Abstract: A fastening device for keeping at least first and second parts assembled, the fastening device comprising a tubular body passing through the first and second parts, an expansion nut and a screw that is seated in the tubular body and cooperates with the expansion nut. To facilitate the removal of the fastening device, the screw has at least one shape, such as a recess positioned on the transverse face thereof, to prevent it from rotating using a first tool, and the expansion nut has at least one shape, such as a flat, to unscrew it using a second tool. Also an assembly comprising at least one such assembly device as well as a removal method.

Abstract: An audio processing system is disclosed for comparing a query audio sample with a database of multiple reference audio samples using an external normalization. The system includes at least one processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to determine a bias term of the external normalization based on a spectro-temporal pattern of the query audio sample. The system further compares the query audio sample with each of the reference audio samples to generate a similarity score for each comparison. The system combines the bias term with each of the similarity scores to produce normalized similarity scores. The normalized similarity scores are then compared with a threshold to generate a result of comparison, which is subsequently outputted.

Abstract: An approach to design a neural network estimates ground contact forces in various areas under each foot from motion capture data at an input. At training time, the input motion capture data is supplemented with synchronized pressure insole data and this extra data is leveraged to optimize neural network weights. At run-time, the optimized network is fed with motion capture data to regress the ground contact forces and predict more accurate ground contact from these forces. The data-driven foot contacts prediction method is learned on a large motion capture database which outperforms traditional heuristic approaches.

Abstract: A sealing plug for leaktightly plugging a cavity. The sealing plug comprises an incompressibly deformable envelope delimiting a hollow internal space and provided with at least one orifice, a rod which can slide through the envelope, a first end of the rod that is provided with a head being able to deform the envelope when a second end of the rod is pulled, and a viscous seal arranged in the internal space of the envelope so as to be expelled from the envelope through the orifice when the envelope is deformed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating blood flow with a blood pump including a membrane and an encapsulated actuator are described. The pump may be implantable and may include a stator assembly, an electromagnetic assembly supported by the stator assembly, a magnetic assembly, one or more springs attached to the stator and the magnetic assembly, and encapsulation portions that connect the magnetic assembly to the stator assembly. The magnetic assembly may further be coupled to a membrane assembly including a flexible membrane. The electromagnetic assembly may be selectively activated to cause the magnetic assembly to reciprocate, thereby causing the membrane assembly to reciprocate and inducing wavelike undulations in the flexible membrane to pump blood from an inlet to an outlet of the pump. The encapsulation portions may prevent blood from interacting with an interior moving portion of the pump thereby reducing the risk of hemolysis.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an audio system, a method and a system for facilitating operation of a machine. The machine includes actuators assisting tools to perform tasks. In an example, the audio system is configured to receive an audio mixture of signals generated by audio sources including at least one of the tools performing the tasks, or the actuators. The audio sources forming the audio mixture are identified by a location relative to a location of each microphone of a microphone array measuring the audio mixture. The audio system is configured to extract an audio signal from the audio mixture generated by an identified audio source, based on a correlation of spectral features in a multi-channel spectrogram of the audio mixture with directional information indicative of the relative location of the identified audio source. The audio system outputs the extracted audio signal to facilitate the operation of the machine.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting anomaly of an operation of a machine based on a signal indicative of the operation of the machine performing a task, comprises collecting hyperbolic embeddings of the signal indicative of the operation of the machine. The hyperbolic embeddings lie in a hyperbolic space. The method further comprises performing the detection of the anomaly of the operation of the machine based on the hyperbolic embeddings to determine an anomaly score and rendering the anomaly score. The machine operation is controlled based on the rendered anomaly score.

Abstract: Device for dispensing a pulverulent product having a reservoir unit (100) connected on the one hand, to an air expulsion system (200) and on the other hand to a dispensing head (300) provided with a dispensing orifice (310). The reservoir unit (100) has a reservoir (110) having substantially the form of a hollow cylinder, with a distal opening (111), a proximal opening (112), and a metering passage (113) connecting the distal and proximal openings (111, 112), a one-way valve (115) being positioned between the metering passage (113) and the distal opening (111), the proximal opening (112) of the reservoir (110) forming a filling cone which tapers towards the metering passage (113) to facilitate filling of the metering passage (113) with a dose of powder.

Abstract: A device is for assisting the taxiing of an aircraft, using at least one engine and at least one braking member. The device includes a control member, adapted to be actuated by a pilot from a neutral position to define a taxiing piloting command and a central controller, adapted to operate pilot at least one engine of the aircraft to apply the taxiing command defined by the pilot. The central controller is also configured to pilot at least one braking member of the aircraft to apply the taxiing piloting command defined by the pilot.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gas-liquid separation device, notably for being installed in the recycle zone of three-phase fluidized reactors. The gas-liquid separation device comprises several separation elements each having an inlet pipe (70) and a succession of at least two bends (71, 72), a first bend (71) situated in the plane (zy), the axis of the first bend (71) forming an angle of orientation ? with respect to the vertical z-axis of between 45° and 315°, and a second bend (72) forming a second angle of orientation p with the first bend (71) of between 1° and 135°. The two first successive bends (71, 72) are separated by a distance D1 of between D/2 and 4D, D being the diameter of the inlet pipe (70). Each separation element comprises a liquid-guiding device (73) positioned at the outlet end of the last bend (72), and with an open section.

Abstract: A device including a first layer, a MEMS component and/or an ASIC component on the first layer, and a second layer having a cavity receiving the MEMS component and/or the ASIC component. The second layer has a feedthrough for transmission of at least one of an electrical signal, an electromagnetic signal, a fluid, and a force.

Abstract: A spray head (10) for a device for dispensing a fluid product, comprising a body (11) provided with a spray hole (12), the spray head (10) comprising a connecting member (15) rigidly attached to the body (11), the connecting member (15) defining a central axial channel (16), the spray head (10) comprising at least one valve (20; 40) forming precompression means for generating a calibrated spray through the spray hole (12), an intermediate member (14) being inserted between the connecting member (15) and the body (11), the intermediate member (14) being hollow and comprising an opening (14?) that opens into the connecting member (15), a sleeve (40) being mounted so as to slide in the connecting member (15) around the intermediate member (14) between an open position and a closed position, a resilient element (41) biasing the sleeve (14) to its closed position in which it closes off the opening (14?), the sleeve (40) being moved towards its open position when the flow of fluid product (F) is actuated based on a

Abstract: A method for obtaining an integrated device that includes: forming a metal barrier layer above a substrate; forming an anodizable metal layer on the metal barrier layer; anodizing a first region and a second region of the anodizable metal layer to obtain respectively a first porous region and a second porous region both having a plurality of substantially straight pores that extend from a top surface of the porous region towards the metal barrier layer; forming an etching mask above at least the first porous region having an opening above the second porous region; and etching bottom ends of pores of the second porous region through the opening of the etching mask to obtain pores that form a device region, and pores in the first porous region that form a dicing line, the integrated device being delimited at least by the dicing line.

Abstract: The subject technology receives, from a document object model, a set of nodes of a web page, each node corresponding to an element of the web page. The subject technology determines, using an intersection observer, a position and visibility of a set of first elements within a viewport of the web page. The subject technology determines, using a mutation observer, a set of new elements within the viewport that was previously hidden and now visible. The subject technology provides a set of visible elements, based at least in part on the set of new elements and the set of first element, as elements that have been seen by a user during a session. The subject technology generates an index based at least in part on the set of visible elements, the index comprising information corresponding to text that was visible to the user during the session.

Abstract: The subject technology receives, from a document object model, a set of nodes of a web page, each node corresponding to an element of the web page. The subject technology determines, using an intersection observer, a position and visibility of a set of first elements within a viewport of the web page. The subject technology determines, using a mutation observer, a set of new elements within the viewport that was previously hidden and now visible. The subject technology provides a set of visible elements, based at least in part on the set of new elements and the set of first element, as elements that have been seen by a user during a session. The subject technology generates an index based at least in part on the set of visible elements, the index comprising information corresponding to text that was visible to the user during the session.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for the prognosis of disease progression in a patient that suffers from or is at risk of developing cancer, said method comprising the step of determining, in a sample from said patient which is suspected to comprise neoplastic or cancerous tissue, whether or not the sample comprises a tertiary lymphoid structure (TLS), and prognosing disease progression, wherein the prognosis is an assessment regarding the likelihood of improved survival of the patient, and/or better clinical outcome of an immunotherapy.

Abstract: In some examples, fiber optic link intermittent fault detection and localization may include determining, for a fiber optic link that is to be analyzed, at least one section corresponding to the fiber optic link, at least one detection threshold corresponding to the at least one section, and a reference trace for the fiber optic link. A real-time trace may be acquired for the fiber optic link, and a comparison trace may be generated based on analysis of the reference trace and the real-time trace. Based on analysis of the at least one section to determine whether at least one section level parameter determined from the comparison trace exceeds the at least one detection threshold, an event associated with the fiber optic link may be identified.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a plurality of individual microelectromechanical transducer elements includes forming a plurality of microelectromechanical transducer elements on a wafer. Each microelectromechanical transducer element has a sensitive region with a membrane and a sensing element monitoring at least one measurand and generating an electrical signal correlated with the at least one measurand, and an electrical contact outputting the electrical signal. The method includes providing, for each microelectromechanical transducer element, a sealing structure around a sensitive region and an electrical connection connected to the electrical contact. The sealing structure and the electrical connection are made out of a reflow solder material. The method includes dicing the wafer to form individual microelectromechanical transducer elements.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing device having an air expulsion system (200) with a pump (200) with an external body (210) containing a pump body (220; 270) with a pumping chamber (225) and a piston rod (230). The pump body has a proximal hollow body and a distal hollow body fixed to one another. The rod has a proximal rod part (231), a central rod part (232) and a distal rod part (233), the outside diameter of the central rod part (232) greater than the diameters of the other two. The central rod part supports a first seal (237) and a second seal (236), and the distal rod part supports a third seal (235). The proximal rod part has a central passage (234) extending beyond the first seal and opens laterally to the outside between the first and second seals. The distal hollow body contains a spring.