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Effectiveness of orthogonal instantaneous and transitional feature parameters for speaker verification
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1995)The effectiveness, for text-dependent speaker verification, of orthogonal instantaneous and transitional feature parameters of speech is investigated. Instantaneous spectral features are represented by cepstral coefficients ... -
The effectiveness of personal construct psychotherapy in clinical practice : a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2007)This study updates a systematic review of the effectiveness of personal construct psychotherapy and refines a previous meta-analysis by focusing on studies conducted in clinical settings. Twenty-seven studies satisfied the ... -
The effectiveness of psychodynamic therapy in an NHS psychotherapy service: outcomes for service-users with complex presentations
(2024-02-19)Complex and enduring mental health problems require greater treatment resources, usually in the form of multidisciplinary support, including providing psychological therapies. This paper reports on an NHS, tertiary-level ... -
The Effectiveness of Pursed Lips Breathing in the Management of Breathlessness in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(2011-09-19)Introduction: This dissertation aims to explore, in a clinical setting, the effectiveness of pursed lips breathing (PLB), in the management of dyspnoea in stable COPD. Methodology: A mixed methodology that comprised a ... -
Effectiveness of Recovery-Focused Mental Health Care of Older People With Memory Problems
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-02-03)Introduction Dementia is a syndrome due to disease of the brain, usually of a chronic nature, in which there is disturbance of multiple higher cortical functions including Memory, Comprehension, Thinking, Judgment, ... -
Effectiveness of Rlm7 resistance against Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) in UK winter oilseed rape cultivars
(2018-08)The Rlm7 gene in Brassica napus is an important source of resistance for control of phoma stem canker on oilseed rape caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. This study shows the first report of L. maculans isolates ... -
Effectiveness of rocker sole shoes in the management of chronic low back pain : A randomised clinical trial
(2013-10-15)Study Design. Multi-centre, assessor-blind, randomised, clinical trial.Objective. To compare the effectiveness of rocker sole footwear to traditional flat sole footwear as part of the management for people with low back ... -
Effectiveness of speaker-dependent feature score pruning in speaker verification
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Effectiveness of the BodyMind Approach® for women with depression and medically unexplained symptoms in Taiwan
(2021-04-30)This article aims to examine the hypothesis that The BodyMind Approach® (TBMA) can effectively decrease depression and the distress experienced from medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) for women in Taiwan. A quasi-experimental ... -
The Effectiveness of the Land-Drainage Consent System
(1996)This paper presents the results of a study into the effectiveness of the land-drainage consents system. The investigation studied eighteen main river reaches, each 2 km in length, in the north-east Thames region. All works ... -
Effectiveness of the use of simulation training in healthcare education
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-02)The focus of the research programme within this thesis is an investigation of scenario-based simulation training in undergraduate healthcare education. The aim of the main study was to determine the effectiveness of ... -
The effectiveness of using a robotics class to foster collaboration among groups of children with autism in an exploratory study
(2010)This article describes an exploratory study involving the design of an after-school robotics class for groups of children at the higher-functioning end of the autistic spectrum. The aim of the study was to foster collaboration ... -
Effectiveness of Web-Based Personalized Nutrition Advice for Adults Using the eNutri Web App: Evidence From the EatWellUK Randomized Controlled Trial
(2022-04-25)Background: Evidence suggests eating behaviours and adherence to dietary guidelines can be improved using nutrition-related apps. Apps delivering personalised nutrition (PN) advice to users can provide individual support ... -
An effectiveness study of enhanced heat transfer in phase change materials (PCMs)
(2013-05)A phase field model is for the first time employed to solve the phase change problem in a metal foam-embedded Latent Thermal Energy Storage (LTES) system. A phase field model deals with free boundary problems without tracing ... -
Effector-triggered defence against apoplastic fungal pathogens
(2014-08-01)R gene-mediated host resistance against apoplastic fungal pathogens is not adequately explained by the terms pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI) or effector-triggered immunity (ETI). ... -
The Effects and Differences of Sprint Interval Training, Endurance Training and the Training Types Combined on Physiological Parameters and Exercise Performance
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-03-24)Sprint Interval Training (SIT) is a time efficient way in order to elicit similar changes as Endurance Training (ET) on aerobic capacity, with the purpose of the exercise training to alter physiological systems and exceed ... -
Effects of 1D and 2D nanofillers in basalt Poly(Lactic Acid) composites for additive manufacturing
(2018-11-15)In this work, basalt microfiber reinforced poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites filled with talc nanoplatelets (2D) and sepiolite nanofibers (1D) were prepared at different compositions and tested to assess the effects of ... -
The effects of 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) on the force-velocity relation in single muscle fibres of the frog
(1995-04)The effects of 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) on the force-velocity relation were studied in single fibres from the anterior tibialis muscle of Rana temporaria (2.2 microns sarcomere length, temperature 1.9-2.4 degrees C). ...