Abstract: A catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx comprises a zeolitic material which comprises (A) one or more zeolites having a GME framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, and optionally further comprises one or more zeolites having a CHA framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, and/or comprises, (B) one or more zeolite intergrowth phases of one or more zeolites having a GME framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3 and one or more zeolites having a CHA framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, and the zeolitic material contains Cu and/or Fe as non-framework elements in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 15 wt. % calculated as the element and based on 100 wt. % of YO contained in the zeolitic material. Also provided are a process for its preparation, and a use in a method for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx.

Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures including a pesticidally active anthranilamide compound of formula (I) and at least one further pesticidal active ingredient. The pesticidal mixtures are useful for combating and controlling insects, acarids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a recombinant polypeptide a filamentous fungus which is genetically modified to decrease or eliminate the activity of cellulase regulator 2 (CLR2) and to express said recombinant polypeptide. The method further relates to a filamentous fungus Myceliophthora thermophila, which is genetically modified to decrease or eliminate the activity of CLR2 and the use of this filamentous fungus in the production of a recombinant polypeptide.

Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.

Abstract: A granular composition comprising a pesticide, 0.1 to 10 wt % of a nonionic amphiphilic polyalkoxylate, at least 20 wt % of a solid water-soluble anionic dispersant, at least 5 wt % of a sugar, which is a mono- or disaccharide, or a mixture thereof, and a polyvinylpyrrolidone is provided. Methods for the preparation of the granular composition including the steps of (i) providing an aqueous suspension comprising the pesticide, the polyalkoxylate, the dispersant and the sugar, (ii) drying the aqueous suspension, and (iii) granulating the aqueous or dried suspension, and wherein the polyvinylpyrrolidone is added in step (i) and/or step (iii) are further provided. Methods for controlling at least one of phytopathogenic fungi, plant growth, attack by insects or mites, and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the particular pests, their habitat, the undesired or useful plants, and/or the soil are further provided.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a closed structural component and process for preparing the same.

Abstract: Described herein are an aqueous pigment paste including at least one color pigment (a) and at least one polymer (b) which is preparable by successive radical emulsion polymerization of three monomer mixtures (A), (B) and (C) of olefinically unsaturated monomers in water, an aqueous basecoat material which is preparable by admixing the pigment paste to at least one aqueous binder-containing component suitable for preparing the basecoat material, a method for producing a multicoat paint system using this basecoat material, and use of the polymer (b) for dispersing color pigments within an aqueous pigment paste.

Abstract: A method and system for object recognition via a computer vision application including an object to be recognized, the object having an object specific luminescence spectral pattern, a light source including at least two illuminants for illuminating a scene including the object to be recognized by switching between the two illuminants, a sensor configured to capture radiance data of the scene including the object when the scene is illuminated by the light source, and a data storage unit storing fluorescence spectral patterns together with appropriately assigned respective objects. The method and system further include a data processing unit configured to extract the object specific fluorescence spectral pattern from the radiance data of the scene and to match the extracted object specific fluorescence spectral pattern with the fluorescence spectral patterns stored in the data storage unit, and to identify a best matching fluorescence spectral pattern and its assigned object.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polymer dispersions, comprising a water insoluble polymer P in the form of dispersed polymer particles, which is obtainable by free radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M, which comprise a) at least one monomer M1 which exhibits two ethylenically unsaturated moieties which are connected by a linker which comprises a disulfide moiety, and b) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer M2, which has a low water solubility. The invention also relates to processes for preparing such an aqueous polymer dispersion, to solid polymer compositions in powder form, obtainable by drying such polymer dispersions, to the use of such polymer dispersions in a coating material, adhesive or sealant and to a methods of coating a surface of a substrate which comprises applying an aqueous coating composition, which contains such an polymer dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyurethanes by mixing a) polyisocyanate, b) a mixture obtainable by introducing an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt into a compound comprising urethane groups, c) compounds comprising one or more epoxide groups, and, optionally, d) polyol, e) chain extenders, and f) fillers and further additives to form a reaction mixture and fully reacting the mixture to give the polyurethane, where the amount of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal ions per equivalent urethane groups in the compound (b) is 0.0001 to 3.5. The present invention further relates to a polyurethane obtainable by such a process, and to the use of such a polyurethane for producing bodywork components for vehicles.

Abstract: A process for preparing methanol from a carbon-containing feedstock by producing synthesis gas therefrom in a synthesis gas production unit, converting the synthesis gas to methanol in a methanol synthesis unit and working up the reaction mixture obtained stepwise to isolate the methanol, wherein the carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, dimethyl ether and methane components of value from the streams separated off in the isolation of the methanol are combusted with an oxygenous gas, and the carbon dioxide in the resultant flue gas is separated off in a carbon dioxide recovery unit and recycled to the synthesis gas production unit and/or to the methanol synthesis unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline forms of ethyl 2-[[3-[[3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-[3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-1-yl]-2-pyridyl]oxy]-2-pyridyl]oxy]acetate, herein after also referred to as “compound of formula (I)”. The invention also relates to a process for the production of these crystalline forms, formulations for plant protection and herbicidal compositions which contain one of these crystalline forms.

Abstract: Expandable thermoplastic polyurethane comprising blowing agent, wherein the Shore hardness of the thermoplastic polyurethane is from A 44 to A 84.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing cyclic carbonates of formula Ia or Ib or mixtures thereof (Ia) (Ib) comprising the process step: a) reacting a propargylic alcohol of formula II (II) with carbon dioxide in the presence of at least one transition metal catalyst TMC1, which comprises a transition metal selected from metals of groups 10, 11 and 12 of the periodic table of the elements according to IUPAC and at least one bulky ligand.

Abstract: A golden effect pigment comprising an optionally passivated platelet-shaped metallic substrate and an iron oxide layer, wherein the effect pigment has a hue angle h15 of 67°?h15?78° and a chroma C*15 of ?90 is provided. Further, a golden effect pigment comprising an optionally passivated platelet-shaped metallic substrate and an iron oxide layer, wherein the effect pigment has a hue angle h15 of 67°?h15?78° and a chroma C*45 of ?50 is provided. The golden effect pigments are highly chromatic and suitable for coloring a coating composition such as a paint, a printing ink, an ink, a varnish, plastics, a fiber, a film or a cosmetic preparation, preferably an automotive, an architectural or an industrial coating composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific pigment synthesis inhibitors selected from beflubutamide, flurtamone and clomazone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.

Abstract: Expandable thermoplastic polyurethane comprising blowing agent, wherein the Shore hardness of the thermoplastic polyurethane is from A 44 to A 84.

Abstract: Process for making an electrode active material according to general formula Li1+xTM1?xO2, wherein TM is a combination of Ni and Co and Zr and at least one metal selected from Mn and Al, and, optionally, at least one of Mg, Ti, and W, wherein GC at least 60 mole-% is Ni, referring to the sum of Ni, Co and, if applicable, Mn and Al, and x is in the range of from zero to 0.2, said process comprising the following steps: (a) mixing (A) a mixed oxide or oxyhydroxide of Ni, Co and, if applicable, Mn, (B) at least one lithium compound selected from lithium hydroxide, lithium oxide and lithium carbonate, and (C) at least one oxide or hydroxide or oxyhydroxide of Zr with an average diameter D50 in the range of from 1 to 7 ?m, and in compounds (C) that are selected from oxides of Zr, their crystallite size is in the range of from 5 to 20 nm and (b) Subjecting said mixture to heat treatment at a temperature in the range of from 700 to 1000° C.

Abstract: A polyarylene ether copolymer comprising i) at least one block comprising in polymerized form A) isosorbide, isomannide, isoidide or a mixture thereof and B) at least one unit comprising at least one difunctional compound comprising at least one dichlorodiaryl sulfone, a dichlorodiaryl ketone or a mixture thereof and ii) at least one block comprising in polymerized form C) at least one polyalkylene oxide, a process for its preparation and its use in the preparation of coatings, films, fibers, foams, membranes or molded articles.

Abstract: A process for preparing a porous material involves at least the steps of providing a mixture (I) containing a composition (A), which contains components suitable to from an organic gel, and a solvent (B); reacting the components in the composition (A) in the presence of the solvent (B) to form a gel; and drying of the gel. The composition (A) contains a catalyst system (CS), which contains at least a catalyst component (C1) selected from ammonium salts and phosphonium salts, and an acid with a phosphor containing acid group as a catalyst component (C2). Porous materials can be obtained in this way and the porous materials can be used as thermal insulation material and in vacuum insulation panels and vacuum insulation systems, in particular in interior or exterior thermal insulation systems as well as for insulation of refrigerators and freezers and in water tank or ice maker insulation systems.