Railway Vehicle Energy Efficiency as a Key Factor in Creating Sustainable Transportation Systems

Gender as a Factor in Delivering Sustainable Energy

This paper reviews the role of energy in contributing to the solution of a major development objective: moving people out of poverty. Understanding gender issues, especially the crucial role women play in household energy provision, is important in the design and implementation of appropriate energy interventions. The role energy plays in improving women’s lives and the role women can play in p...

Inflammation, a Key Factor in Cancer Ambush

Inflammatory condition is the consequence of defensive mechanism of immune system against viral and bacterial infection, tissue injury, UV radiation, stress and etc. Persistently acute inflammation leads to chronic phase which is characterized by production of pro-inflammatory mediators from T cells. These molecules (e.g. IL-6, TNF-&alpha, IL-1&beta and IL-17) are mostly pleiotropic cytokines i...

Creating Networks as a Vehicle for Change

A critical feature of the national movement for quantitative literacy (QL) is the development of a strong networking component supported by common vision and direction. To this end, much can be learned from the role of networking in the national movement during the past two decades to change the undergraduate curriculum in mathematics. In particular, aspects of calculus reform and subsequent ef...

Embedded Fuzzy Logic Controllers in Electric Railway Transportation Systems

Sustainable transportation for Indian cities: role of intelligent transportation systems

This article highlights the relationship between sustainability (or maintainability) and efficiency of transport systems. It also outlines some of the problems and issues that exist in providing mobility to urban Indians. Finally, it enumerates some of the ways in which application of (modern) information and communication technologies can help improve the efficiency of the transportation syste...