Abstract: A method for determining residual filtration capacity of an adsorbent filter includes: selecting probe and carrier gases; at a given operating temperature, pressure and hygrometry, selecting injection parameters including sudden probe gas concentration variation in the carrier gas for a reference filter; injecting the probe and carrier gases into the reference filter per the injection parameters and measuring the change of probe gas concentration, downstream of the reference filter, for different known reference filter saturation levels, for a filter under test; injecting the probe and carrier gases into the filter under test according to the injection parameters and measuring the concentration change of probe gas, downstream of the filter under test; comparing the concentration change of the probe gas for the filter under test and the reference filter, for determining a saturation value of the filter under test; and deducing the residual filtration capacity of the filter under test.

Abstract: A device for detecting the approach of a vortex ring state for a rotary wing aerodyne, the detection device including a set of vibration sensors configured to be distributed in or on the aerodyne, and a data processing unit configured to receive in real time measurement data from the sensors, process the data in order to calculate in real time the vibration spectrum of the aerodyne, detect in real time, by vibration analysis, the approach of a vortex ring state as a function of the calculated vibration spectrum, and issue an alarm in the event of detection of the approach of a vortex ring state.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a system for dating a blood pool lying on a substrate are described. The method comprises: determining, based on at least one picture of a blood pool lying on a substrate taken at a given time (t), the drying front of the blood pool at the given time (t); and determining, based on the determined drying front of the blood pool at the given time (t), and on a drying model, the time elapsed between the given time (t) and an initial time (t0) at which the blood pool initiated a drying process on the substrate. Determining the drying front of the blood pool comprises determining the wet perimeter (Pt) of the blood pool, and the drying model correlates the time elapsed with a blood's diffusion coefficient (Dblood) measured for a plurality of predetermined environmental conditions and a plurality of initial blood pool conditions.

Abstract: Method and device for detecting encryption, in particular for anti-ransomeware software. The invention relates to a device for detecting encryption, comprising a computer (1) with a central processing unit (4) and a memory, which comprises a random-access memory (9) and a mass memory unit (6) comprising files. The central processing unit (4) cooperates with the random-access memory (9) and with an operating system (10) which comprises a core (12) and which is capable of having processes (18) carried out by the central processing unit (4); said processes (18) are divided into wires (20) and may comprise functions for accessing the files. A statistical model for ordinary writing to the header of a file is stored in the memory (6, 9).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for detecting at least one compromised computer device in an information system, the method including: performing a frequency scan involving dividing the electromagnetic spectrum into frequency sub-bands; performing, in each frequency sub-band, a time envelope demodulation in order to recover signals transmitted by at least one computer device of the information system; converting each demodulated signal in the frequency domain; constructing a frequency spectrum on the basis of the demodulated signals in all the frequency sub-bands; finding, in each frequency sub-band of the frequency spectrum, at least one amplitude line having energy that is greater than a first predefined energy threshold; and, if at least one line having energy that is greater than the first predefined energy threshold is found, indicating the presence of at least one compromised computer device transmitting compromising spurious signals.

Abstract: A creation of simulation scenes from a specified view point is provided. The method consists in obtaining digital photographic images of the scene from the specified view point, detecting objects in the digital photographic images, extracting masks of the object, and associating a distance to the digital photographic image, and a lower distance to the object. The scene thus created provides a photorealistic scene wherein 3D objects can be inserted. According to the distances of the 3D objects, they can be displayed behind or beyond the masks, but always behind the digital photographic images that defines the background of the scene.

Abstract: A device for collecting biological material, characterized in that it comprises a rod having, at one end, a dry absorbent body having a surface area of between approximately 1 and approximately 3.14 mm2, said absorbent body comprising surfactants and denaturing agents. The present invention also relates to the use of said device for sampling biological material from a biological trace having any surface area greater than a micro surface area of around 1 mm2 or having any volume greater than a micro-volume of around 1 microliter, and to a method for collecting biological material and a method for collecting and analyzing and/or identifying biological material, comprising a step of putting said device in contact with said biological material.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to proteasome inhibiting ?-lactam compounds useful for the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and extended release formulations of said compounds, and medical uses of said compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions to treat cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.

Abstract: A deformation passive sensor includes a system for detecting a variation in the distance between two points or regions of a structure, and a carrier having first and second parts configured to be fixed to the points or regions. The system includes a measuring assembly carried by the first part and actuatable only in one measurement direction in order to measure and store a measurement associated with at least one deformation in a measurement direction, and an actuating device including an intermediary assembly having an actuating member for actuating the measuring assembly, and an actuating assembly having a push part facing the intermediary assembly and configured such that the actuating member is moved with respect to the measuring assembly only when the second part moves in the measurement direction.

Abstract: Disclosed are a projectile and a method of its manufacture for the field of investigating the strength properties of a solid material by application of a mechanical force and more particularly for bird strike tests consisting of a gel including glycerol. A projectile 1 according to the invention may have a central portion 4 of cylindrical shape including a substantially hemispherical portion 2, 3 at each of the ends thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for counting events occurring during a period T carried out by a mechanical counter including two toothed wheels with the same pitch, the occurrence of an event causing the rotation of each wheel by an angle corresponding to the pitch of the teeth thereof, the method including: counting or calculating, for each wheel at the end of T, the difference in the number of teeth between the initial and final position thereof, the step being at least partially carried out either by an optical unit, requiring the presence on each wheel of at least one marker, or by a unit for measuring the angular displacement of each wheel and associated calculation unit; and calculating the number of occurred events N in accordance with the difference between the values counted or measured and in accordance with the number of teeth of the wheels.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a microfluidic system comprising: a microchannel containing several elements of two non-miscible fluids, the microchannel comprising a droplet (30) containing magnetic particles (M), and a device for generating inside the microchannel magnetic field, said device comprising an activable magnetic element, the activable magnetic element comprising a tip (5,6), the microfluidic system being configured to transport the droplet by flow or by pressure difference.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class-G immunoglobulin against the anthrax toxin protective antigen (PA), or one of the fragments of same, comprising at least: a variable heavy-chain region comprising an amino acid sequence represented by the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, or comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, and comprising the amino acids Leucine in position 51 and Glycine in position 67, and a variable light-chain region comprising an amino acid sequence represented by the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, or comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, and comprising a Leucine amino acid in position 55. The invention also relates to the uses of such an immunoglobulin.

Abstract: A method is provided for characterising a gait comprising steps of: receiving a signal measuring the movement of a target subject measured beforehand; comparing (204) at least one section of the measuring signal with a plurality of reference signals, the plurality of reference signals comprising at least one movement signal measured beforehand on a reference subject different from the target subject, each comparison of the measuring signal with a reference signal producing a similarity coefficient representative of a probability of similarity between the compared signals; and selecting (208) at least one local maximum of interest among the similarity coefficients produced, wherein the plurality of reference signals comprises at least one movement signal measured beforehand on a reference subject afflicted with a gait disorder, and at least one movement signal measured beforehand on a healthy reference object.

Abstract: The disclosed micro-sensor includes: a substrate including a first portion and a second portion; a third portion and fourth portion provided between the portions and connected to the first portion and the second portion respectively by an elastic member; detection and a counter including: a counting gear, a third beam capable of meshing with the gear, an amplifier for the value of a relative movement between the portions and including: a first beam attached at one end thereof to the third portion and at the other end thereof to a plate, a second beam attached at one end thereof to the fourth portion and at the other end thereof to the plate, the third beam being attached on one side to the plate and including a tooth capable of meshing with the gear.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining both (a) the haematocrit value and (b) the fibrinogen content in whole blood of an individual in less than 5 minutes, as well as to associated portable apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a culture support for cultivating hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and/or hematopoietic progenitors (HPs), comprising a calcium biomaterial, osteoclasts, endothelial cells and mesenchymatous stem cells (MSCs) and/or osteoblasts and/or adipocytes. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing such a culture support, and an in vitro HSC and/or HP cultivation method. The use of such a culture support for studying cellular mechanisms involved in hematopoiesis and/or differentiation of HSC/HPs and/or for studying the efficacy and/or the toxicity of a medicament candidate is also described.

Abstract: In the field of aiming devices for firearms, an interface includes a longitudinal median plane XX?, and: a first portion able to be fixed on a weapon, a second portion movable with respect to the first portion, elements for damping the movement of the second portion with respect to the first portion, an upper portion including elements able to allow the fixing of a telescope or a camera, wherein: the damping elements include at least a first and a second damper, one of which is placed on one side of the longitudinal median plane and between the first portion and the second portion or the upper portion, and the other one is placed on the other side of the longitudinal median plane XX? and between the first portion and the second portion or the upper portion.

Abstract: A cartridge with a composite cartridge case includes a projectile with an ogee-shaped tip and a bottom end ending in a base, a flangeless tubular case delimiting a chamber accommodating a propulsive powder, closed at a first longitudinal end by a base with a primer and at the second end opposite to the first, by the base of the projectile, a part of the flangeless tubular case fitting snugly around part of the projectile and having itself, at least in part, a frustoconical external shape, the cartridge being characterized in that: —the chamber accommodating the propulsive powder includes, at the projectile end, a reduction in its diameter over all or part of the periphery thereof down to the diameter of the base of the projectile, —the ratio between the length of the tip of the projectile and the maximum diameter thereof is greater than or equal to 2.9.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class-G immunoglobulin against the anthrax toxin protective antigen (PA), or one of the fragments of same, comprising at least: a variable heavy-chain region comprising an amino acid sequence represented by the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, or comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, and comprising the amino acids. Leucine in position 51 and Glycine in position 67, and a variable light-chain region comprising an amino acid sequence represented by the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, or comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, and comprising a Leucine amino acid in position 55. The invention also relates to the uses of such an immunoglobulin.