Abstract: The invention relates to a method for triggering a pulsed light source, wherein it comprises at least one iteration of the following steps: receiving a control signal; determining what is called a separation time between the reception of said control signal and at least one preceding control signal; adjusting at least one control parameter of said pulsed light source depending at least on said separation; generating at least one electrical signal for triggering the pulsed light source depending on said at least one control parameter adjusted during the preceding step; and triggering the pulsed light source depending on said at least one triggering electrical signal.

Abstract: A method for determination of the behavior of a reactive mixture intended for obtaining a geopolymer. The reactive mixture comprises at least one aluminosilicate material. The method includes determining a proportion of amorphous phase of the at least one aluminosilicate material and determining a degree of wettability of the at least one aluminosilicate material. If the proportion of amorphous phase is greater than 45% and if the degree of wettability is situated in a range between 300 ?g/l and 1400 ?g/l, then the reactive mixture, formed by the reaction of the at least one aluminosilicate material with an alkaline solution, forms a geopolymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the synthesis of a nanocomposite compound comprising TiO2 nanoparticles bound to carbon nanostructures, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) mixing carbon nanostructures and at least one TiO2 precursor in a first liquid in order to form a stock suspension; b) nebulizing said stock suspension and transporting it into a reaction chamber by means of a gaseous flow; and c) carrying out laser pyrolysis of said stock suspension in said reaction chamber in order to simultaneously form TiO2 nanoparticles and graft them onto the nano structures.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a generation device that includes: a pulsed laser source generating primary photons having at least one wavelength within pulses having time dissymmetry, a forming device(s) controlling the primary photons so as to generate a selective-polarization, focused input beam, and an optical fiber wherein the primary photons induce secondary photons having different wavelengths resulting from a raman conversion cascade and forming a wide-spectrum output beam having substantially constant energy.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a treatment of diseases involving B cells, B lymphocytes or plasmocytes. In particular, it concerns an antisense oligonucleotide or a mixture of antisense oligonucleotides capable of inducing exon skipping at the RNA of the immunoglobulin heavy or light chains, for the use of same in the treatment of diseases involving B cells.

Abstract: According to the invention, a plurality of elementary laser beams (fi) are generated, the phases of which are adjusted by an electro-optical feedback loop (6, 7i, 8i, 9) implementing the matrix equation of a phase-contrast filtering device (6).

Abstract: Process for depositing a corrosion-protection coating on at least one portion of the surfaces of a metallic substrate having at least one cavity with an equivalent diameter emm<2 mm and a length/width ratio of greater than 150, using an aqueous suspension comprising powder of the metal to be deposited on the substrate combined with an agent for protecting the surface of the metal powder, a diluent, and at least one additive, the particles of the suspension each having an equivalent diameter d such that d?emm/10.

Abstract: A power switching cell with normally on field-effect transistors comprises a current switch receiving the control input signal over an activation input and a power transistor for switching a high voltage VDD applied to its drain, to its source that is connected to the output port of the cell. The control of the gate of the power transistor whose source is floating, according to the input signal, is provided by a self-biasing circuit connected between its gate and source. The current switch is connected between the self-biasing circuit and a zero or negative reference voltage. The self-biasing circuit comprises a transistor whose source or drain is connected to the gate or source of the power transistor. The gate of this transistor is biased by a resistor connected between its gate and source, and between the current switch and the source. The transistors are HEMT transistors using GaN or AsGa technology.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transgenic non-human mammal comprising human immunoglobulin mu and epsilon heavy-chain constant transgenes C? and C? inserted in place of endogenous mu heavy-chain switch sequence S?, and its use for producing chimeric human immunoglobulin E antibodies specific for an antigen of interest.

Abstract: A waveguide with a hollow core (16) delimited by a closed contour includes a succession of arcs (20) of negative curvature, each arc including a chord (24), characterized in that the contour of the hollow core (16) includes small arcs (PA) and large arcs (GA) arranged alternately, each arc (20) being symmetric with respect to a straight line passing through the center (18) of the hollow core (16) and the middle of the chord (24) thereof, the ratio b=2Ra/C of the large arcs being greater than 0.9 for the large arcs (GA), Ra corresponding to the maximum distance between the chord (24) and the arc (20), C corresponding to the length of the chord (24).

Abstract: A basic antenna (2), designed to form a radiating element of an array antenna, includes, superimposed, a planar reflector (4), a probe (6), and an assembly (8) of the EBG type by default in the form of a cavity (16). The basic antenna (2) includes a wall enclosure (10) capable of reflecting the electromagnetic waves at the operating frequency or frequencies of the basic antenna (2), the wall enclosure (10) being an extension in a direction orthogonal to the planar reflector (4) and simultaneously surrounding only the probe (6), the cavity (16) and the structure (14). The one- or two-dimensional array antenna includes a plurality of joined basic antennas (2) arranged compactly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising sodium thiosulphate dispersed in a hydrophile-in-lipophile emulsion, and the use thereof for topical administration for the treatment of an ectopic calcification and/or of the consequences thereof in an individual, the sodium thiosulphate being in the form of a pharmaceutical composition comprising, in addition, a hydrophile-in-lipophile emulsion. The invention also relates to a method for preparing these pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laser oscillator comprising an amplifying optical fiber (MA) inserted in a resonant cavity so as to act as an active medium, and pumping means (DL, CP) causing a population inversion in said amplifying optical fiber, characterized in that said amplifying optical fiber comprises at least two cores (C1, C2) optically coupled to each other in a common cladding (G), and in that the shapes, sizes, refractive indices and the relative arrangement of said cores are chosen so that super-modes are supported, at least one (SMI) of which super-modes has, in an emission spectral band of said laser oscillator, a normal chromatic dispersion.

Abstract: Method for determining, in vitro, the cell aggressiveness grade of cancer cells or for detecting cancer stem cells in a cell sample originating from a solid tissue suspected of being cancerous, includes: a) dissociating the cell cluster constituting the sample into a suspension of whole and viable isolated cells, b) macroscopically sorting the cells to obtain homogeneous subpopulations, c) calibrating at least one microwave electromagnetic sensor resonating at its own resonance frequency, d) presenting the dissociated and sorted cells to the calibrated sensor, e) interrogating the sensor and determining its new resonance frequency having received the cells, f) calculating the variation in overall dielectric permittivity of the cells according to the variation in working frequency, which constitutes the electromagnetic signature of the cells. The macroscopic sorting is without prior labelling and is based on the intrinsic properties of the cells. A kit for implementing the method is also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric protein comprising at least one human amyloid P component and at least one fragment of an Fc region of a human antibody, the human amyloid P component and the fragment of an Fc region with which it is associated being bound to each other by means of a hinge region.

Abstract: Process for depositing a corrosion-protection coating on at least one portion of the surfaces of a metallic substrate having at least one cavity with an equivalent diameter emm<2 mm and a length/width ratio of greater than 150, using an aqueous suspension comprising powder of the metal to be deposited on the substrate combined with an agent for protecting the surface of the metal powder, a diluent, and at least one additive, the particles of the suspension each having an equivalent diameter d such that d?emm/10.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transgenic non-human mammal comprising human immunoglobulin mu and epsilon heavy-chain constant transgenes C? and C? inserted in place of endogenous mu heavy-chain switch sequence S?, and its use for producing chimeric human immunoglobulin E antibodies specific for an antigen of interest.

Abstract: A supercontinuum source capable of emitting waves between the infrared range and the ultraviolet range, includes a pulsed laser source (12) capable of generating a laser beam and a non-linear microstructured optical fiber (14) capable of receiving the laser beam, in such a way that the supercontinuum source is capable of generating a beam (F?) over a pulse duration (T?), characterized in that the supercontinuum source includes elements for varying the pulse duration.

Abstract: According to the invention, the intermediate sheath (13) is formed by assembling longitudinal elements (13A) and includes: a first optical material, the refractive index of which differs from the refractive index of the monomode core by at most 10?3; and a second optical material, the refractive index of which is lower than the refractive index of said monomode core and differs therefrom by at least 10?3.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laser oscillator comprising an amplifying optical fibre (MA) inserted in a resonant cavity so as to act as an active medium, and pumping means (DL, CP) causing a population inversion in said amplifying optical fibre, characterized in that said amplifying optical fibre comprises at least two cores (C1, C2) optically coupled to each other in a common cladding (G), and in that the shapes, sizes, refractive indices and the relative arrangement of said cores are chosen so that super-modes are supported, at least one (SMI) of which super-modes has, in an emission spectral band of said laser oscillator, a normal chromatic dispersion.