Perceptual inequality between two neighboring time intervals defined by sound markers: correspondence between neurophysiological and psychological data

Brain activity related to time estimation processes in humans was analyzed using a perceptual phenomenon called auditory temporal assimilation.In a typical stimulus condition, two neighboring time intervals (T1 and T2 in this order) are perceived as equal even when the physical lengths of these time intervals are considerably different.Our previous

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Gender perspective of conservation agriculture

Conservation agriculture (CA) technologies are the future of sustainable agriculture.Many research, and developmental organizations including farmers group are engaged in promoting CA technology for more than a decade.Gender has an important role in adoption and dissemination of CA technologies that include use of zero tillage, paddy transplanter,

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Divergence of metabolites in three phylogenetically close Monascus species (M. pilosus, M. ruber, and M. purpureus) based on secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters

Abstract Background Species of the genus Monascus are considered to be economically important and have been widely used in the production of yellow and red food colorants.In particular, three Monascus species, namely, M.pilosus, M.purpureus, and M.ruber, are used for food fermentation in the cuisine of East Asian countries such as China, Japan, and

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IMPACTS OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT 2007 ON THE PROCUREMENT OF PUBLIC PROJECTS IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

Tertiary institutions often require huge investments in capital projects for effective learning to be actualized.In Nigeria, public tertiary institutions are usually funded fully by the Federal Government through interventionist institutions like Tetfund which are usually saddled with the responsibility of providing the fund required to achieve bot

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