It is shown that the Geant4 FTF model, which does not include simulation of hard parton-parton scattering and formation quark-gluon plasma (QGP), describes well NA61/SHINE data on $\pi^-$ meson distributions for interactions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=$ 5.2, 6.1, 7.6 8.8 GeV. At higher energies, 11.9 16.8 GeV, model underestimates data. This considered as an indication QGP energies in central collisions...

This classroom-based research aims to investigate the nature and quality of talk in synchronous computermediated communication (SCMC) among Vietnamese tertiary EFL learners. Participants included 60 students in their sixth semester of an eight-semester BA in TESOL program in a large university in Central Vietnam. Using a sociocultural lens, the nature of discussion was compared in two modes of ...

In this paper we draw preliminary lessons from four large, threeto five-year-long, agriculture value chain projects being implemented by DAI among smallholder farmers with varying degrees of nutrition sensitivity. The projects are located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Liberia, Malawi, and Tajikistan, and are supported by USAID and the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future (FTF) ini...

Significant research has focused on e-mail, face-to-face (FTF), and other asynchronous mediated communication as the communication media of choice within organizations. Modern organizations, however, have other unconventional tools at their disposal. While the economy of scale has made videoconferencing an affordable medium of choice because it precludes travel and is accessible on demand, the ...

This paper explores four published articles that report on results from research conducted on online (Internet) and offline (non-Internet) relationships and their relationship to computer-mediated communication (CMC). The articles, however, vary in their definitions and uses of CMC. Butler and Kraut (2002) suggest that face-to-face (FtF) interactions are more effective than CMC, defined and use...

This paper explores four published articles that report on results from research conducted on online (Internet) and offline (non-Internet) relationships and their relationship to computer-mediated communication (CMC). The articles, however, vary in their definitions and uses of CMC. Butler, and Kraut (2002) suggest that face-to-face (FtF) interactions are more effective than CMC, defined and us...