Abstract: What is proposed is a continuous process for discharging a solid, salt-containing phase comprising alkali metal acetates and/or alkaline earth metal acetates from the product mixture from the preparation of N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) by reaction of methyl acetate (MeOAc) with dimethylamine (DMA) in the presence of a catalyst comprising N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC), methyl acetate (MeOAc), dimethylamine (DMA) and a catalyst, having the following process steps: level-regulated feeding of the product mixture as feed stream into an evaporation vessel of a forced circulation evaporator, flash evaporation of volatile components of the product mixture in the forced circulation evaporator to form a vapor phase comprising N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) and precipitation of a solid, salt-containing phase comprising alkali metal acetates and/or alkaline earth metal acetates, recycling of the volatile components of the product mixture obtained after the flash evaporation, removal of a vapor phase comprising N,N-dimethyl

Abstract: The invention relates to a processing and positioning device for processing catalyst support bodies. The device comprises a rotary indexing table, which comprises a turntable, which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis running in the axial direction of the turntable, and at least one loading platform, which comprises a holding device and is set up for releasably holding the catalyst support body on an outer surface of the catalyst support body. The at least one loading platform is connected to the turntable, whereby the loading platform is taken along by the turntable when a rotation of the turntable takes place about its longitudinal axis. The holding device is arranged in relation to the longitudinal axis of the turntable with a radial distance away from the longitudinal axis. Also provided is at least one processing position, which is fixed with respect to the turntable and is away from the longitudinal axis in a radial direction by a distance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dynamically evacuable, electrically operated device comprising a coherently evacuable region and a temperature-controllable useful region, which is thermally insulated from the ambient temperature by the coherently evacuable region, and also a means for actively maintaining a vacuum, such that the pressure in the coherently evacuable region of the device is constantly within a defined pressure range, said coherently evacuable region making up at least 20% by volume of the total volume which is occupied by a porous and/or cellular insulating material in the device, and said coherently evacuable region comprising at least one organic aerogel and/or organic xerogel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a paint film which has excellent heat-radiating properties which comprises an undercoat paint film layer which contains from 1 to 20 mass % with respect to the total solid fraction of the paint film of carbon black and a top-coat paint film layer which contains 1 to 40 mass % with respect to the total solid fraction of the paint film of a pearl pigment and which does not contain aluminum powder and the paint film thickness of the top-coat paint film layer is from 11 to 50 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel proteins having esterase activity, to mutants thereof, to nucleic acid sequences coding therefor, to expression cassettes, vectors and recombinant microorganisms; to methods for preparing said proteins and to the use thereof for enzymic, in particular enantioselective enzymic, ester hydrolysis or transesterification of organic esters.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous binder composition containing a) at least one polymer P and b) at least one saccharide compound S, such that an amount of the saccharide compound S is ?10 and ?400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of polymer P, wherein an amount of an additional formaldehyde-containing binder is ?50 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the summed overall amounts of the polymer P and the saccharide compound S. This invention also relates to a process for producing a shaped articles from granular and/or fibrous substrates where an aqueous binder composition of the present invention is applied to the granular and/or fibrous substrate, the granular and/or fibrous substrate thus treated is optionally shaped and then the granular and/or fibrous substrate thus obtained is thermally treated. This invention also relates to shaped articles obtained by a process of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a transistor on a substrate, which transistor comprises a layer, which layer comprises polyimide B, which process comprises the steps of i) forming a layer comprising photocurable polyimide A by applying photocurable polyimide A on a layer of the transistor or on the substrate ii) irradiating the layer comprising photocurable polyimide A with light of a wavelength of >=360 nm in order to form the layer comprising polyimide B, and a transistor obtainable by that process.

Abstract: A method for producing a multicoat color and/or effect paint system comprising a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising at least one polyurethane resin (A) as binder, at least one color and/or effect pigment, and 0.05% to 10% by weight, based on the total amount of the pigmented aqueous basecoat material, of an associative thickener (B) different from the polyurethane resin (A), the associative thickener (B) being composed of at least one compound of the following formula (I): with n=0 to 50, where R= with m=0 to 10, where R1?H or R2, where R2= with o=0 to 50, with the proviso that for not more than 50% by weight of the compounds of the formula (I), m=0 and R1?H.

Abstract: A process which isolates tetrahydrofuran from a stream of tetrahydrofuran, alkanol and high boilers, by: (a) separating off a first stream of tetrahydrofuran and alkanol as azeotrope in a first distillation stage; (b) feeding part of the first stream into a reactor for esterifying maleic anhydride, giving a second stream of tetrahydrofuran and monoalkyl maleate; (c) separating the second stream into a third stream of monoalkyl maleate and a fourth stream of tetrahydrofuran in a second distillation stage; (d) feeding the fourth stream of tetrahydrofuran from the second distillation stage and the part of the first stream from (a) which is not fed to the reactor into a third distillation stage to obtain a product stream of tetrahydrofuran and a sixth stream of tetrahydrofuran and alkanol; (e) recirculating the sixth stream from the third distillation stage into the first distillation stage or the reactor in (b).

Abstract: This application is directed to hair and skin conditioning compositions which contain specific polyoxyalkylene substituted alkylene diamines. The polyoxyalkylene substituted alkylene diamines function as conditioning agents on hair and skin via cloud point deposition. The polyoxyalkylene substituted alkylene diamines in addition to functioning as conditioning agents on skin and hair by themselves also function to enhance deposition of lipophilic benefit agents such as for example fatty alcohols, esters of fatty acids, hydrophobic vitamin or vitamin complexes, natural or synthetic triglycerides including glyceryl esters and derivative, pearlescent waxes, hydrocarbon oils, siloxanes of silicones, perfume oils, super-fatting agents, water insoluble or slightly soluble organic sunscreens, micronized sunscreens, plant extracts, essential oils and hydrophobically modified pigments.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, which comprises a chlorine containing thermoplastic polymer (PVC) as the substrate and a combination of a Fischer-Tropsch (FT)-wax with oxidized polyethylene wax.

Abstract: A process for removing residual monomers from water-absorbing polymer particles by thermally aftertreating the water-absorbing polymer particles in a mixer with rotating mixing tools at a temperature of at least 60° C. in the presence of water and of a surfactant.

Abstract: An automotive refinish coating mixer system includes (a) one or both of (i) at least one pellet of a compressed mixture of metal pigment and a powdered, water-soluble polymer and (ii) at least one pre-measured portion of metal flake pigment sealed in water-soluble polymer film; (b) a plurality of aqueous pigmented and unpigmented bases; and (c) a reducer base.

Abstract: Provided are methods for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ELM2-related polypeptide, or a WRKY-related polypeptide, or an EMG1-like polypeptide, or a GPx-related polypeptide in a plant. Also provided are plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ELM2-related polypeptide, or a WRKY-related polypeptide, or an EMG1-like polypeptide, or a GPx-related polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. Further provided are constructs comprising a nucleic acid encoding an ELM2-related polypeptide, or a WRKY-related polypeptide, or an EMG1-like polypeptide, or a GPx-related polypeptide, useful in carrying out the methods of the invention.

Abstract: The invention is directed to bodies comprising an amorphous carbon particle on which are supported nanoparticles of an oxide of lanthanide. These bodies find use as a pharmaceutical for use in a surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods. The bodies can be made by a process comprising impregnating a carbon source material by contacting it with a solution of a salt of said lanthanide; drying said impregnated carbon source material; and subjecting said dried impregnated material to pyrolysis under inert conditions.

Abstract: A carbamate-functional material is prepared by reacting a carbamate compound with a hydroxy-functional material using zirconium acetylacetonate as catalyst.

Abstract: A carbamate-functional material is prepared by reacting a carbamate compound with a hydroxy-functional material using titanium (IV) alkoxide as catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new catalysts for curing solventborne or solvent-free coating compositions, such as 2-component polyurethane coating materials or 2-component polyurethane adhesives.

Abstract: The present invention refers to method for producing a transgenic plant with increased herbicide tolerance or resistance as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant, comprising transforming a plant cell or a plant cell nucleus or a plant tissue with a nucleic acid molecule encoding an Alopecurus cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, as well as to the nucleic acid, and plants with increased herbicide tolerance or resistance comprising the nucleic acid of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention refers to methods of controlling weeds at a locus which contains a plant with increased herbicide tolerance or resistance comprising the nucleic acid of the invention.

Abstract: In a method of treating a substrate including patterns having line-space dimensions of 50 nm or below, the substrate is rinsed by an aqueous composition including at least one non-ionic surfactant A and at least one hydrophobizer B. The at least one surfactant A has an equilibrium surface tension of 10 mN/m to 35 mN/m, determined from a solution of the at least one surfactant A in water at the critical micelle concentration. The hydrophobizer B is selected so that the contact angle of water to the substrate is increased by contacting the substrate with a solution of the hydrophobizer B in water by 5-95° compared to the contact angle of water to the substrate before such contacting.