Abstract: There is described a system and a method for analyzing spots in a micro-array, the spots containing targeted specimen, the method comprising the steps of: providing a slide with a micro-array of the spots thereon; illuminating at least one of the spots; directing the light onto the at least one spot; collecting light emitted from the at least one spot; forming an image of the at least one spot using the collected light; and analyzing the image to distinguish at least one unit of the targeted specimen located within the at least one spot from any undesired material. The analysis results are aimed at the detection, classification and quantification of optically resolvable specimen such as micro-organisms or cells.

Abstract: A generalized approach to particle interaction can confer advantages over previously described method in terms of one or more of communications bandwidth and latency and memory access characteristics. These generalizations can involve one or more of at least spatial decomposition, import region rounding, and multiple zone communication scheduling. An architecture for computation of particle interactions makes use various forms of parallelism. In one implementation, the parallelism involves using multiple computation nodes arranged according to a geometric partitioning of a simulation volume.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a system and methods for filtering electronic messages having data therein identifying a link to a remote processing system. One embodiment provides a method which includes interrupting the transmission of the electronic message, identifying a link within the electronic message, and analyzing the electronic message on the basis of at least one of an attribute of the link and of at least an attribute intrinsic to the received electronic message so as to classify the message as either a suspect message or acceptable message. The method further includes modifying the electronic message so as to replace the link with an alternative network location corresponding to a remote processing system different from that corresponding to the link if the message is classified as a suspect message. The method further includes transmitting the electronic message unmodified if the message is classified as an acceptable message.

Abstract: This invention relates to a circuit breaker (1) for high or medium voltages, of the type having a drive bar (70) coupled to a drive member, and a circuit-breaking chamber (2) facing it and having two contacts (3, 4), each contact (3, 4) including a main contact (30, 40 respectively) and an arcing contact (31, 41 respectively), with one of the two contacts (3) being fixed to a blast or extinguishing nozzle (32). According to the invention, the second contact (4) and the drive bar (70) are joined together by coupling means (6) in such a way that they move together in translation in the same direction, the transmission means (5) being disposed on the side (21) of the chamber (2) that is adjacent to the drive bar (70), and are adapted to transmit the motion of the driven second contact (4) to the first contact (3).

Abstract: A magnetic actuator comprises at least one coil surrounded by a magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit possesses three legs and two facing end plates. The three legs comprise two outer legs on either side of the coil and an intermediate leg passing through the coil. The legs have no direct mechanical contact with one another. The two facing end plates magnetically interconnect the three legs. The magnetic circuit comprises a moving armature comprising at least one of the end plates, and a stationary portion including a yoke having at least the other one of the end plates and at least one permanent magnet. The permanent magnet is placed at one end of the intermediate leg beside the end plate of the yoke. The magnetic actuator can control medium-voltage and high-voltage circuit breaker vacuum chambers.

Abstract: The exhaust chamber for a motor vehicle exhaust line includes: a main envelope defining a main enclosure and having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet; and at least one saucer-shaped shell having an opening defined by a peripheral edge of the shell, the or each shell being tightly connected to an outside surface of the main envelope along the peripheral edge, the shell, with the main envelope, defining a secondary enclosure. The main envelope has, beneath the shell, a plurality of perforations for placing the main enclosure in communication with the secondary enclosure. The main envelope has, in a first area located beneath the shell, at least one slot for increasing the elasticity of the first area, and/or the main envelope has, in a second area that is not covered by the shell, at least one rib for increasing the stiffness of the second area.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for releasing a releasable species from an article using an external trigger, for example, using microwave radiation or other forms of radiation, e.g., radiofrequency radiation. Such systems and methods may be useful, for example, in biological applications (e.g., as an implant within a subject), industrial applications, commercial applications, or the like. One aspect of the invention is generally directed to an article containing a radiation-sensitive polymer or other radiation-sensitive material. Exposure of the radiation- sensitive material to radiation such as microwave and/or radiofrequency radiation may cause the material to increase in temperature. This increase in temperature may be used, in some cases, to cause the release of a drug or other releasable species from the article.

Abstract: Compositions which specifically block urokinase receptor (uPAR) in podocytes; compositions which modulate or block soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR); compositions which modulate pathways in which uPAR is associated with, protect against renal diseases or disorders. Methods of treatment in vivo involve use of one or more compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent electroactive system that includes two electrodes (2, 3) juxtaposed on the same side of a closed space (12) containing electroactive substances. The two electrodes are separated by a distance of less than 250 ?m, and a barrier (1) extending towards the inside of the closed space is placed between the electrodes. The separation between the electrodes is thus not visible, and a mutual neutralization between the electroactive substances is prevented. Advantageously, the electroactive substances are contained in cells (5) separated from each other within the closed space. The barrier (1) can thus be distinct from separation walls (4) between the cells, or can be assimilated with some intercellular walls.

Abstract: A system and method for an electronic public forum to facilitate solicitation support of shareholder initiatives (e.g., for inclusion on an annual ballot or for a special vote, for instance). The public forum may be a web site provided as a service that permits individual stakeholders to view positions of third party entities such as activist non-profits, corporation, and individuals associated with issues related to a company's annual shareholder ballots, for example. Third parties may post general information regarding corporate issues and/or sample ballots on the web site with rationale for their positions. An individual stakeholder may use the proffered sample ballot during voting of their shares. In this way, individuals may align their votes with a particular cause of a third party. Moreover, real time results of any voting may be displayed.

Abstract: A method for processing radionavigation signals coming from satellites that broadcast the radionavigation signals on at least two distinct frequencies, comprises receiving the signals for each satellite, realising, for each satellite, non-differentiated measurements of code and phase (10), determining the widelane ambiguities in a coherent manner on the group of satellites (12, 13, 14) by using the widelane biases associated with the satellites, received from a reference system, and global positioning of the receiver with the help of measurements of code and phase and the coherent widelane ambiguities (16, 18). The global positioning comprises, for each satellite, the determination (16) of a pseudo distance by means of an ionosphere-free combination of the measurements of code and of the difference of the phase measurements, compensated for the widelane ambiguity, this ionosphere-free combination being optimised in terms of noise.

Abstract: A connector includes: a housing having a plurality of cavities; and a plurality of terminal fittings that are inserted into the cavities individually and respectively, wherein a lance is formed in each of the cavities, the lance having a lock portion to be locked in a corresponding one of the terminal fittings, wherein the cavities are disposed to be aligned in a bending direction of the lances, and wherein an escape portion is provided in the terminal fitting which is inserted into the cavity disposed to be opposed to the back surface, the escape portion being formed to dent an outer surface of the terminal fitting opposed to the back surface of the lance so that at least a part of a back face portion of the lance is allowed to enter the escape portion when the lance bends elastically toward the back face.

Abstract: A method of producing volatilized fatty acids by heating a feedstock comprising at least one fat or oil in a reactor under inert vacuum to volatilize fatty acids, and removing volatilized fatty acids from bottoms residue comprising cross-linked oil. A system for stripping fatty acids from triglycerides, the system comprising a reactor, heating apparatus and a vacuum pump capable of pulling a vacuum in the range of from 1 kPa to 50 kPa on the reactor. A system for producing a hydrogenated product including a reactor comprising an inlet for a stream comprising triglycerides, an outlet for volatilized fatty acids, and an outlet for a cross-linked product, heating apparatus, a vacuum pump capable of pulling a vacuum in the range of from 1 kPa to 50 kPa on the reactor, and a hydrogenation reactor, wherein an inlet of the hydrogenation reactor is fluidly connected to the outlet for cross-linked product.

Abstract: An inhalable pharmaceutical solution aerosol comprising beclometasone dipropionate, ethanol and a propellant selected from 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane and a mixture thereof, wherein the aerosol has a droplet size having a mass median aerodynamic diameter of 0.5-2.0 ?m, for maintaining lung function above 60% of baseline FEV1, or reducing the occurrences of lung function falling below 60% of baseline FEV1.

Abstract: A trellis processing technique for estimating a transmitted signal from a received signal acquired through a channel achieves a reduced computational structure when implementing a DDFSE-like branch metrics calculation by pre-storing computed values, which can be re-used. The technique involves storing differences between a received symbol and different products, each of which is a product of a channel coefficient corresponding to a least time delay and a different possible transmitted symbol. A summation of products is calculated, each product being a product of a possible transmitted signal symbol and a channel coefficient other than the channel coefficient corresponding to the least time delay, the summation being specific to a branch-start state in a trellis. The summation is combined with different stored differences in a calculation of branch metrics leading to different branch-end states in the trellis.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the energy consumption of an electronic terminal. The method implements a step of modifying the timeout-before-standby duration for said terminal after an action performed by and/or on said terminal at a current instant, depending on the membership of the current instant in a given temporal category, from among at least two predefined temporal categories.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a product, including the following successive steps: a) mixing raw materials to form a starting feedstock; b) melting the starting feedstock so as to form a molten liquid; c) solidifying the molten liquid so as to obtain a fused product comprising crystals linked by a glassy phase; and d) crystallization heat treatment of the glassy phase of said fused product, in which the composition of the starting feedstock is adapted in order to manufacture a product having the following chemical composition, as weight percentages based on the oxides, and for a total of 100%: 40%?(ZrO2+HfO2)?94%; 4%<CeO2<31%; 0%?Y2O3; 0%?Al2O3; 2%?SiO2; 0%?MgO; 0%?TiO2; and other oxides?1%.

Abstract: The invention concerns a glasses case including a bottom panel, a frame and four side walls, which case has a folded configuration in which a first panel and a second panel of each wall of a first pair of side walls are inclined towards each other pointing outwardly whereas a first panel and a second panel of each wall of a second pair of side walls are inclined towards each other pointing inwardly, and a deployed configuration in which a first panel and a second panel of each side wall are inclined towards each other pointing inwardly, and a first panel and a second panel of each wall of the first pair of side walls bear on the remaining sides of the panels of the second pair of side walls.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for releasing a compound from an article using an external trigger, for example, magnetic fields. One aspect of the invention is generally directed to an article containing a magnetically-susceptible material. Exposure of the magnetically-susceptible material to a magnetic field, such as an oscillating magnetic field, may cause the magnetically-susceptible material to increase in temperature. This increase in temperature may be used, in some embodiments, to cause the release of a drug or other releasable material from the article. For instance, the drug may be contained in a heat-sensitive material in thermal communication with the magnetically-susceptible material, or the drug may be contained within an enclosure that is isolated, at least in part, by a heat-sensitive material in thermal communication with the magnetically-susceptible material. Other aspects of the invention are directed to systems and methods of making or using such articles, e.

Abstract: The invention provides a fused cast refractory product with a high zirconia content comprising, as. a percentage by weight based on the oxides: ZrO2+Hf2O: >85%; SiO2: 6% to 12%; Al2O3: 0.4% to 1%; Y2O3: 0.2%; a dopant selected from the group formed by Nb2O5, Ta2O5, and mixtures thereof, in a quantity such that the molar ratio ZrO2/(Nb2O5+Ta2O3) is in the range 200 to 350.