LEADER 04151oam 2200661I 450 001 9910459075303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-429-14948-4 010 $a1-4200-4545-8 024 7 $a10.1201/9781420045451 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019204 035 $a(EBL)533785 035 $a(OCoLC)630543269 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000458036 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11283206 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458036 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10422529 035 $a(PQKB)11538112 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC533785 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL533785 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387101 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL692790 035 $a(OCoLC)647929850 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019204 100 $a20180331d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aElectrocatalysis $ecomputational, experimental, and industrial aspects /$fCarlos Fernando Zinola 210 1$aBoca Raton :$cTaylor & Francis,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (668 p.) 225 1 $aSurfactant science series ;$v149 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-61508-X 311 $a1-4200-4544-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; ELECTROCATALYSIS COMPUTATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL, AND INDUSTRIAL ASPECTS; Obituary; Contents; Preface; Overview; Contributors; Chapter 1: About Electrocatalysis Until 2000; Chapter 2: Fundamental Aspectsof Electrocatalysis; Chapter 3: Quantum and TheoreticalElectrocatalysis; Chapter 4: Overview of SemiempiricalMethods; Chapter 5: Density Functional Theory; Chapter 6: General Considerationsof Periodic Crystals; Chapter 7: Electrode Catalysis versusEnzyme Catalysis: TheoreticalModeling of a BiologicalEnzyme 327 $aChapter 8: Electrochemically FormedFilm Layers of Importancein ElectrocatalysisChapter 9: Surface Physical Propertiesand the Topologyof Single Crystals:Atomic Rearrangements; Chapter 10: Problem of Surface Relaxationand Atom Rearrangementon Electrode Surfaces; Chapter 11: Surface Chemistryof Bimetallic Catalysts; Chapter 12: Surface Modifications of Ferrous Metals and AlloysInduced by Potentialand Thermal Perturbations; Chapter 13: Principles of ElectrochemicalEngineering; Chapter 14: Energy Balances andHydrodynamic Conditionsin the Electrochemical Reactor 327 $aChapter 15: Current Density and Electrode Potential under Different Operating Conditions on Smooth and Rough SurfacesChapter 16: The Electrochemical FuelCell Reactor; Chapter 17: Diffusion-Convective Systemsin Electrochemical Reactors; Chapter 18: Electrocatalytic Reactor Design; Chapter 19: Electrocatalysis of Electroless Plating; Chapter 20: Fine Electrodeposition; Chapter 21: Electrode Modification: Application in Organic Electrocatalysis; Chapter 22: Fundamental Aspectsof Corrosion of Metalsand Semiconductors 327 $aChapter 23: Production, Storage, Use,and Delivery of Hydrogenin the Electrochemical Conversion of EnergyIndex; Back Cover 330 $aElectrocatalysis applications are employed in a large number of industries worldwide, ranging from old technologies such as galvanoplasty to the most up-to-date deployments involving ultracapacitators. Recognizing electrocatalysis as a useful interfacial approach to a dynamic interdisciplinary science, Electrocatalysis: Computational, Experimental, and Industrial Aspects focuses on important developments in the field that are the most relevant to new technologies.Gathering the experiences of a collection of experts who have worked on the basic principles of el 410 0$aSurfactant science series ;$v149. 606 $aElectrocatalysis 606 $aElectrochemistry 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElectrocatalysis. 615 0$aElectrochemistry. 676 $a541/.395 700 $aZinola$b Carlos Fernando.$0957433 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459075303321 996 $aElectrocatalysis$92168637 997 $aUNINA LEADER 05032nam 22005174a 450 001 9910143747203321 005 20211109021255.0 010 $a1-280-24170-5 010 $a9786610241705 010 $a0-470-01260-9 010 $a0-470-01259-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000356100 035 $a(EBL)241131 035 $a(OCoLC)70110946 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000138110 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146085 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138110 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10097414 035 $a(PQKB)10217619 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC241131 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000356100 100 $a20040928d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|z#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDevelopments in speech synthesis /$fMark Tatham, Katherine Morton 210 1$aChichester, West Sussex, England ;$aHoboken, NJ :$cJ. Wiley,$dc2005. 215 $a1 online resource [358 pages] 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [329]-334) and index. 327 $aDEVELOPMENTS IN SPEECH SYNTHESIS; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; How Good is Synthetic Speech?; Improvements Beyond Intelligibility; Continuous Adaptation; Data Structure Characterisation; Shared Input Properties; Intelligibility: Some Beliefs and Some Myths; Naturalness; Variability; The Introduction of Style; Expressive Content; Final Introductory Remarks; Part I Current Work; 1 High-Level and Low-Level Synthesis; 1.1 Differentiating Between Low-Level and High-Level Synthesis; 1.2 Two Types of Text; 1.3 The Context of High-Level Synthesis; 1.4 Textual Rendering; 2 Low-Level Synthesisers: Current Status2.1 The Range of Low-Level Synthesisers Available; 2.1.1 Articulatory Synthesis; 2.1.2 Formant Synthesis; 2.1.3 Concatenative Synthesis; Units for Concatenative Synthesis; Representation of Speech in the Database; Unit Selection Systems: the Data-Driven Approach; Unit Joining; Cost Evaluation in Unit Selection Systems; Prosody and Concatenative Systems; Prosody Implementation in Unit Concatenation Systems; 2.1.4 Hybrid System Approaches to Speech Synthesis; 3 Text-To-Speech; 3.1 Methods; 3.2 The Syntactic Parse; 4 Different Low-Level Synthesisers: What Can Be Expected?4.1 The Competing Types; 4.2 The Theoretical Limits; 4.3 Upcoming Approaches; 5 Low-Level Synthesis Potential; 5.1 The Input to Low-Level Synthesis; 5.2 Text Marking; 5.2.1 Unmarked Text; 5.2.2 Marked Text: the Basics; 5.2.3 Waveforms and Segment Boundaries; 5.2.4 Marking Boundaries on Waveforms: the Alignment Problem; 5.2.5 Labelling the Database: Segments; 5.2.6 Labelling the Database: Endpointing and Alignment; Part II A New Direction for Speech Synthesis; 6 A View of Naturalness; 6.1 The Naturalness Concept; 6.2 Switchable Databases for Concatenative Synthesis6.3 Prosodic Modifications; 7 Physical Parameters and Abstract Information Channels; 7.1 Limitations in the Theory and Scope of Speech Synthesis; 7.1.1 Distinguishing Between Physical and Cognitive Processes; 7.1.2 Relationship Between Physical and Cognitive Objects; 7.1.3 Implications; 7.2 Intonation Contours from the Original Database; 7.3 Boundaries in Intonation; 8 Variability and System Integrity; 8.1 Accent Variation; 8.2 Voicing; 8.3 The Festival System; 8.4 Syllable Duration; 8.5 Changes of Approach in Speech Synthesis; 9 Automatic Speech Recognition9.1 Advantages of the Statistical Approach; 9.2 Disadvantages of the Statistical Approach; 9.3 Unit Selection Synthesis Compared with Automatic Speech Recognition; Part III High-Level Control; 10 The Need for High-Level Control; 10.1 What is High-Level Control?; 10.2 Generalisation in Linguistics; 10.3 Units in the Signal; 10.4 Achievements of a Separate High-Level Control; 10.5 Advantages of Identifying High-Level Control; 11 The Input to High-Level Control; 11.1 Segmental Linguistic Input; 11.2 The Underlying Linguistics Model; 11.3 Prosody; 11.4 Expression; 12 Problems for Automatic Text Markup 330 $aWith a growing need for understanding the process involved in producing and perceiving spoken language, this timely publication answers these questions in an accessible reference. Containing material resulting from many years' teaching and research, Speech Synthesis provides a complete account of the theory of speech. By bringing together the common goals and methods of speech synthesis into a single resource, the book will lead the way towards a comprehensive view of the process involved in human speech. The book includes applications in speech technology and speech synthesis. 606 $aSpeech processing systems 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSpeech processing systems. 676 $a006.54 700 $aTatham$b Mark$0863913 702 $aMorton$b Katherine 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bQCQU 912 $a9910143747203321 996 $aDevelopments in speech synthesis$92817955 997 $aUNINA