Abstract: A mobile node, a gateway node and methods are provided for securely storing a content into a remote node. The mobile node, or a gateway node of a network providing access to the mobile node, applies a content key to the content prior to sending the content for storage in the remote node. The content key is generated at the mobile node, based on a random value obtained from an authentication server, or directly at the authentication server if applied by the gateway node. The content key is not preserved in the mobile node or in the gateway node, for security purposes. When the mobile node or the gateway node fetches again the content from the remote node, the same content key is generated again for decrypting the content. The remote node does not have access to the content key and can therefore no read or modify the content.

Abstract: A device includes a chamber to contain plasma, a water vapor injector to inject water vapor into the chamber, a high-frequency wave injector to inject a high-frequency wave inside the chamber, a magnetic structure to generate a magnetic field in the chamber and to generate plasma along the magnetic field lines, a module of the magnetic field presenting a magnetic mirror configuration with at least one electron cyclotron resonance zone to at least partially dissociate the water molecules introduced in vapor phase and to at least partially ionize the products of dissociation.

Abstract: UV-photoprotective sunscreen compositions contain at least one novel silanic p-aminobenzalmalonate-substituted s-triazine compound having the general formula (I):

Abstract: A lead for deep electrical neurostimulation, the lead comprising: a rod of biocompatible material; and a blade, also of biocompatible material, secured to one end of said rod and in alignment therewith; in which said blade presents two main faces and a plurality of electrodes disposed on at least one of said two main faces in a two-dimensional configuration, said electrodes being connected to conductor elements disposed inside or on a surface of said rod. A deep electrical neurostimulation system comprising: an electrical pulse generator for deep electrical neurostimulation; and at least one lead of the above-described type, having its electrodes electrically connected to said electrical pulse generator.

Abstract: A manually operated liquid dispenser having a dispensing position and a refilling position, comprising: a liquid container including a dispensing opening through which the liquid is discharged from the container in the dispensing position of the dispenser and a refill opening, separate from the dispensing opening, through which the liquid is introduced in the refilling position of the dispenser and a supporting structure which supports the liquid container in such a way as to conceal the refill opening in the dispensing position and to uncover the refill opening in the refilling position, the supporting structure of container adapted to invert the container, and to hold the container upright in the dispensing position and inverted in the refilling position.

Abstract: Disclosed are chalcogenide-containing precursors for use in the manufacture of semiconductor, photovoltaic, LCD-TFT, or flat panel type devices. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the chalcogenide-containing precursors and vapor deposition methods, preferably thermal ALD, using the chalcogenide-containing precursors to form chalcogenide-containing films.

Abstract: In vitro method and kit for prognosis or prediction of the response of rheumatoid patients to treatment with TNF-? factor blocking agents, which comprises determining, in a blood sample from said patients, the expression level of at least one of the eight genes selected from the group: HLA-DRB3, EAT2, GNLY, CAMP, SLC2A3, IL2RB, MXD4 and TLR5 or combinations thereof and comparing said expression level to the expression values obtained from responsive and non-responsive patients who showed responsiveness to the treatment and those who showed non-responsiveness thereto.

Abstract: This machine comprises a central body (1), un piston (3) compressing the liquid contained in a liner (2), and a peripheral bladder (18) capable of uniformly applying pressure to a tube (21) immediately surrounding this bladder. Pressure can be applied in a simple manner through a tensile and compression testing machine (22, 23). No end effect that could disturb the test is produced on the tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the treatment of gaseous effluents, such as those originating from the production of semi-conductors involving contact with a liquid. The inventive apparatus consists of: a gas/liquid contact chamber which can receive a liquid in the lower part thereof and which is topped with a gas cover, said chamber comprising means for introducing a gas to be treated and means for releasing residual gases following treatment involving contact with the liquid; turbine-type gas/liquid contacting means comprising one or more stages which ensure improved contact between the gas and the liquid, the upper part of said means being equipped with an opening for drawing the gas situated in the gas cover above the liquid; and, preferably, means for measuring the pH of the liquid.

Abstract: A method for repairing a plate heat exchanger of the type comprising a plurality of plates which, together with side bars arranged on the plates, define fluid flow paths is presented.

Abstract: A base station, computer readable medium and method for determining whether a neighbor cell is a neighbor of a serving cell, where the serving cell and the neighbor cell belong to a same communication network that includes a user terminal served by the serving cell. The method includes receiving at a base station of the serving cell, via the user terminal, a first identity of the neighbor cell, a second identity of the neighbor cell, and a random number generated by a base station of the neighbor cell; sending, from the base station of the serving cell, a request to the base station of the neighbor cell, for establishing a neighbor relation, wherein the request includes the received random number; and obtaining at the base station of the serving cell a response from the base station of the neighbor cell in response to the request, the response indicating acceptance or denial of the neighbor relation.

Abstract: The melting and solidification furnace for crystalline material includes a crucible having a bottom and side walls, and means for heating the crystalline material by magnetic induction. The furnace includes at least one lateral thermal insulation system arranged at the periphery of the crucible around the side walls. At least one lateral element of the lateral thermal insulation system moves with respect to the side walls between an insulating position and a position fostering thermal leakage. The lateral thermal insulation system has an electric conductivity of less than 1 S/m and a thermal conductivity of less than 15 W/m/K.

Abstract: In a method for producing nitrogen by cryogenic distillation, air containing carbon monoxide is sent to a cryogenic distillation column (5), a flow D of nitrogen is taken from the top of the distillation column, with a CO content less than a fixed value S1, and a flow of nitrogen-rich cryogenic liquid coming from an external source (7) is sent to the top of the column, the flow rate of cryogenic liquid sent to the column being less than a value V if the CO content in the air does not exceed a previously defined threshold (S0), and the flow rate of cryogenic liquid sent to the column being greater than a value V if the carbon monoxide content of the air exceeds this previously defined threshold (S0).

Abstract: A device for producing hydrogen from electron cyclotron resonance plasma, includes a sealed vacuum chamber to contain plasma, a water vapor injector to inject water vapor into the chamber, a generator to generate a high-frequency wave that is provided inside the chamber, a magnetic structure to generate a magnetic field in the chamber and to generate a plasma surface along the magnetic field lines, the module of the magnetic field presenting a magnetic mirror configuration with at least one electron cyclotron resonance zone to at least partially dissociate water molecules introduced in vapor phase and to at least partially ionize the products of dissociation, a cryogenic condenser, placed in the sealed chamber to freeze oxygen coming from the dissociation without freezing hydrogen coming from the dissociation, a hydrogen recovery unit to recover the hydrogen coming from the dissociation, the oxygen being trapped by the cryogenic condenser.

Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugates of formula (I) having colloidal stability in a medium, wherein NP is a gold, silver or platinum nanoparticle; L is a linker selected from the group consisting of formula (II), formula (III), and a stereoisomer of any of the formulas (II) and (III), which is attached to the nanoparticle NP through sulfur atoms; wherein the meanings of X, n, p, Y and s are further specified in the description; and A is a platinum (II) biradical selected from the group consisting of formula (IV), formula (V) and formula (VI) including any of the stereoisomers of all of them, wherein the biradical is optionally in the form of a salt and is attached to the linker L through the single bonded oxygen atoms of the carboxyl groups. It also relates to a process for the preparation of the conjugates of formula (I) and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The conjugates of the invention are used for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention provides identification documents with security features. For example, a document may include two or more inks that are designed to cohesively fail upon a de-lamination attack. A resulting failure pattern is preferably difficult to predict. The two or more inks are applied to an identification document including a core and laminate layer. At least one of the inks is characterized such that an adhesive strength of the ink to the core and an adhesive strength of the ink to the laminate layer is each greater than the cohesive strength of the ink itself. Thus, the ink rips apart in a somewhat random-like manner upon a de-lamination attack. The ink can be arranged in interwoven or interlocking patterns or in other desired patterns and locations.

Abstract: An object within a region is exposed to a first beam of penetrating radiation. The first beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the first beam. An attenuation of the first beam caused by passing the first beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of a second of beam of penetrating radiation is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.

Abstract: There is set forth herein an apparatus for use in management of fluid disposal. The apparatus in one embodiment can include a vessel adapted to contain fluid. In one embodiment the apparatus can be supported by a bed in an active configuration and in a particular embodiment between a mattress and box spring of a bed. In one embodiment the apparatus can include an active configuration in which the apparatus supports a vessel in a position for use, and a second configuration in which the apparatus in which a height of the apparatus is reduced to allow for storage of at least part of the apparatus in a storage area having a reduced height dimension.

Abstract: This electronic chip includes functional modules each including a single processing unit and a single routing unit (110E) connected to one another, and connections, called routing connections, each of which has at least one end connected to the routing unit of a functional module, where the routing connections connect between themselves the routing units of the functional modules so as to allow routing of data between the processing units of the functional modules. The routing unit (110E) of at least one functional module, called a split routing unit, includes two routers (112E, 114E), called respectively a first-level router and a second-level router, which are connected to one another, where the first-level router is moreover connected to at least two routing connections, and where the second-level router is moreover connected to the processing unit of this functional module and connected to at least one other routing connection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling an amplifier unit having at least one drive signal input connection 1, at least one power supply voltage input connection 2 and an output connection 4. The amplifier unit comprises at least one amplifier, and the method comprises the steps of: feeding each amplifier by a drive signal from said at least one drive signal input connection 1, and feeding each amplifier by a power supply voltage from said at least one power supply voltage input connection, whereby said amplifier unit has defined output characteristics at the output connection 4 and a predetermined power supply voltage at a maximum RF output power for a RF signal. The method further comprises the steps of: operating at least one amplifier with RF output voltage characteristics to obtain a reduced shunt loss, compared to a reference shunt loss, at the output connection 4.