Abstract: A method and arrangement is provided for producing an adhesive-bound printed item composed of a plurality of printed products. The printed products are gathered into loose book blocks along a first conveying section of a conveying track for a circulating conveyor while positioned transverse to a conveying direction and inclined counter to the conveying direction. The book blocks are then accelerated in an additional section of the circulating conveyor to obtain a larger divisional spacing between the printed products. The book blocks are transferred from the additional section of the circulating conveyor to clamps of a transporter and pivoted to an upright position where one side edge is approximately parallel to the conveying direction. The book blocks are transferred from the clamps of the transporter into respective circulating conveying clamps of an adhesive binder.

Abstract: A method for testing or measuring electric elements uses at least one electron-discharging electrode, at least one electron-collecting electrode and at least one source of a beam of particles. The method includes ejecting electrons present in the discharging electrode by use of the beam of particles and injecting into an element the electrons supplied by the discharging electrode, and ejecting electrons present in an element by means of the beam of particles and collecting by the collecting electrode the electrons ejected from the element. The ejection of electrons present in the discharging electrode includes the application to the discharging electrode of a reflected beam of particles resulting from the reflection of an incident beam of particles on at least one element.

Abstract: A method for testing electric elements includes applying a first beam of particles to a first location of an electric element, to liberate electrons from the first location, and applying a second beam of particles to a second location of an electric element, with a temporal shift (?t) different from zero in relation to the application of the first beam of particles, to liberate electrons from the second location. The temporal shift is on the order of magnitude of a propagation time of electrons between the first and the second location. Electrons liberated under the effect of the first and second beams of particles are collected, and at least one quantity of electric charges corresponding to the collected electrons liberated under the effect of the second beam of particles is measured and quantitatively or qualitatively deducing therefrom an electric feature of the electric element.

Abstract: To measure the resistance from one end of a conductor (4) to the other or between conductors, for the purpose of testing them, by establishing an electric current in the conductor, without any mechanical contact therewith, this method includes providing opposite and proximate to the conductor (4)a plate (2) that has a plurality of conductive zones (8, 10) capable of being individually taken to any adjustable electric potentials, applying a beam of particles (7) to a first point (C) of the conductor (4) to extract electrons from it, and injecting electrons at a second point (B) of the conductor (4).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for searching for and selecting Web pages in conjunction with a search equation, including a step of determining, through at least one search engine, an initial set of Web pages, and a step of determining a first set of Web sites including sites corresponding to the Web pages of the initial set. Sites are linked by intersite links, and one site is linked to another site by an intersite link when there is one or more hypertext links between Web pages of the two sites considered. At least one filtering operation based on the intersite links is provided, applied to the first set of sites and eliminates sites linked to the other sites of the first set of sites by less than NL intersite links. N is a filter parameter at least equal to 1 in order to obtain at least a first reduced set of sites comprising at least one core of rank NL of the first set of sites.

Abstract: A device for testing a printed circuit board (PCB) (30) wherein the connection between the PCB to be tested and the testing circuits of the device is ensured by conductive needles guided by at least one perforated guiding plate (34). The PCB to be tested comprises at least one standard pattern included in a predetermined set of standard patterns of closely spaced contact regions. An intermediate plate (20) has a first surface, turned towards the PCB to be tested, comprising a first pattern of pads arranged according to the standard pattern, and a second surface comprising a second pattern of pads regularly arranged according to a pitch compatible with that of the needles, each pad of the first surface being electrically connected to a pad of the second surface.