The Introduction lays out some background and issues that motivate the subsequent discussion. The following sections consider the general architecture of wholesale markets for electricity. The first examines the choice among forms of organization, such as bilateral contracting or multilateral trading, and in the latter, the choice between a market-clearing exchange or a tight pool with centrall...

Research article writing has received a great deal of attention from ESP researchers. Analyses of the general structure of Introduction-Method-Results-Discussion (IMRD) articles, as well as detailed analyses of individual sections, including introductions, results, and discussions sections, have dominated the ESP literature, especially following Swales' pioneering work on introductions in the e...

The purpose of this non-empirical study was to analyze the factors in L1 (Thai) that influence L2 learning (English) Thai learners. It consisted four sections. first one is an introduction. second introduction language and English language. third section illustrates differences syntax between English. Numerous supporting studies were reviewed, including a discussion whether languages have effec...

These notes are an expanded form of lectures to presented at the C.I.M.E. summer school in representation theory in Venice, June 2004. The sections of this article roughly follow the five lectures given. The first three lectures (sections) are meant to give an introduction to an audience of mathematicians (or mathematics graduate students) to quantum computing. No attempt is given to describe a...

The study investigated whether there was any significant generic difference between the Research Questions (RQs) and Method sections of applied linguistics research articles (RAs) published in international and local Iranian journals. Two hundred applied linguistics RAs (100 from each group) were selected from 5 SSCI-indexed international journals and 5 Iranian Scientific-Research (Elmi-Pazhouh...

Introduction: In order to assist with mitigation planning for the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, the following discussion of habitat conditions within the portion of land known as the Schober Parcel has been prepared. This discussion concerns itself only with that part of the parcel lying north of the canal road, and takes in parts of Sections 22 and 27, Township 19N, Range 17E, Willamette...