Abstract: A transduction detection device includes a substrate and a strain gauge suspended above a face of the substrate having a piezoresistive element. At least one portion of the surface of the piezoresistive element is covered by a stack having, successively from the surface of the piezoresistive element, a dielectric layer and an electrically conductive layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for validating a data flow system represented by a data flow graph, comprising: —an acquisition module (9) configured to acquire data related to first and second common parts of the data flow graph, and—a supervision module (11) configured to incrementally verify the coherence of the data flow system by verifying the local coherence of a common unidirectional connection connecting the first common part of the data flow graph to the second common part of the data flow graph at each increment.

Abstract: A partially foam encased pocketed spring assembly is made in a fully automated assembly machine. A first foam rail is introduced into the assembly machine and glued to upper and lower substrate webs. A first string of pocketed springs is then glued to a side surface of the first foam rail between upper and lower substrate webs and glued to the upper and lower substrate webs. Additional strings are joined together to create a pocketed spring interior. A second foam rail is then introduced into the assembly machine and glued to an outer string and to the upper and lower substrate webs to create a core. Third and fourth foam rails are glued to the core.

Abstract: A pneumatic actuator and control valve assembly has a housing with a control cavity for a control valve and an actuator cavity for an actuator piston and rod assembly. The control cavity and actuator cavity both have an elongated shape and are substantially parallel to each other. The control cavity has a supply port and first and second control valve outlet ports and at least one vent port with the control valve being movable through the control cavity for controlling communication between the supply port and the first and second outlet ports. The actuator cavity has first and second ports at the retracted and extended ends for shuttling the piston and within the actuator cavity between a retracted and extended end position. The housing has a first inlet and second inlet for passage of pressurized fluid to and from the housing.

Abstract: Systems devices, and methods including: an additive manufacturing component having tools for manufacturing parts and a support structure associated with a part being manufactured; a computing device configured to: identify a region to support on the part being manufactured; determine a set of one or more slices via an iterative process; determine a set of support lines based on the determined set of one or more slices; determine a density associated with the determined set of support lines; and transmit instructions to the additive manufacturing component to add a slice on to the support structure based on the determined set of support lines and associated density; and where the additive manufacturing component is configured to execute a series of instructions to connect the support structure to the region to support via the determined set of support lines.

Abstract: Installation for transferring fluid between a fluid source, in particular a cryogenic fluid reserve and a receiving unit, in particular a boat reservoir, comprising a tower with a structure of the beam framework type, the tower comprising a fluid transfer circuit comprising a set of pipe(s) provided with a first pipe extending between a first lower end intended to be connected to a fluid source and a second upper end intended to be connected to a receiving unit, at least part of the transfer circuit situated between the first and second ends being housed within the volume delimited by the tower, characterized in that the tower is composed of at least two separable stacked modules allowing two different configurations of the tower respectively having different heights: a first configuration with the two stacked modules, and a second configuration with a single module, and in that the transfer circuit situated within the volume delimited by the tower comprises two sections situated respectively in the two modul

Abstract: A method for liquefying a CO2-rich gas flow containing at least 90 mol % of CO2 involves the following steps: compressing the CO2-rich gas flow, liquefying and separating in order to produce a first liquid flow at a first pressure MP and a first temperature T1. Extracting part of the first liquid flow at the first pressure and the first temperature by way of first product, supercooling part of the first liquid flow down to a temperature below the first temperature by indirect exchange of heat in a heat exchanger, expanding the liquid supercooled down to the second temperature T2 until it reaches a second pressure lower than the first pressure, the second pressure being equal to or greater than the equilibrium pressure of the expanded liquid, and extracting part of the expanded liquid by way of second product and evaporating another part of the liquid in the heat exchanger by exchange of heat with the part of the first flow in order to produce a vaporized liquid.

Abstract: High temperature insulative composites as well as articles formed from the high temperature insulative composites are described herein. The high temperature insulative composites are not only conformable, low dusting, and provide a thermal conductivity of 25 wM/m K at atmospheric conditions, but can also act as a heat propagation barrier when exposed to temperatures sufficient to partially or completely volatilize the fibrillated polymeric matrix within the high temperature insulative composite.

Abstract: A method for managing operating conditions in a greenhouse, aiming to enable control: of the temperature prevailing inside the greenhouse; of the relative humidity of the atmosphere prevailing inside the greenhouse; characterized in that use is made of the latent heat of vaporization of liquid CO2 as means for cooling the atmosphere inside the greenhouse, and for making it possible to condense the residual humidity in this atmosphere by bringing it below a lower limit, as follows: one or more cryogenic liquid/air exchangers is disposed in the greenhouse; during all or some of the day, liquid CO2 is injected into the or some of the exchangers to exchange heat between the air inside the greenhouse and the cold walls of the one or more exchangers.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an asymmetric SOT-MRAM memory cell unit, the memory cell unit including a conductor track and a pad, arranged on the conductor track and including at least one first magnetic region with free magnetization. The method further includes producing a stack of a plurality of extended layers, including at least one first extended magnetic layer; depositing a mask on an upper surface of the stack; and defining the first magnetic region in the first extended magnetic layer though ion irradiation of the upper surface of the stack carrying the mask, the parameters of the ion irradiation being adapted so as to modify magnetic properties of the material forming the first magnetic layer.

Abstract: A cosmetic system for dispensing customized cosmetic compositions includes a dispenser configured to dispense customized amounts of at least two cosmetic components from different cartridges through apertures in a plate. A recess is formed in the plate and receives the at least two cosmetic components from the apertures. The system includes a lid detachably mountable to the plate and a flexible tool. The flexible tool is configured to be disposed between the lid and the plate when the lid is mounted to the plate. The lid compresses the tool against the plate to sealingly engage the apertures.

Abstract: Filtering pullies with a hub adapted to be fixed to a rotating shaft, a crown mounted coaxially and rotationally free on the hub, at least one elastic group arranged circumferentially with respect to the hub and the crown and interposed, each, between a pair of first elements integral with the hub and between a pair of second elements integral with the crown are disclosed. The pulley has a dust protection system configured to isolate the at least one elastic group with respect to the external environment and to provide an axial force generating a damping to the movement between the hub and the crown.

Abstract: A cosmetic product application member comprises: a rod carrier (40); and a rod (38) defining a first end (70) and a second end (72) that are opposite. The first end (70) of the rod (38) is intended to be assembled in the rod carrier (40). The rod (38) and the rod carrier (40) are manufactured from a plastic material composed of a copolyester, in particular a semi-aromatic copolyester.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical delivery devices that include a barrel having an inner surface, and in at least one embodiment, the inner surface is hydrophilic. The medical delivery device may further include a stopper may having an elastomeric body, one or more fluoropolymer layers, and two or more ribs laminated to the one or more fluoropolymer layers. In some embodiments, the contact angle of the inner surface of the barrel is less than about 58°. Additionally, the stopper includes a sliding surface that is less than about 2.0 mm. The barrel provides inner surface that in combination with the fluoropolymer laminate or fluoropolymer film achieve high levels of air and liquid impermeability while also maintaining an acceptably low break loose force, low average glide force, and low glide force variation. In some embodiments, the compressibility stopper against the barrel is greater than about 7.9%.

Abstract: The present invention in general relates to enzymes with a polysaccharide oxidase activity. In particular, the invention relates to the field of second-generation ethanol production by oxidation and enzymatic hydrolysis of materials containing polysaccharides, in particular lignocellulosic biomass. The invention further relates to the field of celluloses, and to method for producing cellulose fibres and defibrillating cellulose substrates.

Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring UEs with overlapping PUCCH resources for transmitting scheduling requests are provided. A network node can transmit a scheduling request configuration message indicating PUCCH resources, including a periodicity parameter being less than the PUCCH length. A wireless device can configure PUCCH resources in accordance with the configuration message and transmit a scheduling request.

Abstract: A memory includes a matrix of resistive memory cells and an interfacing device to interface the matrix, the interfacing device including at least a conversion capacitor, an electric source, a first switch and a second switch, the interfacing device being configured to: a) connect the conversion capacitor to the source by the second switch to charge the conversion capacitor, then, b) disconnect the conversion capacitor from the source and connect the conversion capacitor to the matrix to achieve a conversion between, on the one hand, a resistive state of one of the memory cells of the matrix, and, on the other hand, a state of charge of the conversion capacitor.

Abstract: The device comprises a main tray 12 provided with an upper face 12a delimiting at least one compartment 16, and a lid 14 rotatably mounted on the main tray 12 between a closed position in which said lid covers at least said compartment 16, and at least one open position allowing access to said compartment. The main tray comprises a protruding pin 22 around which is rotatably mounted the lid 14, said lid comprising at least one snapping element cooperating with at least one complementary snapping element of the pin. The main tray further comprises a hole 34 extending from a lower face of said main tray and adapted for receiving a pin of an additional tray, said hole 34 being configured to delimit at least one snapping element adapted to cooperate with at least one complementary snapping element of the pin of said additional tray.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode manufacturing method including the forming of three-dimensional semiconductor elements, extending along parallel axes, made of a III-V compound, each having a lower portion and a flared upper portion inscribed within a frustum of half apical angle ?. The method further comprises, for each semiconductor element, the forming of an active area covering the top of the upper portion and the forming of at least one semiconductor layer of the III-V compound covering the active area by vapor deposition at a pressure lower than 10 mPa, by using a flux of the group-III element along a direction inclined by an angle ?III and a flux of the group-V element along a direction inclined by an angle ?V with respect to the vertical axis, angles ?III and ?V being smaller than angle ?.