Abstract: A process for fabricating an optoelectronic device having a germanium-on-silicon photodiode coupled to an Si3N4 waveguide includes producing a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor stack of thin layers configured to form segments of a semiconductor structure of the photodiode, producing a photonic substrate having the Si3N4 waveguide, and transferring and bonding the semiconductor substrate to the photonic substrate. The photodiode is produced by photolithography and etching of the semiconductor stack to form the semiconductor structure which is then located above the waveguide.

Abstract: A device for modifying at least the direction of magnetization of a magnetic layer, the modifying device including a ferroelectric layer having a ferroelectric polarization, arranged on or under the magnetic layer so as to define a stack including at least the magnetic layer and the ferroelectric layer, a generator apt to inject an electric current into the stack along a direction parallel to the plane of the layers of the stack, and a modification unit apt to modify the ferroelectric polarization of the ferroelectric layer, for modifying, with the generator, the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer.

Abstract: A method for executing a machine code with a computer, including constructing a signature for a current instruction on the basis of signals generated by a stage of a hardware processing path, this stage being a decoder or a stage following the decoder in the hardware processing path, and on the basis of the preceding signature constructed for an instruction which precedes it, then checking the integrity of the executed machine code by comparing the signature constructed for the current instruction with a prestored reference signature, then only when the integrity of the current instruction has been checked successfully, decrypting a cryptogram of the following instruction using the signature constructed for the current instruction.

Abstract: The invention relates to the uses of a new characterized TET protein showed restricted to N-terminus glycine residues exopeptidase. The invention also relates to a method comprising said use of said new characterized TET protein as a N-terminus glycine residues specific exopeptidase. The invention further relates to a support wherein it is immobilized on said new characterized TET protein as a N-terminus glycine residues specific exopeptidase.

Abstract: The present description concerns a device for delivering a voltage from an AC voltage, comprising a capacitive element (120), two switches (132H, 132L) in a half-bridge between terminals of the capacitive element (120); terminals (102, 104) of application of the AC voltage; a transformer (160), comprising a first winding (162) coupling to a junction node (136) between the switches (132H, 132L) one of the terminals (104) of application of the AC voltage; and one or a plurality of circuits (170, 180, 140), configured to switch the switches (132H, 132L) and receive an AC current (I164) flowing through a second winding (164) of the transformer (160) and regulate the voltage delivered by the device by acting on a frequency of said AC current and/or on a phase shift of said AC current with respect to its reception.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling operating modes of a system, each operating mode being implemented by an execution of one or more software components. This control system includes software components called elementary components, each elementary component having at least one input able to receive input data and/or at least one output able to transmit output data; and at least one software meta-component including one or more internal wiring diagrams, each internal wiring diagram defining interconnections between inputs and outputs of elementary components and/or meta-components, a transition logic between states defining a current state of said system and a sequence between states at least some of the states corresponding to an implementation of an internal wiring diagram, a mechanism for controlling the internal configurations, and a programming interface providing services/functions implementing at least one internal wiring scheme.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical power-supply system comprising: a plurality of electrical batteries (B_1, B_2, B_3, B_aux), each battery comprising a plurality of cells connected in series and/or parallel and separate switching means attached to each cell or to a group of a plurality of cells, said plurality of batteries comprising batteries that are called main batteries (B_1, B_2, B_3), which are each dedicated to delivering electrical power to one separate piece of consuming equipment, processing and control means, the processing and control means comprising: means for selecting at least one what is called standby battery (B_S) from said plurality of batteries, the selected standby battery being a battery the output current of which is zero.

Abstract: A set of nanocrystals comprising a semiconductor comprising A representing a metal or metalloid in the +III oxidation state and B representing an element in the ?III oxidation state, the nanocrystals being doped, on average per nanocrystal, by an atom of C chosen from the transition metals in the +I or +II oxidation state and various uses thereof.

Abstract: A method of representing a distributed computing system, the distributed computing system comprising a plurality of processing devices connected together according to a predefined topology. The method comprising receiving at least one piece of data from an activity log file relating to at least one processing device among the plurality of processing devices, receiving at least one metric relating to at least one processing device among the plurality of processing devices, receiving at least the predefined topology of the distributed computing system, constructing a graph representative of a distributed computing system operation, the graph comprising the data item extracted from the received log file, the received metric, and the received topology, and embedding at least one part of the graph to obtain at least one state vector representing the at least one part of the embedded graph.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting a gaseous species by photoacoustic effect. The device comprises a substrate, inside which a cavity is formed. A light source is disposed on the substrate, in such a way that a part of the substrate extends between the light source and the cavity. The device is arranged in such a way that the light, emitted by the light source, is propagated through the substrate, before reaching the cavity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for the automated detection of the risk of fraud in a monitored system, based on data streams generated by said monitored system and characterizing events performed or generated by operators in said monitored system. The method includes: a pre-processing (30-38) of at least one set of data recorded over a period of time, so as to obtain a subset of critical events associated with an operator; the iterative application of a first parameterized estimation process (52,56) for a risk of fraud, so as to obtain a first legitimacy score and a first associated probability of occurrence; the iterative application of a second parameterized estimation process (54,58) for a risk of fraud, so as to obtain a second legitimacy score and a second associated probability of occurrence, and the comparison (60) of the results of said first and second processes, for determining (64) whether said operator is a legitimate operator or a fraudulent operator.

Abstract: A device for unwinding a strand from a bobbin, which includes: a plate supporting at least one bobbin holder, which extends along an axis substantially perpendicular to the plate and is intended to receive a bobbin capable of rotating about the axis of the bobbin holder; an element for translationally moving the bobbin along the axis of the bobbin holder; and an element for controlling the movement element and configured so as to maintain the strand leaving the bobbin in a substantially constant position along the axis of the bobbin holder.

Abstract: A depositing head for a plurality of rovings each coming from a bobbin and having a longitudinal axis, the depositing head including a plurality of line roller pairs for rolling the rovings from the bobbins, each roller pair being intended to be associated, in operation, with only a given single roving and including an upstream roller and a downstream roller relative to the direction of unwinding of the rovings, the rollers rotating independently of one another.

Abstract: An electromechanical device comprising: first and second electrodes each comprising a metal layer; an active layer comprising at least one ferroelectric polymer and disposed between the first and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode each comprise an interface layer comprising poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). Each interface layer is interposed between the active layer and the corresponding metal layer. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such a device.

Abstract: A method of forming an insulation structure inside and on top of a first semiconductor substrate, including the steps of: a) forming a trench vertically extending in the first substrate from a first surface of the first substrate; b) filling the trench, from the first surface of the first substrate, with a polysilicon region; c) thinning the first substrate on the side of a second surface of the first substrate, opposite to the first surface, to expose the polysilicon region at the bottom of the trench; d) removing the polysilicon region from the second surface of the first substrate; and e) filling the trench, from the second surface of the first substrate, with a metal.

Abstract: An electromagnetic device for converting input mechanical energy into output electrical energy, including a movable element that is able to make a vibratory mechanical movement, a vibration source configured to actuate the vibratory mechanical movement of the movable element, a coil, a magnetic circuit passing through the coil, the coil being configured to generate the output electrical energy when the movable element is making its vibratory mechanical movement, a permanent magnet arranged in the magnetic circuit and able to generate a magnetic flux, referred to as the total magnetic flux (Fm_T), in the magnetic circuit.

Abstract: A method for determining the position and orientation of a vehicle includes constructing, for several instants tk ranging between instants toj?1 and toj, an estimate of the instantaneous value of the physical quantity on the basis of the measurements of an inertial navigation unit; constructing an estimate of the physical quantity for the instant toj by computing the arithmetic mean of the constructed instantaneous values; computing a deviation between a measurement of the physical quantity obtained on the basis of the measurement of an odometer and an estimate of the physical quantity at the instant toj; and correcting, as a function of the deviation computed for the instant toj, estimated positions and orientations of the vehicle, in order to obtain a corrected position and a corrected orientation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an arterial pressure of a user, by measuring a physiological parameter, the physiological parameter passing through an extremum when the transmural pressure of the artery is zero, the method comprising: a) applying a pressure to the artery, so as to modify the transmural pressure of the artery; b) measuring the physiological parameter of the user by means of a sensor; c) establishing a calibration function, the calibration function defining a relationship between the transmural pressure and the parameter; d) applying a pressure to the artery at a measurement time, and measuring the physiological parameter at the measurement time; e) estimating a transmural pressure at the measurement time; f) based on the transmural pressure estimated in step e) and on the pressure applied at the measurement time, estimating an arterial pressure of the user.

Abstract: An automated blood glucose control system, including a processing and control unit capable of predicting, based on a mathematical model, the future trend of the patient's blood glucose G(t), wherein the model takes as inputs: a variable EE(t) representative of the time variation of the patient's energy expenditure; variable IOB(t) representative of the time variation of the patient's quantity of insulin on board; and a variable COB(t) representative of the time variation of the patient's quantity of glucose on board, and wherein the mathematical model is a model of black box type, that is, a non-physiological model only defined by the observation of the effects of input variables EE(t), IOB(t) and COB(t) on output variable G(t), without taking into account the different known physiological mechanisms operating in the patient's body.

Abstract: An image sensor including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photodetector coupled to a control circuit, the photodetector being formed inside and on top of a first semiconductor substrate, and the control circuit including at least one first MOS transistor formed inside and on top of a second semiconductor substrate arranged on the first substrate, the sensor being intended to be illuminated on the side of the surface of the first substrate opposite to the second substrate, the sensor further comprising a shield arranged between the first and second substrates and extending over substantially the entire surface of the sensor, said shield including at least one electrically-conductive layer.