Abstract: An in vitro method for diagnosing, stratifying, prognosing and/or monitoring a lung and/or respiratory disease, and for evaluating the effectiveness of a treatment of a lung and/or respiratory disease, can include the determination or the measurement of the value Anl of at least one rheological parameter on a sample of mucus A of a subject, in a non-linear zone of the deformation curve of the sample, and/or of the value Al of at least one rheological parameter on said sample, in a linear zone of the deformation curve of the sample, wherein the rheological parameter is selected from the elasticity modulus (G?), the viscosity modulus (G?), the complex modulus G*, the damping factor (tan ?), the complex modulus (G*), the critical deformation (?c), the plastic deformation (?p), the flow stress threshold (?c), the plastic stress (?p), and the elastic force (EF), the critical stress (?c), and any combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary assembly (1), in particular for a rheological measurement apparatus, comprising: a stator (3), a rotor (2) that can rotate with respect to the stator (3), the rotor (2) being axially retained by an axial retaining means (4) preventing the movement of the rotor (2) along the axis of rotation (A) thereof, the axial retaining means (4) comprising a flexible rod suitable for being attached to a frame (5) and which allows a radial movement of the rotor (2), a magnetic bearing comprising a rotor element (6) made of magnetic material mounted on the rotor (2) and a stator element (7) made of magnetic material mounted on the stator (3), at least one of the rotor and stator elements made of magnetic material being a spherical magnet, wherein the rotary assembly (1) has a stable position in which the rotor (2) is aligned with the axis of rotation (A) thereof, and the elements made of magnetic material are facing each other along the axis of rotation (A) of the rotor and are

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shock-absorbing nanostructured polymer alloy, comprising: a (meth)acrylic polymer matrix comprising one or more (meth)acrylic polymer(s), said (meth)acrylic polymer matrix forming a (meth)acrylic network, and, at least one polyborodimethylsiloxane (PBDMS) distributed in the (meth)acrylic polymer matrix, the polyborodimethylsiloxane forming a network, the polyborodimethylsiloxane network and the (meth)acrylic network being intertwined. The invention also relates to a chemical composition for the manufacture of such an alloy as well as a process for manufacturing a part made of such an alloy.