This study examines the relationship between different types of conversational interaction and SLA. Long’s (1996) updated version of the interactionist hypothesis claims that implicit negative feedback, which can be obtained through negotiated interaction, facilitates SLA. Similar claims for the benefits of negotiation have been made by Pica (1994) and Gass (1997). Some support for the interact...

Slower price inflation in 1985 translated into slower growth of national health expenditures, but underlying growth in the use of goods and services continued along historic trends. Coupled with somewhat sluggish growth of the gross national product, this adherence to trends pushed the share of our Nation's output accounted for by health spending to 10.7 percent. Some aspects of health spending...

In this experimental research paper, analog circuits are manufactured and their performance evaluated for suitability in performing FIR image filtering with the convolution kernel and data altered via error spectrum shaping and oversampling so as to preclude corruption by circuit imperfections. Similar to the one–dimensional (1-D) binary signals output by Sigma Delta analog-to-digital converter...

Sinusoidal signal can be used as stimulus to test static and dynamic parameters of ADC. A sigma-delta modulation based sinusoidal signal generator for ADC testing in SOC was introduced. The generator was built on the same chip with ADC. A numerical resonator generated a sinusoidal signal which was converted to a single bit stream by a sigma-delta modulator. Due to oversampling, the quantization...

Personalized Health Assistants have gained popularity over the last few years. Such technologies allow users to monitor their health information in real time and often integrate with their smart devices, especially smart phones. Augmented Quick Health (AQH) is such an intelligent health monitoring system, which uses multiple sensors to read heartbeat, body temperature and sweat rate information...

Linear molecular motors have recently attracted considerable interest. In this paper we use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the structural and energetic properties of neutral and oxidized [2]rotaxane motors. We first consider a neutral structure to identify the stable configuration of a bistable [2]rotaxane whose ring component is on the tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) recognition site, ...