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Investigating the Impact 0f Computer-assisted Teaching on Iranian EFL Vocabulary Learning
Assadi, Nader; Mozafarin, Saeedeh - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 2 (2012) 6, pp. 881-889
prominent role in learning a foreign language (Schmitt,2000). There has been considerable debate about the most effective way of …/foreign language teachers. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of  CALT techniques on FL vocabulary learning in … comparison with FL vocabulary learning with traditional method (teachingFL without computer).Two groups of female intermediate …
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Dynamics of Organizations: Computational Modeling and Organizational Theories
Lomi, Alessandro (contributor); Larsen, Erik R. (contributor) - The MIT Press
An organization is more than the sum of its parts, and the individual components that function as a complex social system can be understood only by analyzing their collective behavior. This book shows how state-of-the-art simulation methods, including genetic algorithms, neural networks, and...
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Cooling energy efficiency and classroom air environment of a school building operated by the heat recovery air conditioning unit
Wang, Yang; Zhao, Fu-Yun; Kuckelkorn, Jens; Liu, Di; … - In: Energy 64 (2014) C, pp. 991-1001
The recently-built school buildings have adopted novel heat recovery ventilator and air conditioning system. Heat recovery efficiency of the heat recovery facility and energy conservation ratio of the air conditioning unit were analytically modeled, taking the ventilation networks into account....
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The Contingent Effects of Transactive Memory: When Is It More Beneficial to Know What Others Know?
Ren, Yuqing; Carley, Kathleen M.; Argote, Linda - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 5, pp. 671-682
Previous studies have provided evidence of the positive impact of transactive memory (TM) on group performance, such as the efficient storage and recall of knowledge and better product quality. This paper aims to unify the experimental research on TM and to extend it to more dynamic and diverse...
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Computational modeling of city formation
DeMaagd, Kurt; Moore, Scott - In: Computational Economics 30 (2007) 1, pp. 41-56
Although a burst of recent research in economics has examined how industries form, a majority of it considers highly simplified models. In this paper, we use computational modeling techniques to expand from traditional, simple, analytically tractable economic models to more complex two...
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Design of a latent thermal energy storage system with embedded heat pipes
Nithyanandam, K.; Pitchumani, R. - In: Applied Energy 126 (2014) C, pp. 266-280
Thermal energy storage plays an important role in extending the operation of a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant to times when sufficient solar energy is unavailable for generation of electricity. Extending the CSP plant operation increases its capacity factor and can lead to reduction in...
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Computational studies on a latent thermal energy storage system with integral heat pipes for concentrating solar power
Nithyanandam, K.; Pitchumani, R. - In: Applied Energy 103 (2013) C, pp. 400-415
Latent thermal energy storage system (LTES) is an effective technique for storing solar energy and load management with advantages including isothermal operation and high-energy storage density. However, the low thermal conductivity of the phase change material (PCM) in a LTES reduces the...
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Promises and Pitfalls in the Spatial Prediction of Ethnic Violence
Weidmann, Nils B.; Toft, Monica Duffy - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 27 (2010) 2, pp. 159-176
Despite increasing technical sophistication, the quantitative literature has made little progress in forecasting ethnic violence. Nevertheless, recent efforts in predicting the location of ethnic violence from the spatial ethnic distribution seem to be a major step forward. In 2007, Lim,...
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The prediction and diagnosis of wind turbine faults
Kusiak, Andrew; Li, Wenyan - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 1, pp. 16-23
The rapid expansion of wind farms has drawn attention to operations and maintenance issues. Condition monitoring solutions have been developed to detect and diagnose abnormalities of various wind turbine subsystems with the goal of reducing operations and maintenance costs. This paper explores...
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Fiscal system analysis—concessionary systems
Kaiser, Mark J. - In: Energy 32 (2007) 11, pp. 2135-2147
The economic and system measures associated with hydrocarbon development are subject to various levels of private and market uncertainty. The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytic framework to quantify the influence of private and market uncertainty under a concessionary fiscal system....
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