Abstract: The invention provides an in vitro method or assay for the diagnosis of osteochondrosis or prediction of the likelihood of its onset in a terrestrian mammal, comprising measuring the expression level of a marker in a sample obtained from said terrestrian mammal and comparing said expression level to the expression level of said marker measured in a sample obtained from one or more terrestrian mammals of the same species not affected by osteochondrosis, wherein the marker is ApoB-3G, and wherein an increase in the expression level of ApoB-3G is indicative of osteochondrosis. The invention also provides a diagnostic kit for use in said method, which comprises at least one agent, which binds specifically to the product of the gene of the respective marker and which can be used to determine the expression level of said marker, wherein the marker is ApoB-3G.

Abstract: A treatment device for sterilizing containers by an electron beam includes a carousel that comprises a rotary holding plate supporting a plurality of treatment stations, each station including a sterilization device comprising an electron beam emitter, and a holding device for holding a container under the emitter. The treatment device includes a protection system for stopping the rays emitted by the emitters, the protection system comprises an annular segment-shaped, open stationary channel that is mounted in a stationary manner under the holding plate and forms, with the latter, a protective chamber in which the holding device supporting the containers moves, the channel having an open upstream end, for the inlet of the containers to be treated into the protective chamber, and an open downstream end, for the outlet of the treated containers from the chamber.

Abstract: The invention provides an in vitro method or assay for the diagnosis of osteochondrosis or prediction of the likelihood of its onset in a terrestrian mammal, comprising measuring the expression level of a marker in a sample obtained from said terrestrian mammal and comparing said expression level to the expression level of said marker measured in a sample obtained from one or more terrestrian mammals of the same species not affected by osteochondrosis, wherein the marker is ApoB-3G, and wherein an increase in the expression level of ApoB-3G is indicative of osteochondrosis. The invention also provides a diagnostic kit for use in said method, which comprises at least one agent, which binds specifically to the product of the gene of the respective marker and which can be used to determine the expression level of said marker, wherein the marker is ApoB-3G.

Abstract: A treatment device includes one or more treatment stations each including an electron-beam emitter and supporting device for supporting a container beneath the emitter, the emitter being capable of emitting an electron beam passing through the upper opening of a container supported by the supporting means, so as to sterilize the container, and a protection system for stopping the radiation emitted by the emitter(s). The protection system includes an upper portion connected to the emitter, lower portion connected to the supporting device and a moving device capable of moving the upper portion relative to the lower portion, between a retracted position and at least one operative position in which the portions from a protective enclosure in which the emitter and container are positioned.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing sterile flexible bags filled with a filling product and provided with a valve, including a) a step of placing valves on a first flexible film and sterilizing at least one of the two surfaces of the first film, b) a step of forming bags by heat welding from at least the first film, and filling the bags with a filling product. The valves each include a base applied directly onto the first film, and a tube assembled via an open end onto base in order to cover a tapping area of the base, the tube having a removable portion intended to be removed to uncover the tapping area and allow the product to be withdrawn by poking a needle into the area.

Abstract: A treatment device for sterilizing containers by an electron beam includes a carousel that comprises a rotary holding plate supporting a plurality of treatment stations, each station including a sterilization device comprising an electron beam emitter, and a holding device for holding a container under the emitter. The treatment device includes a protection system for stopping the rays emitted by the emitters, the protection system comprises an annular segment-shaped, open stationary channel that is mounted in a stationary manner under the holding plate and forms, with the latter, a protective chamber in which the holding device supporting the containers moves, the channel having an open upstream end, for the inlet of the containers to be treated into the protective chamber, and an open downstream end, for the outlet of the treated containers from the chamber.

Abstract: A treatment device includes one or more treatment stations each including an electron-beam emitter and supporting device for supporting a container beneath the emitter, the emitter being capable of emitting an electron beam passing through the upper opening of a container supported by the supporting means, so as to sterilize the container, and a protection system for stopping the radiation emitted by the emitter(s). The protection system includes an upper portion connected to the emitter, lower portion connected to the supporting device and a moving device capable of moving the upper portion relative to the lower portion, between a retracted position and at least one operative position in which the portions from a protective enclosure in which the emitter and container are positioned.

Abstract: Testing of an electronic component (1) in which a signal (S1) is sent to a cell (3) of the component, and the output signal (S2) of this component is studied so as to define whether the component is acceptable or not. If the component is acceptable the test is performed again by sending a signal (S1′) similar to the first signal but with a shorter duration (T2). A search is then made for an output signal (S2′) to be compared with a compressed expected pattern. If this test, which is performed more rapidly, is valid, it can be planned, if necessary, to use this faster input signal on following components to be tested.

Abstract: A method for the testing of electronic components, proposing an optimization of a duration for the tests of this method, includes the step of choosing an earliest possible measurement date (Dm) with respect to an initial testing date (Do). According to this method, this earliest possible measurement date is chosen by considering statistical images (IS) obtained on a population of components (P1, P2) and by comparing these statistical images with one another by means of a criterion. This criterion takes into account a mean and a range of the responses given by the test population during iterations of a same test with different measurement dates.

Abstract: A method for the testing of electronic components comprises an interface driving a test device. The interface can be parameterized according to the test. The test method provides for a first and only learning phase during which a measurement date that is the earliest possible date is determined. This method thereafter comprises the performance of adjusting phases to define adjusted measurement dates, used during an application phase. The adjusting phases are short, fast and precise, and are used to optimize the total performance time of a test and, simultaneously, also the profitability of production. Indeed, the measurement dates are determined with respect to the totalized populations.

Abstract: A method for the testing of electronic components, proposing an optimization of a duration for the tests of this method, consists in choosing an earliest possible measurement date (Dm) with respect to an initial testing date (Do). According to this method, this earliest possible measurement date is chosen by considering statistical images (IS) obtained on a population of components (P1, P2) and by comparing these statistical images with one another by means of a criterion. This criterion takes account of a mean and an amplitude of the responses given by the test population during iterations of a same test with different measurement dates.

Abstract: Method of analysis of a testing software tool (7) implementing a testing instrument (1) that makes use of the program (8, 13) of the software tool to test test electronic components (2) such that, in the method a recording is made, for each individual operation implemented (14) of the number of times (15) in which this operation is performed by the test instrument and, secondly, a recording is made of the rate of action (17) undergone by the constituent elements of the testing instrument. Thus, a method of this kind leads to preventive maintenance and, as the case may be, to an improvement of the software tool implemented in a testing instrument of this kind.

Abstract: A device (1) has a processor (13) capable of controlling test equipment (2) to carry out repeatedly at least some of its steps, each time reducing the duration of at least one of the steps until satisfying a final criterion taking into account the distribution of the electric variables measured by the equipment for each reduced duration value, and to set a new duration value at most equal to its initial value, for which the measured electric variable distribution satisfies one selected dispersion condition. The device has a function generator (14) capable of providing a function applicable to at least one of the terms of a comparison executed during one of the steps, so that the function operates on a measurement executed after the new duration.

Abstract: Recombinant DNA containing amylase-coding genes is prepared by cleaving DNA from various donor microorganisms and combining portions of the DNA with the plasmid pUB110. Strains of E. coli or B. subtilis containing the recombinant DNA are grown in fermentation media to produce the amylase enzymes.