Abstract: At least one compound of following formula I: in which: X is C or N, Y is CH3 or OH, and Z is H or CH3, or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, esters or isomers, for use in the manufacture of a medicament to treat pathologies in which an imbalance between cell division and apoptosis is involved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fibre sensor that enables the propagation of infrared light at at least one wavelength of 0.8 to 25 micrometres, the fibre successively comprising along its length a first infrared waveguide section (23), a second detection section (25) intended to come into contact with an external environment in order to detect infrared signatures interfering with the propagation of the evanescent waves propagating along the fibre (2), and a third infrared waveguide section (27). The invention is characterized in that, in the second fibre section (25) that has the detection role, the fibre (2) is constituted of a curved part, the radios of curvature of which is locally less than 2.3 millimetres.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the groups A and B represent independently from each other —CH?CH—, or —C?C—, the terms t, u, v, w represent, independently from each other, values ranging from 0 to 9, the groups Y1 and Y2 can represent independently from each other an alkyl group (linear, branched or substituted) carrying from 1 to 9 carbon atoms, the groups Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 can represent independently from each other a chemically reactive group W, such as OH, NH2, SH, the groups Z5 and Z6 represent independently from each other a hydrogen atom, silica nanoparticles functionalized by these compounds, and their use as drugs.

Abstract: An encoder comprises a first and a second input, and a first and a second output, and the encoder comprises a selection block suitable for selecting a more significant bit and a less significant bit. The encoder comprises a switching block suitable for connecting the first input to the first output, and the second input to the second output, the switching block being suitable for being switched in order to connect the first input to the second output and the second input to the first output, when the selection block has selected a less significant bit and a more significant bit. A decoder, a storage medium and an electronic system is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture comprising protolichesterinic acid or a salt thereof or a diastereoisomer thereof or a derivative thereof, and lichesterinic acid or a salt thereof or an enantiomer thereof or a derivative thereof, for use for stimulating pigmentation of the skin and/or of its appendages. The invention also relates to derivatives of lichesterinic acid of formula (A).

Abstract: A method is provided for phytoremediating a site polluted by at least one type of pollutant, comprising at least one step comprising growing, on this polluted soil, at least one phytoremediating plant capable of fixing at least a portion of this pollutant, and comprising a subsequent step comprising of harvesting or destroying this plant that has fixed at least a portion of said pollutant. The step of growing the plant is effected, at least in part, in the presence of at least one water-soluble exogenous carbohydrate that can be assimilated by the plant or in the presence of a substance containing a carbohydrate of this type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification and use of biomarkers with clinical relevance to high grade gliomas (HGGs). In particular, the invention provides the identity of four genes, CHAF1B, PDLIM4, EDNRB and HJURP, whose expression, at the transcriptome and proteome levels, is correlated with HGG grading and clinical survival outcome. Methods and kits are provided for using these biomarkers in the prognostication of HGGs, and in the selection and/or monitoring of treatment regimens.

Abstract: A multilayer antenna is provided, which includes a power supply portion generating a wave, a radiating portion, and a guide portion that makes it possible to guide the wave from the power supply portion to the radiating portion. The guide portion includes: at least two stacked guide layers having parallel planes and, for each pair of adjacent layers, a transition between the adjacent layers, including a reflector engaging with a slot-coupling. For at least one pair of adjacent layers, for which the guide portion includes a non-planar reflector, the slot-coupling includes a plurality of slots. Each slot includes a main body that is elongate along at least one axis. The slots are placed on at least one row and together form a pattern that extends along the reflector and has a shape that is dependent on the shape of the reflector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound represented by general formula (I) wherein Z represents N, O or S, and A represents a CH group, a nitrogen atom or an NL+ group wherein L represents a straight-chained or branched C1-C12 alkyl group. The invention also relates to a method for the preparation thereof and the use thereof as an antimitotic.

Abstract: An encoding device for a flow of digital images comprises: a working memory (42) for already decoded image blocks data, a pilot (40), mounted to analyze an incidental flow of data of digital images, and arranged to determine data to be decoded of a current block, said data to be decoded being of the complete data type or of the parameters-data type, to store the complete data in the working memory (42) as already decoded image blocks data, and to call a decoding unit (48) with the parameters-data, the decoding unit (48) reacting to the reception of parameters-data by: selecting some already decoded image blocks, forming an approximation base, which borders the current block according to a selected rule, calculating an approximation of the current block, based on a linear algebraic function of the approximation base data, and storing in the working memory (42), for the current block, already decoded image blocks data derived from this approximation.

Abstract: The invention particularly relates to a so-called continuous or instrumented indentation device for a material, which includes: an indenter; a bearing means for the material to be indented; a means for moving the indenter and/or the bearing means for contacting said indenter with said material and for pressing the indenter into the material; a means for measuring the force and the movement of the indenter when the same is pressed into the material. The bearing means includes a convex surface for receiving said material and oriented towards the indenter so that said material is capable of bearing on said surface; said indenter is one-piece structure. The means for measuring the movement of the indenter when the same is pressed into the material includes at least three movement sensors angularly arranged at an equal distance about said indenter.

Abstract: A peptide protein translation inhibitor has a size greater than 250 amino acids and it includes an amino acid sequence which is at least for 85% identical to an amino acid sequence SEQ ID No 1. It also relates to a fusion polypeptide which specifically inhibits an interesting target polynucleotide translation, in which the polypeptide includes the above defined inhibiting peptide fused with a RNA binding protein.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of purine derivatives in the manufacture of a medicament for treating pathological conditions in which an imbalance between cell division and apoptosis is involved, and more particularly in which excessive apoptosis is responsible for the pathological condition. According to the invention, a purine derivative of formula I is used. The invention finds use in the pharmaceutical field.

Abstract: The invention relates to trisubstituted or tetrasubstituted imidazo[4,5b]pyridines, to their uses as well as to a process for manufacturing them. The compounds of the invention are imidazo[4,5b]pyridines. The first general synthesis of 3,5,7 imidazo[4,5b]pyridines is disclosed in the description. The invention founds application, in particular, in the pharmaceutical field.

Abstract: The invention concerns an inhomogeneous lens with Maxwell's Fish-eye type gradient index (1), made in the shape of a hemisphere. The invention is characterized in that the lens comprises N hemispheric concentric shells (2 to 4), with different discrete dielectric constants and mutually interlaced without void between the two successive shells, with 3?N?20, the discrete dielectric constants of the N shells being such that they define a discrete distribution close to the theoretical distribution of the index inside the lens.

Abstract: An antenna, permitting the configuration of at least one radioelectric wave beam of at least one fixed wavelength, of the type including at least one transmitting element, preferably of the passive type, arranged in a set of essentially parallel, wave-reflecting wires or bars, made from a photonic band gap (BIP) material and forming a given structure. The given structure includes faults for shaping the at least one beam in a direction as a function of the position and/or the configuration of the faults. The wires or bars and the faults are arranged on a set of N curves which are closed and concentric on a plane, N being greater than or equal to 1 and the transmitting element is arranged within the innermost curve. The curves are preferably circular and the wires/bars can be controlled to pass from a wave-conducting/reflecting state to a transparent state.

Abstract: The invention concerns a white electroluminescent organic diode, providing, under the effect of electrical polarization, a white light composed of a mixture of at least one first colour and a second colour emitted respectively by a first phosphorous material and by a second phosphorous material.

Abstract: A helical antenna comprising at least one helix which is formed by at least two radiating wires. According to the invention, at least one of said radiating wires is associated with a parasitic wire having a width which is less than or equal to the radiating wire(s), such as to broaden the bandwidth of the antenna.

Abstract: A method is provided for identifying multidimensional parameters of a plurality of P>1 sources of interest present in a predetermined multidimensional conductive environment by a plurality of observations (60) in a finite number of N?1. The method includes using i) a factorisation of a problem matrix formulation, ii) the creation of a virtual network of the order 2q (q>1) sensors by using cumulants of order 2q from observations and iii) the concept of an extended deflation of order 2q taking into consideration the presence of potentially (but not entirely) correlated sources. The method and device can be used for electroencephalograpy, magnetoencephalography, geophysics and seismology.

Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting a multicarrier spectrum-spread signal, using a plurality of spreading codes. The method includes a step of allocating a power and/or rate to each of the spreading codes, based on an information representing the noise and/or on an information representing the quality of the link, said allocating step taking into account a target rate.