Abstract: A vehicle forming a self-balancing human transporter, or “gyropode”, including a photovoltaic module to charge a battery electrically or to partially power an electric motor electrically from solar energy. The photovoltaic module includes a first portion which is fixed and extends along a standing and driving handle, and a second portion which is retractable between an extreme retracted position in which it allows the gyropode to be moved, and an extreme deployed position in which it acts as a stand for holding the gyropode when stopped with a determined inclination enabling optimum efficiency of the photovoltaic module to be obtained relative to a position of the sun.

Abstract: An organic redox active compound with reversible storage of charge is disclosed. The material characterized by a formula R-M-Y-T. According to some aspects, R represents a deconjugating group, M represents an organic redox active fragment, not comprising any metal ion or metal, capable of reversibly storing at least one charge, T represents a tripod group comprising three groups F, capable of being chemically grafted to a surface of a solid substrate, and Y represents a spacer group separating M from T. A substrate on which the compounds are grafted, a molecular memory device including the compound or the substrate, and an electronic apparatus including the molecular memory device are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for thermal characterization of a portion of first material of elongate shape on which there is arranged a portion of a second, electrically conductive material of elongate shape, the method including: a) determining characteristic of the portion of second material, b) applying an electric current of angular frequency between ends of the portion of the second material, and measuring the angular frequency harmonic of the electric voltage between these ends for different values of angular frequency, c) calculating coefficient of thermal conductivity of the portion of first material from the values of the harmonic and of the determined characteristic, a width of the portion of the first material being between about 0.9 and 1.1 times the width of the portion of second material, the portion of first material being surrounded by thermal insulation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of making a spring core (12) for a bedding or seating product (10). The spring core (12) has coil springs (26) having unknotted end turns (72, 74) made from high tensile strength wire. In each embodiment, the end turns (72, 74) of the coil springs (26) are generally U-shaped having one arcuate leg (76) longer than the other (78), the legs (76, 78) being joined by a connector (80) having an arcuate bump (81) therein. The springs (26) are oriented in the spring core (12) such that a long leg (76) of one end turn (72) abuts a shortleg (78) of the adjacent end turn (72) prior to being wrapped in helical lacing wire (32). The high tensile wire enables the coil springs (26) to be manufactured using less wire than heretofore possible.

Abstract: A method for producing an emissive pixel screen includes forming an active pixel matrix along which an electrode forming layer runs and having pixels arranged according to a distribution, forming an anisotropic substrate that includes a set of light emitting diodes constituted by parallel nanowires and arranged in an insulating matrix transversely with respect to a substrate thickness and having a density higher than a density of the pixels irrespective of the pixel distribution, connecting the substrate to the active pixel matrix by connecting only sub-groups of the parallel nanowires by a first end to separate pixel electrodes defined in the electrode forming layer according to the distribution of the pixels in the matrix, and connecting the sub-groups, by another end, to a common electrode, and delimiting the sub-groups by rendering the nanowires of the substrate that are arranged between the sub-groups emissively inactive.

Abstract: A user equipment (36) herein resolves timing ambiguities associated with when the user equipment (360 is to perform assisted positioning measurements. The user equipment (36) receives assistance data that indicates positioning occasion periodicities of a first cell and a reference cell, and that indicates a positioning occasion timing offset between those cells. The user equipment (36) performs signal detection at candidate timing offsets surrounding the indicated positioning occasion timing offset, to determine which candidate timing offset has the greatest probability of being the actual positioning occasion timing offset between the first cell and the reference cell. The user equipment (36) may then time assisted positioning measurements for the first cell based on the candidate timing offset determined as most likely being the actual timing offset, rather than necessarily timing those measurements based on the offset indicated in the assistance data.

Abstract: An external network-connected UE (1) is configured to control external network-media content in a local network-compliant UE (5) from the outside of the local network (7), via a Virtual control node (4) of a local network and a Media aggregating node (2), which both are configured to handle said external network-media content. The external network-connected UE communicates with the Media aggregating node, which, in turn, communicates with the Virtual Control node.

Abstract: An armrest assembly is provided for adjusting an armrest of a seating unit in three degrees of motion. The armrest assembly includes an angle-adjustment mechanism that allows the armrest to pivot and to translate forward, and a lift mechanism that enables vertical articulation of the armrest. The angle-adjustment assembly includes a pivot bracket with a downwardly disposed pin and a shuttle with an arcuate slot to receive the pin. The arcuate slot includes contoured walls that form detents for restricting movement of the pin, thereby restraining rotation of the shuttle, with respect to the pivot bracket, to predefined angular positions. The lift mechanism includes a rack with ride element(s) extending therefrom and locking teeth, and a control bar with track(s). An upward manual actuation of the control bar causes the track to shift laterally and retract the locking teeth, via interaction between the track(s) and ride element(s), respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for tangential filtration of a fluid to be treated and to be separated into a filtrate and a retentate, comprising at least one filtration element which comprises at least one inlet for a fluid to be filtered and at least one outlet for the retentate having circulated the filtration element, wherein said element is incorporated in a circulation loop so that at least a part of the retentate is reinjected into the fluid to be treated before being introduced into the filtration element. a module of filtration into which the circulation loop is integrated and realized by a series of filtration elements in forward direction and a series of filtration elements in backward direction, forming forward and backward circuits.

Abstract: One or more target files are securely erased from a host storage medium such as a disk by overwriting the target files not just with “O's,” “1's” and/or random data, but also (or instead) by overwriting them with portions of other, selected, innocuous files found on the same medium. By booting the host using a secondary, preferably external mechanism, before the host operating system is allowed to load, logging of file accesses and process execution by the host OS is circumvented. Post-replacement fragmentation and defragmentation may also be used to further reduce the detectability of the erasure, and the success of the process may be evaluated using statistical analysis.

Abstract: A mobile terminal is operated in a cellular communications system that comprises a base station operating in a time division duplex mode. The mobile terminal detects a downlink transmission from the base station and determines therefrom a future moment in time at which an end part of a downlink transmission just prior to a random access window will become detectable at the mobile terminal. An uplink random access transmission is begun at a moment in time that is before the future moment in time. The moment in time that is before the future moment in time can be a fixed amount of time before the future moment in time. If the mobile terminal is not near the edge of the cell, the base station may consequently receive only a partial uplink random access transmission, but this does not detrimentally affect performance.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to sunscreen composition comprising: (a) at least one oil- and water repellent emulsifier chosen from polyperfluoroethoxymethoxy difluoroethyl PEG phosphate; (b) at least one hydrophobically-modified emulsifier chosen from inulin lauryl carbamate; (c) at least one gelling agent; and (d) sunscreen actives, and wherein the composition is water-resistant, while not requiring the use of a film-former, and is a stable emulsion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the simulation or digital synthesis of echographic images, characterised by the direct transformation in real time, or quasi real time, of the information contained in a 3D scanographic (or tomodensitometric) medical or veterinary image, without delimitation or segmentation of the bodies or structures contained in the volume of scanographic data, according to at least one two-dimensional observation window which can be modified in real time, or quasi real time, in terms of the dimension, position, directions and orientation thereof, the characteristics thereof depending on the type of virtual echographic probe determined, and reproducing all of the attenuation, reflection, refraction and dispersion effects, and the regulation effects of a real echographic image, each echographic image supplied cumulating the results of the simulations of the pre-cited effects.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for recovering gaseous hydrogen and gaseous carbon dioxide from a mixture of hydrocarbons by utilizing a system that includes a reformer unit, an optional water gas shift reactor, and a pressure swing adsorption unit in conjunction with a carbon dioxide purification unit such as a cryogenic purification unit or a catalytic oxidizer. In this process, purified CO2 from the CO2 purification unit is used as a co-feed/co-purge in the pressure swing adsorption unit in order to produce a CO2 tail gas that includes a higher concentration of CO2.

Abstract: A method for a cellular network (100) comprising cells (110) of a first kind controlled by corresponding base stations (111), and cells (120-122) of a second kind controlled by corresponding base stations (125-127). The second kind of cells are smaller than the first kind of cells (110). The network (100) comprises functions (140) for control of the base stations, and functions (150) for handing over the control of user terminals (123, 112) between base stations. The method is used when a call in a cell of the second kind (120-122) is handed over to a base station of the first kind. The method lets said control function (140) of the base station of the cell of the second kind send identifying information to the control function (140) of the base station (111) of the first kind, such that if the call is to be handed back to the original base station (125-127), the original base station can be found by the network.

Abstract: The invention relates to an iterative method by message passing for decoding of an error correction code that can be displayed in a bipartite graph comprising a plurality of variable nodes and a plurality of check nodes. For each iteration in a plurality of decoding iterations of said method: variable nodes or check nodes are classified (720) as a function of the corresponding degrees of reliability of decoding information available in the neighborhoods (Vn(d),Vm(d)) of these nodes, a node with a high degree of reliability being classified before a node with a low degree of reliability; each node thus classified (725) passes at least one message (?mn,?mn) to an adjacent node, in the order defined by said classification. The invention also relates to a computer program designed to implement said decoding method.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the cosmetic use of grafted polysaccharide compounds comprising at least one non-polymer siloxane graft that may be obtained by reacting a polysaccharide and a siloxane compound corresponding to formula (I), such as for the cosmetic treatment of keratin materials. The disclosure also relates to compositions comprising the grafted polysaccharide compounds in a cosmetically acceptable medium, and also to certain novel grafted polysaccharide compounds comprising at least one non-polymer siloxane graft.

Abstract: The invention relates to kits and methods for removing a long wearing or transfer resistant make-up composition from keratin materials such as eyelashes, nails, skin or lips, wherein the make-up composition contains at least one oil soluble film-forming agent and at least one coloring agent, including applying to the make-up composition a removal composition containing at least one oil soluble film-forming agent and at least one oil and removing the make-up composition from the eyelashes, nails, skin or lips.

Abstract: The method and apparatus described herein generates realistic audio for a virtual reality simulation based on the position (location and orientation) of a participant's head. The audio may be generated based on independent and dependent audio profiles. The independent audio profile represents the participant-independent propagation of sound from a virtual source to each of one or more virtual objects in the simulation. The dependent audio profile represents the propagation of the sound from each of the one or more virtual objects to the head or ears of the participant based on a position of the participant's head or ears. An audio processor generates the desired audio signal at the head of the participant by combining the dependent and independent audio profiles to determine a total audio profile for the virtual source, and filtering an audio wave corresponding to the virtual source based on the total audio profile.

Abstract: Topically applicable cosmetic/dermatological UV protection compositions having enhanced SPF contain at least one organic UV screening agent and/or at least one inorganic screening agent, such compositions also containing at least the following constituents (A) and (B): A) a semi-crystalline polymer which is solid at ambient temperature and has a melting point of greater than or equal to 30° C., containing a) a polymeric backbone and b) at least one crystallizable organic side chain and/or one crystallizable organic block forming part of the backbone of this said polymer, said polymer having a number-average molecular mass Mn of greater than or equal to 1,000, and B) hollow latex particles having a particle size ranging from 150 to 380 nm, formulated into a topically applicable, physiologically acceptable medium therefor.