James O'Brien

An application Framework for Collaborative, Nomadic Applications (2006)

O'Brien, James, Shapiro, Marc

To maintain availability and responsiveness, mobile applications sharing data often work on their own copy and transmit their local changes to other participants. Existing systems for recording,...

An application Framework for Collaborative, Nomadic Applications (2006)

O'Brien, James, Shapiro, Marc

To maintain availability and responsiveness, mobile applications sharing data often work on their own copy and transmit their local changes to other participants. Existing systems for recording,...

Use of an integrated clinical trial database to evaluate the effect of timing of drotrecogin alfa (activated) treatment in severe sepsis (2006)

Vincent, Jean-Louis, O'Brien, James, Wheeler, Arthur, Wittebole, Xavier, Garg, Rekha, Trzaskoma, Benjamin L, ...

Abstract Introduction Several studies have indicated that early identification and treatment of patients with severe sepsis using standard supportive care improves outcomes. Earlier treatment with...

An application Framework for Collaborative, Nomadic Applications (2005)

O'Brien, James, Shapiro, Marc

To maintain availability and responsiveness, mobile applications sharing data often work on their own copy and transmit their local changes to other participants. Existing systems for recording,...

Comparative analysis of employment services for people with disabilities in Australia, Finland, and Sweden (2004)

O'Brien, James, Dempsey, Ian

Described and discussed are comparative employment policies and programs for people with intellectual and other disabilities in Australia, Finland, and Sweden. The dominant economic and social...

Soldier Dimension in Battle. Volume I. (2002)

O'Brien,James, Smith,H. Stuart

This report outlines measures of soldier/unit effectiveness (System Performance Measures) and indicates that ARTEP is the best measure of unit effectiveness while SQT is the best measure of...

Bank commercial loan fair value practices

John Tschirhart, James O'Brien, Michael Moise, Emily Yang

Recent accounting changes, for the first time, permit the use of fair value in the primary financial statements for held-to-maturity (HTM) bank loans. While the use of fair value has historically...

How accurate are Value-at-Risk models at commercial banks?

Jeremy Berkowitz, James O'Brien

In recent years, the trading accounts at large commercial banks have grown substantially and become progressively more diverse and complex. We provide descriptive statistics on the trading revenues...

How Accurate Are Value-at-Risk Models at Commercial Banks?

Jeremy Berkowitz, James O'Brien

In recent years, the trading accounts at large commercial banks have grown substantially and become progressively more diverse and complex. We provide descriptive statistics on the trading revenues...

Estimating Bank Trading Risk: A Factor Model Approach

James O'Brien, Jeremy Berkowitz

Risk in bank trading portfolios and its management are potentially important to the banks%u2019 soundness and to the functioning of securities and derivatives markets. In this paper, proprietary...