Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of acoustic wave devices, and particularly to that of transducers capable of operating at very high frequencies, from a few hundred MHz to several gigahertz, and its subject is more particularly an interface acoustic wave device including at least two substrates and a layer of ferroelectric material, the latter being contained between a first electrode and a second electrode and having first positive-polarization domains and second negative-polarization domains, the first and second domains being alternated, wherein the assembly constituted by the first electrode, the layer of ferroelectric material, and the second electrode is contained between a first substrate and a second substrate.

Abstract: A device for selective preconcentration/detection of charged analytes contained in an electrolyte having at least two reservoirs separated by at least one rectilinear microchannel with no lengthwise axis X intersection and having at least one controllable voltage source configured to generate a potential difference between the ends of the rectilinear microchannel. The device has means for generating a controllable pressure that is associated with at least one of the reservoirs and is able to generate a pressure gradient between the two ends of the microchannel. The microchannel has, in its median part, means that are configured to generate at least one change in the surface area to volume ratio charge, the device configured to selectively concentrate the charged analytes in the median part of the microchannel upstream and/or downstream of the means configured to generate at least one change in the surface area to volume ration charge.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is an anti-ricin antibody and the use thereof for the treatment of an individual suffering from ricin poisoning.

Abstract: The invention relates to the measurement of the tritium concentration of the water vapor in air and more particularly the subject of the invention is a method of automatically sampling tritium in the water vapor of air using a cold trap, of the type comprising a first step of condensing the water vapor of the air by cooling over a cold trap and a second step of recovering the ice formed in the previous step in the form of condensation liquid, characterized in that the air is contained in a sampling chamber (1) and is brought into contact with a cold trap (2, 4) which has been brought to a temperature below 0° C. and in that the liquid of the second step is obtained by warming the cold trap.

Abstract: A pair of hexamers and a pair of primers specifically for identifying, without preconceptions, microorganisms in a sample, and a method for identifying one or more microorganisms, and a microorganism identification kit that uses the abovementioned hexamers and primers.

Abstract: An electronic device having a plurality of electronic components placed on a substrate, each component being constituted by a portion of a layer of active material joined mechanically to the substrate by an electrically conductive joining element pertinent to it, the layer of active material having at least one trench delimiting, at least in part, groups of electronic components each having at least two components and forming successive strips, two successive strips having a common boundary.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is an anti-ricin antibody and the use thereof for the treatment of an individual suffering from ricin poisoning.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of acoustic wave devices, and particularly to that of transducers capable of operating at very high frequencies, from a few hundred MHz to several gigahertz, and its subject is more particularly an interface acoustic wave device including at least two substrates and a layer of ferroelectric material, the latter being contained between a first electrode and a second electrode and having first positive-polarization domains and second negative-polarization domains, the first and second domains being alternated, wherein the assembly constituted by the first electrode, the layer of ferroelectric material, and the second electrode is contained between a first substrate and a second substrate.

Abstract: A device for triggering mines by pressure, including a chassis and at least one wheel having a central hub and including: at least one assembly that is movable in translation along a radius of the wheel and comprises a weight block at its peripheral radial end, a device suitable for driving the at least one movable assembly, as the wheel rotates in a determined direction with respect to the chassis, in the direction of the hub over a limited sector of the wheel that is less than 2? radians; wherein the device suitable for driving the at least one movable assembly in the direction of the hub are fixed with respect to the chassis, or in that the assembly that is movable in translation comprises a support that is fixed with respect to the chassis.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anti PA antibody, in which the variable region of the heavy chain has an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID N°1 and in which the variable sequence of the light chain has an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID N°2, that is modified in order to improve its affinity and its tolerance in human beings.

Abstract: A device for selective preconcentration/detection of charged analytes contained in an electrolyte having at least two reservoirs separated by at least one rectilinear microchannel with no lengthwise axis X intersection and having at least one controllable voltage source configured to generate a potential difference between the ends of the rectilinear microchannel. The device has means for generating a controllable pressure that is associated with at least one of the reservoirs and is able to generate a pressure gradient between the two ends of the microchannel. The microchannel has, in its median part, means that are configured to generate at least one change in the surface area to volume ratio charge, the device configured to selectively concentrate the charged analytes in the median part of the microchannel upstream and/or downstream of the means configured to generate at least one change in the surface area to volume ration charge.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of antennas and relates in particular to an generator of a laser radiation and means for coupling an electrical signal to this laser radiation, said antenna being characterized in that the generator of a laser radiation is a femtosecond laser.

Abstract: The invention concerns the field of devices and appliances for measuring the intensity and the direction of the magnetic field emitted by a plate or a structure, such as for example a ship's hull and it particularly concerns a method for determining the magnetisation and the magnetic field radiated by a ferromagnetic plate using magnetic field sensors distributed along said plate and at known positions relative thereto.

Abstract: The invention relates to the area of armor and in particular to multilayer armor having a composite layer containing a first material made of a metal or an alloy and a second material where the second material is porous and in that the metal or metal alloy is infiltrated into some or all of the pores of the second material and characterized in that a cage made of plates having openings contains the first and second materials and in that the cage is itself coated, at least partly, with the infiltration metal or alloy, the melting point of the cage material being higher than that of the infiltration metal or alloy.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of antennas and relates in particular to an generator of a laser radiation and means for coupling an electrical signal to this laser radiation, said antenna being characterized in that the generator of a laser radiation is a femtosecond laser.

Abstract: A device for connecting high-voltage cables, the device including primary and secondary enclosing insulators, the primary enclosing insulator for mounting on a primary inner conductor of a first cable and the secondary enclosing insulator for mounting on a secondary inner conductor of a second cable, an electric hookup element, a plurality of each of primary and secondary shielding extensions, and a plurality of compressed electric insulators. The electric hookup element is for connecting two such inner conductors, the primary shielding extensions are for enclosing the primary enclosing insulator, and the secondary shielding extensions are for enclosing the secondary enclosing insulator. The primary and secondary shielding extensions are capable of being made integral with each other, and such primary and secondary inner conductors and the electric hookup element are electrically insulated from the primary and secondary shielding extensions by the compressed electric insulators.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wall feedthrough, in particular for a metal wall and for a high-voltage coaxial cable, said feedthrough comprising an insulating socket which is affixed to the wall and which includes a central segment, an upstream end and a downstream end, said ends each projecting on its side from the wall.

Abstract: An absorption device absorbs vibrations generated by an electric motor that is built into a propulsion pod of a ship. The propulsion pod contains an electric motor that is cooled by circulation of a radial airflow within the propulsion pod. The electric motor rotationally drives at least one propeller through a transmission shaft. The absorption device is disposed in the propulsion pod to position and hold the electric motor inside the propulsion pod and also to filter the vibrations emitted by the motor and channel the motor cooling airflow circulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wall feedthrough, in particular for a metal wall and for a high-voltage coaxial cable, said feedthrough comprising an insulating socket which is affixed to the wall and which includes a central segment, an upstream end and a downstream end, said ends each projecting on its side from the wall. The insulating socket allows passing a cable inner conductor through it, and the feedthrough furthermore includes primary mechanical fasteners at the downstream socket end which cooperate with secondary mechanical fasteners affixed to the sheathed part of the cable. This feedthrough is characterized in that the cable's inner conductor is electrically insulated from the wall by pre-stressed electric insulators.

Abstract: The invention concerns an autonomous container ship comprising a bottom, a propulsion system, a loading and unloading system for loading and unloading containers, a balancing system, characterized in that the bottom has a hull incorporating a propulsion system and the ship comprises a carrying system for transporting containers from important ports equipped with facilities for loading and unloading containers to small ports not provided with such equipment and less than 4 meters deep. The ship includes a propulsion system ensuring the ship's cruising speed on the high seas and its speed in estuaries and ports, a loading and unloading system adapted to ports not provided with appropriate equipment, and a balancing system for balancing the ship at sea providing stability and trim during container handling operations.