The evaluation process of employee performance has been very vital and critical issue for companies that aim to reward employees for meeting their organizational goals and identify whether or not their objectives are met, and develop necessary action plans so that they can be achieved in near future. This selection process is so essential for companies due to the fact that wrong decisions may n...

Cluster I neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which are thought to be pacemakers supporting circadian activity, fire spontaneous action potentials that are followed by a monophasic afterhyperpolarization (AHP). Using a brain slice preparation, we have found that the AHP has a shorter duration in cells firing at higher frequency, consistent with circadian modulation of the AHP. The AHP...

In hippocampal neurons, the firing of a train of action potentials is terminated by generation of the slow afterhyperpolarization (AHP). Recordings from hippocampal slices have shown that the slow AHP likely results from the activation of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels by calcium (Ca(2+)) entry through L-type Ca(2+) channels. However, the relative localization of th...

The recent government tendering process being conducted in an electronic way is becoming an inevitable affair for numerous governmental agencies to further exploit the superiorities of conventional tendering. Thus, developing an effective web-based bid evaluation methodology so as to realize an efficient and effective government E-tendering (GeT) system is imperative. This paper firstly investi...

This study investigates the use of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating the determinants of patients’ satisfaction towards service delivery in six public teaching hospitals located in southwest Nigeria. To do this, the study gathered data from primary sources under consideration. Following this, it adopted a cross-sectional survey research design adopted with the aid of an AHP based q...

In hippocampal and other cortical neurons, action potentials are followed by a slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) generated by the activation of small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels and controlling spike frequency adaptation. The corresponding current, the apamin-insensitive sI(AHP), is a well known target of modulation by different neurotransmitters, including acetylcholine (via M(...

Five crossbred wethers (58 kg) fitted with cannulas in the rumen, duodenum, and ileum were used in a 5 x 5 Latin square design to study effects of feeding combinations of alkaline hydrogen peroxide-treated wheat straw (AHP-WS) and alfalfa hay at restricted intakes on site and extent of nutrient digestion. Additionally, flows and disappearance of N and amino acids (AA) in the small intestine wer...

27 Parasympathetic cardiac motoneurons (PCMNs) in the nucleus ambiguus (NA) 28 play a key role in regulating cardiac functions. In this study, we examine the effects of 29 maternal diabetes on excitability, action potential (AP) properties, and small 30 conductance Ca 2+-activated K + (SK) currents of PCMNs. Neonatal mice from diabetic 31 (OVE26 female, NMDM) and normal (FVB female, control) mo...

We investigated the spontaneous activity and properties of freshly isolated ventral tegmental area (VTA) principal neurons by whole cell recording and single-cell RT-PCR. The VTA principal neurons, which were tyrosine hydroxylase-positive and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD67)-negative, exhibited low firing frequency and a long action potential (AP) duration. The VTA principal neurons exhibite...

OBJECTIVE New technologies have emerged in recent years for the disinfection of hospital rooms and equipment that may not be disinfected adequately using conventional methods. There are several hydrogen peroxide-based area decontamination technologies on the market, but no head-to-head studies have been performed. DESIGN We conducted a head-to-head in vitro comparison of a hydrogen peroxide v...