introduction: topiramate is a newly anti-convulsant drug, which acts as nmda glutamate receptor antagonist as well as the gabab receptor agonist. it is used for physical dependence to opioids as well as cocaine, nicotine, alcohol and ecstasy dependence. in the present study attempts were made to further identification of the effects of topiramate on the acquisition and expression of morphine-in...

Quantum memory effects can be induced even when the (time-dependent) dynamical degrees of freedom associated to environment are not affected at all by open system during their joint coupled evolution. In this paper, based on a completely positive bipartite representation system-environment dynamics, we found more general interactions that lead class quantum non-Markovian ``casual bystander'' en...

We distinguish between the notions of asymptotic causality and infrared for gravitational effective field theories, show that latter gives constraints consistent with positivity bounds. re-explore scattering waves in a spherically symmetric background EFT gravity $D\ge 5$, which leading-order correction to Einstein is determined by Gauss-Bonnet operator. reproduce known result truncated theory ...

Casual Games and free-to-play games have recently rapidly increased in popularity, perhaps in part because of the success of in-app purchases and micro-transactions as an economic model. While these games are often touted for their success in the gaming market, the effect on players when faced with such frequent purchasing decisions in-game is not well-studied. Theories of self-control suggest ...

Acute cognitive benefits, such as temporary improvements in concentration, can result from as few as ten minutes of exercise; however, most people do not take exercise breaks throughout the day. To motivate people to receive the cognitive benefits of exercising in short bursts multiple times per day, we designed an engaging casual exergame. To determine whether there are cognitive benefits afte...

Common sense tells us that we use what we (unconsciously) know about our first language to process further languages. The contribution of casual speech phonology has not been examined from this point of view. This paper looks at shared phonological processes of this type as possible aids to perception of L2 English. We proposed that complex syllable structure promotes casual speech reduction, a...

Young adults are at high risk for acquiring STDs/HIV due primarily to multiple sex partners, unprotected sex, and substance use combined with sexual activity. Contranormative settings--such as the annual spring break vacation--provide ideal conditions for the potentially lethal interaction between alcohol, drugs, and sexual risk-taking. As a steadily growing form of youth travel and characteriz...

Sexting, sending, or receiving sexually suggestive or explicit messages/photos/videos, have not been studied extensively. The aims of this study is to understand factors associated with sexting among minority (e.g., African- American, Hispanic) emerging adult males and the association between sexting and sexual risk. We recruited 119 emerging adult heterosexual males and assessed sexting and se...

Studies show that even though intelligibility is increased by the decrease of speech rate both in clear and casual speech, clear speech can also be produced without the decrease of rate after training the speakers [1]. This suggests that clear speech has inherent acoustic properties independent of rate, that contribute to improved intelligibility. Many speakers in their effort to elicit clear s...

The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is thought to be a site of integration of positively and negatively valenced information and action selection. Functional differentiation in valence processing has previously been found along the rostrocaudal axis of the shell region of the NAc in assessments of unconditioned motivation. Given that the core region of the NAc has been implicated in the elicitation of ...