Abstract: A method for producing a thickness map of an object, the method being implemented via at least one pair of measurement pathways; the method including measuring, by means of optical sensors, the light reflected and/or scattered by two opposing surfaces of a reference object in order to obtain reference signals of the positions of the two reference surfaces, and of the object to be measured in order to obtain measurement signals of the positions of the two surfaces of the object, at a plurality of measuring points, determining thickness values for the measuring points on the basis of the measurement signals and a reference thickness, and producing a thickness map of the object on the basis of the thickness values.

Abstract: The invention relates to a powder comprising particles containing a core and a shell, said powder preferably having a surface area (BET) of at most 50 m2/g, said core containing silicon (Si) and said shell containing silicon oxide SiOx with 0<x?2, wherein said silicon oxide contains Sin+ cations with n being an integer from 1 to 4, wherein said silicon oxide contains Si4+ cations in an amount of at least 70 mol % from the total amount of Sin? cations.

Abstract: A method and device for accessing maintenance functions of an aircraft from a mobile maintenance terminal. First, the situation of the aircraft is determined. Then, if this situation allows a mobile maintenance terminal to access a maintenance information system on the ground and the information system of the aircraft, a connection is established between the mobile maintenance terminal and the maintenance information system on the ground and at least one maintenance command intended for the information system of the aircraft is transmitted to the maintenance information system on the ground. If this situation allows the mobile maintenance terminal to access only the information system of the aircraft, a connection is established between the mobile maintenance terminal and the information system of the aircraft and at least one maintenance command is transmitted to the information system of the aircraft.

Abstract: A sealing head for an installation configured to perform fluid tests on an aircraft turbine engine part. The sealing head includes a sealing element crossed by a passage for flowing of a gas flow, the sealing element including a sealing surface configured to come into contact with a part to be tested, at an aperture of the part to be tested configured to be fed with the gas flow. The sealing head includes a mechanism centering the sealing element relatively to the aperture of the part, the centering mechanism being firmly attached to the sealing element and protruding towards the front of the surface having an outer portion surrounding the centering mechanism.

Abstract: A device for communication between a portable computer system including a display screen and avionic equipment items comprises shielded walls forming at least a partial Faraday cage. The device also includes at least one wide band high output wireless transmitter-receiver arranged inside the shielded walls and adapted for carrying out a very short range point-to-point radio communication with the portable computer system when the portable computer system is placed inside the shielded walls. The device also includes at least one interface connected to the avionic equipment items and adapted for transmitting data originating from the portable computer system to the avionic equipment items and data originating from the avionic equipment items to the portable computer system, through the at least one said transmitter-receiver.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer maintenance system for an aircraft comprising a server hosting maintenance software and at least one access terminal. The system comprises a KVM switch over IP linked to said server. The terminal is adapted to connect to said switch by means of a TCP/IP connection and hosts a client application. Symmetrically, the switch hosts a server application, said applications being suitable for implementing a protocol for remotely accessing a video frame buffer. Each video frame is transmitted from the server application to the client application in the form of bitmap image data, uncompressed or else compressed by a lossless compression algorithm.

Abstract: A sealing head for an installation configured to perform fluid tests on an aircraft turbine engine part. The sealing head includes a sealing element crossed by a passage for flowing of a gas flow, the sealing element including a sealing surface configured to come into contact with a part to be tested, at an aperture of the part to be tested configured to be fed with the gas flow. The sealing head includes a mechanism centering the sealing element relatively to the aperture of the part, the centering mechanism being firmly attached to the sealing element and protruding towards the front of the surface having an outer portion surrounding the centering mechanism.

Abstract: The invention in particular has as an object to access maintenance functions of an aircraft from a mobile maintenance terminal. First of all, the situation of the aircraft is determined (705). Then, if this situation allows a mobile maintenance terminal to access a maintenance information system on the ground and the information system of the aircraft, a connection is established (710) between the mobile maintenance terminal and the maintenance information system on the ground and at least one maintenance command intended for the information system of the aircraft is transmitted (730) to the said maintenance information system on the ground. If this situation allows the mobile maintenance terminal to access only the information system of the aircraft, a connection is established (740) between the mobile maintenance terminal and the information system of the aircraft and at least one maintenance command is transmitted (755) to the said information system of the aircraft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nanostructured material. The material is a nanostructured carbonaceous material composed of agglomerates of small needles of Li1+?V3O8 and of ?-LixV2O5 (0.1???0.25 and 0.03?x?0.667) surrounded by a noncontinuous layer of spherical carbon particles. It is obtained by a process consisting in preparing a carbonaceous precursor gel by bringing carbon, ?-V2O5 and a Li precursor into contact in amounts such that the ratio of the [V2O5]/[Li] concentrations is between 1.15 and 1.5 and that the (carbon)/(carbon+V2O5+Li precursor) ratio by weight is from 10 to 15 and in subjecting the gel to a heat treatment comprising a 1st stage at 80° C.-150° C. for 3-12 h and a 2nd stage between 300° C. and 350° C. for 10 min to 1 hour, under an nitrogen or argon atmosphere. Applications: positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The device for communication between a portable computer system (128) comprising a display screen and avionic equipment items (150), which comprises: at least one wide band high output wireless transmitter-receiver (104), adapted for carrying out a very short range point-to-point radio communication with the said portable computer system and at least one interface (106) connected to the said avionic equipment items and adapted for transmitting data originating from the portable computer system to the avionic equipment items and data originating from the avionic equipment items to the portable computer system, through at least one said transmitter-receiver. In some embodiments, this device is incorporated into a docking station (102), comprises a wireless feed (144) and a second transmitter-receiver (140) adapted for communicating with the portable computer system outside the said docking station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer maintenance system for an aircraft comprising a server hosting maintenance software and at least one access terminal. The system comprises a KVM switch over IP linked to said server. The terminal is adapted to connect to said switch by means of a TCP/IP connection and hosts a client application. Symmetrically, the switch hosts a server application, said applications being suitable for implementing a protocol for remotely accessing a video frame buffer. Each video frame is transmitted from the server application to the client application in the form of bitmap image data, uncompressed or else compressed by a lossless compression algorithm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nanostructured material. The material is a nanostructured carbonaceous material composed of agglomerates of small needles of Li1+?V3O8 and of ?-LixV2O5 (0.1 ???0.25 and 0.03 ?×?0.667) surrounded by a noncontinuous layer of spherical carbon particles. It is obtained by a process consisting in preparing a carbonaceous precursor gel by bringing carbon, ?-V2O5 and a Li precursor into contact in amounts such that the ratio of the [V2O5]/[Li] concentrations is between 1.15 and 1.5 and that the (carbon)/(carbon+V2O5+Li precursor) ratio by weight is from 10 to 15 and in subjecting the gel to a heat treatment comprising a 1st stage at 80° C.-150° C. for 3-12 h and a 2nd stage between 300° C. and 350° C. for 10 min to 1 hour, under an nitrogen or argon atmosphere. Applications: positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A removable artificial climbing hold comprising a molded or cast body having an opening for a threaded fastener to pass through, and safety means incorporated in the body around the opening to retain the debris in the event of the body breaking.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for selecting tumours expressing HLA-G, sensitive to an anticancer treatment, which inhibits or prevents the HLA-G activity of said tumours and the uses thereof. Said method enable to establish either the HLA-G, transcription profile of a solid tumour or the HLA-G expression profile of a solid tumour. The method for establishing the HLA-G transcription profile consists in: (i) drawing a tumoral sample; (ii) extracting the mRNA; (iii) reverse transcription (RT) of said RNA: (iv) successive or simultaneous amplification of the cDNA's obtained in (iii) in the presence of primers specific to each HLA-G isoform and analysing the resulting amplification products, by electrophoresis and/or specific hybridisation and(v) establishing said sample HLA-G transcription profile.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for selecting tumours expressing HLA-G, sensitive to an anticancer treatment, which inhibits or prevents the HLA-G activity of said tumours and the uses thereof. Said method enable to establish either the HLA-G, transcription profile of a solid tumour or the HLA-G expression profile of a solid tumour. The method for establishing the HLA-G transcription profile consists in: (i) drawing a tumoral sample; (ii) extracting the mRNA; (iii) reverse transcription (RT) of said RNA: (iv) successive or simultaneous amplification of the cDNA's obtained in (iii) in the presence of primers specific to each HLA-G isoform and analysing the resulting amplification products, by electrophoresis and/or specific hybridisation and (v) establishing said sample HLA-G transcription profile.

Abstract: A removable artificial climbing hold comprising a molded or cast body having an opening for a threaded fastener to pass through, and safety means incorporated in the body around the opening to retain the debris in the event of the body breaking.

Abstract: Transcripts of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I HLA-G gene which are present in foetal trophoblasts and/or in adult circulating mono-nuclear cells, as well as their applications.

Abstract: Transcripts of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I HLA-G gene which are present in foetal trophoblasts and/or in adult circulating mono-nuclear cells, as well as their applications. Either the said transcripts comprise, in succession in the 5′ to 3′ direction: a fragment encoding the signal peptide (exon 1), a fragment encoding the &agr;1 domain (exon 2), a fragment encoding the &agr;2 domain (exon 3), a fragment encoding the transmembrane TM domain (exon 5), a fragment encoding the cytoplasmic domain (exon 6) and the 3′ untranslated fragment (exon 8), which sequence is designated HLA-G4, or the said transcripts comprise intron 4.

Abstract: Transcripts of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I HLA-G gene which are present in foetal trophoblasts and/or in adult circulating mono-nuclear cells, as well as methods of using these. Either the said transcripts comprise, in succession in the 5' to 3' direction: a fragment encoding the signal peptide (exon 1), a fragment encoding the .alpha.1 domain (exon 2), a fragment encoding the .alpha.2 domain (exon 3), a fragment encoding the transmembrane TM domain (exon 5), a fragment encoding the cytoplasmic domain (exon 6) and the 3' untranslated fragment (exon 8), which sequence is designated HLA-G4, or the said transcripts comprise intron 4.