Research states that metacognitive monitoring and control are important skills for successful problem solving (e.g., Artzt & Armour-Thomas 1992; Carr & Jessup, 1997; Hmelo & Cote, 1996; Tobias & Everson, 1995). In particular, research has demonstrated that certain self-regulatory and metacognitive skills predict problem solving success as well as or better than traditional predictors of general...

In [1], W. Aiello and R. Venkatesan have shown how to construct pseudo-random functions of 2n bits→ 2n bits from pseudo-random functions of n bits→ n bits. They claimed that their construction, called“Benes”, reaches the optimal bound (m ¿ 2) of security against adversaries with unlimited computingpower but limited by m queries in an adaptive chosen plaintext attack (CPA-2). However...

The specific problem that motivates this paper is how to obtain abstract descriptions of the meanings of imported predicates (such as built-ins) that can be used when analysing a module of a logic program with respect to some abstract domain. We assume that abstract descriptions of the imported predicates are available in terms of some “standard” assertions. The first task is to define an abstr...

Cycles, empty cores, intransitivities, and other complexities affect group decision and voting rules. Approaches developed to prevent these difficulties include the Nakamura number, Greenberg’s theorem, and single peaked preferences. The results derived here significantly extend and subsume these assertions while providing a common, surprisingly simple explanation for these seemingly dissimilar...

XP is a culture not a method. As a culture, XP has significant appeal to those seeking a more humane and effective way to develop software. Recognition of XP as a culture, and establishing mechanisms for expanding that culture, is essential for success. However, characterization of XP as a culture, by outsiders, is a significant threat to adoption, unless the XP community acknowledges being a c...

Despite the well-established association between psychosocial stress and symptom exacerbation in schizophrenia, factors that account for variability in stress reactivity among individuals with this disorder are unknown. This study examined the association between affective traits, coping style, and neurocognitive functioning and subjective emotional responses during putatively stressful social ...

I argue that proper assertion requires belief. Jennifer Lackey has recently argued otherwise. Here I respond to Lackey’s argument and provide positive evidence that permissible assertion does require belief. The positive evidence takes the form of an explanatory argument from linguistic patterns surrounding the give and take of assertion. Looming large in the background of the discussion is whe...

In cite{beh}, the authors claimed by a counterexample that the cross product definition in cite{molo} is not correct and thus the proposed technique is false. In this note, we show that this assertion is ‎incorrect.