Abstract: New components for gasoline additives can be made. The new components for gasoline additives may be provided as amides. The gasoline additives that have these new amide components can be used for improving fuel efficiency, removing or reducing deposits on intake valves, and removing or reducing fouling of injector nozzles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are emission treatment systems, articles, and methods for selectively reducing NOx compounds. The systems include a hydrogen generator, a hydrogen selective catalytic reduction (H2-SCR) article, and one or more of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and/or a lean NOx trap (LNT) and/or a low temperature NOx adsorber (LTNA). Certain articles may comprise a zone coated substrate and/or a layered coated substrate and/or an intermingled coated substrate of one or more of the H2-SCR and/or DOC and/or LNT and/or LTNA catalytic compositions.

Abstract: Quantifying plant infestation is performed by estimating the number of biological objects (132) on parts (122) of a plant (112). A computer (202) receives a plant-image (412) taken from a particular plant (112). The computer (202) uses a first convolutional neural network (262/272) to derive a part-image (422) that shows a part of the plant. The computer (202) splits the part-image into tiles and uses a second network to process the tiles to density maps. The computer (202) combines the density maps to a combined density map in the dimension of the part-image and integrates the pixel values to an estimate number of objects for the part. Object classes (132(1), 132(2)) can be differentiated to fine-tune the quantification to identify class-specific countermeasures.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for assessing a flow a sprayed coating, including the steps of spraying a coating onto a surface and capturing a plurality of images of the sprayed surface at a predetermined frequency within a predetermined interval of time, and a computer program product for assessing a flow of a sprayed coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising a porous wall-flow filter substrate; wherein in the pores of the porous internal walls and on the surface of the porous internal walls, the catalyst comprises a selective catalytic reduction coating comprising a selective catalytic reduction component comprising a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing a selective catalytic reduction catalyst using particles of a carbon-containing additive and an aqueous mixture comprising said particles of a carbon-containing additive.

Abstract: A color converter may include a polymeric matrix material and at least one organic fluorescent colorant of formula I.a, I.b, and/or I.c wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7 are H, C1-C20-alkyl or C6-C14-aryl-C1-C10-alkylene; R4a, R4b are fluorine, chlorine, cyano or OR10, R8a, R8b are C1-C20-alkyl; R8c is C1-C20-alkyl, C6-C10-aryl or C6-C10-aryl-C1-C10-alkylene, wherein the aryl moieties being optionally substituted by k substituents R9; k is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; R9 is C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-alkoxy, CN, halogen, phenyl or phenoxy; and R10 is C1-C10-alkyl or hydroxy-C1-C10-alkyl. Backlight units for liquid crystal displays; liquid crystal display devices, and a self-emissive display devices may include this color converter and such colorant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for depositing a metal layer on a substrate by contacting the substrate with a metal plating bath comprising a metal ion source and a suppressor, and applying a current density to the substrate, where the suppressor is a polycarboxylate ether as described below. The invention further relates to a metal plating bath comprising a metal ion source and the suppressor which is a polycarboxylate ether; and to a use of the polycarboxylate ether in a metal plating bath for depositing a metal layer on a substrate.

Abstract: A method for cleaning medical equipment by scrubbing the equipment with an open-cell melamine-formaldehyde foam comprising an antibacterial active composition, and wherein the open-cell melamine-formaldehyde foam is prepared from a melamine-formaldehyde precondensate, wherein the molar ratio melamine to formaldehyde of the melamine-formaldehyde precondensate is smaller than 0.5.

Abstract: The present application is directed to compositions and methods of preparing carbon materials. The carbon materials prepared according to compositions and methods described herein comprise enhanced electrochemical properties and find utility in any number of electrical devices, for example, as electrode material in ultracapacitors.

Abstract: A process for the manufacturing of a polymer with urethane groups can be performed. In a first alternative a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate, a compound with at least two amino groups selected from primary or secondary amino groups, and a compound with at least two function groups that react with a —SH group are reacted. In a second alternative a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate and a compound with at least one primary or secondary amino group, and at least one function group that reacts with an —SH group are reacted.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) formed as a reaction product of a polyol composition, at least one chain extender, at least one triol and an isocyanate composition can be made. An irrigation device which has an emitter defined by a body, a cover and at least a membrane and an irrigation hose can be produced, wherein the membrane is made of the TPU. The TPU can be used for production of injection molded products, extrusion products, films, perforated films, membranes, and shaped bodies.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nucleic acid construct comprising a polynucleotide operably linked to one or more control sequence that directs the expression of the polynucleotide in a host cell, wherein at least one control sequence comprises a promoter sequence of an operon comprising a secA gene or a functional fragment or functional variant thereof and wherein said promoter sequence is heterologous to the polynucleotide. In a further embodiment, the invention is directed to an expression vector and a host cell comprising the nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter sequence described herein and a method of expressing a polynucleotide in a host cell.

Abstract: A polyol component P) contains at least two different polyether polyols A) and C), and at least one polyether ester polyol D). A process can be used for producing rigid polyurethane foams using the polyol component P), and the rigid polyurethane foams produced therefrom are useful.

Abstract: A catalyst includes a support, where the support includes an external surface, about 60 wt % to about 99 wt % silica, and about 1.0 wt % to about 5.0 wt % alumina. A catalytic layer is disposed within the support adjacent to the external surface, where the catalytic layer further includes Pd, Au, and potassium acetate (KOAc). In the catalyst, (a) the KOAc is from about 60 kg/m3 to about 150 kg/m3 of the catalyst; or (b) the catalytic layer has an average thickness from about 50 ?m to about 150 ?m; or (c) both (a) and (b). The catalyst also possesses a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of about 130 m2/g to about 300 m2/g and a geometric surface area per packed bed volume from about 550 m2/m3 to about 1500 m2/m3. The catalyst is highly active for the synthesis of vinyl acetate monomer and exhibits a high selectivity for vinyl acetate monomer.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase or a mutated hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (mut-HPPD) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type homogentisate solanesyl transferase or a mutated homogentisate solanesyl transferase (mut-HST) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mut-HPPD, and methods of obtaining such plants.

Abstract: A plant for removing CO2 from a fluid stream via an aqueous absorption medium contains a) a first absorption zone for treating the fluid stream with a partially regenerated absorption medium, b) a second absorption zone for treating the treated fluid stream with a regenerated absorption medium, c) a first flash vessel for depressurizing the loaded absorption medium, d) a second flash vessel for depressurizing the sub-partially regenerated absorption medium, e) a stripper for thermally regenerating the partially regenerated absorption medium, f) a conduit for feeding a substream of the partially regenerated absorption medium into the first absorption zone and a conduit for feeding a further substream of the partially regenerated absorption medium into a stripper, g) a conduit for recirculating the regenerated absorption medium to the second absorption zone, and h) a jet pump for compressing the water vapor-comprising, second CO2-comprising gas stream.

Abstract: A process to produce N-vinyl compounds by homogeneous catalysis can be performed. Acetylene is reacted with a compound having at least one nitrogen bearing a substitutable hydrogen residue in a liquid phase in the presence of at least one phosphine as a catalyst to produce the compounds.

Abstract: The following relates generally to identifying pore-forming proteins. In some embodiments, one or more processors: build a training dataset by encoding a first plurality of proteins into numbers; train a deep learning algorithm using the training dataset; encode a second plurality of proteins into numbers; and identify, via the deep learning algorithm, proteins of the encoded second plurality of proteins as either potentially pore-forming or potentially non-pore-forming.

Abstract: A busbar can be at least partly covered with composition, where the composition has a thermoplastic polyurethane, a flame retardant, and a filler. The thermoplastic polyurethane is a reaction product of a diisocyanate, a polyol, and a chain extender. The polyol can be a polyetherpolyol or a diol. The polyetherpolyol can also be polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF).

Abstract: Polyisobutene mixtures are made with an increased content of polyisobutene isomers with a beta-double bond.