Transient pairwise synchronization of locust antennal lobe (AL) projection neurons (PNs) occurs during odor responses. In a Hodgkin-Huxley-type model of the AL, interactions between excitatory PNs and inhibitory local neurons (LNs) created coherent network oscillations during odor stimulation. GABAergic interconnections between LNs led to competition among them such that different groups of LNs...

Laser magnetic resonance (LMR) for five rotational transitions, J = 4 + 3,5 + 4,7 t 6, 8 + 7, 9 + 8, of the oxygen molecule leOIBO in its metastable state, alAg, v = 0, are observed using six fir laser lines. Taking the known values of the g factors, their zero-field frequencies are obtained as 340.0085(6), 424.9810(9), 594.870(l), 679.780(l), and 764.658(l) GHz,respectively. Theyarefit by(Elh)...

Visual representations of systems or processes are rife in all fields of science and engineering due to the concise yet effusive descriptions such representations convey. Humans’ pervasive tendency to visualise has led to various methods being evolved through the years to represent different aspects of software. However visualising running software has been fraught with the challenges of provid...

We report here the synthesis and the investigation of the magnetic properties of a series of binuclear lanthanide complexes belonging to the metallacrown family. The isostructural complexes have a core structure with the general formula [Ga4Ln2(shi3-)4(Hshi2-)2(H2shi-)2(C5H5N)4(CH3OH) x (H2O) x ]·xC5H5N·xCH3OH·xH2O (where H3shi = salicylhydroxamic acid and Ln = GdIII1; TbIII2; DyIII3; ErIII4; Y...

BACKGROUND The promotion and maintenance of breastfeeding with late preterm infants (LPIs) remain under examined topics of study. This dearth of research knowledge, especially for this population at-risk for various health complications, requires scientific investigation. In this study, we explore the experiences of mothers and the perceptions of public health nurses (PHNs) about breastfeeding ...

In this paper, we explain how inheritance and dynamic binding make object-oriented programs difficult to maintain, and we give a concrete example of the problems that arise. We show that the difficulty lies in the fact that conventional tools are poorly suited for work with object-oriented languages, and we argue that semantics-based tools are essential ‘for effective maintenance of object-orie...

Within the last few years, laser magnetic resonance (LMR) has emerged as a powerful technique for the detection of transient species in the gas phase and the study of their rotational spectra. The sensitivity of this method is con­ siderably higher than those of most competing techniques, such as conventional optical and microwave spectroscopy and gas-phase EPR, while the resolution attainable ...

The impact of sulphur limitation on the remobilization of endogenous S compounds during the rosette stage of oilseed rape, and the interactions with N availability on these processes, were examined using a long-term (34)SO(4)(2-) labelling method combined with a study of leaf senescence progression (using SAG12/Cab as a molecular indicator) and gene expression of the transporters, BnSultr4;1 an...

Through restricting thickness growth by performing coprecipitation at the freezing temperature of ~4 °C, solid-solution nanosheets (up to 5-nm thick) of the Ln2(OH)5NO3·nH2O layered hydroxide (Ln = Y0.98RE0.02; RE = Pr, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm, respectively) were directly synthesized without performing conventional exfoliation. In situ exchange of the interlayer NO3 (-) with SO4 (2-) pro...

We examine how computer system problems can be derived from real application problems, with a particular focus on the relevance of some assumptions, especially those related to computational models. Then, we compare these models, ranging from pure synchronous to pure asynchronous semantics, to conclude that synchrony does not necessarily dominate asynchrony whenever one is concerned with real o...