Characterization of three new carboxylic ester hydrolases isolated by functional screening of a forest-soil metagenomic library

in Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2013), 40(2), 191-200

Performance of solar concentrator made of an achromatic Fresnel doublet measured with a continuous solar simulator and comparison with a singlet

in Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells (2013), 190

Optimal discovery with probabilistic expert advice: finite time analysis and macroscopic optimality

in Journal of Machine Learning Research (2013), 14

We consider an original problem that arises from the issue of security analysis of a power system and that we name optimal discovery with probabilistic expert advice. We address it with an algorithm based ... [more ▼]

We consider an original problem that arises from the issue of security analysis of a power system and that we name optimal discovery with probabilistic expert advice. We address it with an algorithm based on the optimistic paradigm and on the Good-Turing missing mass estimator. We prove two different regret bounds on the performance of this algorithm under weak assumptions on the probabilistic experts. Under more restrictive hypotheses, we also prove a macroscopic optimality result, comparing the algorithm both with an oracle strategy and with uniform sampling. Finally, we provide numerical experiments illustrating these theoretical findings. [less ▲]

Extremely Randomized Trees and Random Subwindows for Image Classification, Annotation, and Retrieval

in Criminisi, A; Shotton, J (Eds.) Decision Forests in Computer Vision and Medical Image Analysis, Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (2013)

We present a unified framework involving the extraction of random subwindows within images and the induction of ensembles of extremely randomized trees. We discuss the specialization of this framework for ... [more ▼]

We present a unified framework involving the extraction of random subwindows within images and the induction of ensembles of extremely randomized trees. We discuss the specialization of this framework for solving several general problems in computer vision, ranging from image classification and segmentation to content-based image retrieval and interest point detection. The methods are illustrated on various applications and datasets from the biomedical domain [less ▲]

Capture, Utilisation et Stockage du CO2

Scientific conference (2013, February)

Présentation des différentes techniques de capture du CO2, des principales voies de valorisation et de la technologie de stockage sous-terrain du CO2.

Prevalentie van eenzaamheid bij 65-plussers in België

Poster (2013, February)

Méthodes Booléennes en recherche opérationnelle

Conference (2013, February)

Le titre de cette conférence est celui d'une monographie cosignée par Peter L. Hammer et Sergiu Rudeanu, et dont la publication en 1968 a inspiré un nombre important de travaux de recherche. Très ... [more ▼]

Le titre de cette conférence est celui d'une monographie cosignée par Peter L. Hammer et Sergiu Rudeanu, et dont la publication en 1968 a inspiré un nombre important de travaux de recherche. Très récemment, le regretté Peter Hammer et moi-même avons publié deux lointaines mises à jour de cet ouvrage classique: une monographie intitulée Boolean Functions: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications (700 pages, Cambridge University Press, 2011) et une collection de surveys sur le thème Boolean Models and Methods in Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering (780 pages, Cambridge University Press, 2010). La taille de ces deux volumes et de leurs sections bibliographiques sont les témoins de la vitalité de ce domaine de recherche et de son développement impressionnant. Les fonctions booléennes comptent en effet parmi les objets les plus fondamentaux étudiés en mathématiques. Elles interviennent dans de nombreux modèles utilisés en recherche opérationnelle, informatique, intelligence artificielle, économie, ingénierie, cryptographie, biologie et autres domaines d'application. Dans cet exposé, nous proposons un bref aperçu de quelques modèles booléens fondamentaux et de leurs applications. [less ▲]

Nouvelles perspectives pour l’alimentation des prématurés et leur croissance postnatale

in Revue Médicale de Liège (2013), 68(2), 79-85

Adolescents' self-control. Which impact os Societal Vulnerability and Violent Values ? A gender comparison.

in Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (2013), 29(1), 13-31

The present study contributes to the study of self-control among adolescents by testing how self-control is affected by societal vulnerability and violent values and by investigating how (in)variant this ... [more ▼]

The present study contributes to the study of self-control among adolescents by testing how self-control is affected by societal vulnerability and violent values and by investigating how (in)variant this relationship is for boys and girls. The Belgian International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-2) data were used to assess to what extent positive attitudes toward violence can be seen as mediators in the relationship between societal vulnerability and self-control. The findings suggest that violent values mediate the relationship between societal vulnerability and self-control. Despite results indicating higher self-control among females, when conducting the analyses separately by gender, we found that the relationship between societal vulnerability and self-control was very similar for boys and girls. It is concluded that societally vulnerable boys and girls are equally affected by the intermediate mechanism of violent values. [less ▲]

A Continuum Damage Mechanics Model for the Analysis of the Crashworthiness of Composite Structures: A work in progress

in Proceedings of the 15th Australian Aeronautical Conference (2013, February)

The crashworthiness capability of an aircraft structure is dependent on its ability to attenuate crash loading via the controlled deformation of energy absorbing devices. An energy-based constitutive ... [more ▼]

The crashworthiness capability of an aircraft structure is dependent on its ability to attenuate crash loading via the controlled deformation of energy absorbing devices. An energy-based constitutive relation was employed to model the behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced epoxy resin composite material under crush loading. Each of the damage modes in the fibre and matrix was treated separately with its own damage initiation and progression relationships as well as a damage parameter that tracks damage progression. Each damage parameter dictates the reduction in stiffness in the respective principal loading directions. This model was implemented for a 3D solid brick element in contrast to shell-based formulations currently available. Crushing composite structures were modelled and the results validated against experimental data. The force-displacement response / specific energy absorption and the failure modes obtained from the simulation show that the underlying physics of the crushing have been captured by the proposed model but that further work is required for reliable quantitative correlation. [less ▲]