Game-based practicing of materials can be seen as a method of capturing an essence of real- life expe-rience which is commonly missing in the conventional face-to-face classrooms. To serve the L2 learn-ers'' immediate communicative needs in wider classroom and societal contexts, this study sought to place L2 English learners within an interactional social framework through reinforcing their Eng...

Encryption algorithms are designed to be difficult to break without knowledge of the secrets or keys. To achieve this, the algorithms require the keys to be large, with some algorithms having a recommend size of 2048-bits or more. However most modern processors only support computation on 64-bits at a time. Therefore standard operations with large numbers are more complicated to implement. One ...

This paper is a study of scheduler latencies in different versions of Linux 2.6 kernel with emphasis set on its usage in real-time systems. It tries to find the optimal kernel configuration leading to minimal latencies using some soft real-time tuning options. Benchmark tests under heavy load show differences between kernels and also between different scheduling policies. We compare Linux kerne...

We report on the design of the two Gregorian adaptive secondary mirrors of the Large Binocular Telescope. Each adaptive secondary is a Zerodur shell having an external diameter of 911 mm and a thickness of about 1.5 mm. The deformable mirror is controlled by a pattern of 918 electromagnetic actuators. Its shape is referred to a stable ULE back plate by means of capacitive sensors co-located to ...

DECT Ultra Low Energy is a low power air interface technology that is defined by the DECT Forum and specified by ETSI. The DECT air interface technology has been used world-wide in communication devices for more than 20 years, primarily carrying voice for cordless telephony but has also been deployed for data centric services. The DECT Ultra Low Energy is a recent addition to the DECT interface...

In Diffusion-based Molecular Communications, the channel between Transmitter Nano-machine (TN) and Receiver Nano-machine (RN) can be modeled by Additive Inverse Gaussian Channel, that is the first hitting time of messenger molecule released from TN and captured by RN follows Inverse Gaussian distribution. In this channel, a quantity-based modulation embedding message on the different quantity l...