The Purpose of Purpose Analysis

the evaluation of language related engagment and task related engagment with the purpose of investigating the effect of metatalk and task typology

abstract while task-based instruction is considered as the most effective way to learn a language in the related literature, it is oversimplified on various grounds. different variables may affect how students are engaged with not only the language but also with the task itself. the present study was conducted to investigate language and task related engagement on the basis of the task typolog...

General-Purpose Computation without General-Purpose Processors

Analysis of Recorded Rainfall Information for the Purpose of Huff Curves Extraction in the Dez Dam

Identifying the rainfall characteristics and understanding the rainfall-related processes is one of the key factors in the scientific management of water resources. Selection of the design storm is the first step in the estimation of the design flood. Determining temporal rainfall patterns is very important as one of the design rainfall properties in flood estimation and the design of drainage ...

The purpose of adaptation

A central feature of Darwin's theory of natural selection is that it explains the purpose of biological adaptation. Here, I: emphasize the scientific importance of understanding what adaptations are for, in terms of facilitating the derivation of empirically testable predictions; discuss the population genetical basis for Darwin's theory of the purpose of adaptation, with reference to Fisher's ...

The purpose of repurposing

The goal of developing drugs that act at a single target – the long-standing focus on discovering the 'magic bullet' – as enticing and enduring as it has been, has not proven to be a uniformly successful endeavor. Most complex disorders, including those not only in oncology but also in neurology and neuropsychiatry, whether in their initial stages or in their progression, are not mediated by a ...