The average interval between convictions of driving under the influence decreases from 2 years between first and second convictions to 17, 11 and 8 months, respectively, between the second and third, the third and fourth and the fourth and fifth convictions.

Since their introduction more than four decades ago, invariant assertions have, justifiably, dominated the analysis of while loops, and have been the focus of sustained research interest in the seventies and eighties, and renewed interest in the last decade. In this paper, we tentatively submit an alternative concept for the analysis of while loops, explore its attributes, its applications, and...

Since their introduction more than four decades ago, invariant assertions have, justifiably, dominated the analysis of while loops, and have been the focus of sustained research interest in the seventies and eighties, and renewed interest in the last decade. In this paper, we tentatively submit an alternative concept for the analysis of while loops, explore its attributes, and its relationship ...

We examine a corpus of reflective tutorial dialogues between human tutor and student after the student completed introductory physics problems, to predict when the tutor abstracted from the student’s preceding turn or when the tutor specialized from the student’s preceding turn. Tutor abstraction occurs when the tutor repeats a segment of the student’s turn using more general terms. Tutor speci...

this study aimed at investigating the effect of learners’ gender on their preferences for corrective feedback. learners’ prefer- ences which were investigated included the necessity, frequency, timing, type, method, and delivering agent of error treatment. to this end, a questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 100 participants (50 males and 50 females) studying english (efl) at shi...

Most people are aware that regular alcohol drinkers can become tolerant to the effects of alcohol. Tolerance can lessen the outward manifestations of intoxication, and this poses challenges for the drinker and other observers, including law enforcement officers. On the basis of a National Institutes of Health-funded longitudinal study examining a cohort of convicted alcohol-impaired drivers, th...