Towards a general framework for an observation and knowledge based model of occupant behaviour in office buildings

This paper proposes a new general approach based on Bayesian networks to model the human behaviour. This approach represents human behaviour withprobabilistic cause-effect relations based not only on previous works, but also with conditional probabilities coming either from expert knowledge or deduced from observations. The approach has been used in the co-simulation of building physics and human behaviour in order to assess the CO 2 concentration in an office.Comment: IBPC 2015 Turin , Jun 2015, Turin, Italy. 201

The Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Acquiring Banks’ Contribution to Systemic Risk

This paper is the first to examine the effects of international bank mergers and acquisitions on acquirers' contribution to systemic risk covering the period from 1998 to 2015. Our sample consists of 608 international bank mergers, involved domestic and cross-border deals as well as conglomerate and non-conglomerate mergers. Using the Marginal Expected Shortfall (as in Acharya et al., 2017) as well as Conditional Value-at-Risk (as in Adrian and Brunnermeier, 2016) as systemic risk measurements, we find that on average, mergers do not impact on the acquiring banks’ contribution to systemic risk regardless of the increased potential for risk diversification exhibited by cross-border and cross-industry bank mergers. Determinants that contributes to the decrease in acquirers’ systemic risk include product diversifying deals, deals conducted in a more concentrated banking system and a stable political environment. Whereas, for deals financed by cash only and much smaller compared to acquirers as well as involved private targets, acquirers' contribution to systemic risk increase after the merger

Dynamic Bayesian Networks to simulate occupant behaviours in office buildings related to indoor air quality

This paper proposes a new general approach based on Bayesian networks to model the human behaviour. This approach represents human behaviour with probabilistic cause-effect relations based on knowledge, but also with conditional probabilities coming either from knowledge or deduced from observations. This approach has been applied to the co-simulation of the CO2 concentration in an office coupled with human behaviour.Comment: IBPSA India 2015, Dec 2015, Hyderabad, India. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1510.0197

Modulation of sialic acid content for enzyme fusions using combinatorial approach of cell line engineering and process development

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Comparison between purely statistical and multi-agent based approaches for occupant behaviour modeling in buildings

National audienceThis paper analyzes two modeling approaches for occupant behaviour in buildings. It compares a purely statistical approach with a multi-agent social simulation based approach. The study concerns the door openings in an office.Ce papier analyse deux approches de modélisation du comportement d'occupants dans le bâtiment. Il compare une approche purement statistique avec une approche basée sur la simulation sociale dans un environnement multi-agent. L'étude concerne les ouvertures de porte dans un bureau

State-Selective Metabolic Labeling of Cellular Proteins

Transcriptional activity from a specified promoter can provide a useful marker for the physiological state of a cell. Here we introduce a method for selective tagging of proteins made in cells in which specified promoters are active. Tagged proteins can be modified with affinity reagents for enrichment or with fluorescent dyes for visualization. The method allows state-selective analysis of the proteome, whereby proteins synthesized in predetermined physiological states can be identified. The approach is demonstrated by proteome-wide labeling of bacterial proteins upon activation of the P_(BAD) promoter and the SoxRS regulon and provides a basis for analysis of more complex systems including spatially heterogeneous microbial cultures and biofilms

Neurological status of low-risk Vietnamese newborns: a comparison with a British newborn cohort.

A shortened version of the Dubowitz newborn neurological examination, recently reassessed in rural Thailand, was applied to a group of 58 Vietnamese newborns. The aim was to establish the neurological status of newborns in this population for use in further studies and to compare with groups previously studied. Compared to the original British cohort, the Vietnamese newborns showed significantly lower scores in 10 of 25 items, including several related to truncal tone. Evidence was sought of thiamine and long-chain fatty acid deficiency as a possible cause for these findings, but no correlation was found between the neurological status and the maternal or infant blood levels of these nutritional indicators. The findings suggest that the neurological status of low-risk Vietnamese newborns appears to lie between that of British newborns and those ethnic minority Karen newborns in refugee camps on the Thai-Burmese border tested previously. Although no specific nutritional cause has been identified in the study, the findings may still reflect sub-optimal intake of some important nutrients

Cell-selective metabolic labeling of proteins

Metabolic labeling of proteins with the methionine surrogate azidonorleucine can be targeted exclusively to specified cells through expression of a mutant methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS). In complex cellular mixtures, proteins made in cells that express the mutant synthetase can be tagged with affinity reagents (for detection or enrichment) or fluorescent dyes (for imaging). Proteins made in cells that do not express the mutant synthetase are neither labeled nor detected

Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English (2007)

This is the publisher's version, also found at http://search.proquest.com/docview/215344428?accountid=14556The young women established bonds through nonverbal communication (e.g., eye gaze) to assert their gendered, racial, and cultural identities in the face of dominant identities promoted in the classroom. Draws on research with a diverse group of high school students to demonstrate how portraiture and CRT work together to render rich descriptions of students' experiences within their social and political contexts that serve the larger goal of social action and transformation. Examines the discourse practices of two immigrant youth who use Internet communication to mobilize transnational diasporic identities, create affinity spaces across geopolitical borders, and creatively produce and consume popular media. Uses Critical Race Theory, whiteness studies, and critical discourse analysis to understand talk about race among second-grade white students and their teachers. Through comparison of text choice, vocabulary, and comprehension and composition activities in each context, the regular reading class emerged as student-centered, whereas the reading intervention class was test-driven with less student participation