This study examined the stimulus specificity of external lateral parabrachial (LPBe) rewarding stimulation by using two identical learning procedures that may dissociate conditioned reinforcement to either the place o...This study examined the stimulus specificity of external lateral parabrachial (LPBe) rewarding stimulation by using two identical learning procedures that may dissociate conditioned reinforcement to either the place or the flavor stimulus. Animals were presented with two distinct flavors in two different positions (left and right) that were varied throughout the experimental sessions. In the first experiment, LPBe stimulation was associated with one or other flavor, while in the second it was conditioned to one or other place in which these flavors were offered. The results show that, despite stimulus interferences, the animals develop specific conditioned preferences for the flavor stimuli (experiment 2A), and also for the place of their presentation (experiment 2B). These data are discussed in the context of brain reward systems and the biological constraints that characterize some learning modalities.展开更多
In India,the majority of urban roads are undivided where the behavior of flows in a particular direction is predominantly influenced by the opposing traffic.Due to lack of lane segregation,the vehicles in ongoing dire...In India,the majority of urban roads are undivided where the behavior of flows in a particular direction is predominantly influenced by the opposing traffic.Due to lack of lane segregation,the vehicles in ongoing direction occupy the opposing lane,which increases the lateral interactions between vehicles.These lateral interactions are influenced by various parameters such as vehicle types,driver behavior and vehicular speeds.Study of such complex interactions plays an important role in evaluating various management measures using microscopic simulation models.The lateral characteristics of vehicles,such as placement,separation and movement,act as necessary input for simulation models.The present study aims to analyze and model the lateral characteristics of vehicles on two-lane urban undivided roads.To achieve this,traffic flow data were collected from an urban undivided mid-block section in Bangalore City,India,using video graphic technique.Multiple linear regression model was developed for predicting the lateral placement of subject vehicle and it was found that lateral placement of subject vehicle is influenced by types and speeds of subject and opposing vehicles.Lateral separation for different types of ongoing(subject)and opposing pairs was also analyzed.The results show that both the ongoing and opposing vehicles have less freedom to move laterally when their sizes increase and hence,lateral separation decreases.The choice of path of vehicles’lateral shifts(left,current and right)on urban undivided roads was modeled using multinomial logistic regression.Lateral shift of a vehicle is influenced by speeds of subject vehicle and leader vehicle in current path,speed of leader vehicle in target path,and lateral gap between leader vehicles in current path and target path.展开更多
This article presents an analysis of the scattering of anti-plane shear waves from a single cylindrical inhomogeneity partially bonded to an unbounded magneto-electro-elastic matrix. The magneto-electric permeable bou...This article presents an analysis of the scattering of anti-plane shear waves from a single cylindrical inhomogeneity partially bonded to an unbounded magneto-electro-elastic matrix. The magneto-electric permeable boundary conditions are adopted. The crack opening displacement is represented by Chebyshev polynomials and a system of equations is derived and solved for the unknown coefficients. Some examples are calculated and the results are illustrated. The results show that the COD increases when the piezomagnetic coefficient of the inhomogeneity bonded to the piezoelectric matrix becomes larger, and that the COD decreases when the piezomagnetic coefficient of the matrix with the piezoelectric inhomogeneity increases.展开更多
文摘This study examined the stimulus specificity of external lateral parabrachial (LPBe) rewarding stimulation by using two identical learning procedures that may dissociate conditioned reinforcement to either the place or the flavor stimulus. Animals were presented with two distinct flavors in two different positions (left and right) that were varied throughout the experimental sessions. In the first experiment, LPBe stimulation was associated with one or other flavor, while in the second it was conditioned to one or other place in which these flavors were offered. The results show that, despite stimulus interferences, the animals develop specific conditioned preferences for the flavor stimuli (experiment 2A), and also for the place of their presentation (experiment 2B). These data are discussed in the context of brain reward systems and the biological constraints that characterize some learning modalities.
文摘In India,the majority of urban roads are undivided where the behavior of flows in a particular direction is predominantly influenced by the opposing traffic.Due to lack of lane segregation,the vehicles in ongoing direction occupy the opposing lane,which increases the lateral interactions between vehicles.These lateral interactions are influenced by various parameters such as vehicle types,driver behavior and vehicular speeds.Study of such complex interactions plays an important role in evaluating various management measures using microscopic simulation models.The lateral characteristics of vehicles,such as placement,separation and movement,act as necessary input for simulation models.The present study aims to analyze and model the lateral characteristics of vehicles on two-lane urban undivided roads.To achieve this,traffic flow data were collected from an urban undivided mid-block section in Bangalore City,India,using video graphic technique.Multiple linear regression model was developed for predicting the lateral placement of subject vehicle and it was found that lateral placement of subject vehicle is influenced by types and speeds of subject and opposing vehicles.Lateral separation for different types of ongoing(subject)and opposing pairs was also analyzed.The results show that both the ongoing and opposing vehicles have less freedom to move laterally when their sizes increase and hence,lateral separation decreases.The choice of path of vehicles’lateral shifts(left,current and right)on urban undivided roads was modeled using multinomial logistic regression.Lateral shift of a vehicle is influenced by speeds of subject vehicle and leader vehicle in current path,speed of leader vehicle in target path,and lateral gap between leader vehicles in current path and target path.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 10132010 and 50135030).
文摘This article presents an analysis of the scattering of anti-plane shear waves from a single cylindrical inhomogeneity partially bonded to an unbounded magneto-electro-elastic matrix. The magneto-electric permeable boundary conditions are adopted. The crack opening displacement is represented by Chebyshev polynomials and a system of equations is derived and solved for the unknown coefficients. Some examples are calculated and the results are illustrated. The results show that the COD increases when the piezomagnetic coefficient of the inhomogeneity bonded to the piezoelectric matrix becomes larger, and that the COD decreases when the piezomagnetic coefficient of the matrix with the piezoelectric inhomogeneity increases.
