Abstract: A method for coloring hair, and a kit for coloring hair are provided.

Abstract: A method for operating a dual-fuel internal combustion engine, having an intake path and an engine having a number of cylinders. In the method the engine is operated in a first operating state in diesel operation with diesel or another liquid fuel, and in a second operating state in gas operation with gas as fuel in a charge mixture, and switching between diesel operation and gas operation takes place in a switchover range determined, in particular predetermined, by switchover operating parameters.

Abstract: A method for shaping keratin fibers including providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition includes ethylene carbonate, arabinose, a photocatalyst being a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier; applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibers; and mechanically shaping the keratin fibers with an appliance at a temperature of from 80° C. to 180° C. while exposing the crosslinking composition to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from 300 nm to 750 nm.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, having of the following steps: operating the internal combustion engine with a gas fuel; detecting a lambda value in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; determining at least one variable from the detected lambda value, characterizing the quality of the gaseous fuel; and controlling the internal combustion engine based on the at least one variable.

Abstract: A method, a kit and a first composition for treating hair are provided. The method for treating hair comprises applying to the hair a first composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, one or more linkers, or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof; and applying to the hair a second composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, one or more electrophile ingredients of Formula I, or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof and wherein the first composition does not comprise any electrophile ingredients of Formula I of the second composition.

Abstract: A composition for providing a film on keratin fibres, the composition comprising an aminosilicone polymer; a silicone resin which is a MQ resin; a thickening system comprising a thickening polymer; water; one or more pigments or one or more coloured materials; wherein when drying the composition spread with an average wet thickness of 37 micron the fluidity factor is measured to form a drying curve of fluidity factor over time, wherein the fluidity factor is within the range of 10 Hz to 0.001 Hz within the first 15 minutes of drying and the fluidity factor reduces by at least a factor of 100 within the first 15 minutes of drying; wherein the drying curve of fluidity factor over time is measured according to the fluidity factor measurement method and at 23° C. and ambient conditions. Also associated methods, kits and uses.

Abstract: A method for shaping keratin fibers comprising: providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition comprises: an active agent, wherein the active agent is a carbonate ester; a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibers, mechanically shaping the keratin fibers with an appliance at a temperature of from about 50° C. to about 250° C. Also a related composition, use, kit and process.

Abstract: A composition for providing a film on keratin fibers, the composition comprising an aminosilicone polymer; a silicone resin which is a MQ resin; a thickening system comprising a thickening polymer; water; one or more pigments or one or more colored materials; wherein when drying the composition spread with an average wet thickness of 37 micron the fluidity factor is measured to form a drying curve of fluidity factor over time, wherein the fluidity factor is within the range of 10 Hz to 0.001 Hz within the first 15 minutes of drying and the fluidity factor reduces by at least a factor of 100 within the first 15 minutes of drying; wherein the drying curve of fluidity factor over time is measured according to the fluidity factor measurement method and at 23° C. and ambient conditions. Also associated methods, kits and uses.

Abstract: A method for correcting a fuel quantity injected by a fuel injection device during operation of an internal combustion engine, including: determining an air heat characteristic variable, on which an air heat stream fed to a combustion chamber of the engine functionally depends; determining an exhaust heat characteristic variable, on which an exhaust heat stream discharged from the combustion chamber functionally depends; determining a heat distribution factor, which specifies a fraction of the exhaust heat stream reduced by the air heat stream in relation to a heat stream fed with the injected fuel to the combustion chamber; calculating a fuel mass fed to the engine from the air heat characteristic variable, the exhaust heat characteristic variable and the heat distribution factor; calculating a comparison variable by comparing the calculated fuel mass with a fuel mass setpoint value and adapting actuation of the fuel injection device depending on the comparison variable.

Abstract: A gas internal combustion engine, having a gas mixer, an intake section and an engine to which a fuel mixture having a charging mixture is fed. The engine is operated in the gas mode with gas as the fuel in the charging mixture. By an input mixture portion, from an earlier mixture state, of a gas/air mixture, an output mixture portion, from a later mixture state, of the gas/air mixture is determined by an intake section model. The output mixture portion is determined at an engine feed, the input mixture portion is determined over a number of intermediate states of the mixture portion in a number of assigned volumes of the intake section. The intake mixture portion of a gas/air mixture is determined at the gas mixer, and an air stream and/or gas stream is set at the gas mixer in accordance with the input mixture portion.

Abstract: Methods, kit and uses for treating hair are provided. A method for treating hair comprises applying to the hair a first composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, one or more ionizable linkers of Formula I, or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof: and applying to the hair a second composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, one or more ingredients of Formula II, or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof: and wherein the first composition does not comprise any ingredients of Formula II of the second composition. Alternatively, a method for treating hair comprises applying to the hair a composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, one or more ionizable linkers of Formula I, or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof; and one or more ingredients of Formula II, or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, which has: an intake section and an engine with an number of cylinders and a receiver which is arranged upstream of the cylinders wherein the intake section has: a supercharging system with a compressor and a bypass for bypassing the supercharging system, and wherein the receiver is assigned an engine throttle, and the bypass is assigned a compressor bypass throttle; and a setting of the engine throttle and/or of the compressor bypass throttle is set as a function of the operation in order to influence a charge fluid. The intake section is assigned an intake section model by which at least a mass flow and/or state of the charge fluid upstream of the engine are/is determined and on the basis of a determination result the compressor bypass throttle is set as a function of the engine throttle.

Abstract: A solid composition comprising: (a) an aminosilicone polymer, wherein the aminosilicone polymer comprises amino sidechains, and wherein the aminosilicone polymer has a weight average molecular weight of from 10,000 Dalton to 60,000 Dalton; (b) a silicone resin; (c) an ether of a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol; (d) one or more pigments or one or more colored materials; (e) a thickening system comprising: a deposition enhancer, wherein the deposition enhancer is a hydrophilic and non-ionic polymer, and wherein the deposition enhancer has a weight average molecular weight of from 700,000 Dalton to 3,000,000 Dalton; and a thickening polymer, wherein the thickening polymer has a weight average molecular weight of at least 10,000 Dalton, and wherein the thickening polymer is a cationic thickening polymer or is a non-ionic thickening polymer. Also associated methods, kits and uses.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, having of the following steps: operating the internal combustion engine with a gas fuel; detecting a lambda value in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; determining at least one variable from the detected lambda value, characterizing the quality of the gaseous fuel; and controlling the internal combustion engine based on the at least one variable

Abstract: A hair coloring composition is provided and includes, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, one or more acrylate monomers. The one or more acrylate monomers have the general Formula I: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —CH3; n=0, 1, 2, 3; R2 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —CH3, and —OH; R3 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —CH3, —CH2OH, —CH2OCH3, —CH2Cl, —CH2Br, —Cl, and —COOH. The hair coloring composition has a pH from 8 to 12.

Abstract: A hair coloring composition is provided and includes, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier: one or more acrylic compounds of Formula I, or a cosmetically acceptable salt thereof, or a mixture thereof: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —CH3, —CF3, —C2H5, —C3H8, -iPr, —C4H9, _sBu, -iBu, tBu-, and —CH2—COOCH3; R2 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —CH3, —C2H5, —C3H8, -iPr, -sBu, -iBu, tBu-, —OCH3, —COOH, and —CH2COOH; R3 is selected from the group consisting of —H, and —CH3

Abstract: Described herein is a method for shaping keratin fibres including (i) providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition includes a 2-oxazolidinone compound, a photocatalyst being a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier; (ii) applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibres; and (iii) mechanically shaping the keratin fibres with an appliance at a temperature of from about 80° C. to about 180° C. while exposing the crosslinking composition to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 750 nm.

Abstract: A hair straightening and/or hair relaxing method comprising: applying a hair care composition to hair, wherein the composition comprises a sugar, a buffering agent and a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and wherein, where the composition is heated to a temperature of at least 100° C., the composition comprises from about 6% to about 20% reducing sugar; hair drying; providing a hair straightening appliance at a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 280° C. and mechanically straightening the hair with the appliance.

Abstract: A method for chemically modifying the internal region of the hair shaft comprising applying a monomer composition to the hair, wherein the monomer composition comprises an ethylenic monomer having a molecular weight of 500 g/mole or less; then rinsing the hair; then applying a conditioning composition to the hair, wherein the conditioning composition comprises a hydrophobic polyol and a hydrophilic polyol; and wherein the method comprises applying an initiator to the hair prior to rinsing the hair, wherein the initiator initiates the chemical modification.

Abstract: A solid composition comprising: (a) an aminosilicone polymer, wherein the aminosilicone polymer comprises amino sidechains, and wherein the aminosilicone polymer has a weight average molecular weight of from 10,000 Dalton to 60,000 Dalton; (b) a silicone resin; (c) an ether of a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol; (d) one or more pigments or one or more coloured materials; (e) a thickening system comprising: a deposition enhancer, wherein the deposition enhancer is a hydrophilic and non-ionic polymer, and wherein the deposition enhancer has a weight average molecular weight of from 700,000 Dalton to 3,000,000 Dalton; and a thickening polymer, wherein the thickening polymer has a weight average molecular weight of at least 10,000 Dalton, and wherein the thickening polymer is a cationic thickening polymer or is a non-ionic thickening polymer. Also associated methods, kits and uses.