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Second Language Interactional Competence in Roleplay: Comparing Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Interlocutors

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as an alternative to human interlocutors for assessing interactional competence (IC) in a second language (L2). Thirty L2 English speakers completed a 6‐item roleplay task designed to elicit refusals of requests, invitations, and offers, interacting with both a ...
Yunwen Su, Xi Chen
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A Dynamic Interval Auto-Scaling Optimization Method Based on Informer Time Series Prediction

IEEE Access
With the rapid development and application of container cloud computing-related technologies, more and more applications are being deployed to container cloud clusters.
Yu Ding, Chenhao Li, Zhengong Cai, Xinghao Wang, Bowei Yang   +4 more
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AI in chemical engineering: From promise to practice

AIChE Journal, Volume 72, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) in chemical engineering has moved from promise to practice: physics‐aware (gray‐box) models are gaining traction, reinforcement learning complements model predictive control (MPC), and generative AI powers documentation, digitization, and safety workflows.
Jia Wei Chew, Ronnie Andersson, Thomas Bierweiler, Patrik Ryttestal, Torsten Wik   +4 more
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Automated maintenance of service compositions with SLA violation detection and dynamic binding [PDF]

International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, 2010
Web service compositions need to adapt to changes in their constituent web services, in order to maintain functionality and performance. Therefore, service compositions must be able to detect web service failure and performance degradation resulting in the violation of service-level agreements.
Adina D. Mosincat, Walter Binder
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A Mixed‐Methods Toolkit for Evidence‐Based Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Policy in International Organizations

Diversity &Inclusion Research, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks developed in Western contexts often fail when applied globally, as they inadequately account for cultural variation, linguistic diversity, and colonial legacies that persist in international organizations. This article presents a mixed‐methods toolbox for developing evidence‐based DEI policy tailored
Kara C. Hoover, Ritesh Kumar, Renée Hartig, Paloma Rohlfs Dominguez, Marius Baguma, Paule Valery Joseph, Sachiko Koyama   +6 more
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An Adaptive Policy to Minimize Energy and SLA Violations of Parallel Jobs on the Cloud [PDF]

2014 IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, 2014
Energy consumption for Cloud providers and data centers is a major problem. Dynamic Power Management is a common solution to this problem, switching off and on idle servers as needed. However, failing to predict the impact of switching costs may adversely affect energy and/or SLA violations.
Javier Celaya, Rizos Sakellariou
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Incorporating Crowdsourced Data Into Operational Products: A Perspective From a National Meteorological Service

International Journal of Climatology, Volume 46, Issue 9, July 2026.
Future advances in the fields of meteorology and climate science will require scientists to increasingly strive towards the provision of new high‐resolution services. In this context, the development of new products and services along the weather chain may greatly benefit from the adoption of second‐and‐third‐party data (23PD) as a source of high ...
Irene Garcia‐Marti, Christopher W. Brown, Alessandro Spinuso, Gijsbert Kruithof, Theo Brandsma, Jan Willem Noteboom   +5 more
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Optimized personalized viable SLA management framework for small and medium providers to avoid SLA violation in cloud [PDF]

, 2016
University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.In today’s competitive world, service providers need to be customer-focused and proactive in their marketing strategies to create consumer awareness of their services ...
Hussain, Walayat
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The cost of quality of service : SLA aware VNF placement and routing using column generation [PDF]

, 2023
In the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm, Internet Service Providers (ISP) provide network services to customers by routing and processing traffic through an ordered sequence of Virtual Network Functions (VNF).
Mohalik, Swarup Kumar, Cashmore, Michael, David, Sushanth, Arulselvan, Ashwin, Roper, Marc, Murray, Andrew, Burdick, Ian   +6 more
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Long‐term aridity shapes grassland drought resistance and modulates the roles of plant diversity and functional composition

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 7, July 2026.
Widely studied stability drivers such as plant diversity and functional composition have only partial explanatory power for short‐term drought resistance of above‐ground productivity in grasslands at a global scale. The abiotic context, particularly long‐term aridity, is crucial for understanding ecosystem responses to rainfall variation and can ...
Diana Bertuol‐Garcia, Liesbeth van den Brink, Michele Carbognani, Manjunatha H. Chandregowda, Amber C. Churchill, Daniela F. Cusack, Maren Dubbert, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Mary Ellyn DuPre, Nico Eisenhauer, T’ai Gladys Whittingham Forte, Yann Hautier, Andrew Hector, Hugh A. L. Henry, Anke Jentsch, Sally Koerner, Angelika Kübert, Emma Ladouceur, Daniel C. Laughlin, María Grisel Longo, Alejandro Loydi, Akira S. Mori, Seth M. Munson, Uffe N. Nielsen, Timothy J. Ohlert, Gastón R. Oñatibia, Rafael Otfinowski, Meelis Pärtel, Gustavo Brant Paterno, Josep Peñuelas, Pablo L. Peri, Alessandro Petraglia, Juan Manuel Piñeiro, Sally A. Power, Yolanda Pueyo, William E. Rogers, Braulio A. Santos, Melinda D. Smith, Andreas Stampfli, Rachel J. Standish, Michelle Tedder, George R. Wheeler, Jennifer Williams, Michaela Zeiter, Nancy Shackelford   +44 more
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