Abstract: An integrated circuit includes at least a first standard cell framed by two second standard cells. The three cells are disposed adjacent to each other, and each standard cell includes at least one NMOS transistor and at least one least one PMOS transistor located in and on a silicon-on-insulator substrate. The at least one PMOS transistor of the first standard cell has a channel including silicon and germanium. The at least one PMOS transistor of each second standard cell has a silicon channel and a threshold voltage different in absolute value from the threshold voltage of said at least one PMOS transistor of the first cell.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus (7) fixed to a robot arm and intended for separating off end parts of the packaging of a paper reel comprises an edge cutting unit (7) having an edge cutting disc (18) and a detector (19), and a positioning unit (16) having an elastic positioning strip (27) which is wound on a winding roller (26) and which is unwound after piercing an end part by means of a spindle (33) and is pushed at the spindle (33) between the end part and an end face of the paper reel and up to the edge of the end face and is passed through the circumferential packaging. The edge cutting unit (17) is then positioned as a function of the position of the tip of the positioning strip (27) determined by the detector (19) and is advanced, whereupon the edge cutting disc (18) makes an all-round cut just behind the end part with rotation of the paper reel, and the end part is clamped between gripper arms (20a, b) and a clamping arm (22) and is removed.

Abstract: Peptides comprising between 20 and 39 amino acids capable of reacting with antibodies against the Sm-D polypeptide. These peptides may be used in a diagnostic method to detect of antibodies against the Sm-D polypeptide in a biological sample from a person suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus.