Two experiments investigated whether young and old adults can temporarily remove information from a capacity-limited central component of working memory (WM) into another component, the activated part of long-term memory (LTM). Experiment 1 used a modified Sternberg recognition task (S. Sternberg, 1969); Experiment 2 used an arithmetic memory-updating task. In both paradigms, participants memor...

this article reports on the findings of a study that investigated the impact of manipulating task performance conditions on listening task performance by learners of english as a foreign language (efl). the study was designed to explore the effects of changing complexity dimensions on listening task performance and to achieve two aims: to see how listening comprehension task performance was aff...

This paper presents a technique to be applied to list scheduling algorithms which significantly reduces scheduling costs without sacrificing performance. In list scheduling algorithms, at each scheduling step one task is scheduled to the processor on which the task achieves the earliest start time. As a result, each task is tentatively scheduled to each processor to find the destination process...

ÐIn compile-time task scheduling for distributed-memory systems, list scheduling is generally accepted as an attractive approach since it pairs low cost with good results. List scheduling algorithms schedule tasks in order of their priority. This priority can be computed either 1) statically, before the scheduling, or 2) dynamically, during the scheduling. In this paper, we show that list sched...

The list update problem, a well-studied problem in dynamic data structures, can be described abstractly as a metrical task system. In this paper, we prove that a generic metrical task system algorithm, called the work function algorithm, has constant competitive ratio for list update. In the process, we present a new formulation of the well-known \list factoring" technique in terms of a partial...

The development of non-intrusive technologies to perform continuous health monitoring and enable automatic warnings is a challenging current issue. Behavioral biometrics such as speech, handwriting, gait can play crucial role. In fact, these signals convey several components: • one related the physical part which enables user make action...

Effects of blocking words by frequency class (high vs. low) and neighborhood density (high vs. low) were examined in two experiments using progressive demasking and lexical decision tasks. The aim was to examine the predictions of a task-specific response criteria account of list-blocking effects. Distinct patterns of blocking effects were obtained in the two tasks. In the progressive demasking...

Task scheduling in heterogeneous computing environment such as grid computing is a critical and challenging problem. Based on traditional list scheduling we present a static task scheduling algorithm LBP (Level and Branch Priority) adapted to heterogeneous hosts in grid computing. The contribution of LBP algorithm lies mainly on working out a new method determining task priority in task ready l...