于2D-US。结论:3D-VOCAL对于术前UMV的测量优于2D-US,是一种简便、高效的可靠方法,为临床随访提供理论依据。
基金supported by grants PICT 2015-1628 from Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica and UBACYT 20020170100521BA from Universidad de Buenos Aires to J.C.R.
文摘Juveniles of interspecific avian brood parasites need to locate and recognize conspecifics to continue their life cycle after being reared by individuals of another species.However,little is known about the recognition mechanisms and cues involved in this critical stage of their lives.It has been proposed that adult parasites could show some kind of parental behavior by actively searching and interacting with conspecific young,which in turn could serve the juveniles to learn and/or reinforce the learning of conspecific characteristics.Since acoustic communication is one of the main channels used by birds,if such form of parental behavior by adult avian brood parasites does exist,adult cowbirds should recognize and respond positively to vocalizations of conspecific juveniles.We experimentally tested whether adult shiny Molothrus bonariensis and screaming M.rufoaxillaris cowbirds respond positively towards acoustic signals of conspecific juveniles using two playback experiments,one conducted in semi-captivity and the other in the field.In both cases,we presented 3 types of playbacks to adults of both cowbird species:vocalizations of shiny cowbird juveniles,vocalizations of screaming cowbird juveniles,and white noise as a control.In the experiment in semi-captivity,no significant differences were found between treatments.In the field experiment,no conspecifics approached the playback area,but hosts of the species whose playback was played were attracted to the loudspeaker.In conclusion,our results do not support the predictions we tested from the parental behavior hypothesis and indicate that adult shiny and screaming cowbirds do not respond positively to acoustic signals of conspecific juveniles,at least not to the type of signals used in our experiments.
基金supported by the Open Project of Key Laboratory of Computational Aerodynamics,AVIC Aerodynamics Research Institute(Grant No.YL2022XFX0409).
文摘In this work,a three dimensional(3D)convolutional neural network(CNN)model based on image slices of various normal and pathological vocal folds is proposed for accurate and efficient prediction of glottal flows.The 3D CNN model is composed of the feature extraction block and regression block.The feature extraction block is capable of learning low dimensional features from the high dimensional image data of the glottal shape,and the regression block is employed to flatten the output from the feature extraction block and obtain the desired glottal flow data.The input image data is the condensed set of 2D image slices captured in the axial plane of the 3D vocal folds,where these glottal shapes are synthesized based on the equations of normal vibration modes.The output flow data is the corresponding flow rate,averaged glottal pressure and nodal pressure distributions over the glottal surface.The 3D CNN model is built to establish the mapping between the input image data and output flow data.The ground-truth flow variables of each glottal shape in the training and test datasets are obtained by a high-fidelity sharp-interface immersed-boundary solver.The proposed model is trained to predict the concerned flow variables for glottal shapes in the test set.The present 3D CNN model is more efficient than traditional Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)models while the accuracy can still be retained,and more powerful than previous data-driven prediction models because more details of the glottal flow can be provided.The prediction performance of the trained 3D CNN model in accuracy and efficiency indicates that this model could be promising for future clinical applications.
文摘The purpose of the article is to explore the effects of Sichuan opera singing on music majors’vocal skills,focusing on three key aspects:pitch test,assessment of rhythmic perception,and emotional expression.Through a quasi-experimental design,100 music majors were selected as research subjects and divided into an experimental group that received Sichuan opera singing instruction and a control group that received traditional vocal instruction.The results showed that compared with the control group,the experimental group receiving Sichuan opera singing teaching showed significant improvement in pitch mastery,rhythm perception,and emotional expression.
文摘The importance of education and cultural inheritance is becoming increasingly prominent.Through literature review and empirical research,combining quantitative data and qualitative analysis,this paper assesses the teaching methods,curriculum,and student interest and participation in vocal music education in colleges and universities.The study found that vocal music education played a positive role in increasing students’participation in cultural activities,enhancing their identification with traditional music and improving their skills,despite problems such as inadequate teaching systems and homogenized curricula.In particular,the participation rate of students in cultural activities before and after the educational changes increased significantly from 31–54.7%to 62.4–83.6%,indicating that vocal music education can effectively stimulate students’enthusiasm for cultural participation.In addition,the strengthening of the teaching staff and innovations in teaching methods,such as the application of multimedia and virtual reality technologies,provide students with richer learning experiences and personalized learning paths.
文摘The aims of this research were (1) to provide a description of spurfowl Pternistis spp. calls and their social context;(2) to describe the divergence of advertisement calls;and (3) to appropri-ate 23 spurfowl species to homologous sound groups which have been synthesized with recognized monophyletic groups within Pternistis spurfowls. Sound group partitioning was primarily based on male advertisement calls. A total of 218 recordings (rendering^300 identifiable calls) were analyzed covering 22 out of 23 spurfowl species in Africa. One species was assessed from written accounts. The repertoire size per spurfowl varies between 7 and 11 calls. Spurfowl calls were arranged into three broad categories including (1) advertisement calls;(2) maintenance calls including distress calls, juve-nile whining (“mews”), cheeps and comfort calls;and (3) male-female and female-offspring bonding calls. Spurfowl species were set out in eight sound groups of which five were more or less congruent with the monophyletic groups of Hall (1963), but sound groups produced more partitioning as Hall described only five groups relevant to Pternistis spp. The divergence of advertisement calls appar-ently minimizes hybridization between sympatric species but the“genetic distance”between spurfowl species is relatively small causing hybridization among spurfowl species. Despite the vocalizations of Hartlaub’s Spurfowl (P. hartlaubi) differing significantly from the rest of the spurfowls, sound analy-ses suggest that it remains within Pternistis.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC3202104)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(BK20211151)。
文摘Signals within animals’vocal communication are considered functional referential and context-specific.Even in the absence of the context,receivers are expected to acquire the information of calls and respond specificallyWhereas the framework was supported by plenty of evidence,its exhaustivity in describing all animal vocalisations has been questioned.Here,we investigated the vocal repertoire of a cooperatively breeding species,Azure-winged Magpie(Cyanopica cyanus),to present evidence for referential signals.The results showed that Azure-winged Magpies had a relatively large vocal repertoire,consisting of twelve distinct calls.These calls were associated with the context including movement,begging for food,contact,vigilance against predators,etc.However,even the predator-specific alarm calls would induce various responses of receivers.This implies that multiple pieces of information are involved in the vocalisation,which could be utilised by the receiver to select an appropriate response based on the surroundings.Our study gives a detailed description of the context and function of the vocal repertoire in Azure-winged Magpies,laying the foundation for further investigation on the developmental mechanisms of bird vocalisations.This study also suggests that the referential signals of animal vocalisations may not be limited to the context-specific responses of receivers and need to be discussed from a broader perspective.
文摘A three mass model of vocal cords as well as mathematical expression of the model are discussed. Different kinds of typical hoarse speech due to laryngeal diseases are simulated on microcomputer and the effects of different pathological factors of vocal cords on model parameters are studied. Some typical spectrum distribution of the simulated speech signals are given. Moreover, hoarse speech signals of some typical cases are analyzed by the methods of digital signal processing, including FFT, LPC, Cepstrum technique, Pseudocolor encoding, etc. The experiment results show that the three mass model analysis of vocal cords is an efficient method for analysis of hoarse speech signals.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2007CB411606)
文摘Ultrasonic communication in vertebrates is attracting increasing research interest.To determine if ultrasonic vocalization is common in birds,we recorded their vocalizations with ultrasound detectors in the Dongzhai National Nature Reserve of Henan Province,China.We found varying degrees of high frequency components in the vocalizations of 14 species and in several of these species,the frequency of harmonics was up to the range of ultrasound.We suggest that more studies are required to determine whether the high frequency components in avian vocalizations have functions and what these functions are.In addition,the ability of birds to hear sounds in the high frequency range also requires re-examination.
