This study was conducted to investigate the effect of meaning-focused versus form-focused input-oriented and output-oriented task-based instruction on elementary level Iranian EFL Learners’ vocabulary comprehension and recall. For this purpose, a sample of 120 male students from a private school in Tehran was selected through convenience sampling and based on availability. The participants were...

Object-oriented software applications that support a particular business or domain consist of substantial core application functionality and business rules. Since business rules tend to evolve frequently, it is important to separate them from the core application. However, current approaches that support business rules at the implementation level only separate the business rules themselves and ...

Metrics are an important technique in quantifying desirable software and software development characteristics of aspectoriented software development (AOSD). Currently, metrics proposed for AOSD have rarely been validated. We give an overview on the necessary steps to validate definitions and applications of metrics. We also compare definitions for proposed metrics.

The topics on aspects, dependencies and interactions are among the key remaining challenges to be tackled by the Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD) community to enable a wide adoption of AOSD technology. This second workshop, organized and supported by the AOSD-Europe project, aimed to continue the wide discussion on aspects, dependencies and interactions started at ADI 2006.

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