The speech recognition algorithm for healthcare industries has three phases Speech Detection (SD), Doctor Recognition (DR) and Speech Recognition (SR). Speech is captured from a remote computer by recording continuously the sound signals and removing unwanted data. A modified K-means clustering is proposed to reduce the search space for matching the doctors voice features with the database voice features. After identifying the cluster that closely matches the input data, four methods, namely, cross correlation, frequency multiplication, frequency cross correlation and peak signal comparison,...

This book documents the various impacts of urbanization on hydrological systems and water resources. The first half of the book is focused on urbanization and surface waters, starting with the status of hydrological systems in the urban areas, i.e. the catchment characteristics and changes in rainfall dynamics. The most pronounced hydrological problems in cities are changes in runoff due to precipitation. Recently, rain events have been less frequent but more intense, sometimes leading to flash floods. Though the substantial increase in runoff causes floods in the urbanized area, it may be...

This book intends to decipher the knowledge in the advancement of understanding, detecting, predicting, and monitoring landslides. The number of massive landslides and the damages they cause has increased across the globe in recent times. It is one of the most devastating natural hazards that cause widespread damage to habitat on a local, regional, and global scale. International experts provide their experience in landslide research and practice to help stakeholders mitigate and predict potential landslides. The book comprises chapters on:Dynamics, mechanisms, and processes of...