Abstract: The invention relates to method for transferring under pressure a fluid extracted from the deposit by means of a sampling vessel (5) wherein the fluid sample is maintained at the reservoir pressure or extraction pressure, as well as to the method for determining at least one thermodynamic characteristic of this fluid, particularly a method for determining phase transition envelops. The invention also refers to a method combining the implementation of the scanning thansitiometry with spectroscopic or analytical techniques, eventually in the presence of a fluid in a supercritical state. The invention similarly refers to a device for implementation of the above-referred methods.

Abstract: Layered double hydroxides organo-modified by 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid (HPPA), by 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethylsulfonic acid or by a hydroxyphenylpropenoic acid, and to composite polymer materials having same. The composite materials are advantageously made of biosourced polymers such as poly(butylene succinate). These composite materials have improved properties over the polymers that make up the composition thereof, and over the composites of the prior art.

Abstract: A method for reducing the rollover risk of an automotive vehicle includes: a first step of calculating, on the basis of a plurality of signals delivered by sensors (28, 29) of the controllable suspension system, a measured quantity (TCm) as an active value (TC) of a load transfer; a second step of calculating an estimated quantity (TCe), on the basis of signals delivered by kinematic sensors (50-58) placed onboard the vehicle and a dynamic model of the vehicle, the estimated quantity being taken as an active value of the load transfer when the measured quantity is not available; a step of evaluating the rollover risk on the basis of the active value (TC) of the load transfer; and, in the event of increased rollover risk; and a step of the emission of a safety signal (S).

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition made from at least one sulphated polysaccharide, in particular from an algae, and combined with at least one food ingredient. This composition can be used, in particular, in the field of food or in the treatment or prevention of an infection caused by microsporidia in humans or animals. It has useful properties as an antiparasitic agent in humans or animals; for the treatment or prevention of an infection caused by at least one microsporidia in humans or animals; in particular for the treatment or prevention of an infection caused in bees by the microsporidia Nosema, preferably Nosema ceranae or Nosema apis, or indeed for stimulating the immune defences of bees.

Abstract: The method for evaluating the compactness of a layer of railroad ballast near a railroad tie includes at least one step of taking at least two measurements (11,11a,11b) of the penetration resistance (Qd) of the ballast (13) near one and the same railroad tie (10), and a step of calculating the mean value (Qdmean) of these measurements (11,11a,11b) of penetration resistance (Qd). Also provided are a device for implementing such a method and a method for predicting the settlement of the ballast of a railroad track including a step of evaluating the compactness of a ballast near a railroad tie.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a grape marc extract in order to stimulate the natural defenses of plants and to a method for stimulating the natural defenses of plants, which comprises the application on said plants of a composition comprising a grape marc extract.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of subfluorinated carbon nano-objects as an electrode material of primary lithium batteries, the electrode obtained by that use and a lithium battery comprising such an electrode. The subfluorinated carbon nano-objects used in the invention have a central part made of nonfluorinated carbon and a peripheral part made of fluorinated carbon of formula CFX where x represents the F/C atomic ratio, which is such that 0.25<x<1.1 and whereof the spectrum 19F MAS RMN has a single peak between ?150 and ?190 ppm/CFCl3 (outside of rotation bands). The invention applies to the field of storing and retrieving energy, in particular.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising at least one deacetylated chitosan, an acid and an additional compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an anticorrosion coating, wherein (1) an anticorrosion primer comprising (A) at least one organic resin as binder and (B) at least one synthetic layered double hydroxide comprising organic anions is applied directly to a metallic substrate and (2) a polymer film is formed from the anticorrosion primer applied in stage (1), the method being characterized in that the at least one synthetic layered double hydroxide (B) comprises at least one organic anion of the following formula (I): where R1?COO?, SO3?, R2/R3?NH2, OH, H. The present invention relates, furthermore, to coated metallic substrates coated by the method of the invention. The present invention relates not least to the use of the anticorrosion primer for use in the method of the invention for improving the corrosion resistance of metallic substrates.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous effect basecoat material comprising at least one liquid-crystalline aqueous preparation (WZ) in fractions of 1% to 99% by weight, based on the aqueous basecoat material, at least one film-forming polymer (FP), and at least one effect pigment (EP).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of increasing the stonechip resistance of OEM coat systems composed of an anticorrosion coat, a surfacer coat, and a concluding topcoat, in which 0.1% to 30% by weight, based on the nonvolatile fractions of the coating material, of electrically charged inorganic particles AT whose ratio D/d, the ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d), is >50 and whose charge is at least partly compensated by singly charged organic counterions OG, are incorporated into the coating material that is used to produce at least one of said coats and that comprises at least one polymer P, and the coating material is applied and, lastly, is cured.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an implant material for filling bone defects, for bone regeneration, and for bone tissue engineering, to an implant comprising this material, to a method for producing such an implant, and to a method for producing a hybrid material. The implant material comprises a hybrid material comprising: a bioactive glass M based on SiO2 and CaO, optionally containing P2O5 and/or optionally doped with strontium, and a biodegradable polymer P soluble in a solvent and chosen from among bioresorbable polysaccharides. The implant material has applications in the medical field.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an implant material for filling bone defects, for bone regeneration and for bone tissue engineering, to an implant comprising this material, and to a method for producing such an implant. The implant material comprises: a bioactive glass M based on SiO2 and CaO, optionally containing P2O5 and/or optionally doped with strontium, and a biodegradable polymer P soluble in at least one solvent S1 and chosen from among the bioresorbable polysaccharides. The implant material has applications in the medical field.

Abstract: The method for evaluating the compactness of a layer of railroad ballast near a railroad tie includes at least one step of taking at least two measurements (11,11a,11b) of the penetration resistance (Qd) of the ballast (13) near one and the same railroad tie (10), and a step of calculating the mean value (Qdmean) of these measurements (11,11a,11b) of penetration resistance. Also provided are a device for implementing such a method and a method for predicting the settlement of the ballast of a railroad track including a step of evaluating the compactness of a ballast near a railroad tie.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising at least one deacetylated chitosan, an acid and an additional compound.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous coating materials comprising at least one water-dispersible polymer (WP), having at least one functional group (a), preferably at least one crosslinking agent (V) having at least two functional groups (b), which react with the functional groups (a) of the water-dispersible polymer (WP) when the coating material cures, to form a covalent bond, and positively charged inorganic particles whose ratio D/d, the ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d), is >50, the charge of the inorganic particles being at least partly compensated by singly charged organic anions (OA). The invention further relates to a process for producing stonechip-resistant OEM coat systems consisting of an anticorrosion coat applied directly to the substrate, a surfacer coat, and a concluding topcoat, preferably consisting of a basecoat and a concluding clearcoat, where at least one coat is formed from the above-identified aqueous coating material.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one liquid-crystalline aqueous preparation (WZ) in fractions of 1% to 99% by weight, based on the aqueous basecoat material, at least one film-forming polymer (FP), and a crosslinking agent (V).

Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous effect basecoat material comprising at least one liquid-crystalline aqueous preparation (WZ) in fractions of 1% to 99% by weight, based on the aqueous basecoat material, at least one film-forming polymer (FP), and at least one effect pigment (EP).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of diagnosing the operation of a water purification installation of the filter medium device type, the material of the filter medium being made up of particles, the method including the following steps: a characterization step of characterizing at least one physical and/or mechanical parameter of the filter medium device to establish a permeability value Ks (expressed in m/s); a comparison step of comparing said established permeability value Ks with a predetermined range [kmin; kmax] of permeability values representing a satisfactory operating state of the purification installation; and a diagnosis step during which the filter medium device is assigned an operation indicator according to the result of the comparison step. Applications include non-collective sanitation (NCS) systems and stand-alone sanitation systems.

Abstract: An authentication method between a client (2) and a server (4) sharing a secret (6) includes the following steps: the server (4) generates at least one random value (40); the server (4) computes a first encrypted value (46); the server (4) concatenates the random value (40) and the first encrypted value (46) to form a challenge (10); the client (2) extracts the random value (40) and the first encrypted value (46) from the challenge (10); the client (2) computes a second encrypted value (48); the client (2) compares the first (46) and second (48) encrypted values; and the server (4) is authenticated by the client (2) if the first (46) and second (48) encrypted values match.