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As well as conveying a message in words and sounds, the speech signal carries information about the speaker's own anatomy, physiology, linguistic experience and mental state. These speaker characteristics are found in speech at all levels of description: from the spectral information in the sounds to the choice of words and utterances themselves. This volume and its companion volume, LNAI 4441, constitute a state-of-the-art survey for the field of speaker classification. They approach the following questions: What characteristics of the speaker become manifest in his or her voice and speaking behavior? Which of them can be inferred from analyzing the acoustic realizations? What can this information be used for? Which methods are the most suitable for diversified problems in this area of research? How should the quality of the results be evaluated? The 19 contributions to this volume comprise general and overview-like articles that are organized in topical sections on fundamentals, characteristics, applications, methods and features, as well as evaluation.

Speech processing systems. --- Speech perception. --- Voice --- Sociolinguistics. --- Traitement automatique de la parole --- Perception de la parole --- Voix --- Sociolinguistique --- Identification. --- Identification --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer Science --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Speech processing systems --- Speech perception --- Sociolinguistics --- Electrical Engineering --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Information Technology --- Artificial Intelligence --- Speech recognition --- Engineering. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computational linguistics. --- Pattern recognition. --- Application software. --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Pattern Recognition. --- Computer Applications. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Language Translation and Linguistics. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Computer science. --- Computer hardware. --- Image processing. --- Computer Science. --- Computer Hardware. --- Image Processing and Computer Vision. --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software --- Design perception --- Pattern recognition --- Form perception --- Perception --- Figure-ground perception --- Automatic language processing --- Language and languages --- Language data processing --- Linguistics --- Natural language processing (Linguistics) --- Applied linguistics --- Cross-language information retrieval --- Mathematical linguistics --- Multilingual computing --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-machine systems --- Human-computer interaction --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Data processing --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Informatics --- Science --- Auditory perception --- Psycholinguistics --- Speech --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Information theory --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Natural language processing (Computer science). --- Optical pattern recognition. --- Computer vision. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Natural Language Processing (NLP). --- NLP (Computer science) --- Artificial intelligence --- Semantic computing --- Pattern perception --- Perceptrons --- Visual discrimination --- Machine vision --- Vision, Computer --- Image processing --- Pattern recognition systems --- Signal processing. --- Optical data processing. --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Optical computing --- Visual data processing --- Integrated optics --- Photonics --- Computers --- Optical equipment --- Automatic speech recognition. --- Mechanical speech recognizer --- Speech recognition, Automatic --- Speech, Intelligibility of --- Speaking --- Human sounds --- Music --- Throat --- Diaphragm --- Elocution --- Larynx --- Physiological aspects

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This book is a unique documentation about the whole range of childhood cancer late effects and discusses their different ways of global influences. The number of childhood cancer survivors is increasing continuously. Thus the topic is also getting more important and well informed caregivers are needed in their institutions. Survivorship after childhood cancer is not the same as survivorship after cancer in adults’ age. All currently known late effects for former childhood cancer patients are explored in detail: not only organ-related but also psychosocial related long-term sequelae. It closes the gap of missing detailed information and their consequences for individuals and society. Past, presence, and future of childhood cancer late effects is presented as well as models of care for childhood cancer survivors. This book is essential for all professionals who work with childhood cancer survivors, no matter if oncologists, psychologists, social workers, or patient advocates. It is also a helpful textbook for university classrooms and seminars as well as for pediatric oncology fellowship programs.

Oncology. --- Pediatrics. --- Hematology. --- Clinical psychology. --- Clinical Psychology. --- Psychiatry --- Psychology, Applied --- Psychological tests --- Haematology --- Internal medicine --- Blood --- Paediatrics --- Pediatric medicine --- Medicine --- Children --- Tumors --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene

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Mathematical statistics --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- Translation science --- Linguistics --- patroonherkenning --- beeldverwerking --- factoranalyse --- informatica --- vertalen --- linguïstiek --- robots --- signaalverwerking

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The stylized facts that firms pay and investors react to dividends disregard dividend neutrality. Taking on the perspective that informational asymmetries are the central determinant for dividend value relevance, Christian Müller assumes that firm’s dividend decision conveys useful information to investors. He shows that investors use dividend changes to revise their a priori expectations about the persistence of a current earnings change. While his theoretical and empirical analyses generally imply that dividend changes constitute informative, but imperfect information signals, he further identifies situations in which they are substantial to investors. Christian Müller’s research comprehensively examines the informational role of dividend policy and provides new insights to the corresponding Bayesian investor learning process.   Contents n  Dividend Irrelevance and Competing Dividend Theories n  Incremental Importance of Dividend Changes in Signaling Earnings Persistence – Theoretical and Empirical Analysis n  Measuring A Priori Investor Knowledge about Earnings Persistence   Target Groups ·        Academics and students in the fields of finance and accounting ·        Corporate managers, investment professionals, and anyone interested in the implications of payout policy   The Author Dr. Christian Müller received his doctoral degree from the University of Cologne under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Carsten Homburg (Department of Business Administration and Management Accounting).  .

Methodology of economics --- Finance --- Economics --- Financial law --- Audit --- Accountancy --- Investment management --- Business management --- Business economics --- financieel management --- bedrijfseconomie --- Bayesian statistics --- boekhouden --- economie --- management --- bedrijfskunde --- investeringen --- financiën --- bankwezen --- auditing --- financieel recht --- handelswetenschappen

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This book focuses on automotive user interfaces for in-vehicle usage, looking at car electronics and its software of hidden technologies (e.g., ASP, ESP), comfort functions (e.g., navigation, communication, entertainment) and driver assistance (e.g., distance checking). The increased complexity of automotive user interfaces, driven by the need for using consumer electronic devices in cars as well as autonomous driving, has sparked a plethora of new research within this field of study. Covering a broad spectrum of detailed topics, the authors of this edited volume offers an outstanding overview of the current state of the art; providing deep insights into usability and user experience, interaction techniques and technologies as well as methods, tools and its applications; exploring the increasing importance of Human-Computer-Interaction (HCI) within the automotive industry Automotive User Interfaces is intended as an authoritative and valuable resource for professional practitioners and researchers alike, as well as computer science and engineering students who are interested in automotive interfaces.

Motor vehicles. --- Automotive vehicles --- Computer science. --- Multimedia information systems. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Artificial intelligence. --- Automotive engineering. --- Computer Science. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Multimedia Information Systems. --- Automotive Engineering. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Transportation, Automotive --- Vehicles --- Multimedia systems. --- Engineering. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Computer-based multimedia information systems --- Multimedia computing --- Multimedia information systems --- Multimedia knowledge systems --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Informatics --- Science --- Signal processing. --- Image processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Information theory --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Speech --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-machine systems --- Human-computer interaction --- Automobiles --- Automotive computers. --- Design and construction --- Microcontrollers --- Automotive microcontrollers --- Automobile engineering --- Automotive engineering --- Electronic equipment --- User interfaces (Computer systems) --- Design and construction.