Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF UROTHELIAL BLADDER CANCERSKatarina Bevizova, Jan Jakubovsky, Jan Luha et al.Malignant cancers of urinary bladder are the second most common malignancy of the urinary tract and the fourth most common malignancy in general, especially in men. The aim of this study was a retrospective analysis of selected markers (p53, Ki-67 and E-cadherin) of urinary bladder cancers from the Department of Urology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic between years 2007 and 2009. … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 17 Jul 2013 · 7,372 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModeling of Fundamental Frequency Contours for Thai Dialects with Large Speech DatabaseSuphattharachai ChomphanIn four core regions of Thailand, there are four main dialects including central, north, northeast and south dialects. The prosody is significantly unique for each dialect. One important factor determining the prosody is the fundamental frequency. As a result, modeling of Fundamental frequency (F0) contour is very important for the natural speech processing. Even though there are many modeling techniques … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 12 · 20 Dec 2012 · 7,341 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Seroepidemiological Survey of Hantavirus in Ilheus CountyMarcos Lazaro Moreli, Vivaldo Gomes da Costa, Flavia Rubia ParizHantaviral diseases are infections caused by a group of viruses that belong to the genus hantavirus and the family Bunyaviridae. In Brazil, several cases of hantavirus have been detected with the use of serological methods including immunofluorescence and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). To date, 1.573 cases have been reported in several states across the country with a fatality rate of … …Current Research in Virology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Aug 2012 · 13,382 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Noises on Fujisaki’s Model of Fundamental Frequency Contours for Thai DialectsSuphattharachai Chomphan, Chutarat ChompunthProblem statement: Modeling of fundamental frequency (F0) contour plays an important role on the natural speech processing, since F0 is an important speech feature defining the human speech prosody. In Thai, there are four main dialects spoken by Thai people residing in four core region including central, north, northeast and south regions. Environmental noises are also plays an important role … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 10 · 25 Aug 2012 · 6,981 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAnalytical Study of Fujisaki’s Model of Fundamental Frequency Contour for Thai TonesSuphattharachai Chomphan, Chutarat ChompunthProblem statement: Tone of a tonal language is an important feature of a prosodic syllable to identify the meanings of that syllable or that part of word. Ii is very crucial to model the feature related to tone of speech to achieve the most naturalness in speech communication. Approach: The study presents an approach to analyze the model parameters of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 10 · 16 Aug 2012 · 6,991 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFujisaki’s Model of Thai’s Fundamental Frequency Contours with Environmental NoisesSuphattharachai Chomphan, Chutarat ChompunthProblem statement: An important human speech feature is the fundamental frequency (F0) contour which represents the speech prosody. It indicates the naturalness and intelligibility of the speech. Modeling of fundamental frequency contour was an essential procedure in the natural speech processing. In speech communication, environmental noise plays an essential role in damaging the digital communication quality. The study of effects … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 8 · 28 Jun 2012 · 7,284 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSeroprevalence of Neospora Caninum in Stray DogsGaredaghi YagoobProblem statement: To investigate anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in stray dogs living in Tabriz city, 100 blood samples were collected. Serum samples were screened for detection of anti-N. caninum IgG antibodies using Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test (IFAT; ≥50). Antibodies were seen in 31 (31%) of 100 dogs. Approach: The IFAT antibody titers were as follows: 1:50 in 11 dogs, 1:100 in … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 5 Oct 2011 · 7,936 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAntidepressant-Like Activity of Banana Peel Extract in MiceTan Pei Tee, Halijah HassanProblem statement: Depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feeling guilty, low selfesteem, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite, low energy and poor concentration are the characteristics of depression. This common mental disorder can occur in anyone regardless of genders, ages and backgrounds. People counteract it with psychotherapy and medications. Alternatively, some patients use herbal remedies as treatments. Recently, natural herbal … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 1 Oct 2011 · 18,671 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDental Arch Dimension of Malay Ethnic GroupH. A. Mohammad, M.I. Abu Hassan, S.F. HussainProblem statement: Many previous studies tried to define and put specific measurements for dental arches dimension in different ethnics groups. These studies may be specific to an ethnic group and cannot always be applied to other ethnic types. The aim of this study: is to obtain specific dental arch dimensions for Malaysian Malay ethnic groups and compare between both genders. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 11 · 23 Sep 2011 · 32,864 accessesView PDFCite