Abstract: An aircraft guidance system for assisting in airport navigation includes: at least one airport database comprising topology data of an airport, called airport DB; at least one configuration database comprising aircraft configuration data and the position of a guidance point; a positioning system delivering aircraft kinematic and attitude parameters; at least one computer generating a 2D view of the representation of the airport notably comprising navigation indications and a representation of the aircraft; and at least one display for displaying the representation of the airport. In the system, a first symbol is generated on the display indicating the position of an early guidance point, corresponding to the position of the guidance point at a future time.

Abstract: A wave-power unit for extracting in an efficient way energy from waves on a water surface in different offshore conditions, including a main buoyant structure moored to the seabed with taut mooring lines and placed at a submerged, wave active depth, a linear generator placed within the buoyant structure and activated via a taut mooring line. The unit also includes a power take off cable connected to the linear generator and leading via the seabed to shore, and is characterized in that the buoyant structure is provided with fixed buoyancy and with elements to vary the surface of the buoyant structure that is exposed to the dynamic pressure of the wave, to optimize the surface for an efficient power take-off for more than one wave frequency and to control the tension in the taut mooring lines.

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of the systems and of the methods allowing a taxiing route to be established over an airport area. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: Step 1: Input of an instruction representative of a succession of alphanumeric names of passing points representing the taxiing the succession of the names not comprising all of the separators allowing them to be identified; Step 2: Decomposition of the instruction by a lexical analysis device into at least one successions of credible names of passing points; Step 3: Verification for each succession that the corresponding route is compatible with the connectivities existing between the various airport elements of the taxiing clearance corresponding to the succession; Step 4: In the case where there exists one credible route, display of the said route on a display device.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of monitoring and aid to taxiing of an aircraft at an airport. The invention is a method of checking and monitoring the taxi plan and relates to a monitoring system comprising means for checking the pathway of the plan and means for signalling on the taxi aid the waiting time for the next clearance ahead of the aircraft along the pathway, the means for checking the pathway comprising a device for checking the pathway constraints and a device for checking the clearances, the device for checking the constraints making it possible to test and to display on the taxi plan the information descriptive of the constraints and the device for checking the clearances making it possible to check the clearances and to add the missing clearances to the taxi plan.

Abstract: The invention pertains to optoelectronic devices for aiding the guidance and taxiing of aircraft, comprising a so-called head-up collimator allowing the presentation of information in the pilot's visual field. It applies notably to large-size civil aircraft of the Boeing 747 or Airbus A380 type. The optoelectronic device comprises means for calculating a deviation factor for the actual trajectory of said aircraft relative to a theoretical trajectory on said traffic way, means for generating symbols and at least one head-up collimator comprising means for displaying and superimposing said symbols on the outside landscape. The deviation factor is calculated on the basis of an angle (PÂ?G) and that the means for generating symbols generate a symbol representing said deviation factor, so as to be superimposed on said traffic way.

Abstract: Electrical connector including a sealing mat made of a deformable material body having a thick portion and a thin portion having: an upper face a lower face parallel to the upper face, hollow passageways extending along a longitudinal axis from the upper face to the lower face, a housing including a receiving portion, a grid including a compression portion, the sealing mat being compressed between the receiving and compression portions.

Abstract: A device for aiding the following of an airport route by an aircraft includes: an onboard system of optical sensors; means providing the current position of the aircraft; a database having topological information for the airport; a recognition system providing, on the basis of the video images arising from the system of optical sensors, data characteristics of the airport route portion, making it possible to identify a simple primitive representative of the route portion followed; and a processing computer. The processing computer extracts, from the database, a succession of simple geometric shapes representing the airport route and of the same nature as the primitives arising from the recognition system, compares the succession of shapes with the primitives, and validates or invalidates the route followed by the aircraft as a function of the result of the comparison.

Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring system dedicated to the landing of an aircraft including means of receiving navigation data, means of receiving a plurality of landing area monitoring information, and display means representing, by various symbols, the landing area and the monitoring information, including means of determining a plurality of successive approach phases constituting the landing procedure and of signalling the current approach phase, means of calculating a plurality of cartographic scale factors of the landing area, and means of selecting monitoring information to be displayed for each approach phase. The display means represent the landing area according to a changing cartographic scale factor and the selected monitoring information by symbols that also change, the cartographic scale factor and the symbols changing automatically according to the current approach phase.

Abstract: The method of generating a connectivity chart for elements of an airport that makes use of: data describing polygons, each polygon being referenced in a database of the aircraft, the data comprising at least one denomination, one type, one set of segments and one set of points, the polygons representing elements of an airport; wherein the method generates, for any pair of polygons having a common boundary, at least one point, called node, situated on the boundary, the segment linking two consecutive nodes forming an axis with north.

Abstract: A wave-power unit for extracting in an efficient way energy from waves on a water surface in different offshore conditions, including a main buoyant structure moored to the seabed with taut mooring lines and placed at a submerged, wave active depth, a linear generator placed within the buoyant structure and activated via a taut mooring line. The unit also includes a power take off cable connected to the linear generator and leading via the seabed to shore, and is characterized in that the buoyant structure is provided with fixed buoyancy and with elements to vary the surface of the buoyant structure that is exposed to the dynamic pressure of the wave, to optimize the surface for an efficient power take-off for more than one wave frequency and to control the tension in the taut mooring lines.

Abstract: An aircraft guidance system for assisting in airport navigation includes: at least one airport database comprising topology data of an airport, called airport DB; at least one configuration database comprising aircraft configuration data and the position of a guidance point; a positioning system delivering aircraft kinematic and attitude parameters; at least one computer generating a 2D view of the representation of the airport notably comprising navigation indications and a representation of the aircraft; and at least one display for displaying the representation of the airport. In the system, a first symbol is generated on the display indicating the position of an early guidance point, corresponding to the position of the guidance point at a future time.

Abstract: The specification provides methods of obtaining a genetically modified plant which has increased production potential compared to a control plant, the method comprising the steps of i) obtaining a plurality of plants at least one of which comprises in its genome a heterologous polynucleotide, ii) identifying from the plurality of plants a plant which has increased production potential relative to the control plant and comprises the heterologous polynucleotide, and iii) selecting the genetically modified plant, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a transcriptional control sequence operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an agent that modifies endogenous starch phosphorylation and/or starch degradation in the plant. In some embodiments, the plant has increased endogenous glycosylase or increased digestibility compared to a control plant.

Abstract: Electrical connector including a sealing mat made of a deformable material body having a thick portion and a thin portion having: an upper face a lower face parallel to the upper face, hollow passageways extending along a longitudinal axis from the upper face to the lower face, a housing including a receiving portion, a grid including a compression portion, the sealing mat being compressed between the receiving and compression portions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a therapeutic method for the treatment of cancer that comprises the use of a combination comprising vinflunine and trastuzumab.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for the vision correction of an eye (6), comprising: a converter (3, 3A, 3B, 5A, 5B) which can generate an electrical and/or magnetic and/or electromagnetic signal in response to the mechanical energy generated by a movement of the eye; and a soft lens (2) intended to be aligned with the eye. The converter is positioned in relation to the lens such that the electrical and/or magnetic and/or electromagnetic signal generated during the movement of the eye causes the optical properties of the lens to change. The invention is characterised in that the lens (2) includes a polymer material (7) containing a material (4) having a refractive index that can vary under the action of the electrical and/or magnetic and/or electromagnetic signal generated during a movement of the eye.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of monitoring and aid to taxiing of an aircraft at an airport. The invention is a method of checking and monitoring the taxi plan and relates to a monitoring system comprising means for checking the pathway of the plan and means for signalling on the taxi aid the waiting time for the next clearance ahead of the aircraft along the pathway, the means for checking the pathway comprising a device for checking the pathway constraints and a device for checking the clearances, the device for checking the constraints making it possible to test and to display on the taxi plan the information descriptive of the constraints and the device for checking the clearances making it possible to check the clearances and to add the missing clearances to the taxi plan.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intra-gastric balloon comprising: at least one bag suitable for being filled, at least partially. With an inflation fluid; and connection means (3) including a self-closing member (21) suitable fear being transpierced by a connection member for connection to a inflation fluid source; said intra-gastric balloon being characterized in that the self-closing member (21) comprises at least two superposed self-healing membranes (23), forming one or more pairs of self-healing membranes (23) suitable for being transpierced in succession by the connection member, each self-healing membrane (23) being mounted in a manner Such as to come to bear against the other self-healing membrane (23) of the pair with a view to forming a leaktight barrier suitable for automatically closing the passage formed through said other self-healing membrane (23) of the pair, once the connection member has been removed. The invention also provides an intra-gastric balloon for treating obesity.

Abstract: The invention pertains to optoelectronic devices for aiding the guidance and taxiing of aircraft, comprising a so-called head-up collimator allowing the presentation of information in the pilot's visual field. It applies notably to large-size civil aircraft of the Boeing 747 or Airbus A380 type. The optoelectronic device comprises means for calculating a deviation factor for the actual trajectory of said aircraft relative to a theoretical trajectory on said traffic way, means for generating symbols and at least one head-up collimator comprising means for displaying and superimposing said symbols on the outside landscape. The deviation factor is calculated on the basis of an angle (PÂ?G) and that the means for generating symbols generate a symbol representing said deviation factor, so as to be superimposed on said traffic way.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a sealing joint having a passageway for receiving an electrical connection member, the passageway having a retention region including a first lip a second lip, and an inter-lip gap between said lips, each of said lip including an internal face, an external face opposite said internal face and a top face having an internal diameter Di.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intra-gastric balloon designed to be implanted inside the stomach of a patient for the purpose of reducing the volume of the stomach by way of treatment for obesity, said intra-gastric balloon (1) comprising: at least one bag (2) suitable for being filled, at least partially, with an inflation fluid; connection means (3), mounted on said bag (2) and suitable for receiving a connection member (11) for connection to an inflation fluid source; said intra-gastric balloon being characterized in that the connection means (3) include a chamber (16) designed to be transpierced by said connection member (11) with a view to injecting the inflation fluid into said bag (2), said chamber (16) containing a sealing fluid that is sufficiently viscous and/or thick to guarantee that the connection means (3) are leaktight once the connection member (11) has been removed. The invention also provides an intra-gastric balloon for treating obesity.