Bilingual children are regularly exposed to code-switching, a linguistic phenomenon consisting of mixing two languages within the same context (Byers-Heinlein, 2013a). Studies have demonstrated that adults are slower to process code-switched language (Grainger & O’regan, 1992), and preliminary studies testing intra-sentential switches (“Where is the chien?”) found similar results with toddlers ...

A model is proposed that is based on certain aspects of senso ry cortex. The basic model is a cellular automaton, where the cells represent small groups of neurons in th e cor tex. All cells ar e locally interconnected with their three nearest neighbours in each direction, a variable set of weights determines the st rength of the connections . The output of the cell is a fun ction of the weight...

Integral representations are onsidered of solutions of the Airy di erential equation w z w = 0 for omputing Airy fun tions for omplex values of z. In a rst method ontour integral representations of the Airy fun tions are written as non-os illating integrals for obtaining stable representations, whi h are evaluated by the trapezoidal rule. In a se ond method an integral representation is evaluat...

Social drinkers, when drinking, are expected to feel better and to be kinder, more fun to be with and more energetic and active than they would be if they were not drinking; inebriated alcoholics are expected to be meaner, less fun to be with and more lethargic than they would be if they were not inebriated.

Fun is functional: play is evolution's way of making sure animals acquire and perfect valuable skills in circumstances of relative safety. Yet precisely what animals find fun has seldom been examined for what it can potentially reveal about how they represent and think about the world.

This paper aims to elicit insights about sustainable wearables by investigating recent advancements in wearable technology and their applications. Wearable technology has advanced considerably from a technical perspective, but it has stagnated due to barriers without penetrating wider society despite early positive expectations. This situation is the motivation behind the focus on studies by ma...

the present study addresses the influence of iran’s post-revolution political structure on the formation of the country’s translated literature system. it examines the translated anglo-american novels pub-lished under two administrations in power after the islamic revolution: 1) the reformist administra-tion, which was a more liberal, leftist administration, seeking to improve iran’s relations ...

this study aimed at the frequency and type of using cell-phone by high school students. the research method used was a descriptive-survey one. the statistical society included all the high school students in mazandran in 2010-11 academic year. the sample was chosen through multi-stage stratified random sampling method and 383 subjects were selected based on kerjecie and morgan's table. a r...