Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology

About: Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Supply chain & Combustion. The organization has 1048 authors who have published 1678 publications receiving 30067 citations.

Incremental Classification of Description Logics Ontologies

Abstract: The development of ontologies involves continuous but relatively small modifications. However, existing ontology reasoners do not take advantage of the similarities between different versions of an ontology. In this paper, we propose a collection of techniques for incremental reasoning--that is, reasoning that reuses information obtained from previous versions of an ontology. We have applied our results to incremental classification of OWL ontologies and found significant improvement over regular classification time on a set of real-world ontologies.

Influence of driving cycles on exhaust emissions and fuel consumption of gasoline passenger car in Bangkok.

Abstract: The influence of different driving cycles on their exhaust emissions and fuel consumption rate of gasoline passenger car was investigated in Bangkok based on the actual measurements obtained from a test vehicle driving on a standard chassis dynamometer. A newly established Bangkok driving cycle (BDC) and the European driving cycle (EDC) which is presently adopted as the legislative cycle for testing automobiles registered in Thailand were used. The newly developed BDC is constructed using the driving characteristic data obtained from the real on-road driving tests along selected traffic routes. A method for selecting appropriate road routes for real driving tests is also introduced. Variations of keyed driving parameters of BDC with different driving cycles were discussed. The results showed that the HC and CO emission factors of BDC are almost two and four times greater than those of EDC, respectively. Although the difference in the NOx emission factor is small, the value from BDC is still greater than that of EDC by 10%. Under BDC, the test vehicle consumes fuel about 25% more than it does under EDC. All these differences are mainly attributed to the greater proportion of idle periods and higher fluctuations of vehicle speed in the BDC cycle. This result indicated that the exhausted emissions and fuel consumption of vehicles obtained from tests under the legislative modal-type driving cycle (EDC) are significantly different from those actually produced under real traffic conditions especially during peak periods.

Immobilization of fluorescein isothiocyanate on magnetic polymeric nanoparticle using chitosan as spacer

Abstract: The nanoparticle with simultaneous combination of magnetic and fluorescent properties was prepared by immobilization of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) onto magnetic polymeric nanoparticle (MPNP). The MPNP with 41% magnetic content was obtained from incorporating Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) into poly(styrene/divinyl benzene/acrylic acid) via the miniemulsion polymerization. Before labeling with FITC, the carboxylated MPNP was coated with chitosan (CS) having low, medium, or high molecular weight (MW) in order to avoid quenching of the fluorescent by iron oxide. Data obtained from TEM, size and zeta potential measurements clearly indicated the presence of CS as a shell surrounding the superparamagnetic MPNP core. The zeta potential, FTIR, and fluorescent spectroscopies confirmed the attachment of FITC to the MPNP-CS via covalent bonding. The higher MW or longer chains of CS (300 kDa) offered the larger spacer with multiple sites for the FITC binding and, thus, provided the higher fluorescent emission intensity. The MPNP-CS immobilized with FITC would be useful for cell-labeling application.