Phase-aware deep speech enhancement: It's all about the frame length.

Algorithmic latency in speech processing is dominated by the frame length used for Fourier analysis, which in turn limits the achievable performance of magnitude-centric approaches. As previous studies suggest the importance of phase grows with decreasing frame length, this work presents a systematic study on the contribution of phase and magnitude in modern deep neural network (DNN)-based speech enhancement at different frame lengths. Results indicate that DNNs can successfully estimate phase when using short frames, with similar or better overall performance compared to using longer frames.

Cytokinetic abscission is an acute G1 event.

Animal cell division ends with the cutting of the microtubule and membrane intercellular bridge connecting the 2 daughter cells. This process, known as cytokinetic abscission (abscission), is widely regarded as the last step of cytokinesis, i.e.

Gas2l3, a novel constriction site-associated protein whose regulation is mediated by the APC/C Cdh1 complex.

Growth arrest-specific 2-like protein 3 (Gas2l3) was recently identified as an Actin/Tubulin cross-linker protein that regulates cytokinesis. Using cell-free systems from both frog eggs and human cells, we show that the Gas2l3 protein is targeted for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis by the APC/C(Cdh1) complex, but not by the APC/C(Cdc20) complex, and is phosphorylated by Cdk1 in mitosis. Moreover, late in cytokinesis, Gas2l3 is exclusively localized to the constriction sites, which are the narrowest parts of the intercellular bridge connecting the two daughter cells.