Abstract: An electronic power module includes at least a semiconductor chip having at least one electronic power component and two metal layers between which the semiconductor chip is directly secured. At least a first of the two metal layers forms a redistribution layer having several distinct metal portions, each electrically connected to at least one electrical contact pad of the semiconductor chip, and/or at least one second of the two metal layers includes at least one first structured face arranged against the semiconductor chip and having at least one pad formed in a part of its thickness.

Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention relates to a system (101) for in vivo, full-field interference microscopy imaging of a scattering three-dimensional sample.

Abstract: A shielding element comprises a rigid substrate and at least one electrically conductive two-dimensional structure which is placed on one of the faces of the substrate. The substrate and the electrically conductive two-dimensional structure are such that the shielding element has optical-transmission and shielding-efficiency values at least one of which varies between two zones of the shielding element. Such a shielding element enables easier assembly of a detection system comprising multiple optical sensors.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for producing a hydrogel comprising the following steps in succession: a first step (i) of providing at least one powder of an anionic polymer (A) and at least one chitosan powder (B) comprising amine functions (—NH2); a second step (ii) consisting in dry mixing at least the powders (A) and (B) from the first step in order to form a mixture of powders; a third step (iii) of suspending the mixture of powders obtained from the second step in an aqueous medium having a pH that can enable the anionic polymer (A) to be dissolved without dissolving the chitosan (B); a fourth step (iv) of adding an acid to the suspension obtained from the third step in order to form the hydrogel; or the third (iii) and fourth (iv) steps are replaced by a mixing fifth step (v), comprising mixing an acidified aqueous medium including at least one compound (C) comprising at least one unit of a hexose or a unit derived from a hexose, and/or at least one phosphate of said compound (C), with said

Abstract: A device for measuring the energy of neutrons incident in a first direction is provided. The device comprises a gas between a cathode and an anode, the anode comprising a matrix array of electron detectors, the first direction being orthogonal to the anode-cathode direction.

Abstract: A device for multispectral imaging in the infrared, suitable for detecting at at least one first and one second detection wavelength is provided. It comprises a detection matrix array comprising a set of elementary detectors of preset dimensions forming an image field of given dimensions; and an image-forming optic having a given aperture number (N) and a given focal length (F), which aperture number and focal length are suitable for forming, at any point of the image field, an elementary focal spot covering a set of at least two juxtaposed elementary detectors.

Abstract: This oscillator comprises: a source generating an incident optical wave at a pulsation frequency ?; an optomechanical resonator, having optical resonances at the pulsation frequency ? and mechanical resonances at a frequency f1 and generating, from the incident optical wave, emergent optical waves at the pulsation frequencies ? and ??2?f1, and an acoustic wave at frequency f1; and, a photodiode delivering a useful signal at frequency f1 from the emergent waves. This oscillator further comprises: an acoustic propagation means for propagating the acoustic wave over a distance in order to produce a delayed acoustic wave; a means for converting the delayed acoustic wave into a delay signal at the frequency f1; and, a control loop, processing the delay signal in order to obtain a control signal applied to the source.

Abstract: A method for measuring the intensity of a current, comprising the steps of obtaining a computation matrix M comprising a set of terms, proportional to a distance between a measuring point and a reference point, raised to a power higher than or equal to zero, forming a vector B including measurements of the value of the magnetic field in a direction at a measuring point, computing the components of a vector A, each component being a coefficient of a decomposition of the magnetic field into spatial harmonics proportional to the intensity of the current such that the matrix relation B=M×A is satisfied, and determining the intensity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new borondifluoride complexes of curcuminoid compounds with an enhanced fluorescence quantum yield and emission, and their uses as fluorophore in various fields such as bioimaging, therapeutics, theranostics, display and telecommunication technologies, photovoltaics. The preparation said compounds is also described.

Abstract: A process for preparing a polyaminoborane comprising reacting at least one monomer with an aminoborane, wherein the at least one monomer is selected from the group consisting of ammonia, a primary amine and a substituted or unsubstituted hydrazine; and wherein the aminoborane comprises a borane substituted by a secondary amino group; polyaminoboranes obtainable by said process; use of said polyaminoboranes for the preparation of a ceramic precursor or a ceramic, the production of boron nitride, or the storage and/or production of dihydrogen; ceramic precursors, ceramics, hydrogen cells or energy materials comprising said polyaminoboranes.

Abstract: A bis-urea compound of general formula (IV): The compound is useful as a thermo-thickening agent in a non-polar liquid such as engine lubricating oil or thermosetting varnish. Also, a method for preparing the thermo-thickening compound. Further, a composition comprising the thermo-thickening compound and a non-polar liquid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of a PARP inhibitor with a Dbait molecule for treating cancer.

Abstract: Fluorescent labeling of proteins. In particular, membrane-impermeant fluorogenic chromophores being capable of binding reversibly a functional derivative of a Photoactive Yellow Protein (PYP), or a functional fragment thereof, for fluorescently labeling biological molecules of interest, preferably proteins of interest. Especially, 4-hydroxybenzylidene-rhodanine (HBR) analogs of formula (II) as membrane-impermeant fluorogenic chromophores.

Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor support, a semiconductor region overlying the semiconductor support, a silicon nitride layer surrounding and straining the semiconductor region, and a metal foot separating the silicon nitride layer from the semiconductor support. The semiconductor region includes germanium. The semiconductor region can be a resonator of a laser or a waveguide.

Abstract: A connection device comprises a male element and a female element capable of being axially inserted one into the other and locking to one another by means of a bayonet mechanism. The male element and the female element each have a primary magnetic circuit comprising a ferromagnetic yoke and a plurality of magnets arranged in a plane transverse to the insertion axis. The magnetic circuits are capable of magnetically coupling to one another when the male element and the female element are in proximity and facing one another, in order to form a multipolar magnetic circuit in which the magnets are arranged between the two yokes in such a way as to generate a magnetic flux closing on the two yokes and generating an attractive axial magnetic force.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1) is an excellent near-infrared emitter. R1 to R6 are H or a substituent and R7 is represented by the following formula (2). Ar11 is an aryl group, R11 is a substituent other than an aryl group and n11 is 1 or more.

Abstract: The invention relates to an active ingredient which is a live attenuated recombinant measles virus expressing influenza A virus antigen(s) and to its use in the elicitation of immunity, in particular protective immunity and advantageously broad-spectrum protective immunity against influenza A virus. In particular, the influenza A virus is selected among epidemic seasonal viruses and/or endemic viruses circulating in the human population and advantageously encompasses a pandemic virus such as H1N1v.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for determining characteristic parameters of the dimensions of nanoparticles in suspension in a liquid. The device emits an incident light beam that is linearly polarized along a polarization axis; a detecting unit comprising a measurement arm that is rotatable with respect to an axis of rotation, the detecting unit comprising first and second detection channels that are separated by a polarization-splitting element arranged in the measurement arm; a fixed sample holder receives a container of cylindrical symmetry of the sample, an axis of symmetry of the container being coincident with the axis of rotation of the measurement arm; and a control unit. The polarization-splitting element of the measurement arm is configured to simultaneously send, over each of the first and second detection channels, respectively, a first and second polarized component of the beam scattered by the sample.

Abstract: An optical guide for a near-eye display device includes a first guide element having a light input zone and a second guide element having an output zone. The first guide element is superimposed on the second guide element. The optical guide also includes an optical coupling system between the first guide element and the second guide element, and the first and second guide elements have, on the first part of their length, a mutual spacing so as to delimit a thin layer of air between said guide elements extending between a first longitudinal end of the guide elements and the optical coupling system. The optical coupling system, located at a second longitudinal end of the first and second guide elements, includes a single-piece portion of the guide elements, associated with an optical reflection member to propagate the beams of light from the input zone toward the output zone.

Abstract: A micromechanical sensor includes a movable micromechanical element and an optical resonator of disk or ring type, wherein the optical resonator has at least one interruption; and in that the movable micromechanical element is mechanically coupled to the optical resonator in such a way that a movement of the movable micromechanical element induces a modification of the width of the interruption of the optical resonator by moving at least one edge of the interruption in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of propagation of the light in the resonator at the interruption.