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Stocks and flows of migrant workers from EaP countries in the UK are relatively small, and flows have declined recently following changes to UK immigration policy and the onset of recession. The demographic profile of migrants from EaP countries is similar to that of EUA8 migrants but employment rates have been much lower. A large proportion of migrants to the UK from EaP countries are highly e...

This paper describes an experimental study aimed at investigating the learning effectiveness of a Web-based course called Academic English (EAP) for Japanese learners of English. The main focus of the study was to examine the form, function, and impact of interaction in the course. Twenty university-level EFL students participated in this experiment. They were randomly assigned to two treatment...

The primary purpose of this study was to determine how and why external vendors of EAPs in the United States have changed since the advent of managed behavioral health organizations (MBHOs) in the early 1990s. The study used a qualitative, grounded theory methodology to interview 26 top leaders at external, non-MBHO, vendors in the U.S. that had been in business and providing EAP services since...

In this paper we present a simple solution to provide secure access to users/terminals asking for Internet connectivity through a wireless access network. The proposed solution is based on some standard protocols (DHCP, Radius, EAP, and IPSec) and enables user authentication, network configuration parameters personalization, and secure communications on the wireless links. The main strength of ...