Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making an individualization zone of a microchip comprising a first (10A) and a second (20A) level of electrical tracks (10, 20), and a conductor layer (30A) comprising via holes (30), the method comprising the following steps: providing at least one dielectric layer (200, 201, 202) having a thickness hd, forming a metal mask layer (300) having a thickness hm and a residual stress ?r on the at least one dielectric layer (200, 201, 202), etching the layer (300) so as to form line patterns (310) of width l, etching the at least one dielectric layer (200, 201, 202) between the line patterns (310) so as to form trenches (210) separated by walls (211), filling the trenches (210) with an electrically conductive material so as to form the electrical tracks (10, 10KO) of the first level (10A), forming via holes (30, 30OK, 30KO1, 30KO2) of the conductor layer (30A), forming the second level (20A) of electrical tracks (20, 20OK), the method being characterized in that the thickn

Abstract: A method and system of classifying documents is disclosed. The method includes determining line-text data for each of a plurality of lines of the document image using a text extraction technique. A set of unique keywords in the document image is determined based on a predefined list of keywords in the line-text data for each of the plurality of lines. For each keyword, two forward nodes are determined as next two subsequent keywords in the set of unique keywords based on determination of a shortest distance between the corresponding keyword and the next two subsequent keywords and based on the pre-defined reading sequence. Weights of each of the two forward nodes are determined based on the shortest distance and an angle of each of the two forward nodes with the corresponding keyword. A cluster is determined based on the feature matrix using a machine learning clustering model.

Abstract: A method for increasing the surface roughness of a layer based on a metal having a catalytic power, includes fixing fluorine or chlorine on the surface of the metal based layer, by exposing the metal based layer to a plasma formed from a reactive gas containing fluorine or chlorine; exposing the surface of the metal based layer to a humid environment to produce an acid, by reaction of hydrogen from the humid environment with the fluorine or the chlorine fixed on the surface of the metal based layer, the acid reacting with the metal to form residues, the whole of the residues forming a pattern on the surface of the metal based layer, and etching the metal based layer through the residues, so as to transfer the pattern into the metal based layer.

Abstract: A process for preparing a biocidal, bactericidal and/or bacteriostatic material including the preparation of a polymer precursor solution that has (a) at least one monomer A having a porphyrin group and at least one radical polymerizable function, (b) at least one radical polymerizable monomer B, a photoinitiator, and (c) at least one of the monomers chosen from a monomer C having a quaternary amine and a radical polymerizable function; and/or a monomer D having copper and a radical polymerizable function. Also, the material obtainable by the process and its uses.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst device for a lead-acid battery, the catalyst device being capable of reducing gas release from an electrolyte solution and a decrease in electrolyte solution due to the leakage, thus providing a lead-acid battery having a long life, and being capable of ensuring safety even in excessive flow of gas. Also provided is a lead-acid battery including the catalyst device. A catalyst device for a lead-acid battery, including: a catalyst layer including a catalyst to accelerate a reaction for generating water or water vapor from oxygen and hydrogen; and a porous membrane including thermoplastic resin having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 160° C. or less, and wherein at least one surface of the catalyst layer is in contact with the porous membrane, and the porous membrane has a planar size being equal to or greater than that of the catalyst layer. Also a lead-acid battery including the catalyst device.

Abstract: A method for imaging a structure composed of at least one wave guide connected to a junction, the structure supporting elastic wave guided propagation modes, the method includes the following steps: for at least one operating frequency, acquiring a plurality of measurements of signals propagating in the structure by means of a plurality of pairs of non-colocalized elastic wave sensors, determining a plurality of propagation modes guided by the structure, correcting the measurements on the basis of ultrasound signals measured or simulated for the same structure in the absence of any defect, converting the measurement matrix M into a wave field scattering matrix U, determining, at each point of a sampling grid, a test vector F characteristic of the structure without any defect, applying a numerical inversion method to determine a vector H of modal components such that U.H=F at each point of a sampling grid, determining an image of the structure on the basis of the vector H.

Abstract: A method for executing a machine code using a microprocessor includes, after an operation of decoding a current loaded instruction, constructing a mask from the signals generated by an instruction decoder in response to decoding of the current loaded instruction by the decoder. The constructed mask varies as a function of the current loaded instruction. Subsequently, before an operation of decoding a next loaded instruction, the next loaded instruction is unmasked using the constructed mask.

Abstract: A photoacoustic detecting device comprises a housing which houses: a lighting module, a photoacoustic cell, comprising an surface contact intended to be placed in contact with the medium to analyse, a photoacoustic cavity extending from the surface contact to a top of the photoacoustic cell, at least one window closing the top of the photoacoustic cell or the contact surface of the photoacoustic cell, at least one subwavelength pattern located on a surface of said window, said subwavelength pattern being configured to focus the light beam on an surface of interest of the medium to analyse, a sensor, linked to the cavity, the sensor being configured to detect a generated signal, said generated signal being generated in the photoacoustic cavity by a photothermic effect in the medium, and wherein the photoacoustic cell, the window and the subwavelength pattern are formed on a single silicon wafer.

Abstract: A semiconductor diode, including: a first doped semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; a second doped semiconductor region of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, arranged on top of and in contact with the upper surface of the first semiconductor region; a first conductive region arranged on top of and in contact with the upper surface of the second semiconductor region, the first conductive region comprising a through opening opposite a portion of the second semiconductor region; a second conductive region made of a material different from that of the first conductive region, coating the upper surface of the second semiconductor region opposite said opening; a cavity extending through the second conductive region and through the second semiconductor region opposite a portion of said opening; a dielectric region coating the lateral walls and the bottom of the cavity; a third conductive region coating the dielectric region on the lateral walls and at the bottom of the

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a personalized applicator for applying a cosmetic composition to the lips, this applicator comprising an application surface made of a material that may become laden with composition, the method comprising the following steps: (iv) Capturing an input 2D image provided with a first dimensional reference frame, (v) Capturing an input 3D image provided with a second dimensional reference frame.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining an update to a feature present within a fleet of assets, based on the obtaining of the update, analyzing data to identify first assets included within the fleet of assets for receiving the update, the first assets being less than an entirety of the fleet of assets, and transmitting the update to the first assets in accordance with the analyzing. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for estimating a volume of a reservoir to be filled from a station for distributing a pressurized fluid including injecting a flow of pressurized fluid into the reservoir, determining a pressure variation in the reservoir, the pressure variation being determined with respect to an initial pressure, determining an amount of the fluid flow injected into the reservoir, and estimating the volume of the reservoir to be filled, on the basis of the amount of the fluid flow injected into the reservoir and on the basis of the pressure variation in the reservoir after the injection of the fluid flow. Wherein the volume of the reservoir to be filled is also estimated on the basis of an injection temperature, and on the basis of a temperature variation in the reservoir after the injection of the fluid flow.

Abstract: Methods for communicating risk of skin conditions due to exposure to sunlight and environmental conditions to individuals. Methods utilize geolocation data and environmental data to provide guidance and enable consumers to make informed decisions regarding outdoor activities, healthcare, and skincare. A photopollution metric is a function of ultraviolet index (UVI) and the level of a pollutant such as particulate matter (PM) and enables communication of risk of exposome-induced skin conditions to an individual based on environmental exposure.

Abstract: Depleted uranium hexafluoride (UF6) may be used as a propellant in an electric thruster. An electric thrusters may be propelled with a propellant including such depleted uranium hexafluoride, e.g., in a range of from 0.2 and 0.4% of 235U. The propelling with such a propellant may be conducted in outer space. The propelling may include producing cations and anions without two distinct propellants. The propelling may include, for example, a changing orbit, reorienting a satellite, interplanetary journeying, and/or avoiding an object in space.

Abstract: A method includes determining, by a vehicle, a failure with a computer or telecommunications system operating in the vehicle and when a failure is detected, activating an acoustic system on the vehicle, detecting a vibration by the vehicle; and transmitting an audible signal responsive to the detecting step. The audible signal may include words in a human vocabulary.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bacterial strain having a genetic homology of at least 95% to one or more of the bacterial strains selected from the group consisting of Weissella viridescens LB10G, which is deposited as DSM 32906; Lactobacillus paracasei LB113R, which is deposited as DSM 32907; Lactobacillus paracasei LB116R, which is deposited as DSM 32908; Enterococcus faecium LB276R, which is deposited as DSM 32997; Lactobacillus plantarum LB316R, which is deposited as DSM 33091; Leuconostoc mesenteriodes LB349R, which is deposited as DSM 33093; Lactobacillus plantarum LB312R, which is deposited as DSM 33098.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material for use as a pad in high field and/or very high field magnetic resonance imaging instrument, comprising at least one polar solvent having a melting point of 14° C. to 50° C., a dispersant and a dielectric charge. The invention relates also to a pad used in field of high field and/or very high field magnetic resonance imaging made of at least such a material.

Abstract: An inventive cleansing composition includes at least one polysaccharide derivative selected from holosides and a non-sulfated glycosaminoglycan, the at least one polysaccharide derivative, and a blend of two or more surfactants, the blend of two or more surfactants, selected from anionic surfactants, amphoteric/zwitterionic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants. The cosmetic composition may be a single phase, water-based composition, and is free or essentially free of silicones.

Abstract: A device (10) for packaging at least one product and dispensing at least said product on a surface is provided, which comprises at least one container (12) delimiting a product cavity (22) containing said at least one product and a dispensing member (14) mounted on said container (12). The dispensing member (14) has a first dispensing orifice (24b) in flow communication with the product cavity (22), said container (12) has a neck (18) allowing access to the product cavity (22), said dispensing member (14) comprises a dispensing duct (24) in flow communication with the product cavity (22). An assembly skirt (30) radially surrounds said dispensing duct (24), and an annular sealing lip (32) is radially disposed between said dispensing duct (24) and said assembly skirt (30), said annular sealing lip (32) bears radially against a sealing portion (18c) of the neck (18) of the container (12). Said sealing portion (18c) is located axially away from an opened end of the neck (18).