Changing relative performance of processors, networks, and disks makes it necessary to reconsider algorithms using these three resources. As networks get faster and less congested topologies emerge, it becomes important to use network resources more aggressively to obtain good performance. Substitution of local disk accesses by accesses to remote memory can lead to better balanced resource usag...

No Belgian data is available on antibiotic use in different species as many antibiotic products sold to veterinarians and pharmacies can be used in different species. In order to get data on species use and actual usage data, a new online tool for collecting this data has developed and launched by the “Agence Fédérale des Medicaments et des Produits de Santé” [2]. During 2016 veterinarians pres...

Few concepts in ecology have been so influential as that of the trophic cascade. Since the 1980s, the term has been a central or major theme of more than 2000 scientific articles. Despite this importance and widespread usage, basic questions remain about what constitutes a trophic cascade. Inconsistent usage of language impedes scientific progress and the utility of scientific concepts in manag...

Projective terms such as left, right, front, back are conceptually interesting due to their flexibility of contextual usage and their central relevance to human spatial cognition. Their default acceptability areas are well known, with prototypical axes representing their most central usage and decreasing acceptability away from the axes. Previous research has shown these axes to be boundaries i...

the purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between rate of internet use and the type of its use with academic performance of the students in islamic azad university of zanjan. to reach this goal, in addition to theoretical studies and investigating research literature, data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire. experts approved the validity of the questionnaire and t...

OBJECTIVE To review variations in outcomes in schizophrenia across individual, historical, and cross-cultural boundaries, as well as within specific domains of functioning. METHOD Research literature on the outcomes of schizophrenia appearing within the last 8 years was reviewed. RESULTS First, a review of follow-up studies published in the developed world suggests that heterogeneity in out...

environmental effects associated with pesticide application have motivated the development of integrated pest management programs throughout the world. advantages of the implementation of such a program like food security, biodiversity, consumer and producer security can be stated as economic value. estimating the economic value of such programs can be helpful in identifying the benefits as wel...

Vygotsky posed a variety of meaningful ideas for education in his short life. This paper focuses on everyday concepts and mathematical concepts or scientific concepts from his theory, reorganizing these ideas according to a new idea of sublated concepts. Using a series of interviews from a third grade fraction class in Japan, the paper discusses how everyday and mathematical concepts arise out ...

1) The facility with numbers and calculations, 2) The art of avoiding unnecessary calculations, 3) Memorizing formulas and theorems, 4) Understanding and finding proofs, 5) Solving problems with well-described procedures, 6) Solving problems for which there are no well-described procedures, 7) Understanding abstract mathematical concepts, 8) Creating new mathematical concepts, and clarifying an...

This mixed-methods study investigates the effects of student attitudes and behaviours on the outcomes of learning mathematics with computer tools. A computer tool was used to help students develop the mathematical concept of function. In the whole sample (N = 521), student attitudes could account for a 3.4 point difference in test scores between individuals on a 10-point scale. General attitude...