the experimental studies of methane conversion to higher hydrocarbons and methanol using a dielectric barrier discharge (dbd) reactor are presented in this article. the process is carried out at ambient atmospheric pressure and temperature. the dbd reactor is stimulated by an alternative voltage of 50 hz and amplitude of max.23kv. the examination of the effect of voltage and flow rates on metha...

The main aim of this study was to examine whether people understand indicative conditionals on the basis of syntactic factors or on the basis of subjective conditional probability. The second aim was to investigate whether the conditional probability of q given p depends on the antecedent and consequent sizes or derives from inductive processes leading to establish a link of plausible cooccurre...

A gualij%e~ syllogism is a classical Aristoteiean syllogism that has been “qualified” through the use of fuzzy quantifiers, likelihood modifiers, and usuality modifiers, e.g., “Most birds can Ry; Tweety is a bird; therefore, it is likely that Tweety can fly.” This paper introduces a formal logic Q of such syllogisms and shows how this may be employed in a system of nonmonotonj~ reasoning. In pr...

Studies on salvation in the Luke 19:1-10 Zacchaean story generally tend to exhibit an underdeveloped analysis of its rhetoric as part controversy genre. This paucity reduces individual event and ignores social effect Lukan story. To remedy this, it is here argued that weight genre felt specifically rhetorical use enthymeme verse 9, Jesus’s enthymemic pronouncement reveals a aspect Zacchaeus’s s...

A framework for semantic-based scene classification using relevance feedback is presented. The semantic component casts the classifier within a framework of the supervised –or learning-from-examples– paradigm. Selection of suitable examples and labeling training patterns imposes a certain burden on the user that increases with the complexity of the ontology involved in the scene interpretation....

Genotypes may influence the phenotypic associations among IQ, education, and income. To investigate this hypothesis, we believe that the appropriate methodology requires estimation of genetic and environmental influences using data able to separate these influences. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) is a nationally representative sample that contains genetically-informative fulla...

since nox family, one of the most important causes of air pollution, is the primary source of acid rains, ozone layer depletion, and breathing disorders, mitigation of these pollutants is now a global concern. in the off-gases of internal combustion engines running with oxygen excess, non-thermal plasmas (ntps) have an oxidative potential, which results in an effective conversion of no to no2. ...

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