Low-resource language recognition using a fusion of phoneme posteriorgram counts, acoustic and glottal-based i-vectors

This paper presents a description of our system for the Albayzin 2012 LRE competition. One of the main characteristics of this evaluation was the reduced number of available files for training the system, especially for the empty condition where no training data set was provided but only a development set. In addition, the whole database was created from online videos and around one third of the training data was labeled as noisy files. Our primary system was the fusion of three different i-vector based systems: one acoustic system based on MFCCs, a phonotactic system using trigrams of phone-posteriorgram counts, and another acoustic system based on RPLPs that improved robustness against noise. A contrastive system that included new features based on the glottal source was also presented. Official and postevaluation results for all the conditions using the proposed metrics for the evaluation and the Cavg metric are presented in the paper.

Postcolonial healing landscapes and mental health in a remote Indigenous community in subarctic Ontario, Canada

The concept of therapeutic landscape is concerned with a holistic, socio-ecological model of health, but most studies have attempted to explore land-health links from a Western perspective. On an Indigenous reserve in Northern Ontario, part of the Canadian subarctic, we explore the importance of spaces and places in creating postcolonial therapeutic landscapes to treat the wounds inflicted by colonialism. The aim of this research is to gain insight from views and experiences of First Nations residents living on reservations that are undergoing a process of regaining traditional spiritual beliefs and teachings to construct therapeutic spaces to face mental health problems caused by legal opioid analgesic abuse. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews with Cree and Ojibwe participants to understand how they are reconnecting with earth, spirituality and traditional animist beliefs on their way to recovery. We find that practices such as taking part in ceremonies and ritual spaces, and seeking knowledge and advice from Elders assist with personal healing and enable Indigenous people to be physically and mentally healthy. Our research findings provide important insights into the relationship between space, healing and culture as determinants of health and well-being and document some key factors that contribute to substance abuse recovery.

Sable I. -- Fredericton N.B

[drawn by Erwin Raisz].

The syntheses and characterization of nickel complexes; investigation of Ni(dppp)2 and [NiX(dppp)n]x, potentially catalytically active nickel(0)/(I) species for cross-coupling reactions

This thesis describes an investigation in which we compare Ni(0), Ni(I) and Ni(II) complexes containing 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp) as a phosphine ligand for their abilities to effect three types of cross-coupling reactions: Buchwald-Hartwig Amination, Heck-Mizoroki, and Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions with different types of substrates. The Ni(0) complex Ni(dppp)2 is known and we have synthesized it via a new procedure involving zinc reduction of the known NiCl2(dppp) in the presence of an excess of dppp. The Ni(0) complex was characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Since Ni(I) complexes of dppp seem unknown, we have synthesized what at this stage appear to be NiXdpppn/[NiX(dppp)n]x (X = Cl, Br, I; n = 1,2, x = 1, 2) by comproportionation of molar equivalents of Ni(dppp)2 and NiX2dppp, X= Cl, Br, I.

View of Detroit, Michigan, from Sandwich, Canada

From Gleason's pictorial drawing room companion, issue unidentified

"I'm alone" case.

At head of title: Publications of the Department of State.

Detailed estimates of Crysler island two-stage project (project C-217) : appendix I to the report of the Joint board of engineers (reconvened) on improvement of the international section of the St. Lawrence river, dated April 9, 1932.

Bound with United States. Department of state. ... Great-lakes-St. Lawrence deep waterway treaty.

Documents relatifs aux relations extérieures du Canada = Documents on Canadian external relations.

v. 1. 1909-1918 -- v. 2. The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 -- v. 3. 1919-1925 -- v. 4. 1926-1930 -- v. 5. 1931-1935 -- v. 6. 1936-1939 -- v. 7. 1939-1941 pt. I -- v. 8. 1939-1941 pt. II -- v. 9. 1942-1943 -- v. 10. 1944-1945 pt. I -- v. 11. 1944-1945 pt. II -- v. 12. 1946 -- v. 13. 1947 -- v. 14. 1948 -- v. 15. 1949 -- v. 16. 1950 -- v. 17. 1951 -- v. 18 1952 -- v. 19. 1953 -- v. 20. 1954 -- v. 21. 1955 -- v. 22. 1956-1957 pt. I -- v. 23. 1956-1957 pt. II -- v.24. 1957-1958 pt. I -- v. 25. 1957-1958 pt. II -- v. 26. 1959 -- v. 27. 1960 --

The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada, with special reference to New England /

Includes index.