The SWI/SNF-like chromatin remodeling complex of Drosophila, the Brahma complex, contains four subunits (Brahma, BAP155/Moira, SNR1 and BAP60) conserved from yeast to humans. A reconstituted human complex lacking the BAP60 homolog shows full remodeling activity, suggesting that BAP60 is not essential for the core function. We generated Drosophila mutants and found that BAP60 carries a vital fun...

The goal of this thesis is to clarify the effects of lifelike characters on computer mediated communications. In this research, lifelike characters are defined as personified agents and avatars which are represented as human-like characters with a face and facial expression on the computer screen. Most research within the field of personified agents has been focused on creating believable chara...

This paper describes the evaluation module in the MOIRA system, which is a decision support system based on a multi-attribute additive value model, aim at the identification of optimal remedial strategies restoration of aquatic ecosystems contaminated by radionuclides. It includes facilities for assessing imprecise scalar utility functions and scaling factors, as well as a sensitivity analysis ...

The activity of the E2F transcription factor is regulated in part by pRB, the protein product of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene. Studies of tumor cells show that the p16(ink4a)/cdk4/cyclin D/pRB pathway is mutated in most forms of cancer, suggesting that the deregulation of E2F, and hence the cell cycle, is a common event in tumorigenesis. Extragenic mutations that enhance or suppress...

This study investigates how young children between 4 6 years old interact with personified robots during a lying situation. To achieve this, a temptation resistance paradigm was used, in which children were instructed to not look at a toy (behind their back) while the instructor (a robot dog, a humanoid or a human) left the room. Results revealed that regardless of the type of communication par...