Abstract: Process for the manufacture of a fluoride doped cathode active material with olivine crystal structure wherein said process comprises the steps of (a) providing a source of phosphate, source of metal other than lithium selected from iron and, optionally, of at least one further element M1 selected from titanium, vanadium, nickel, yttrium, copper, magnesium, zinc, aluminum, cobalt and manganese, wherein at least 55 mol-% of said metal other than lithium is iron, and wherein said source may be formed from one or more compounds, (b) providing a source of lithium that contains 0.01 to 2.

Abstract: Described herein is an oral care composition. The oral care composition includes an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymer of the formula HO(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)b(C2H4O)aH, wherein per mole of such copolymer there are a total of about 25 to about 50 moles of ethylene oxide units and about 5 to about 11 moles of propylene oxide units, wherein a is from 50 to 400, b is from 50 to 400, and wherein the copolymer has a molecular weigh of about 1250 to about 15000. The oral care composition also includes a peroxide and an emulsifier. The oral care composition includes the ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymer in an amount of at least about 20 wt % based on a total weight of the composition.

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method comprising: receiving at a user container runtime environment, via a container registry, an image of an obfuscated containerized model of an asset; wherein the containerized model comprises an API, and wherein the containerized model has been generated in a supplier runtime environment located within a supplier network environment, interfacing, with a model execution logic, the API of the containerized model image, wherein the interface comprises a process data signal that is transmitted to the API of the model image, and a model result data signal that is transmitted from the API of the model image; wherein the process data signal comprises data related to the usage conditions of the asset, and the model result signal is indicative of the response of the asset to at least some of the usage conditions, wherein the user container runtime environment is located within a user network environment which is isolated from the supplier network environment.

Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) 1-[(1RS)-1,2-dimethylpropyl]-N-ethyl-5-methyl-N-pyridazin-4-yl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide and 2) at least one further compound B selected from B.1) Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors as defined in the specification; B.2) Inhibitors of oxysterol binding protein as defined in the specification; B.3) Inhibitors of complex III at Qi site selected from: a) florylpicoxamid, and b) fenpicox-amid; B.4) Strobilurins as defined in the specification; B.5) Inhibitors of C14-demethylase in sterol biosynthesis as defined in the specification; B.6) Inhibitors of cell division and cytoskeleton as defined in the specification, B.7) Other compounds of unknown mode of action as defined in the specification; and B.

Abstract: A gear oil composition that has a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. in the range of ?68 to ?1000 csdt when measured in accordance with ASTM D445 can be made. The gear oil composition is useful as a lubricant in a gear box, especially in a wind turbine gear box.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system (10) for monitoring and/or controlling one or more chemical plant(s) (12), wherein the system (10) comprises a first processing layer (14) associated with the chemical plant (12) and communicatively coupled to a second processing layer (16), wherein the first processing layer (14) and the second processing layer (16) are configured in a secure network (18, 20), wherein the first processing layer (14) provides process or asset specific data (22) of the chemical plant (12) to the second processing layer (16), wherein the second processing layer (16) is configured to contextualize process or asset specific data to generate plant specific data and to provide plant specific data (24) of one or more chemical plant(s) (12) to an interface (26) to an external network.

Abstract: A composition includes a thermoplastic polyurethane, which is the reaction product of at least the building components of diisocyanate, poly-propane diol, and chain extender. The composition also includes a flame retardant, and the flame retardant includes phosphorus. A cable can be produced with the thermoplastic polyurethane containing composition.

Abstract: An isocyanate-reactive composition is used for the manufacture of a polyurethane resin. Said composition includes A) castor oil; B) at least one polyether polyol having an average functionality of from 2.0 to 4.0; C) at least one chain extender; and D) at least two catalysts selected from amine catalysts and/or alkyl tin catalysts.

Abstract: An automation system controls an automated production process of an industrial plant. The industrial plant includes a plurality of equipment for performing the production process, where each equipment of the plurality of equipment is associated with one or more corresponding virtual objects. The automation system includes an augmented reality system including augmented reality glasses and an executable program logic. The program logic receives a spatial position of a user wearing the augmented reality glasses from a positioning system, display, via the augmented reality glasses, one or more virtual objects associated with one or more equipment proximate to the spatial position of the user, receive a signal indicating a hands-free selection, by the user, of a virtual object linked to a respective secondary virtual object, and display, via the augmented reality glasses, a respective secondary virtual object and/or trigger an action associated with the selected virtual object.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1-[4-nitro-2-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-alkanones and substituted phenoxyphenyl ketones.

Abstract: The presently claimed invention is directed to 2,2,6-trimethyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-oxepine and its use to impart an aroma impression to a composition. The presently claimed invention also relates to a method of imparting such an aroma impression. The presently claimed invention is further directed to compositions comprising 2,2,6-trimethyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-oxepine and at least one aroma chemical as well as to compositions comprising 2,2,6-trimethyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-oxepine and at least one further component selected from the group consisting of aroma chemicals, surfactants, oil components, antioxidants, deodorant-active agents and solvents.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for preparing a polyurethane-type fiber composite material, said process including (a) di- and/or polyisocyanates, (b) compounds having isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms, (c) compounds including at least one carbon-carbon double bond, (d) optionally a catalyst to hasten a urethane reaction, (e) optionally a free-radical initiator, and (f) optionally further auxiliary and added-substance materials, being mixed into a reaction mixture—with concomitant wetting of a fiber material—and cured. Also described herein is a polyurethane-type fiber composite material obtainable by a process described herein and also to a method of using the polyurethane-type fiber composite material as a structural component part.

Abstract: Process for making a manganese composite (oxy)hydroxide with a mean particle diameter D50 in the range from 2 to 16 ?m comprising the step(s) of combining (a) an aqueous solution containing salts of nickel and of manganese, and, optionally, at least one of Al, Mg, or transition metals other than nickel and manganese wherein at least 50 mole-% of the metal is manganese, (b) with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide and (c) an organic acid or its alkali or ammonium salt wherein said organic acid bears at least two functional groups per molecule and at least one of the functional groups is a carboxylate group.

Abstract: A composition for selectively etching a layer including an aluminum compound in the presence of a layer of a low-k material and/or a layer including copper and/or cobalt, and a corresponding process, are described. Further described is a process for the manufacture of a semiconductor device, including the step of selectively etching at least one layer including an aluminum compound in the presence of a layer of a low-k material and/or a layer including copper and/or cobalt by contacting the at least one layer including an aluminum compound with the described composition.

Abstract: A method for connecting functional elements (14) to a shaft (10, having the following steps: (a) forming elevations (12) for receiving the functional elements (14), said elevations (12) being machined out of the shaft (10) by removing material, and (b) welding the functional elements (14) to the elevations (12) on the shaft (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for starting up a plant for removing isobutene from an isobutene-containing C4-hydrocarbon mixture, the plant comprising an etherification unit containing moist acidic ion exchange resin, a first distillation unit, an ether cleavage unit, and a second distillation unit. The invention further relates to a process for shutting down the plant from a stationary operation mode.

Abstract: Provided herein is a process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of microparticles containing a water-insoluble, solid, non-polymeric, organic active or functional material (M) and an aminoplast resin (A) which surrounds or embeds material (M). The process includes the following steps: i) providing an aqueous slurry of the material (M) in the form of coarse particles; ii) subjecting the aqueous slurry to shear forces such that the coarse particles of the material (M) are comminuted and an aqueous suspension of fine particles of the material (M) is obtained; and iii) performing a polycondensation of an aminoplast pre-condensate during step (ii) or in the aqueous suspension of the fine particles of the material (M) obtained in step (ii); wherein step (ii) is performed in the presence of at least one protective colloid and in the presence of at least a portion of the aminoplast pre-condensate subjected to the polycondensation of step (iii).

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology and provides methods for production of high expressing promoters and the production of plants with enhanced expression of nucleic acids wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to said promoters and/or introduced into plants.

Abstract: Described herein are photocurable compositions, (A) a polyester urethane acrylate, or methacrylate (A), (B) an acrylamide, or methacrylamide component (B), and (C) a photoinitiator (C), where the polyester urethane acrylate, or methacrylate (A) is obtained by reacting (A1) a hydroxyalkylacrylate, or hydroxyalkylmethacrylate, (A2) an aliphatic diisocyanate, an aliphatic polyisocyanate, a cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, a cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate, an aromatic diisocyanate, or an aromatic polyisocyanate, or mixtures thereof, (A3) a polyester polyol, and (A4) optionally a second polyol. The compositions, from which cured three-dimensional shaped articles having high toughness, high E modulus and impact strength can be made, are particularly suitable for the production of three-dimensional articles by stereolithography.

Abstract: Mixtures of medium molecular polyisobutene have a number-average molecular weight Mn of more than 10000 g/mol and up to 100000 g/mol. The mixtures have a certain distribution of isomers exhibiting a certain reactivity in thermal and/or photoreactions.