Abstract: Efficiently transmitting image data to an electronic display may be provided by skipping regions of the electronic display that display a default value. The electronic display may include a number of pixels, a row driver, and a data driver. The row driver may activate a first subset of the pixels for programming. The data driver may program a default pixel value to respective pixels of the first subset of the pixels for which image data has not been received and may program image data to respective pixels of the first subset of the pixels for which image data has been received.

Abstract: A circuit is arranged to provide a thermal shutdown signal in response to an overtemperature condition. The thermal shutdown circuit is typically implemented in the same die as the circuitry that is to be protected. The thermal shutdown circuit provides a first current in response to a change in temperature when a VBE associated with a transistor decreases below a predetermined level. The first current is mirrored to provide a scaled current. A thermal shutdown signal is activated when the scaled current becomes greater than a reference current. The first current is increased in response to the activated thermal shutdown signal such that the thermal shutdown circuit is deactivated at a temperature that is lower than the temperature at which the circuit is activated. The thermal shutdown circuit is deactivated when the temperature of the die decreases.

Abstract: The invention concerns a skin substitute composed of a dermis equivalent covered with an epidermis equivalent. The dermis equivalent is a film formed from a type I collagen gel containing fibroblasts. The epidermis equivalent incorporates a basal membrane equivalent, basal layer cells, in a palisade arrangement attached to the membrane equivalent by hemidesmosomes, cells of the suprabasal layers, granular cells, and flat, keratinized cells arranged near the free surface.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for obtaining a skin substitute and the skin substitute itself. According to this process, a dermis substitute is prepared by mixing contractile cells, a nutritive medium, and collagen, in order to form a contracting gel; this dermis substitute is used as a substrate for an epidermis substitute obtained by culturing, using keratinocytes from an animal or human skin sample. According to the invention, the substrate is implanted with at least one section of a hair follicle retaining at least partially its cellular sheath, this section being implanted perpendicularly to the free surface of the substrate.

Abstract: 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2-naphthoic acid marked with tritium; its preparation; and its use as a radioactive marker, in the titration of nuclear receptors of retinoids in the presence of contaminating CRABP, or in the measurement of the affinity of retinoids for these nuclear receptors.

Abstract: 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2-naphthoic acid marked with tritium; its preparation; and its use as a radioactive marker, in the titration of nuclear receptors of retinoids in the presence of contaminating CRABP, or in the measurement of the affinity of retinoids for these nuclear receptors.

Abstract: The mechanism comprises a movable member having three axes converging in a center of the mechanism, i.e. two main axes guided each by a crank, and a driven axis on which any point follows a substantially circular path centered in the above center. This is due to an appropriate geometry. A driven member may be linked to the movable part about the driven axis, and to a parallelism rod which is in turn linked to one of the cranks. The driven member remains then parallel to itself when the mechanism is actuated, that is, when the one crank is rotated with respect to a carrier member. The driven member may be a cylindrical side window of a car.

Abstract: The mechanism comprises a movable part having one main point actuated by a crank, another main point guided along a slide having a desired profile, and a driven point which follows a desired path, depending upon the path of the two main points. A driven member is articulated to the movable member about the driven point. Moreover, the driven member is guided with respect to the crank along a path which is in a certain similarity with respect to the path of said other main point. The driven member moves parallel to itself when the crank is actuated.