Improving Model Stability and Training Efficiency in Fast, High Quality Expressive Voice Conversion System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyuan Zhao ◽  
Jingjun Liang ◽  
Zehong Zheng ◽  
Linhuang Yan ◽  
Zhiyong Yang ◽  
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Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 2742
Author(s):  
Yuwei Ge ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Haihua Liang ◽  
Qingfeng Jiang ◽  
Dan Wang

Image steganalysis is a technique for detecting the presence of hidden information in images, which has profound significance for maintaining cyberspace security. In recent years, various deep steganalysis networks have been proposed in academia, and have achieved good detection performance. Although convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can effectively extract the features describing the image content, the difficulty lies in extracting the subtle features that describe the existence of hidden information. Considering this concern, this paper introduces separable convolution and adversarial mechanism, and proposes a new network structure that effectively solves the problem. The separable convolution maximizes the residual information by utilizing its channel correlation. The adversarial mechanism makes the generator extract more content features to mislead the discriminator, thus separating more steganographic features. We conducted experiments on BOSSBase1.01 and BOWS2 to detect various adaptive steganography algorithms. The experimental results demonstrate that our method extracts the steganographic features effectively. The separable convolution increases the signal-to-noise ratio, maximizes the channel correlation of residuals, and improves efficiency. The adversarial mechanism can separate more steganographic features, effectively improving the performance. Compared with the traditional steganalysis methods based on deep learning, our method shows obvious improvements in both detection performance and training efficiency.


2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34
Author(s):  
Robert Stănciulescu

Abstract Specialized studies show how a fighter should physically be, not just any fighter, but the one who possesses the qualities and features of the ideal model, i.e. those elements that define the near-perfect fighter. The demands of the modern battlefield impose a high quality human potential that provides a good basis for the selection and training of fighters. Resistance to physical, climate, season and weather condition demands, to the prolonged efforts fighting requires is one of the important conditions of success. The paper presents information with particular impact in optimizing exercise capacity for future officers of the land forces, emphasizing once again the idea that a high level of motric ability is an essential objective.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Gutiérrez-Conejo ◽  
María-Dolores González-Rivera ◽  
Antonio Campos-Izquierdo

The importance of professional competence lies in the effective application of job-oriented knowledge and skills which guarantee one’s successful adaptation to the work. This study analyzes the perception of the importance of physical activity and sports (PAS) professionals’ competence in working with individuals with disabilities in Spain. As a descriptive quantitative study, face-to-face interviews were conducted through a survey to extract the data. The sample consisted of 214 PAS professionals working with people with disabilities. According to the results, the analyzed constituents of professional competence are important for adequate performance (>65%), with the exception of competences of leadership and use of new technologies (<50%). It was also found that the perceived importance of each element of professional competence varies according to age, experience and training. Based on the obtained results, the degree of importance of each constituent of professional competence and its implication for the access of people with disabilities to high-quality physical activity and sports services was determined.


Author(s):  
Eman A. Zabalawi

Entrepreneurship is a driving force to modern economies if organizational excellence is achieved. High-quality outputs are important at the local, regional, and international level due to e-commerce evolution in business industries. Therefore, factual approach to solve managerial challenges toward quality at the micro and macro level is on demand to outreach global markets. Even local companies selling locally will have to compete globally with high quality and cost-cutting strategies to gain customer loyalty. The quality challenge is to have consistency in all products and services sold anywhere in the world; this can only be achieved if standardized processes, systems, and training are adopted in a quality culture. As an entrepreneur, acquiring “Quality Strategic Management” approach helps prevention of poor outcomes by keeping failure and appraisal costs to the minimum through quality planning and quality training, quality testing, and quality auditing to avoid factors preventing competitive advantage strategies promptly.


Author(s):  
Richard Price ◽  
Sukie Shinn

Simulation-based education (SBE) is an important modality for training a competent and safe healthcare workforce. It is also an important component of core training and continuing professional development for healthcare workers in the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom. A comprehensive review of SBE provision, led by NHS Health Education England (HEE), discovered many areas of good practice, but also identified inequalities in the access to and delivery of simulation. A framework was developed to help improve the quality, provision, and access to SBE. Case studies are provided in this chapter showcasing the different types of simulation which contributed to the good practice, how they are used in healthcare education, and how they link to the SBE framework. The chapter sets out some of the current challenges with equitable and high-quality provision, detailing plans to further enhance the education and training of the healthcare workforce through SBE through the delivery of a framework, strategic overview, and vision to support these plans.


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