Abstract: This method of assisting the placement of construction elements of a civil engineering work, comprises: the adjustment (108) of the orientation of each construction element as a function of a discrepancy between a measured orientation for this construction element and an orientation setpoint, the supplying of the construction elements each equipped with at least one orientation sensor, fixed without any degree of freedom to the construction element, able to measure the inclination of this construction element with respect to three non-coplanar axes, and in which the adjustment (108) of the orientation of each element is carried out as a function of the discrepancy between the orientation measured by the orientation sensor fixed to this construction element and the orientation setpoint.

Abstract: A method for assembling at least two plates using a brazing process, the plates being separated by a filler material situated therebetween, includes placing the two plates, separated by the filler material, in a furnace; compressing the two plates separated by the filler material; controlling the temperature in the furnace according to a brazing cycle. The two plates separated by the filler material are compressed using a plurality of devices that can be pressurized using a fluid, the pressurizable devices being located in the furnace and being distributed over the surface of one of the two plates to which each pressurizable device applies a mechanical pressure that is remote-controlled as a function of the temperature in the furnace.

Abstract: A method of combining oxygen and fuel in a burner to produce a flame whereby an outer oxidant flow is discharged through an outer oxidant outlet of the burner; a flow of conveyor-gas propelled particulate solid fuel is discharged with a fuel discharge velocity through a fuel outlet of the burner arranged coaxially with respect to the outer oxidant outlet and spaced radially inwardly therefrom; and a first inner oxidant flow is discharged with an inner oxidant discharge velocity, which differs from the fuel discharge velocity, through an inner oxidant end outlet of the burner arranged coaxially with respect to said fuel outlet and spaced radially inwardly therefrom; and whereby a second inner oxidant flow, having a higher oxygen concentration than the conveyor gas is injected into the fuel-conducting passage and mixed with the fuel flow inside said fuel-conducting passage so as to obtain, upstream of the fuel outlet and upstream of the inner oxidant end outlet, an oxygen-enriched conveyor-gas propelled particu

Abstract: An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol for transmission from a non-reference transceiver to a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system is generated by ascertaining a general timing for transmission of OFDM symbols, wherein the general timing is associated with a reference transceiver. A UE timing relative to the general timing is ascertained. An initial resource element (RE) value is adjusted by a pre-compensating amount to obtain a pre-compensated RE value, wherein the pre-compensating amount is based on the UE timing relative to the general timing. The pre-compensated resource element value is supplied as one of a plurality of values to be transmitted. An IFFT is performed on the plurality of values to be transmitted to obtain pre-compensated initial signal information. A cyclic prefix is appended to the pre-compensated initial signal information to form an OFDM symbol for transmission from the non-reference transceiver to the UE.

Abstract: Disclosed are stabilized bicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-diene compositions and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a production method of a lateral electro-optical modulator on an SOI substrate, the modulator comprising a rib waveguide formed in the thin layer of silicon of the SOI substrate, the rib waveguide being placed between a doped region P and a doped region N formed in the thin layer of silicon, the rib waveguide occupying an intrinsic region of the thin layer, at least one doped zone P being formed in the rib and perpendicularly to the substrate. The method comprises masking steps of the thin layer of silicon to define therein the rib of the waveguide, etching of the rib, masking of the thin layer of silicon to delimit the parts to be doped P, doping of the parts to be doped P, masking of the thin layer of silicon to delimit the region to be doped N and doping of the region to be doped N.

Abstract: A method of transferring a thin layer from a source substrate having a surface layer of a first material along a free surface thereof to a target substrate having at least one surface layer of a second material along a free surface thereof, where the first material differs from the second material, includes forming within the surface layer of the source substrate a weakened zone delimiting a thin layer with respect to the free surface, and assembling the free surface of the source substrate to the free surface of the target substrate in a stack of alternating layers comprising the first and second materials, so that there are, on either side of an interface formed by bringing the free surfaces into intimate contact. The cumulative thicknesses of the layers of the first material are substantially equal to the cumulative thickness of the layers of the second material, the layers having thicknesses at least equal to 50 microns and at least 1000 times the depth at which the weakened zone is formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of limiting local bandwidth impairment in a telecommunications system, wherein tone reservation is used to reduce peak power of a multi-carrier signal using successive processing stages. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for limiting local bandwidth impairment and to a base station including such an apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for updating program code stored in a memory, which memory comprises a plurality of memory sectors. The method comprises transforming an updated input code into an updated program code version to be stored in a memory, which memory has stored thereon a current program code version occupying a first set of the memory sectors of the memory, wherein the updated program code version occupies a second set of memory sectors when stored in the memory. The transforming step further comprises receiving a representation of the current program code version; and performing at least one optimization step adapted to decrease the number of memory sectors of the second set of memory sectors occupied by the updated code version that are different from the corresponding memory sectors of the first set of memory sectors occupied by the current program code version.

Abstract: A process for styling a keratinous material involving providing a composition containing at least one silicone elastomer, at least one non-aqueous polar solvent, optionally, at least one styling polymer, optionally, at least one emulsifying agent; and a cosmetically acceptable co-solvent, other than the non-aqueous polar solvent; and applying said composition onto the keratinous material.

Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of subscriber sessions tied to mobile devices in a router, each subscriber session of the plurality of subscriber sessions assigned to a line card in the router, the line card implementing a data plane entity and a control card implementing a control plane entity, the method comprising: redistributing each subscriber session in the plurality of subscriber sessions assigned to a failed line card in the router to minimize packets lost and maximize subscriber session retention, redistributing including classifying each subscriber session in the plurality of subscriber sessions into a plurality of priority queues, in response to detection of the failed line card, transferring each subscriber session in the plurality of subscriber sessions assigned to the failed line card to one of a plurality of operating line cards in priority queue order.

Abstract: Novel polymer shrink tubes, such as fluoropolymer shrink tubes and novel uses thereof. The polymer shrink tubes include at least one three-dimensional pattern formed along at least a portion of the inner surface of the tube. The polymer shrink tubes can be used for, for example, embossing a pattern into a polymer tube. Further use includes, for example, forming a catheter with at least one channel located in the catheter wall.

Abstract: A method for making a micro-electronic non-volatile memory device provided with transistors having gates placed side by side, the method comprising the steps of: a) forming in a layer based on at least one first gate material lying on a support, at least one first transistor gate block and at least one sacrificial block, said first block and said sacrificial block being separated by a given space, b) forming in said given space a stack comprising at least one insulating layer and at least one second gate material, said gate material located in said space being intended to form a second gate block separated from the first block by said insulating layer, c) suppressing said sacrificial block.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing at least one nanowire, the nanowire being parallel to its supporting substrate, the method including the formation on the supporting substrate of a structure comprising a bar and two regions, a first end of the bar being secured to one of the two regions and a second end of the bar being secured to the other region, the width of the bar being less than the width of the regions, the subjection of the bar to an annealing under gaseous atmosphere in order to transform the bar into a nanowire, the annealing being carried out under conditions allowing control of the sizing of the neck produced during the formation of the nanowire.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for locating at least one absorber in a diffusing medium, using at least one excitation radiation and at least one detector (?fluo), including: a) for at least one pair (radiation source-detector), at least one excitation by the radiation source, and at least one detection of the fluorescence signal emitted by the absorber after this excitation, b) identification of meshing of the volume into mesh elements, and c) estimation of the location of the absorber in its diffusing medium, by computing a function (Pm) of at least one of three parameters.

Abstract: A method for detecting a cyclostationary signal in a signal to be analyzed, received from a transmitter by a receiver or read from a recording medium by a reader device. According to this method, the value of a discrimination function J is estimated, expressed as a quadratic form of the cyclic correlation coefficients of the signal to be analyzed for a set (I*M) of non-zero time shifts and a set (IK) of cyclic frequencies, and the value 1 - ? ? ( v , U ? 4 ? J ) is compared with a wrong detection rate ? in order to determine whether said cyclostationary signal is present in the signal to be analyzed, wherein ?(?,x) is the normalized lower incomplete gamma function, ? is the product of the cardinal (M) of said set of non-zero time shifts and of the cardinal (K) of said set of cyclic frequencies, U is the width of the autocorrelation window on which the cyclic correlation coefficients are calculated, and ?4 is the square of the noise variance.

Abstract: The invention proposes a method for enabling a composing of a set of cells within a coverage area of a radio access network within which the same information is transmitted time synchronously using a modulation and coding scheme common for the cells of the set. The proposed method comprises the following steps performed by a mobile station connectable to the radio access network: identifying one or more pilot signals from respective one or more cells monitored by the mobile station, determining signal and interference contributions from the one or more monitored cells with regard to a particular set of cells, reporting the determined signal and interference contributions towards a network node performing the composition of the set of cells.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for determining at least one characteristic of an OFDM signal within a received signal, characterized in that: a plurality of cyclic correlation coefficients (?k/(?+?)(?)) for the received signal is calculated (420, 520) for a correlation time difference (?) and a plurality of cyclic frequencies ( k ? + ? ) ; a discrimination function is calculated (430, 530) as a function of the amplitude of said cyclic correlation coefficients; said OFDM signal characteristic is deduced (440, 561, 562) as a function of at least one value of said discrimination function.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microwave chip supporting structure comprising a first microwave laminate layer, with a first side and a second side, and an outer limit. At least one conductor is formed on said first side extending towards said outer limit. The microwave chip supporting structure further comprises a second microwave laminate layer, with a first side and a second side, the second side of the second laminate layer being fixed to at least a part of the first side of the first laminate layer. The first laminate layer and/or the second laminate layer comprises at least one recess arranged for receiving a microwave chip intended to be connected to said conductor. The second laminate layer extends outside the outer limit of the first laminate layer, said conductors continuing on the second side of the second laminate layer without contacting the first laminate layer.

Abstract: A method for booting a processing device, the processing device comprising a first and a second processing unit, the method comprising: detecting by the first processing unit, whether at least one boot configuration parameter is accessible from a non-volatile storage medium of the processing device, the at least one configuration parameter being indicative of a boot interface; if said at least one configuration parameter is available, forwarding at least a part of the detected at least one configuration parameter by the first processing unit to the second processing unit; otherwise detecting by at least one of the first and second processing units whether a boot interface is available to the processing device; booting at least the second processing unit from the indicated or detected boot interface.