The sway of the pendulum in language pedagogy towards conscious learning processes marks the paramount role of metalinguistic awareness. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare the impact of teacher-oriented vs. learner-generated metalinguistic awareness activities on Iranian TEFL students’ writing accuracy. Sixty participants in three intact classes were randomly assigned a...

Research in second language learning has identified the absence of metacognition among learners as one major problems contributing to students’ inability comprehend listening texts. Moreover, shift remote teaching due COVID-19 made it more crucial for teachers and adapt new modes learning. This accentuates need effective strategy instruction. study conducted at a university Oman, is unique two ...

By initially presenting FFI and its operations analysis (OA) activity, this paper illustrates the use of OA computing at FFI in three ways, in defense analysis, Simula, and various analyses of air defense. The paper focuses on methods, particularly the use of discrete event simulation. Most examples are from 1978–1995, and Simula’s role is highlighted.

AIMS The objective of the present work was to identify factors associated with diet quality in non-frail older adults measured with the Food Frequency Index (FFI). METHODS In a cross-sectional survey, data from a qualitative 28-item food-frequency questionnaire was used to calculate the FFI in a sample of 444 adults aged 55 years and older living in Vienna, Austria. RESULTS A higher FFI, in...

Programming language specifications mandate static and dynamic analyses to preclude syntactic and semantic errors. Although individual languages are usually well-specified, composing languages in multilingual programs is not. Because multilingual programs are prevalent, poor specification is a source of many errors. For example, virtually all Java programs compose Java and C with the Java Nativ...

Receptive fields of neurons in cortical area V4 are large enough to fit multiple stimuli, making V4 the ideal place to study the effects of selective attention at the single neuron level. Experiments have revealed evidence for stimulus competition and have characterized the effect thereon of spatial and feature-based attention. We developed a biophysical model with spiking neurons and conductan...

Objective Postmortem studies reported significant microglia activation in association with neuronal apoptosis in Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), indicating a specific glial response, but negative evidence also exists. An in vivo study of local immune responses over FFI natural course may contribute to the understanding of the underlying pathogenesis. Methods We included eight presymptomatic su...

This study was aimed at exploring different indices to quantify flow fluctuations and calculate long-term indicators (L-FFI). Three approaches were considered the indicators: Method (1)—calculate annual index then average it; (2)—average characteristics index; (3)—calculate considering all available data. Wavelet analysis performed evaluate derived L-FFI. The evaluation based on period correspo...

This study investigated the effects of prompts as corrective feedback strategy on teaching /θ/ and /ð/ sounds to Iranian EFL learners. To achieve this objective, after 30 students studying English at a language institute took a placement test, the intermediate-level students were selected based on their scores on this test. They were randomly assigned to one experimental group and one control g...