Abstract: A high strength cold rolled steel sheet has a composition consisting of the following elements (in wt. %):C 0.08-0.14, Mn 2.5-3.0, Si 0.7-1.1, Cr 0.05-0.4, optionally Al?0.2, Nb?0.1, Mo?0.1, V?0.1, Ti?0.1, Ca?0.05, Cu?0.1, Ni?0.2, B?0.005, balance Fe apart from impurities. The steel has a yield ratio ?0.72 and a bendability (Ri/t) is ?2.0. A method of manufacturing the steel sheet and an automotive structural part comprising the steel sheet also is provided.

Abstract: A mechanism for displaying the periods of an annual cycle (100) for a timepiece (200) capable of being driven by being dragged by a running train (10) of a horological movement (1), characterised in that the mechanism for displaying the periods of an annual cycle (100) includes: an indicator indicating the periods of an annual cycle (110); an annual cycle train (120) capable of being driven by said running train (10) of the horological movement (1), and of rotating the indicator of the periods of an annual cycle (110); the mechanism for displaying the periods of an annual cycle (100) being characterised in that the annual cycle train (120) forms a gear train configured to have a ratio of 1:365.2 or a ratio that is a multiple of 1:365.2 between the running train (10) and the indicator of the periods of an annual cycle (110).

Abstract: A gripping device (100) for holding, centring and/or clamping a micromechanical or horological component (200) in a chamber delimited by a collet including at least one movable jaw (2) and at least one stationary jaw (3), wherein some of the movable jaws (2) and/or stationary jaws (3) include a reference surface (20) to support a component (200) bearing frontally thereagainst, and this gripping device (100) includes both, on the one hand, stationary jaws (3) including the reference surface (20) to support the component (200) bearing thereagainst, and movable jaws (2) for centring and/or clamping the component (200).

Abstract: An assembly (1) for attaching a free end (8) of an outer last coil (10) of a balance spring (12) for a horological movement, this attachment assembly (1) including a stud (2) and a blocking element (14), the stud (2) being provided with a groove (6) in which the free end (8) of the outer last coil (10) of the balance spring (12) is engaged, the blocking element (14) also being engaged in the groove (6), in contact with the outer last coil (10) of the balance spring (12), the attachment assembly (1) further including a clamping member (16) which presses the blocking element (14) against the free end (8) of the outer last coil (10) of the balance spring (12), such that the free end (8) of the outer last coil (10) of the balance spring (12) is immobilised in the groove (6) of the stud (2).

Abstract: A method to produce an integrated circuit including depositing a first layer of a metallic chemical constituent on a silicon substrate. A protective layer including a main chemical constituent different from the main chemical constituent of the first layer is then deposited on this first layer. An additional layer is deposited on the protective layer and includes a main chemical constituent different from, equivalent to or of equivalent size to the main chemical constituent of the first layer. A heat treatment operation is carried out at a first temperature to generate a silicide including the main constituent of the first layer and silicon according to a first stoichiometry. In a subsequent step, the additional layer and the protective layer are removed. In another step, a further heat treatment operation is carried out at a temperature greater than the first temperature in order to change the stoichiometry of the previously created silicide.

Abstract: A gripper device (100) for maintaining, centring, and/or clamping a micromechanical or horological component (200) in a clamping chamber defined by a clamp including at least one mobile jaw (2). At least a part of the mobile jaws (2) includes a reference surface (20) for frontal bearing of a component (200), and the gripper device (100) includes a vacuum generator (60) for creating the vacuum in the clamping chamber. Also, a method for fastening a micromechanical or horological component (200) in the clamping chamber of such a gripper device (100) according to which the component (200) is disposed on the reference surface (20), then a first maintaining by vacuum is carried out, then a second maintaining having a torque greater than that of the first maintaining by pivoting of the mobile jaws (2).

Abstract: A gripping device (100) for holding, centring and/or clamping a micromechanical or horological component (200) in a chamber delimited by a collet including at least one movable jaw (2) and at least one stationary jaw (3), wherein some of the movable jaws (2) and/or stationary jaws (3) include a reference surface (20) to support a component (200) bearing frontally thereagainst, and the gripping device (100) includes both, on the one hand, stationary jaws (3) including the reference surface (20) to support the component (200) bearing thereagainst, and movable jaws (2) for centring and/or clamping the component (200), and on the other hand a vacuum generator (60) for creating the vacuum in the clamping chamber. Also a related method.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for detecting donor cell-free DNA in the circulation of an organ transplant recipient for the early identification of transplant rejection.

Abstract: A device for single-photon detection comprising two superconducting detectors, a bias-current source, a filter element and a readout circuit. Each detector forms a detection area for absorption of incident photons and is connected in parallel; each detector being maintained below its critical temperature and provided with an electrical bias current situated close to and below its critical current so as to be maintained in a non-resistive superconducting state, and configured to transition, at photon absorption, from the non-resistive state to a resistive state due to an increase in current density within the detector above the critical current. The readout circuit senses a voltage change corresponding to the, allowing creation of an event signal for each absorption of an incident photon by a detector. The device includes a current-redistribution portion for redistributing current arising after absorption of incident photons so as to avoid increases in current density above the critical current.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses and devices for detecting facial expressions according to EMG signals for a virtual and/or augmented reality (VR/AR) environment, in combination with a system for simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM), are presented herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a IM bias voltage determining method adapted to determine an IM bias voltage corresponding to a desired Quantum Bit Error Rate based on the following formula Q ? ( V IM ) = Q 0 + R err R err + R cor where Q(VIM) is the QBER dependent of the IM bias voltage VIM, Q0 is the optimal minimal QBER, Rerr is the number of erroneous detections, Rcor is the number of correct detections and VIM is the IM bias voltage.

Abstract: A filling and/or emptying apparatus (I) for filling and/or emptying flexible containers (5) having a filling and/or emptying neck (2) with an open end portion and at least one deformable disposable fastening ring (9), wherein the ring (9) is designed in relation to the internal diameter of the neck (2) such that once a container edge (7) is folded over around the ring, it is possible to insert the ring (9) in an end portion of the neck (2) so that the ring (9) is arranged substantially concentrically with the neck (2), and a radially outer fold-over portion (8) of the container edge (7) is arranged and/or clamped between an inner surface of the neck (2) and a radially outer surface. It is possible to press the ring (9) into a sealing portion (15) of the neck (2), which is arranged after the end portion in the axial direction (A) and has a smaller internal diameter than the end portion.

Abstract: A current transducer comprising a housing including a base and a cover, a magnetic circuit mounted within a cavity of the base, the magnetic circuit comprising a magnetic core and a least one coil wound around the magnetic core, and an electric circuit comprising a first circuit board mounted within the housing, the first circuit board comprising a signal processing circuit connected to the magnetic field detector and to the coil. The transducer further comprises a second circuit board comprising one or more power amplifiers mounted thereon, the second circuit board being integrated within an inner side of a metallic support substrate forming an outer layer of said cover, the metallic support substrate fixed to the housing base to cover the cavity therein with the second circuit board forming an inner side of the cover facing the first circuit board, the first and second boards interconnected electrically by electrical interconnections.

Abstract: Described herein is a device, and consumer articles associated therewith, for dispensing an active composition and absorbing malodors in the surrounding space.

Abstract: A circuit for sensing a current comprises a substrate having a first and a second major surface, the second major surface being opposite to the first major surface. At least one magnetic field sensing element is arranged on the first major surface of the substrate and is suitable for sensing a magnetic field caused by a current flow in a current conductor coupled to the second major surface. The substrate also comprises at least one insulation layer, substantially buried between the first major surface and the second major surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An optical security element made of a refractive transparent or partially transparent optical material and comprising an optical assembly of a caustic layer having a light-redirecting surface with a relief pattern of given depth and a focal length fC and an adjacent lens element of focal length fL configured to redirect incident light received from a point-like light source through it and to form a projected image containing a caustic pattern directly on a retina of an observer. A marked object, as well as a method of visually authenticating an object, and use of optical security elements for authenticating or securing against counterfeiting are also disclosed.

Abstract: An information integration system may include a set of integration services embodied on one or more server machines in a computing environment. The set of integration services may include connectors communicatively connected to disparate information systems. The connectors may be configured for integrating data stored in the disparate information systems utilizing a common model employed by the set of integration services. The common model may overlay, augment, integrate, or otherwise utilize a content management interoperability services data model and may include common property definitions and a common security model. The common security model may include permissions particularly defined for use by the set of integration services. These common property definitions and permissions may be uniquely defined and utilized by the information integration system.

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for stereo vision and tracking with a plurality of coupled cameras and optional sensors.

Abstract: A process of granulation of a urea melt, comprising: adding a first additive containing carboxymethyl starch to one or more first stage(s) of the granulation process, to form a carcarboxymethyl starch containing inner layer of urea granules, and adding a second additive containing calcium lignosulfonate to one or more second stage(s) of the granulation process, downstream said first stages, to form granules with a coating containing calcium lignosulfonate.

Abstract: A process for making a portable beverage product may include the steps of: providing a portable container with an aperture; providing a separation device previously equipped with sealing means including at least one removable barrier; inserting an amount of a drinkable liquid into the container; inserting the separation device into the container to form a first chamber containing the liquid, a second chamber, and a connecting path from the first chamber into the second chamber, the connecting path being closed by the removable barrier; inserting at least one second ingredient into the second chamber; closing the aperture of the container with a cover; wherein the separation device is also positioned in such a way that the removable barrier can be removed in response to a user action on the portable beverage product, thus opening the above mentioned connecting path.