The present invention relates to the use of native hepoxilins and of hepoxilin analogs for the regulation of insulin secretion and to the use of hepoxilin analogs as anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and anti-thrombotic compounds. The use of arc-produced gas results in increased efficiency, reduced emissions, and additional heat energy. The state of the elements is determined by extracting a characteristic of the elements, such as intensity, and processing the characteristic to provide comparison criteria, such as a difference value. IGMP Membership Queries issued by the router for the at least one multicast data group are ignored, so as to cause the router to terminate a transmission of the unrequested multicast data to free up available bandwidth for the download of the requested data.