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Cross-Dressing in Taiwanese Dramas: A Reinforcement of Heteronormativity [PDF]
, 2018 An examination of temporary cross-dressing in Taiwanese romantic comedy dramas that seeks to analyze how gender, sexuality and romance are portrayed.
Szymanski, Jelana E.
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Acoustic comparison of electronics disguised voice using Different semitones
International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 2018 This paper emphasizes an algorithm that is based on acoustic analysis of electronics disguised voice. Proposed work is given a comparative analysis of all acoustic feature and its statistical coefficients. Acoustic features are computed by Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC) method and compare with a normal voice and disguised voice by different
Mahesh K. Singh +2 more
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“I'm a Good Guy Who Deserves Better, Yet Nobody Wants to Give me Better”: The Accounts of Nice Guys
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Within Western popular culture and online discourse, a “Nice Guy” is someone who enacts niceness for which they believe they are owed, deserving of, or entitled to something in return—especially the romantic or sexual attention of women. In this study, we examine the use of accounts in personal narratives told in an anonymous online discussion forum ...
Brooke Weinmann, Dennis D. Waskul
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Voice morphing using the generative topographic mapping [PDF]
, 2003 In this paper we address the problem of Voice Morphing. We attempt to transform the spectral characteristics of a source speaker's speech signal so that the listener would believe that the speech was uttered by a target speaker. The voice morphing system
Moroz, I. M. +2 more
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Age-Related Voice Disguise and its Impact on Speaker Verification Accuracy
The Speaker and Language Recognition Workshop (Odyssey 2016), 2016 This study focuses in the impact of age-related intentional voice modification, or age disguise, on the performance of automatic speaker verification (ASV) systems. The data collected for this study includes 60 native Finnish speakers (29 males, 31 females) with age range between 18 and 73 years.
Gonzalez Hautamäki, Rosa +3 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Rehabilitation and release contribute to conservation efforts for threatened species. Ensuring that these efforts are effective requires a good understanding of the factors which determine survival and integration of released animals into wild populations.
Jessica Harvey‐Carroll +3 more
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ALEA III: Ongoing Panorama of Twentieth Century Music, March 23, 1989 [PDF]
, 1989 This is the concert program of the ALEA III: Ongoing Panorama of Twentieth Century Music performance on Thursday, March 23, 1989 at 8:30 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. The work performed at the prelude performance at 7:15pm was Orfeo
School of Music, Boston University
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Perceptual identification of voices under normal, stress and disguise speaking conditions
Journal of Phonetics, 1974 A number of authors have contended that, at present, the human auditor is the most accurate “system” for correctly identifying speakers from tape-recorded materials; other authors have indicated that individuals do not have to know the speakers in order to make highly accurate judgments of this type. This research attempts to test these two assumptions.
H. Hollien, W. Majewski, P. A. Hollien
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Renewable energy is vital for reducing carbon emissions and yet its infrastructure poses challenges to biodiversity. While the impacts of wind power on bats and raptors are well‐studied, the effects on elusive species remain largely unknown. The Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola, a nocturnal forest bird, performs characteristic courtship flights at ...
Jan O. Engler +6 more
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Nesting ecology of an ice‐associated seabird, Kittlitz's murrelet, at the northern edge of its range
Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.We studied the Kittlitz's murrelet, an ice‐associated seabird of conservation concern, at the northern edge of its range. Over a 2‐year period, we estimated nest density and success at 2 sites, captured and telemetered nesting murrelets, and tested the use of a thermal camera to improve nest detection.
Michelle L. Kissling +9 more
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