This quasi-experimental study examines the extent to which research findings from teacher Corrective Feedbacks (CFs) and SLA concerning the efficiency of Focus-on-Form (FoF) pedagogy is transferable to the context of foreign language learning in Iranian schools. To investigate how "grammar instruction with FoF-oriented error treatment" functions as a matrix in which English  learning takes plac...

[1] Positive carbon-cycle feedbacks have the potential to reduce natural carbon uptake and accelerate future climate change. In this paper, we introduce a novel approach to incorporating carbon-cycle feedbacks into probabilistic assessments of future warming. Using a coupled climatecarbon model, we show that including carbon-cycle feedbacks leads to large increases in extreme warming probabilit...

Streaming media in 3G wireless networks means the streaming server must simultaneously adapt the media content to two mediums of drastically different characteristics: an often congested wired network and an unreliable wireless link. To improve the server’s media adaptiveness, we enhance a previously proposed network proxy, located at the junction of the wired network and wireless link, to prov...

Abstract This paper presents a concept of dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) user interface (smart button) that can sense user’s touch and provide multi-sensory tactile acoustic feedbacks through single electrical input signal. The DEA relies on multi-layer layout, in which layer detects user-driven deformations (touches) via custom-built capacitance sensing electronics, the remaining layers a...