This paper examines institutional and regulatory aspects of sustainable transport from a cross-national perspective. While institutions appear to play an important role in the economic success of many countries, it is not so clear that they also support sustainable development. A number of examples of the role of institutions in transport are discussed. Particular attention is focused among oth...

Agolin&#174 Ruminant (Agolin) is a blend of essential oils developed to improve feed efficiency while at the same time reducing rumen enteric methane production. Studies have shown that product improves lactational performance, but range results has been varied. This experiment evaluated effects additive Agolinon milk production in high-component (fat and protein) dairy herd when provided for a...

We study the sequences generated by neuronal recurrence equations of the form x(n) = 1[ ∑h j=1 ajx(n − j) − θ]. From a neuronal recurrence equation of memory size h which describes a cycle of length ρ(m)× lcm(p0, p1, . . . , p−1+ρ(m)), we construct a set of ρ(m) neuronal recurrence equations whose dynamics describe respectively the transient of length O(ρ(m)×lcm(p0, . . . , pd)) and the cycle o...

We give a new proof of the hyperbolicity of the fixed point for the period-doubling renormalization operator using the local dynamics near a semi-attractive fixed point (in a Banach space) and the theory of holomorphic motions. We also give a new proof of the exponential contraction of the Feigenbaum renormalization operator in the hybrid class of the period-doubling fixed point: such proof use...

We find evidence of a period doubling bifurcation and transition from pseudo-periodic chaos to a stable limit cycle during onset of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in humans. Novel radial basis modeling techniques are applied to time series of spontaneous VF to estimate time dependent changes in the dynamics. Furthermore, we show that the spectral power content may be used as a surrogate for the ...

Present strategies for control of herpes genitalis recurrences require multiple daily doses of antiviral medication. Imiquimod, an immune response modifier, induces alpha interferon and interleukin-12; application in the presence of local herpes antigens during a recurrence may augment herpes simplex virus (HSV)-specific cell-mediated immunity. To test this theory, we performed a randomized, do...

In every tunnel boring machine (TBM) tunneling project, there is an initial low production phase so-called the Learning Phase Period (LPP), in which low utilization is experienced and the operational parameters are adjusted to match the working conditions. LPP can be crucial in scheduling and evaluating the final project time and cost, especially for short tunnels for which it may constitute a ...

In 1997 the Department of Transportation carried out a one-week study in Lexington, Kentucky in which the cars of 100 households were equipped with GPS and in-car computers. Every stop was logged by the GPS receiver and the purpose of the stop was recorded at real time on an in-car computer. The final report of the study gave descriptions of travel behavior but performed little analysis on the ...

Previous work has high classification accuracy when classifying music genres that are very different [1] (e.g. rock vs. pop, jazz vs. classical), but little machine learning research has been done to classify music by subgenres within a larger genre that describe temporally and stylistically similar music. In this paper, we apply machine learning to classify classical music by time period. To d...