The DFU is based on a commodity DRC platform DS2004, containing two AMD Opteron 2350 quad core processors and two Opteron socket compatible DRC Reconfigurable Processor Units (RPUs), all of which are connected via Hypertransport interconnects. Internal Components of the DFU: 1. HT Interface: Used to decode the HT read/write signals to internal DFU components 2. Statistics Registers: Tuples Proc...

This applied research was designed to analyze the effectiveness of inquiry-based instruction as compared to teacher-directed instruction in 5th-grade mathematics and science courses at the subject school. The subject school modified mathematics and science curriculum for 3 years and became an Alabama Math, Science, and Technology (AMSTI) [2009] school. AMSTI provided extensive professional deve...

We describe a new system for automatic compiler retargeting. The system combines the advantages of C code generating compilers (fast retargeting) with the advantages of compilers based on speciica-tion driven code generation (fast native code generation). The basic idea is to use the native C compiler to discover architectural features (such as instruction set, register set, addressing modes, i...

The goal of this study was to compare the possible effects of three types of input-based instruction on the acquisition of English “WH” embedded questions. The impact of these instructions was investigated on Van Patten’s Sentence Location Principle. Participants were 105 university students in four intact classes who were randomly assigned to four conditions: processing instruction (PI), textu...

This paper presents an approach to student’s errors diagnosis in intelligent tutoring systems and to the remedial instruction to overcome those errors. Our contribution aris es from two key components. Firstly, a diagnosis model, which based on the nature of the learner’s input, as well as its exercise knowledge model., uses Bayesian induction (a posteriori maximization) to find the most probab...

With the aim of more emphasis on pragmatics and its inclusion in EFL classrooms, this study attempted to investigate the effectiveness of obtrusive and unobtrusive focus on form instructions on learners’ pragmatic performance of criticizing in English. 54 Iranian learners, all at intermediate level, participated in this study, and they were divided into three groups: 19 participants receiving o...

from applied linguistic point of view, the fundamental question facing the language teachers, methodologists and course designers is which procedure is more effective in fl/sl: learning to use or using to learn? definitely, in order to be a competent language user, knowledge of language system is necessary, but it is not sufficient to be a successful language user. that is why there was a gradu...