In three experiments with mice ( Mus musculus ) and rats (Rattus norvigicus), we used a switch paradigm to measure quantitative properties of the interval-timing mechanism. We found that: 1) Rodents adjusted the precision of their timed switches in response to changes in the interval between the short and long feed latencies (the temporal goalposts). 2) The variability in the timing of the swit...

+MUS 110 Cr.3 The Listening Experience in Music An introductory course to music listening, with emphasis on methods of perceiving and understanding musical information. Topics include factors in listening, recognition of musical elements and other concepts which contribute to aural perception, and understanding the influence of musical context. The course content will include representative exa...

With the high flexibility of supporting resource-intensive and time-sensitive applications, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted mobile edge computing (MEC) is proposed as an innovational paradigm to support users (MUs). As a promising technology, digital twin (DT) capable timely mapping physical entities virtual models, reflecting MEC network state in real-time. In this paper, we first propo...

'Nomenclature and overview of the mouse (Mus musculus and Mus sp.) immunoglobulin kappa (IGK) Genes', the 19th report of the 'IMGT Locus in Focus' section, provides the first complete list of all the mouse (M. musculus) IGK genes. The mouse (M. musculus) locus spans 3,200 kb. The total number of mouse (M. musculus) IGK genes per haploid genome is 164 (174 if the orphons are included). The funct...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the molecular mechanism of carbapenem resistance of three imipenem-resistant isolates of Myroides odoratimimus recovered from two livestock farms of cows and pigeons by rectal swab in Lebanon in January 2014. Investigation of imipenem resistance of these isolates using the modified Hodge test, the EDTA test, the modified CarbaNP test and the matri...

The establishment of associations between bivalents from Mus domesticus 2n = 40 spermatocytes is a common phenomenon that shows up during the first prophase of meiotic nuclei. In each nucleus, a seemingly random display of variable size clusters of bivalents in association is observed. These associations originate a particular nuclear architecture and determine the probability of encounters bet...

In earlier analyses of mitotic activity in the male mouse (Bullough, 19480, b) it was shown that the routine of waking and sleeping determines the form of the diurnal mitosis cycle, and that changes from the normal in this routine result immediately in changes from the normal in the mitosis cycle. The opinion was then expressed that factors such as the age and sex of the animals, and the habits...

In many rodent species males display paternal behaviour. The primary reported effect of this paternal care is to increase pup survival. In mammal females, pregnancy and lactation are energetically demanding, especially when they are concurrent in post-partum reproduction. To face this energy requirement, females generally lengthen the duration of their post-partum pregnancy. In the present stud...

Forest management planning can be challenging when allocating multiple ecosystem services (ESs) to units (MUs), given the potentially conflicting priorities of actors. We developed a methodology spatially allocate ESs MUs, according objectives four interest groups—civil society, forest owners, market agents, and public administration. applied Group Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System ...

The detection of error information is an essential prerequisite of a feedback-based movement. This study investigated the differential behavior and neurophysiological mechanisms of a cyclic force-tracking task using error-reducing and error-enhancing feedback. The discharge patterns of a relatively large number of motor units (MUs) were assessed with custom-designed multi-channel surface electr...