A NOVEL VARIABLE DELAY GO/NO-GO TASK TO STUDY ATTENTION, MOTIVATION AND WORKING MEMORY IN THE HEAD-FIXED RODENT [V2; REF STATUS: INDEXED, HTTP://F1000R.ES/1SN]

A novel variable delay Go/No-Go task to study attention, motivation and working memory in the head-fixed rodent [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/1sn]

In order to parse the causal elements underlying complex behaviors and decision-making processes, appropriate behavioral methods must be developed and used in concurrence with molecular, pharmacological, and electrophysiological approaches.Presented is a protocol for a novel Go/No-Go behavioral paradigm to study the brain attention and motivation/r

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On the Performance Analysis of Decode-and-Forward Multi-Hop Hybrid FSO/RF Systems With Hard-Switching Configuration

In this paper, we introduce a decode-and-forward multi-hop hybrid free-space optical/radio frequency (FSO/RF) system.The FSO link is assumed to follow Gamma-Gamma distribution with the combined effects of pointing errors and path loss under intensity modulation with direct detection technique, and the RF link is assumed to follow Nakagami-m distrib

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Comparison of Pulmonary Functions in Residents Living Around 5 km Radius of Oil Refinery: Duration of Exposure

Background: Petroleum refineries are large industrial installations that are responsible for the emission of several pollutants into the atmosphere, exposed to these pollutants formed from crude oil has shown some effects on pulmonary functions.Oil refinery plants refine crude oil in different products from petrol to tar which also involves air pol

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IS THE CAPITAL MARKET IMPORTANT FOR THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE EU?

The European Commission’s plan to mobilize the capital in Europe by launching the project of the Capital Markets Union, expected to be accomplished by 2019, is strongly based in the characteristics of the European financial system, relying heavily on the banking industry.The importance of capital markets and financing venues was emphasized by the

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