in this study two modes ofreading (car and traditional print mode) were compared in regards to their effectiveness for l2 reading comprehension. a group of 120 english major students were divided into three classes: car, traditional, and control. based on the english proficiency scores each class was divided into two groups (high and low levels of proficiency). three classes were taught by the ...

objective: as psychiatrists or psychotherapists, many of us may have had contact with people by e-mail and/or through online ‘chat rooms’. these people may write to us about their various problems, especially in their interpersonal relationships; discuss their queries about conflicts with their spouse, partner, and friends; or complained of low self-esteem and problems at work. in this article,...

Computer-aided design (CAD) uses computer based facility to assist engineers and design professionals in their day to day activities. As a fundamental engineering skill, CAD software is normally taught to the first year undergraduate student. Unlike the other undergraduate engineering courses, the CAD teaching mainly relies on one to one teaching and learning environment. This requires extensiv...

This paper introduces wireless sensor networks for Ambient Assisted Living as a proof of concept. Our workgroup has developed an arrhythmia detection algorithm that we evaluate in a closed space using a wireless sensor network to relay the information collected to where the information can be registered, monitored and analyzed to support medical decisions by healthcare providers. The prototype ...

The aim of our research is to design and develop a new online collaborative translation environment suitable for the way in which the online volunteer translators work. In this paper, we discuss thus how to exploit collaborative Wiki-based technology for the design of the online collaborative computer-aided translation (CAT) environment TRANSBey, which is currently under development. The system...

background: craniospinal radiotherapy faces technical challenges which are due to the sensitivity of the location in which the gross tumor is, and to organs at risk around planning target volume. using modern treatment planning systems causes a reduction in the complexities of the treatment techniques. the most effective method to assess the dosimetric accuracy and the validity of the software ...