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We aim to provide a tool for independent system operators to detect the collusion and identify the colluding firms by using day-ahead data. In this paper, an approach based on supervised machine learning is presented for collusion detection in electricity markets. The possible scenarios of the collusion among generation firms are firstly identified. Then, for each scenario and possible load demand, market equilibrium is computed. Market equilibrium points under different collusions and their peripheral points are used to train the collusion detection machine using supervised learning approaches such as classification and regression tree (CART) and support vector machine (SVM) algorithms. By applying the proposed approach to a four-firm and ten-generator test system, the accuracy of the proposed approach is evaluated and the efficiency of SVM and CART algorithms in collusion detection are compared with other supervised learning and statistical techniques.

It is widely accepted that cationic antimicrobial peptides possess potent microbicidal properties. Recent studies show that in addition to their antimicrobial action, these peptides can exhibit anti-inflammatory activity. The purpose of this chapter is to describe in vivo ear inflammation models that can be used for evaluating the anti-inflammatory activity of antimicrobial peptides. The models are based on different mechanisms of inflammation development and include irritant dermatitis (a model induced by a single application of 12-o-tetradecanoylphorbol acetate [TPA]) and allergic dermatitis, or delayed type hypersensitivity reaction (a model induced by repetitive application of oxazolone).

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Microspore cultures were initiated from the North American sweet corn hybrid, ‘Seneca 60’. Donor plants were grown under two environments. One treatment comprised plants that matured completely in the greenhouse (GH) (28°C/23°C: day/night), while in a second treatment donor plants were isolated and divided into two treatment sets: cultured directly at 25°C, or given a heat treatment of 32°C for 10 days.

The nucleotide and aminoacid sequences of the Brassica napus napin gene, BngNAP1, are presented. The 5' and 3' untranslated sequences and significant features including start and stop codons, CAT and TATA boxes, alternating purine/pyrimidine stretches, direct and inverted repeats and potential polyadenylation recognition sequence are described.

Methodologies of microspore culture that have been successfully developed in Brassica napus, Zea mays, and Hordeum vulgare, three major, important crop species. However, the protocols can be applied to other plant species effectively, perhaps with some testing and modification

Transposon (Tn5) mutagenesis was applied to Pseudomonas putida GR12-2R3, which promotes root elongation (a phenotype designated Pre) of Brassica campestris under gnotobiotic conditions. Of 3,000 Tn5 transconjugants, only one mutant that lost Pre activity but remained prototrophic and capable of plant root colonization was detected. This mutant was complemented by plasmid pRE53, which contained a 15.0-kilobase DNA insert isolated from a parental strain. The complemented mutant regained full Pre activity comparable to that of the wild type.