Abstract: A device to measure the activity of a radioactive liquid, including a detection module, which extends around a measurement chamber that is intended to contain the liquid, and which is configured to detect ionizing radiation and to generate a detection signal; and a processing unit, which is connected to the detection module, and programmed to estimate an activity of the radioactive liquid based on the detection signal. The detection module comprises a solid-state scintillator detector, extending around the measurement chamber; and at least two photodetectors that are optically coupled to the scintillator detector. The device comprises a capillary tube, extending around a longitudinal axis, the capillary tube being arranged to be placed in a measurement position, and the capillary tube forming the measurement chamber.

Abstract: Synchronized satellite communications can include receiving, at a computer having a processor, a data request that identifies a requesting device, data to be received by the requesting device, and a time at which the data is to be received by the requesting device. The processor can determine a geographic location of the requesting device and locations of a plurality of satellites; identify, based on the geographic location of the requesting device and the locations of the plurality of satellites, satellites that are to provide the data to the requesting device; generate instructions for loading network requirements to the satellites; and provide, to at least one of the satellites, the instructions. Additionally, embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein can be used to provide the same data and/or different data to multiple devices at the same time.

Abstract: An acoustic transducing device includes: a piezoelectric converter interposed between a front electrode and a rear electrode, the piezoelectric converter being formed from a piezoelectric material; a front aperture arranged in such a way that the front electrode is placed between the piezoelectric material and the front aperture; and a rear component, applied against the rear electrode or forming the rear electrode, the rear component forming an acoustic backing element of the device. The device is configured to transmit an acoustic wave to the front aperture or to detect an acoustic wave propagating from the front aperture. The rear component includes a porous metal having a melting point greater than 200° C.

Abstract: A method for detecting one or more anomalies in a structure, including a learning phase that includes obtaining healthy data respectively associated with N distinct sets of conditions of use of the structure; projecting the healthy data into a latent space with a dimension smaller than the dimension of the healthy data; and determining the outline of the set of healthy data projected into the latent space. Further, an operational phase includes obtaining, through a preliminary measurement, test data representative of the current state of the structure; projecting the test data into the latent space; and detecting of at least one current anomaly in the structure as soon as a test data element is outside the outline.

Abstract: Methods and systems generate customized virtual try on (VTO) components providing augmented reality/VTO experiences. A VTO engine batch processes at least one before model image to pre-render after model images. Webpage components are customizable via a configuration portal to define different VTO experiences for different products/services and different product/service instances (e.g., hair, nail or makeup). Components can integrate with a webpage, as an advertisement. In an embodiment, customization information can include identification of brand, product/service and instances thereof, the VTO engine to render instances, display text and digital marketing information. In an embodiment, brand and product/service data is pre-stored to a data store for use to generate the components (e.g., from templates) responsive to the customization information.

Abstract: A system for performing surface analysis on a material, includes a pulsed electron source that forms a monochromatic beam of incident electrons; means for conveying the incident electrons to the surface of a sample of material, so as to form backscattered electrons, and the backscattered electrons to detecting means, the conveying means comprising at least one electron optical system; means for detecting the backscattered electrons; the pulsed electron source comprising: a source of atoms; a continuous-wave laser beam configured to form a laser excitation zone able to excite the atoms to Rydberg states; a pulsed electric field on either side of the laser excitation zone, the pulsed electric field being configured to ionize at least the excited atoms and to form a monochromatic beam of electrons.

Abstract: A process for treating hair fibres, including: (i) combing said fibres, (ii) applying vapour to said fibres, the flow rate of vapour applied being less than 1 g/min, the application of vapour being made in a confined space, and (iii) hair shaping, by heat treatment without vapour, of the hair fibres by conduction and/or by radiation. Steps (ii) and (iii) being made separately over a same zone of the hair fibres.

Abstract: A system, robot and method to measure the color of an area of a sample. The system includes a light source to emit spatially coherent light that includes a broad spectrum of wavelengths; an optical arrangement to scan an area of the sample, part-by-part, with a collimated beam of said light; an optical spectrometer to receive scattered light and measure an optical spectrum for each part; and a computing device. The optical arrangement includes a collimator and/or is configured to preserve collimated said spatially coherent light. The system is configured for synchronizing the scanning of the area with the recording of the optical spectra for the area's parts, the recording of the optical spectrum of each part lasting an optical spectrum integration time equal to the duration of the scan of said part. The computing device determines color coordinates, computes and analyzes an overall optical spectrum, calculates XYZ Tristimulus values.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pFET transistor, the method for manufacturing the transistor including providing a base structure comprising a silicon channel and a gate structure, the gate structure surrounding the channel leaving two flanks of the channel free; growing a first layer made from silicon-germanium alloy on the flanks of the channel; enriching the channel with germanium atoms from the first layer; and forming a drain region and a source region on either side of the channel.

Abstract: A multichannel transmit and/or receive system, each channel includes a DAC and a sigma-delta modulator the transfer function of which is expressed thus: OUT(z)=IN(z)·FTS(z)+Q(z)·FTB(z), where OUT is the output signal of the sigma-delta modulator, IN is the input signal of the sigma-delta modulator, FTS is the transfer function of the input signal, Q is the quantization noise and FTB is the transfer function of the quantization noise, the second terms of the transfer function of the sigma-delta modulator only being distinct from one another for two channels Vi, Vj, in order to decorrelate the quantization noise of distinct channels, the first term of said transfer function for channel Vi being equal to the first term of said transfer function for channel Vj.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site.

Abstract: An exoskeleton upper limb includes a frame and a connection interface movably mounted relative to the frame to perform a second rotation and a third rotation. The second rotation is actuated by a first kinematic chain of actuation including a first actuator. The third rotation is actuated by a second kinematic chain of actuation including a second actuator. The first kinematic chain includes a first connecting rod and/or the second kinematic chain includes a second connecting rod.

Abstract: A manual system for non-destructive testing of a part to be tested includes a sub-system for acquiring non-destructive test data comprising a probe, a sub-system for tracking the position of the probe, and a sub-system for acquiring surface characterisation data of a test zone defined on the surface of the part. The system also includes a central sub-system for controlling the test data acquisition, surface characterisation data acquisition and position tracking subsystems as a function of the test zone covered by the probe manipulated by an operator, the central subsystem being able to synchronise the operation of the test data acquisition, surface characterisation data acquisition and position tracking subsystems and to pair the data produced by the test data acquisition, surface characterisation data acquisition and position tracking subsystems during their operation.

Abstract: A composite that includes an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane having a porous microstructure. The porous microstructure of the ePTFE membrane is impregnated with a stiffening polymer. An acoustic device assembly that includes the composite and an acoustic device is also described. The composite and the acoustic device assembly can exhibit an insertion loss of less than 7 dB at 1 kHz when measured by the Acoustic Response Measurement (“ARM”) Test.

Abstract: A detection system for an electronic nose which allows a physicochemical classification of odors, that is to say a classification as a function of the physicochemical properties of the volatile compounds, or odorous molecules, making up these odors. This detection system comprises sensors with cross-reactivity with respect to volatile compounds, each sensor comprising a sensitive part functionalized by a receptor comprising a sequence formed by the repetition of an ?-amino acid. The ?-amino acid of the receptor of a sensor of a first series of sensors is hydrophilic, while the ?-amino acid of the receptor of another sensor of the first series is hydrophobic, and the ?-amino acids of the receptors of two sensors of a second series of sensors have isoelectric points which differ from one another by at least one pH unit.

Abstract: A photodiode including a detection portion having a doped first region, a doped second region and an intermediate region; a dielectric layer; and a semiconductor peripheral portion. It also includes a ferroelectric peripheral portion located between and in contact with the intermediate layer and the dielectric layer, and located between the first region and the semiconductor peripheral portion and surrounding the first region in the main plane.

Abstract: A cable cylinder having a screw rotatable by a motor, a nut cooperating with the screw to move in the body, the cable cylinder having a pair of upstream and downstream pulleys on either side of the nut. In at least one of the pairs, the pulleys are rotationally secured to one another. The two cables each cooperating with one of the upstream cables and one of the downstream cables to define strands parallel to the screw rotational axis and attached to the nut. One of the cables forms a loop while the other extends beyond its downstream pulley to cooperate with a remote pulley rotatably mounted about a separate axis of rotation, the remote pulley forming a return to return the extended cable to the upstream pulley, the extended cable prevented from sliding over its upstream or associated downstream pulley that is rotationally engaged.

Abstract: A method for the treatment of wool garments with ozone gas to control and inhibit their felting and shrinkage during their subsequent industrial finishing process and/or domestic washing care, and a wool garment treated with said method. The method includes wetting the garments and treating the garments inside the interior of a rotative tumbler for a time period of between 15 and 60 minutes at ambient temperature with ozone gas, the ozone gas being at a concentration in air of between 20 g ozone/Nm3 and 150 g ozone/Nm3, where the rotative tumbler which contains the garments is rotated at a speed of between 10 rounds/min and 25 rounds/min. The method is improved by adding treating the garments with enzymes.