Abstract: Aqueous polymer compositions which contain a polymer having ureido groups and a polyaldehyde compound are suitable for the production of coatings having high adhesion to substrate and having high cohesion.

Abstract: Process for preparing polycondensates of citric acid and/or isocitric acid, by converting(a) citric acid, isocitric acid or mixtures thereof in an organic solvent in the presence of a water-withdrawing agent at least partially into the anhydride form and then condensing the reaction mixture, if desired after addition of two cocondensable compounds selected from the group consisting of(b) other hydroxycarboxylic acids and/or(c) amino acids, alcohols, amines and/or at least dibasic carboxylic acids other than carboxylic acids (a) and (b), at temperatures of at least 80.degree. C. to form polycarboxylates which have an average molecular weight of at least 500, polycondensates of citric acid and/or isocitric acid obtainable thereby, anduse of said polycondensates as ingredients in phosphate-free and reduced-phosphate detergents and cleaners, and also detergents and cleaners which contain at least one surfactant and optionally builders and other customary constituents with from 0.

Abstract: The promoter region of the A. Gossypii gene which encodes translation elongation factor EF-1.alpha. is described. The promoter can be employed for protein synthesis.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials containA) from 5 to 95% by weight of a semicrystalline, partly aromatic copolyamide composed ofa.sub.1) from 30 to 44 mol % of units which are derived from terephthalic acid,a.sub.2) from 6 to 20 mol % of units which are derived from isophthalic acid,a.sub.3) from 43 to 49.5 mol % of units which are derived from hexamethylenediamine anda.sub.4) from 0.5 to 7 mol % of units which are derived from aliphatic cyclic diamines of 6 to 30 carbon atoms,the molar percentages of the components a.sub.1) to a.sub.4) summing to 100%,B) from 5 to 95% by weight of a copolymer of vinylaromatic compounds with .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides and .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarboximides,C) from 0 to 90% by weight of an SAN, ABS or ASA polymer or of a polymer of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Transgenic animals carrying two transgenes, the first coding for a transactivator fusion protein comprising a tet repressor and a polypeptide which directly or indirectly activates in eucaryotic cells, and the second comprising a gene operably linked to a minimal promoter operably linked to at least one tet operator sequence, are disclosed. Isolated DNA molecules (e.g., targeting vectors) for integrating a polynucleotide sequence encoding a transactivator of the invention at a predetermined location within a second target DNA molecule by homologous recombination are also disclosed. Transgenic animals having the DNA molecules of the invention integrated at a predetermined location in a chromosome by homologous recombination are also encompassed by the invention. Methods to regulate the expression of a tet operator linked-gene of interest by administering tetracycline or a tetracycline analogue to an animal of the invention are also disclosed.

Abstract: There is now provided a polyisocyanate based rigid closed cell foam made by reacting an organic isocyanate with a polyol composition in the presence of a blowing agent, where the polyol composition contains at least:a) an aromatic amine initiated polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having an hydroxyl number of 200 meq polyol/g KOH or more;b) an aliphatic amine initiated polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having an hydroxyl number of 200 meq polyol/g KOH or more; andc) an aromatic polyester polyol having an hydroxyl number of 200 meq. polyol/g KOH or more.The blowing agent is selected from the group consisting of cyclopentane, HFC's, HCFC's, and mixtures thereof in an amount of 5.0 weight percent or more based on the weight of the polyol composition. Preferably, the blowing agent is soluble in the polyol composition without sacrificing, and advantageously improving, the thermal insulation and dimensional stability of the resulting polyurethane foam.

Abstract: Catalysts consisting of from 85 to 100 wt % of copper oxide and zirconium oxide and from 15 to 0 wt % of metal oxides of the subgroups Ib to VIIb and VIII of the Periodic Table and a process for the preparation of amines from nitriles and nitrogen compounds selected from the group comprising ammonia and primary and secondary amines, at temperatures of from 80.degree. to 250.degree. C. and pressures of from 1 to 400 bar using hydrogen in the presence of said catalysts.

Abstract: A process for preparing N-alkenylazoles of the general formula I ##STR1## where X is CH--R.sup.6 or nitrogen,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 - to C.sub.8 -alkyl,R.sup.3,R.sup.4,R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.40 -alkyl, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.40 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 - to C.sub.20 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 - to C.sub.20 -alkylcycloalkyl, C.sub.4 - to C.sub.20 -cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 - to C.sub.20 -alkylaryl or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.20 -aralkyl, or aryl, C.sub.7 - to C.sub.20 -alkylaryl or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.20 -aralkyl which are mono- to pentasubstituted by C.sub.1 - to C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.8 -alkoxy or halogen, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together are a C.sub.2 - to C.sub.10 -alkylene chain which is unsubstituted or mono- to hexasubstituted by C.sub.1 - to C.sub.8 -alkylby reaction of azoles of the general formula II ##STR2## where X, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.

Abstract: A process for decomposing organohalogen compounds which are present in dust-laden gases which have a carbon content of less than 0.6% by weight, by oxidative breakdown with the aid of solid catalysts suitable for this purpose, whereina) the dust is deposited from the gases at 250.degree.-500.degree. C., and the dust-free gas is passed together with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas over the catalyst, orb) the deposition of the dust takes place at below 250.degree. C., the organohalogen compounds are desorbed from the dust in an oxygen-containing gas stream at 250.degree.-500.degree. C., and the gas stream is passed over the catalyst, orc) the dust-laden gas is passed in the presence of oxygen over the catalyst at 250.degree.-500.degree. C., and the dust is subsequently removed.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of .gamma.-butyrolactone, in which 2,5-dihydrofuran or 2,3-dihydrofuran or a mixture of these two dihydrofurans is caused to react in the gas phase in the presence of water and in the presence or absence of additional hydrogen at elevated temperature over a hydrogenating catalyst.

Abstract: Cyclic lactams are prepared by reacting amino carbonitriles with water in liquid phase in a fixed bed reactor in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts which have no soluble constituents under the reaction conditions.

Abstract: The use of bacterial lipases which show an immunological cross-reaction with the antibodies to the lipase produced by the microorganism Pseudomonas spec. DSM 6483 and/or Pseudomonas cepacia IAM 1057 for producing drugs for the therapy of maldigestion is described.

Abstract: Water dispersible agricultural chemical formulations are disclosed wherein the individual granules are coated with a water-soluble film. The water-soluble film coating on the granules thus significantly reduces any chemical residue on interior surfaces of containers used to package the formulations for transport/handling, while it does not affect dispersibility of granules and providing the end-user with a variety of crop application rates--i.e., since the entire package does not need to be used. In preferred forms, the present invention is embodied in water dispersible agricultural chemical formulations wherein the water-soluble coating is polyvinyl alcohol, sodium silicate or an alkyl cellulose (e.g., methyl cellulose), of which, polyvinyl alcohol is particularly preferred.

Abstract: A receiving and transporting device for articles with a through-opening comprises a basic frame and two interconnectable container bodies, one of the end-face openings fitting over one of the body rear parts, for volume reduction and storage purposes. A special transport pallet is designed for receiving four devices with or without content.

Abstract: A process for producing multicomponent fibers provides a dispersion of a particulate additive or chemical compound in a nonaqueous liquid carrier, forms a blend of a first thermoplastic polymer and the dispersion by injecting the dispersion into an extruder which is part of a fiber extrusion apparatus and which extruder is extruding the tint thermoplastic polymer thereby forming a blend of the additive in the first thermoplastic polymer, provides a second thermoplastic polymer to the fiber extrusion apparatus; in the fiber extrusion apparatus, arranges the blend and the second thermoplastic polymer in a preselected, mutually separated relative arrangement; directs the arrangement of blend and the second thermoplastic polymer to a spinneret which is a part of the fiber extrusion apparatus while maintaining the preselected, mutually separated relative arrangement; exudes the directed arrangement of the blend and the second molten polymer through the spinneret to form multicomponent fibers; and solidifies the mu

Abstract: Polytetrahydrofuran or polytetrahydrofuran monoesters of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -monocarboxylic acids or polytetrahydrofuran monoethers of monohydric C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alcohols, having an average molecular weight of from 250 to 10,000 Dalton and liquid at room temperature, are prepared by the cationic polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of a telogen by a process in which tetrahydrofuran is polymerized in the presence of water, 1,4-butanediol and/or polytetrahydrofuran having an average molecular weight of from 200 to 700 Dalton and/or of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -monocarboxylic acid and/or of a monohydric C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alcohol with the aid of a catalytic amount of a zeolite catalyst which has an SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio of from 4:1 to 100:1 and in which the population ratio P of the acid centers on the external surface of the zeolite to the total number of acid centers of the zeolite is 0.03/l or more.

Abstract: Metallocenes are prepared by a process in which a metal salt is reacted with at least one alkali metal and with an unsaturated, cyclic hydrocarbon in the presence of a solvent in one reaction step.

Abstract: There are described water-soluble condensation products of amino-containing compounds and crosslinkers, obtainable by reacting(a) polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines, ethylene-imine-grafted polyamidoamines, polyetheramines and mixtures thereof, with(b) monethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts, esters, amides or nitriles of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, chlorocarboxylic acids and/or glycidyl compounds such as glycidic acid, glycidamide or glycidyl esters, and(c) at least bifunctional crosslinkers having a halo-hydrin, glycidyl, aziridine or isocyanate unit or a halogen atom as functional group,to form water-soluble condensation products having a viscosity of at least 100 mPas in a 20% strength by weight aqueous solution at 20.degree. C., processes for preparing the water-soluble condensation products by reacting the abovementioned compounds of groups (a), (b) and (c), and the use of the condensation products as drainage, flocculation and retention aids in papermaking.

Abstract: Compositions which contain active substances and are in the form of solid particles can be obtained by intimately mixing the active substance with a water-soluble melt composed ofa) 10-90% by weight of a water-soluble polymer A with a viscosity V.sub.a of 1,000-120,000 cps andb) 10-90% by weight of a water-soluble polymer B with a viscosity V.sub.b of 1-500 cpsas carrier substance, where the viscosities V.sub.a and V.sub.b are those of a 2% by weight aqueous solution at 20.degree. C., measured by the ASTM D 2363-72 capillary method (European Pharmacopoeia, Vol. III, p. 37), and processing the melt with shaping to give the particles.

Abstract: Preparation of N-alkenylcarboxamides of the general formula I ##STR1## where at least one of the radicals R.sup.1 is hydrogen and the second radical R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group, the radical R.sup.2 is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical which can be bonded to the radical R.sup.3 to give a 3- to 10-membered bridge member, and the radical R.sup.3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic radical, from an alkenyl carboxylate of the general formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.1 has the meanings indicated above and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic radical, and a carboxamide of the general formula III ##STR3## where the radicals R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the meanings indicated above, by reacting the starting compounds in the presence of a base is described.