Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous monolith includes: forming a sol including a sol-gel precursor in aqueous solution; at least partially filling with previously formed sol an enclosure and at least one mould contained in the enclosure, the mould including at least one opening into the sol after filling; forming a sol-gel matrix in the enclosure from the sol; removing the mould with the sol-gel matrix contained in the mould from the enclosure; and forming a porous monolith from the sol-gel matrix contained in the mould, wherein the formation of the sol, the sol-gel matrix, and the porous monolith is performed by a sol-gel process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new glycomimetic molecules which selectively bind to the L-SIGN receptor, finding application in the medical field and, in particular, in the prevention and treatment of viral infections, in the immunotherapy of liver tumors and in the treatment of immune diseases.

Abstract: The invention is a method for processing a calibration spectrum acquired by a spectrometric detector of X or gamma photons. The method comprises a taking into account of a parametric form of a calibration function, the calibration function linking the rank of an energy channel to an energy value. The method comprises a confrontation between the channels of the peaks of the calibration spectrum and emission energies of calibration isotopes. The confrontation makes it possible to define the values of the parameters of the calibration function.

Abstract: Compounds of general formula: wherein R0A and R0B are independently selected from hydrogen and pharmaceutically acceptable cations; and RA and RB are identical and selected from amide, carbamate, sulphonamide, azido, cyano and halide. Also, a pharmaceutical composition including one of the compounds. The composition may also include another active ingredient, especially an antineoplastic agent. Further a compound or a composition for use as a medicament, especially a compound or a composition for use in the treatment of a proliferative disease such as for example cancer.

Abstract: A system for controlling the activation/deactivation of an electromagnetic shielding screen of a porthole or a protective window of an optoelectronic equipment, which includes, a radiofrequency electromagnetic sensor, with a bandwidth adapted to a cut-off band of said shielding screen corresponding to a range of electromagnetic fields to be blocked, connected to a detector-rectifier with a sensitivity higher than a minimum value of the power of an electromagnetic field to be blocked by means of said shielding screen and a device for activating/deactivating said electromagnetic shielding screen, said detector-rectifier being configured, in the presence of the electromagnetic field with a power exceeding said minimum value, to activate said device for activating/deactivating the electromagnetic shielding screen by capturing the electromagnetic energy supplied by said electromagnetic fields with a power exceeding said minimum value.

Abstract: Polyethylene composition comprising at least 50 wt. % of polyethylene based on the total weight of the polyethylene composition, and having a density of at least 0.910 g/cm3; a melt index MI2 ranging from 3.0 to 60.0 g/10 min; an unsaturation index higher than 2,000 wherein the unsaturation index is the product of the Mn in Dalton and the vinyl unsaturation units per 1,000 carbon atoms as determined by ASTM D6248-98:2004; a complex viscosity at 0.1 rad/sec at 190° C. ranging from 200 to 20,000 Pa·s; and a ratio of complex viscosity at a frequency of 0.01 rad/sec to the complex viscosity at a frequency of 100 rad/sec of at most 8.0, said ratio being measured at 190° C.

Abstract: The method of modulating epileptogenicity in a brain of an epileptic patient includes: providing a virtual brain; providing a model of an epileptogenic and of a propagation zones and loading the models in the virtual brain to create a virtual epileptic brain; acquiring data of the brain of the epileptic patient; identifying, in the data, a location of at least one possible epileptogenic zone; fitting the virtual epileptic brain against the data acquired from the epileptic patient and parametrizing the at least one possible epileptogenic zone in the virtual epileptic brain as an epileptogenic zone; and simulating, within the virtual epileptic brain, the effect of a network modulation mimicking a clinical intervention of the brain of the patient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for real-time tracking of the placement of a camera with respect to a 3D model comprising a keyframe base comprising a first thread of execution making it possible to estimate the current placement of the camera from a selected keyframe, characterized in that the method further comprises a step of analyzing the quality of the estimation of the placement of the camera from the image stored in a buffer memory, and a step of analyzing the sharpness of the image stored in the buffer memory from data representative of the movement of the camera, and if the quality of the estimation of the placement of the camera from the stored image and the sharpness of the stored image conform to predetermined criteria, a step of adding the image stored in the buffer memory to the keyframe base as a new keyframe.

Abstract: A method for delithiating a lithium and transition metal nitride. The method involves mixing an oxidising agent with the lithium and transition metal nitride and recovering the material obtained. The transition metal may be Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, or a mixture thereof. The material obtained by the method may be used as a negative electrode material for a lithium-ion battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified cytokine of the TNF superfamily, with reduced activity to its receptor, wherein said modified cytokine is specifically delivered to target cells. Preferably, said modified cytokine is a single chain variant of the TNF superfamily, even more preferably, one or more of the chains can-y one or more mutations, resulting in a low affinity to the receptor, wherein said mutant cytokine is specifically delivered to target cells. The targeting is realized by fusion of the modified cytokine of the TNF superfamily to a targeting moiety, preferably an antibody or antibody-like molecule. The invention relates further to the use of such targeted modified cytokine of the TNF superfamily to treat diseases.

Abstract: A cold crucible usable in the field of high-temperature production of monocrystalline materials. The cold crucible includes: a cold cage which has sectors made of a material having good electrical conductivity and in which a charge is melted, and a cooling device with heat transfer fluid, configured to cool each segment of the cold cage from the inside. The cold crucible is essentially such that it further includes at least one device for generating a static magnetic field, each generating device being housed inside one of the sectors of the cold crucible. Each static magnetic field thus generated having the effect of slowing down the electromagnetic stirring of the molten charge, such that it is possible to produce monocrystalline ingots of significantly larger diameter than the diameter of the seed initiating their growth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions (self-thermally) curable on demand under the triggering action of UV-visible to near-infrared irradiation of moderate intensity, method of using same for accelerated photopolyaddition of cyclic ether-amine resins or ultrafast dark curing of cyclic ether-amine resins, and articles obtained by such method. The invention also relates to a resin casting, film or coated substrate, and an adhesive layeror bonding agent, comprising acyclic ether-amine resin obtained by an accelerated curing process according to the invention. The invention additionally relates to the use of a composition of the invention for increasing the delamination strength of laminated composite materials.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling the propagation of acoustic waves in the vicinity of a wall, the method and device implementing a master device for controlling a set Nc of cells primarily made up of a speaker, a set of Nm microphones connected to the speaker, and a control unit, by means of control laws that determine the intensity of the electrical signal that must be sent to each speaker so as to obtain a target determined generalized acoustic impedance for each speaker, such that a fraction of the acoustic waves is absorbed by the membrane of each speaker.

Abstract: The invention is a device and method for detecting an analyte in a medium. An exciting light source produces an exciting light wave, which propagates to the medium and heats the latter. The device comprises a transducer for detecting the heating of the medium. According to one embodiment, the transducer is a thermal transducer, configured to detect a variation in the temperature of the medium. According to another embodiment, the transducer is an acoustic transducer, configured to detect a photoacoustic wave propagating from the medium. Whatever the embodiment, the transducer employs a membrane, on which a waveguide is placed. The waveguide comprises a resonant optical cavity. Transduction is achieved by analyzing a variation in a resonant wavelength of the optical cavity.

Abstract: A lidar system based on measuring a time-of-flight, including: an emission device configured to emit light pulses towards a scene at an angle greater than or equal to 5°; a reception device including: o a photodetector configured to receive pulses reflected or backscattered by at least one element of the scene and to convert the pulses into an electrical signal, an amplification circuit configured to amplify the electrical signal, a processing unit for processing the amplified electrical signal, configured to digitize the amplified electrical signal and determine a distance from the at least one element based on the digitized amplified electrical signal, the amplification circuit including a transimpedance amplifier, a transformer including a primary and a secondary, a capacitor and an inductor arranged in series with the capacitor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antimicrobial peptides, variants and chemical analogues thereof; in particular, a peptide of 20 amino acids, named Michelicin, having the sequence RVCVRICRNGRCYRRCWNT, derived from a longer precursor with a BRICHOS domain from the marine worm Capitella. The peptide has several cysteines which form disulfide bridges and provide stability in salt conditions. Several derivatives and analogues were produced. The peptide and the derivatives show antimicrobial activity against a wide range of bacteria. The application also concerns nucleic acid sequences encoding these, pharmaceutical composition and to their use as a drug, preservative and disinfectant.

Abstract: A process for maximum power point tracking of a photovoltaic module, which includes monitoring the module's degradation by: for a periodicity n1?t0 with n1>1 constant or variable, steps of measuring parameters I and V of the module for points offset in voltage voltage VMPP+? and VMPP?? over the curve I(V) relative to the maximum power point MPP, calculating the slope dI/dV+ at the point VMPP+? and the slope dI/dV? at the point and VMPP?? and recording of the data with the MPP; for a periodicity n2?t0 with n2?n1 of > of steps of measuring values I and V by sweeping the curve I(V) and calculating and storing the module's parameters and values; one or several steps of calculating, tracing and displaying of (p/2) curves of data pairs based on p measured and calculated parameters; and one or more steps of detecting degradation from the measured and calculated parameters.

Abstract: An adhesive composition including a calcium phosphate ceramic selected from tetracalcium phosphate and alpha-tricalcium phosphate, phosphorylated serine, polydopamine, and an aqueous solvent. Also, a kit for preparing the adhesive composition, which includes the calcium phosphate ceramic, phosphorylated serine, and polydopamine and a method for preparing the adhesive composition, as well as the uses thereof.

Abstract: Equipment for selectively depositing, by shockwave-induced spraying, at least one particle on a deposition surface of a receiver substrate. The equipment including at least one laser source that emits a laser beam, a substrate carrier to which the substrate is fastened, a shockwave-generating layer having a first surface oriented toward the laser beam and a second surface oriented toward the deposition surface of the substrate, an optical system for directing and focusing the laser beam toward a focal region of the first surface. The second surface including a plurality of cavities, each cavity housing at least one particle. The laser beam generates a plasma in the focal region on the first surface and a shockwave that propagates within the generating layer from the first surface to the second surface in order to spray at least one particle in the direction of the deposition surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing, applying and fixing a multilayer surface coating (2a, 3a) on at least one surface (1a) to be coated of a host substrate (1) in order to produce a host substrate assembly. Starting with a fixative product (2) and a functional product (3) based on single-walled or multi-walled graphene, the method consists in successively applying: a layer (2a) of fixative product to the or to each surface (1a) to be coated of the host substrate (1); and a layer of the functional product to said fixative layer (2a). The assembly can be finished with a protective layer deposited directly onto the layer (3a) that contains the functional product. The invention also relates to a host substrate assembly which can be obtained by said method, a heating element, an anti-corrosion and/or anti-fouling/dirt-repelling element and a hydrophobic element each comprising such an assembly.