human
Solve the following python programming problem given the following code:
def __init__(self, * args, **kwargs) : 
    def factory() : 
        return Conduit (* args, ** kwargs) 
max_sessions_per_user = 5 
    self._conduits = phlsys_multiprocessing.MultiResource (<MASK>, factory) 
    
    Given the code above, what is a proper replacement for <MASK>? Choose among: self, kwargs, factory, args, max_sessions_per_user
assistant
#Here is a proper replacement for <MASK>.
max_sessions_per_user