Abstract: A nature-based cleansing composition includes at least one glycolipid that includes at least one rhamnolipid, at least one nature-based viscosity modifying polymeric thickener for a water-based system or at least one anionic surfactant, or a combination thereof, and water present from about 60% to about 98% by weight of the cleansing composition. The at least one nature-based viscosity modifying polymeric thickener for a water-based system may be one of algin, xanthan gum (and) sclerotium gum (and) lecithin (and) pullulan (Siligel™), xanthan gum, carbomer 980, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate, hydroxyethyl cellulose, acrylate copolymer, sclerotium gum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic device for cleansing the hair, comprising: an ultrasonic transmitter, a handpiece comprising a probe cooperating with a counter-form so as to pinch the lock of hair between a bearing surface of the counter-form and a distal outer surface of the probe. It also relates to the cosmetic method for cleansing the hair that uses said device, preferably with a cleansing composition comprising at least one surfactant.

Abstract: In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, an extended reality system is described. The extended reality system includes an imaging system to present virtual objects to a user. The extended reality system also includes a machine vision tracking system. The machine vision tracking system includes a camera to capture images of a user's hand a tool grasped in the user's hand. The machine vision tracking system also includes a processor. The processor 1) tracks a position and orientation of the user's hand in physical space, 2) identifies the tool grasped in the user's hand, and 3) tracks a position and orientation of the tool in physical space. The extended reality system also includes an XR controller to manipulate the XR environment based on the position and orientation of the tool and the position and orientation of the hand.

Abstract: In a method for separating air by cryogenic distillation in a system of columns comprising a first column operating at a first pressure and a second column operating at a second pressure which is lower than the first column, the temperature T1 at which an airflow leaves, after cooling, the heat exchanger by rising towards the cold end of said heat exchanger and enters the first column is at least 1° C., preferably at least 2° C., higher than the dew point of the airflow.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for dyeing keratin fibres, comprising at least two compartments (2) and (3), the first compartment (2) comprising a first composition (A) comprising oxidation dyes and the second compartment (3) comprising a second composition (B) comprising chemical oxidizing agents. Said device allows easy mixing of the compositions contained in said compartments at the time of use.

Abstract: A solid-state microbattery, including a substrate; a lithium-cobalt-oxide layer forming a cathode having first and second opposite surfaces; a lithium-based solid-state electrolyte formed on the first surface of the cathode; the second surface of the cathode is oriented towards the substrate; an anode formed on the solid-state electrolyte; noteworthy in that the lithium-cobalt-oxide layer possesses a grain size that increases from the first surface to the second surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a sequence chosen among Seq ID No 3, Seq ID No 1, Seq ID No 2, Seq ID No 4, Seq ID No 5, Seq ID No 6, Seq ID No 7, Seq ID No 8, and functional variants thereof, as an odorant binding protein (OBP).

Abstract: A resistive memory device including at least one first electrode based on a first metal and a second electrode based on a second metal, and a memory element in the form of a metal filament based on a third metal and inserted between the first and second electrodes, the memory element having a filament cross-section strictly smaller than the electrode cross-sections, wherein the third metal has a chemical composition, different from those of the first and second metals giving it an etching speed greater than those of the first and second metals, preferably such that the selectivity at the etching is greater than or equal to 3:1, vis-á-vis the first and second metals. A method for manufacturing such a device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electronic control device for controlling a converter that comprises a piezoelectric element and a plurality of switches which are commanded to alternate phases, respectively at substantially constant voltage, and substantially constant charge, across the terminals of said piezoelectric element, the control device comprising: a measurement module for measuring a period of a resonance cycle of the piezoelectric element; an event detection module for detecting a characteristic event belonging to a current resonance cycle; a command module for commanding the switching of the switches; a computation module for computing at least three subsequent switching time instants during at least one subsequent resonance cycle, which is posterior to the current resonance cycle, each subsequent switching time instant being computed based on a respective characteristic event; and the command module being configured to command the switching of the respective switch at each of the subsequent time instants computed.

Abstract: A structured fluoropolymer film including a plurality of structures having a height at least two times a thickness of a corresponding unstructured fluoropolymer film and at least a 20% increase in displacement induction period when compared to the corresponding unstructured fluoropolymer film when measured in a biaxial tensile curve at a temperature of about 125° C. In addition, the structured fluoropolymer film has a methane permeability of less than 500 ?g*?m/cm2/min. The structured fluoropolymer film exhibits a higher resistance to strain and retain barrier properties during manufacture and/or use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer UV filter particle, comprising: an odd number of alternating layers of high and low refractive index materials, wherein each layer has a refractive index that differs from that of adjacent layers by at least 0.2, the total number of layers is at least 9, and the particle does not contain a substrate. The particle according to the present invention can have a good UV filtering effect.

Abstract: A method for resetting an array of Resistive Memory cells by applying a sequence of N reset operations, each reset operation including the application of a reset technique, the method including, at the first reset operation, performing the first reset operation by applying the reset technique having the highest relative correction yield; at the j-th reset operation of the N?1 subsequent reset operations, j being an integer number between 2 and N, defining a reset technique to be used at the j-th reset operation and performing the j-th reset operation.

Abstract: Dock management systems including a dock management server communicatively coupled to a mobile computing device are disclosed. The dock management server generates a work assignment based on a first location for an item and a final location for the item, transmits the first work assignment to the mobile computing device, receives a location of the mobile computing device, and associates the location of the mobile computing device with a current location of the item. The work assignment includes instructions to move the item from the first location to a second location. The second location may be a temporary holding area between the first location and the final location. Methods for assigning dock doors to arriving transportation vehicles are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for treating depression in a human subject, which comprises administering for a first time period a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) component providing less than 50% of the normal calorie intake of the subject with both protein restriction and sugar restriction; and administering for a second time period a re-feeding diet component that provides 60-100% of the normal calorie intake of the subject; the fasting mimicking diet component and the re-feeding diet component are administered for multiple cycles, and the subject undergoes a psychotherapeutic treatment for the whole duration of the multiple cycles.

Abstract: A method is provided for collaboratively detecting tangible bodies in an environment employing a plurality of distance sensors with which respective carriers are equipped, including: for each sensor, acquiring a series of measurements of distance of a closest tangible body along a line of sight; applying an inverse model of the sensor on a local occupancy grid; and constructing a consolidated local occupancy grid via Bayesian fusion of the occupancy probabilities thus determined; and, computing occupancy probabilities of the cells of a global occupancy grid via Bayesian fusion of the occupancy probabilities of corresponding cells of at least certain of said consolidated local occupancy grids. A system for implementing such a method is also provided.

Abstract: A memory circuit includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including a resistive memory element and a selection transistor of the FDSOI type connected in series with the resistive memory element. The selection transistor includes a channel region, a buried insulating layer, a back gate separated from the channel region by the buried insulating layer. The memory circuit further includes a circuit for biasing the back gate of the selection transistors, the biasing circuit being configured to apply a forward back-bias to the selection transistor of at least one memory cell during a programming or initialisation operation of the at least one memory cell.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming spacers of a gate of a transistor, including: providing an active layer surmounted by a gate; forming a dielectric layer covering the gate and the active layer, the dielectric layer having lateral portions and basal portions; anisotropically modifying the basal portions by implantation of light ions, forming modified basal portions; and removing the modified basal portions by selective etching, so as to form the spacers on the lateral flanks of the gate from the unmodified lateral portions, in which, before the removing step, the anisotropic modification of the basal portions includes n successive implantation phases having implantation energies ?i (i=1 . . . n) which are distinct from each other, the n phases being configured to implant the light ions at different nominal implantation depths.

Abstract: A process for selectively extracting cobalt from a composition comprising cobalt and one or more other metal elements, wherein the process comprises the following steps: a) a step of forming a precipitate consisting of a coordination complex comprising cobalt, by bringing the solution into contact with at least one aromatic compound comprising at least two nitrogen atoms in its ring; b) a step of recovering the precipitate.

Abstract: A device a device for storing and supplying fluid fuel is provided, in which the device may include: a tank for liquefied fuel gas balanced with a gaseous phase, in particular a hydrogen gaseous phase, a circuit for filling the tank, at least one circuit for extracting fluid from the tank, at least one circuit for controlling the pressure in the tank, the circuits for filling, extracting and controlling the pressure comprising a valve assembly arranged in a housing which is separate from the tank, the housing being detachably connected to the tank via a removable mechanical coupling system, the extraction circuit, the pressure control circuit and the filling circuit comprising an assembly of removable fluid connections which are located at the junction between the tank and the housing and configured to enable separation between the portions of circuits located in the tank and in the housing when removing the housing from the tank.