The ITTAGE, Indirect Target TAgged GEometric length predictor, was introduced in [5] at the same time as the TAGE conditional branch predictor. ITTAGE relies on the same principles as the TAGE predictor several predictor tables indexed through independent functions of the global branch/path history and the branch address. Like the TAGE predictor, ITTAGE uses (partially) tagged components as the...

Background: Parental bonding perception leads to the different domains of future life. The goal of this study was to investigate the predictive role of parental bonding perception types of communicational patterns of couples of Tehran. Methods: This research was a correlational and descriptive study. The study sample comprised of 338 individuals who voluntarily participated in the research in ...

Estimates for the reliability of Thurstone’s regression factor score predictor, Bartlett’s factor score predictor, and McDonald’s factor score predictor were proposed. As in KuderRichardson’s formula, the reliability estimates are based on a hypothetical set of equivalent items. The reliability estimates were compared by means of simulation studies. Overall, the reliability estimates were large...

This paper deals with network controlled systems. A state predictor is used to stabilize such system as in [1], [2]. The full characterization of the prediction horizon is provided, which allows to prove the stability of the closed-loop system with the state predictor (using an estimated horizon).

Learning involves a rich array of cognitive and affective states. Recognizing and understanding these cognitive and affective dimensions of learning is key to designing informed interventions. Prior research has highlighted the importance of facial expressions in learning-centered affective states, but tracking facial expression poses significant challenges. This paper presents an automated ana...

The purpose of this study was to compare the impact of clickers, the communicative approach and the lecture method on the communicative competence development of learners who were taught English a second language (ESL). Ninety nine pupils from three primary schools participated in the study. Quasi-experimental nonrandomised pre-test posttest control group design was adopted for the study. A bat...

The purpose of this study is to investigate pre-service teachers’ technological, pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) in Turkey. By using the “Survey of Pre-service Teachers’ Knowledge of Teaching and Technology” developed by Schmidt et al. (2009), the study sought to determine if significant differences could be found in pre-service teachers’ perceptions of TPACK when examined by gender, ...

This study investigated how English learners of Korean weigh multiple acoustic cues, namely VOT and f0, in perceiving the Korean stop laryngeal contrast. This question is of interest because VOT is more central to this contrast in English relative to Korean. Our goal was to examine whether L2 cueweighting strategies were influenced by individual differences in cue-weighting strategies in L1 and...

We provide rigorous guarantees for the regression approach to structured output prediction. We show that the quadratic regression loss is a convex surrogate of the prediction loss when the output kernel satisfies some condition with respect to the prediction loss. We provide two upper bounds of the prediction risk that depend on the empirical quadratic risk of the predictor. The minimizer of th...

Using unique longitudinal data, we study beliefs about academic ability at the time of college entrance and how students revise these beliefs as noisy information if received. We show that what a person learns about his academic ability during the first year is an important predictor of whether he remains in school. By taking advantage of additional longitudinal survey information, we compare t...