Abstract: Method for checking the compliance of a workpiece, comprising the following steps: estimating a risk of non-compliance of characteristic on the basis of a law of probability associated with the characteristic; and verifying whether the estimated risk of non-compliance satisfies a decision criterion and, if so, declaring that the workpiece is compliant for characteristic; if not, measuring a value of the characteristic, determining whether or not the workpiece is compliant based on the measured value, and updating the law of probability associated with characteristic based on the measured value.

Abstract: The invention is based on the discovery of a new bacterial compound with analgesic properties which could be used as a new tool for the treatment of pain disorders such as visceral pain. Studying the mechanisms implicated in analgesic properties of the probiotic Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (EcN), inventors characterized, the amino fatty acids produced by EcN, which display the Ecn analgesic properties. One of these compounds inhibits the hypersensitivity to colorectal distension induced by capsaicin, which is a very powerful nociceptive compound and acts via the GABA B receptor. Furthermore, inventors demonstrate that this compound is able to cross the cellular epithelial barrier (such as the intestinal epithelium). Thus, the invention relates to a lipopetide compound, derived from gamma-aminobutyric acid. The invention also relates to a lipopeptide compound according to the invention for the treatment of treating pain disorder, such as somatic pain and visceral pain.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-vaporizing pipe (5) for a combustion chamber of a turbomachine, comprising a generally elongate main body (50), comprising a first end portion (51) delimiting an inlet duct (52) in which a fuel injector is to be mounted, the body (50) having an external surface (500) having a first length (L1) that extends from the portion (51) to at least one first fuel outlet end piece (53), and a second length (L2) that extends the first length (L1) from the end piece (53) and that extends from the end piece (53) to a second fuel outlet end piece (54). According to the invention, inside the body (50) there is a first channel (55) connecting the duct (52) to the end piece (53) and a second channel (56) which is distinct from the first channel (55) and which connects the duct (52) to the end piece (54).

Abstract: A crypto-method of securely communicating a message; the method comprises the steps of selecting a ring R? of bi or multi variate multinomials; generating a private key which has a multinomial f; generating a public key which has a multinomial h; encrypting by representing said message as a multinomial m in R?, selecting a random multinomial r, and computing an encrypted message; and decrypting said message using said private key.

Abstract: The device (30) for braking an electric motor comprises a rotor (54) provided with two brushes (50, 51) and a stator comprising at least two half-coils (48, 49) connected in series to the brushes while the motor is nominally activated. Said device comprises a means (30) for underpowering, e.g. freewheeling, the motor, a means (41, 42, 46) for connecting in series a single half-coil (49) to the rotor brushes and a means for controlling the braking by underpowering the motor until at least one value of a physical quantity reaches a predetermined value and the single half-coil is connected in series to the rotor brushes when the value of a physical quantity reaches the predetermined value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-vaporizing pipe (5) for a combustion chamber of a turbomachine, comprising a generally elongate main body (50), comprising a first end portion (51) delimiting an inlet duct (52) in which a fuel injector is to be mounted, the body (50) having an external surface (500) having a first length (L1) that extends from the portion (51) to at least one first fuel outlet end piece (53), and a second length (L2) that extends the first length (L1) from the end piece (53) and that extends from the end piece (53) to a second fuel outlet end piece (54). According to the invention, inside the body (50) there is a first channel (55) connecting the duct (52) to the end piece (53) and a second channel (56) which is distinct from the first channel (55) and which connects the duct (52) to the end piece (54).

Abstract: A method for monitoring the operation of a turbomachine controlled by a digital control system including at least one component, includes acquiring operating state information relating to the state of at least one component; determining, depending on the state information acquired, a current degraded configuration in which at least one of the components has failed; determining a classification of the current degraded configuration using at least one classification table stored in a storage device, the classification tables associating with at least one degraded configuration one classification expressing the level of criticality of the degraded configuration, the tables being obtained by calculating a conditional probability of a predefined anticipated event from the probability of occurrence of elementary events relating to a failure of one of the components; and estimating an operating time permitted for the turbomachine depending on the classification determined for the current degraded configuration.

Abstract: At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a temperature and heat monitoring device comprising a housing, at least one microcontroller disposed in the housing, at least one sensor configured to determine an amount of heat adjacent to the device, at least one memory configured to store a predetermined set of values relating to heat and at least one power source in communication with the microcontroller. There is also at least one transmitter configured to communicate with an adjacent electronic device, wherein said at least one microcontroller is configured to read signals from said at least one sensor, and to determine whether the information from said sensor is outside of said predetermined set of values relating to heat and then to selectively send a signal to the adjacent electronic device to indicate a heat or temperature condition.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a cork stopper shaving device with shaving elements fixed at predetermined angles and configured for cutting material from a cork stopper and tapering an edge thereof, such that the cork stopper, when cut, becomes modified for easy re-insertion back into a bottle or container.

Abstract: At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a temperature and heat monitoring device comprising a housing, at least one microcontroller disposed in the housing, at least one sensor configured to determine an amount of heat adjacent to the device, at least one memory configured to store a predetermined set of values relating to heat and at least one power source in communication with the microcontroller. There is also at least one transmitter configured to communicate with an adjacent electronic device, wherein said at least one microcontroller is configured to read signals from said at least one sensor, and to determine whether the information from said sensor is outside of said predetermined set of values relating to heat and then to selectively send a signal to the adjacent electronic device to indicate a heat or temperature condition.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the operation of a turbomachine controlled by a digital control system including at least one component, includes acquiring operating state information relating to the state of at least one component; determining, depending on the state information acquired, a current degraded configuration in which at least one of the components has failed; determining a classification of the current degraded configuration using at least one classification table stored in a storage device, the classification tables associating with at least one degraded configuration one classification expressing the level of criticality of the degraded configuration, the tables being obtained by calculating a conditional probability of a predefined anticipated event from the probability of occurrence of elementary events relating to a failure of one of the components; and estimating an operating time permitted for the turbomachine depending on the classification determined for the current degraded configuration.

Abstract: A method for separating a suspension containing gypsum granules and calcium carbonate granules and an aqueous solution, wherein the aqueous solution comprises at least one sodium salt, wherein the aqueous solution has a sodium ion concentration of at least 3 g/L and wherein such method comprises a step of separation by flotation using a collector for the gypsum granules, the collector comprising at least one heteropolar organic surfactant of formula RX, in which: R denotes a hydrocarbon-based chain comprising from 2 to 50 carbon atoms, and the hydrocarbon-based chain is chosen from: a saturated or unsaturated linear alkyl chain, a saturated or unsaturated branched alkyl chain; and X denotes at least one ionizable group selected from the group consisting of: a carboxylic group, a sulfonate group, a sulfate group, a phosphonate group, a phosphate group, and a hydroxamate group.

Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for providing hearing aid. An open ear canal hearing aid may be provided in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The hearing aid may include a part that contains electronic components, a passive amplifier, and a securing mechanism. The securing mechanism may include bristles or balloons. The securing mechanism may have various configurations and be adjustable. In some embodiments, the hearing aid may transmit sound via bone conduction and air conduction.

Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for providing hearing aid. An open ear canal hearing aid may be provided in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The hearing aid may include a part that contains electronic components, a passive amplifier, and a securing mechanism. The securing mechanism may include bristles or balloons. The securing mechanism may have various configurations and be adjustable. In some embodiments, the hearing aid may transmit sound via bone conduction and air conduction.

Abstract: The hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) can assemble into sub-virion virus like particles (VLPs). By fusing immunogenic peptides to the amino-terminus of HBsAg, several bivalent vaccines have been developed. In one example, an optimized HIV-1 polyepitope-HBsAg recombinant protein assembled into VLPs and was efficiently secreted. DNA immunization in mice resulted in the induction of humoral neutralising response against the carrier and enhanced levels of HIV-1 specific CD8+ T lymphocytes activation.

Abstract: The hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) can assemble into sub-virion virus like particles (VLPs). Vectors comprised of polynucleotides, identified as GA1xFlag-M and GA3xFlag-M, are provided for the expression of foreign proteins in such VLPs, and for release of the VLPs from host cells containing the vectors. In one example, an HIV-1 polyepitope-HBsAg recombinant fusion protein assembled into VLPs and was efficiently secreted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for controlling the gas-phase co-polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor. The present invention further relates to a method for the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst wherein the density of the polymer powder particles leaving the reactor is maintained constant by controlling the particle size distribution of the polymerisation catalyst. The present invention also relates to a process for controlling the particle size distribution of a polymerisation catalyst in order to achieve the production of a polymer powder of constant density during the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for controlling the gas-phase co-polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor. The present invention further relates to a method for the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst wherein the density of the polymer powder particles leaving the reactor is maintained constant by controlling the particle size distribution of the polymerisation catalyst. The present invention also relates to a process for controlling the particle size distribution of a polymerisation catalyst in order to achieve the production of a polymer powder of constant density during the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor.

Abstract: A continuous process for gas phase coating of polymerization catalyst. The polymerization catalyst is introduced in a gas phase plug flow type reactor wherein it is submitted to polymerization conditions in the presence of at least one monomer such that at least 95% by weight of the produced coated catalysts have a coating yield comprised between 0.5 to 2 times the average coating yield.