Financial services technologies (FST) are core to the continuous transformation of financial services organizations (FSO). To date, however, there has been a lack of empirical research into FST adoption against the backdrop of the recent financial crisis. The aim of this article is to re-examine how FSO are currently positioned to take advantage of emerging FST. We emphasize that this article i...

Neurodevelopmental insults leading to malformations of cortical development (MCD) are a common cause of psychiatric disorders, learning impairments and epilepsy. In the methylazoxymethanol (MAM) model of MCDs, animals have impairments in spatial cognition that, remarkably, are improved by post-weaning environmental enrichment (EE). To establish how EE impacts network-level mechanisms of spatial...

BACKGROUND Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most widely prescribed antidepressant class today and exert their effects by increasing synaptic concentrations of serotonin (5-HT). The forced swim test (FST) is the most widely used animal test predictive of antidepressant action. Rationale of the present study was to investigate the acute effects of citalopram on hepatic tryp...

We report the structural and superconducting properties of FeSe0.3Te0.7 (FST) thin films with different thicknesses grown on ferroelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.7Ti0.3O3 substrates. It was shown that the FST films undergo biaxial tensile strains which are fully relaxed for films with thicknesses above 200 nm. Electrical transport measurements reveal that the ultrathin films exhibit an insulating beha...

This paper presents a part of research work within the project that aims at developing intelligent, user-friendly and highly safe vehicle. A research framework is proposed that cover the following aspects: control, visual guidance, human-vehicle interaction. Main discussion is focused on the analysis of interaction modes between human and vehicle under various scenarios such as: calling-up vehi...

In this paper different interaction schemes which are currently implemented by major automotive manufacturers have been identified and analyzed. Complete overviews on all in-vehicle user-interface concepts are rarely spread. This paper gives a deeper insight in interaction schemes and userinterface concepts which are implemented in current cars. Additionally an expert review with 7 experts was ...

An efficient indexing scheme is essentially important for spoken term detection (STD) on large databases, particularly for phone-based systems that have been widely adopted to achieve vocabulary-independent detection. While the finite state transducer (FST) composition provides a standard indexing approach, the n-gram reverse indexing is more flexible in connectivity representation and confiden...

We examined allozyme variation in two camaenid tree snails, Amphidromus atricallosus and A. inversus, across two principal regions of Thailand and from Singapore, plus for A. inversus, one site in peninsular Malaysia. Using horizontal starch gel electrophoresis, 13 allozyme loci (11 polymorphic) were screened for A. atricallosus and 18 (5 polymorphic) for A. inversus. Heterozygosity was higher ...

Considering that ligands of metabotropic glutamate and GABA receptors may exert beneficial effects on schizophrenia, we assessed the actions of the first mGlu>4-selective orthosteric agonist, LSP4-2022, in several tests reflecting positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia. Moreover, we investigated the possible involvement of GABAB receptors in LSP4-2022-induced actions. Hyper...