Abstract: Re-moisturised, surface-crosslinked superabsorbents are produced using a process that comprises the steps of contacting a superabsorbent base polymer with an organic crosslinker and a polyvalent metal salt solution in the presence of an alcohol, heat-treating to produce a surface-crosslinked, dry superabsorbent and re-moisturising the surface-crosslinked dry superabsorbent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for the fermentative production of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by cultivating a recombinant micro-organism expressing an enzyme having a glutamate decarboxylase activity. The present invention also relates to corresponding recombinant hosts, recombinant vectors, expression cassettes and nucleic acids suitable for preparing such hosts as well as to a method for preparing polyamides making use of GABA as obtained fermentative production.

Abstract: Polyisobuteneamines of the general formula R1—CH2—NR2R3 in which R1 is a polyisobutyl radical which is derived from isobutene and up to 20% by weight of n-butene and has a number-average molecular weight Mn of from 600 to 770, and R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, a C1-C18-alkyl, C2-C18-alkenyl, C4-C18-cycloalkyl, C1-C18-alkylaryl, hydroxy-C1-C18-alkyl, poly(oxyalkyl), polyalkylenepolyamine or polyalkyleneimine radical or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, are a heterocyclic ring are suitable as detergents in gasoline fuels, reduce valve sticking and improve the compatibility of the detergents with carrier oils and compatibility in fuel compositions which comprise a mineral fuel content and C1-C4-alkanols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous clearcoat material for producing a waterborne urethane-based two-coat coating system, which comprises at least one secondary polyacrylate dispersion having a polyacrylate glass transition temperature Tg?20° C. and at least one hybrid polyacrylate-polyurethane dispersion with a weight ratio of the polyacrylate fraction of the secondary dispersion to the polyacrylate-polyurethane fraction of the hybrid dispersion of 1:1 to 4:1, preferably 2:1 to 3:1, more preferably 2.25:1 to 2.75:1, and as curing agent at least one low-viscosity aminosulfonic polyisocyanate and an aqueous basecoat material for producing a waterborne two-coat coating system which comprises at least one polyurethane dispersion, at least one hybrid polyacrylate-polyurethane dispersion, and at least one melamine resin.

Abstract: The use of a fiber-reinforced plastic material as reinforcement strips (2, 6, 7, 14, 15) of a window or door frame hollow profile (1, 10) is provided, with the fiber-reinforced plastic material having an E-module that is >8.000 N/mm2, and preferably >10.000 N/mm2, having a softening temperature of >100° C., and preferably >150° C. and an elongation coefficient of <6·10?5K?1, and preferably <5·10?5K?1 most preferably <4·10?5K?1, in particular fiber-reinforced polybutylenterephtalate, polyetylenterephtalate or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organotemplate-free synthetic process for the production of a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure comprising YO2 and optionally comprising X2O3, wherein said process comprises the steps of (1) preparing a mixture comprising seed crystals and at least one source for YO2; and (2) crystallizing the mixture; wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material optionally comprises at least one alkali metal M, wherein when the BEA framework additionally comprises X2O3; the mixture according to step (1) comprises at least one source for X2O3, and wherein the seed crystals comprise zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure, preferably zeolite Beta.

Abstract: The present teachings provide semiconducting compounds, materials prepared from such compounds, methods of preparing such compounds and semiconductor materials, as well as various compositions, composites, and devices that incorporate the compounds and semiconductor materials. Specifically, compounds of the present teachings can have higher electron-transport efficiency and higher solubility in common solvents compared to related representative compounds.

Abstract: Ready-to-use pesticide compositions that contain a solvent, a pesticide dissolved in the solvent, a particulate attractant and/or cellulose suspended throughout the solvent and a thickening agent. Applicators and methods for treating pests such as arthropods by dispensing the composition are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of increasing the stonechip resistance of OEM coat systems composed of an anticorrosion coat, a surfacer coat, and a concluding topcoat, in which 0.1% to 30% by weight, based on the nonvolatile fractions of the coating material, of electrically charged inorganic particles AT whose ratio D/d, the ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d), is >50 and whose charge is at least partly compensated by singly charged organic counterions OG, are incorporated into the coating material that is used to produce at least one of said coats and that comprises at least one polymer P, and the coating material is applied and, lastly, is cured.

Abstract: A coating composition made with fumed silica, a hydroxy-functional amide compound, and a volatile organic portion, wherein the volatile organic portion comprises about 1 to about 7% by weight of a first volatile organic liquid or combination of first volatile organic liquids (i) having an evaporation rate less than or equal to 0.1 and (ii) in which the hydroxy-functional amide compound is insoluble has improved sag resistance. Sag resistance may be further improved by including in the volatile organic portion at least about 10% by weight of a second volatile organic liquid having an evaporation rate greater than or equal to about 2.0. Finally, flow and leveling of the coating (resulting in reduced orange peel and smoother appearance) can be improved, without worsening sag resistance, by including from about 5% to about 60% by weight of a dispersant for the fumed silica based on weight of fumed silica, wherein the dispersant is soluble in the first volatile organic liquid or liquids.

Abstract: The use of solid materials based on synthetic polymers and/or biopolymers (A) in natural gas and mineral oil extraction technology. The solid materials are produced by solubilizing at least one synthetic polymer and/or biopolymer (A), or at least one synthetic polymer and/or biopolymer (A) and at least one additive (B), in at least one substantially anhydrous chaotropic liquid (C). The solution or dispersion (AC) or (ABC) is contacted with a liquid (D1) which is miscible with the chaotropic liquid (C), but in which at least the synthetic polymer and/or the biopolymer (A) are substantially insoluble, resulting in a phase (E). The chaotropic liquid (C) is removed from phase (E) to result in a gel (G), which is impregnated with a liquid (D2). The two liquids (D1) and (D2) are removed from the gel (G) by evaporating, producing a solid material based on synthetic polymer and/or biopolymer (A).

Abstract: The present invention relates to (interference) pigments comprising a plate-like substrate, a layer of SnO2, and/or a layer of a metaloxide, which is selected from Fe2O3, TiO2, ZrO2 and/or HfO2, said layer(s) being doped with Mo and/or W, or pigments comprising a plate-like substrate, a layer of a metal oxide, which is selected from Fe2O3, TiO2, ZrO2 and/or HfO2, said layer(s) being doped with Nb and/or Ta, a method of producing the (interference) pigments and their use in paints, ink-jet printing, for dyeing textiles, for pigmenting coatings, printing inks, plastics, cosmetics, glazes for ceramics and glass. The pigments of the present invention have very bright color and show color flop.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coated polyoxymethylene moldings comprising at least one polyoxymethylene homo- or copolymer A), and also, if appropriate, further additives B), which has been coated on the surface with at least one binder C) and one formaldehyde scavenger D), wherein the binder C) used comprises a polyalkylene oxide C1 or a polyvinyl ester C2 or a graft polymer C3 composed of C1 and C2 or a mixture of these, and the formaldehyde scavenger D) used comprises at least one imidazolidin-2-one compound.

Abstract: A rodent management station has a housing with an interior space and includes a base and a lid that define at least in part the interior space of the housing. The lid is positionable relative to the base between a closed configuration of the station in which the interior space is substantially enclosed, and an opened configuration of the station in which the interior space is accessible for servicing. The housing has an entry opening through which rodents enter the interior space of the housing. The lid includes a pair of spaced fins and the base includes a pair of spaced slots. Each of the slots are sized and configured for receiving one of the fins in the closed configuration of the station to thereby facilitate alignment of the lid with the base and to inhibit lateral movement of the lid with respect to the base.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for increasing various plant yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a yield increasing polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: an AT-hook motif nuclear localized 19/20 (AHL19/20), a GRP (Growth Regulating Protein) (wherein said GRP polypeptide is a metallothionein 2a (MT2a) polypeptide), an alanine aminotransferase (AAT)-like polypeptide, and an alanine aminotransferase (AAT) polypeptide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a water-absorbing resin by polymerization of a reaction mixture comprising at least one hydrophilic monomer and, if appropriate, at least one crosslinker in a reactor, which comprises admixing the reaction mixture with at least one first portion of a particulate additive before the reaction mixture has reached a residence time of 40% of the overall residence time in the reactor and with at least one second portion of a particulate additive when the reaction mixture has reached a residence time of 45% or more of the overall residence time in the reactor, the additive being selected from water-absorbing resin powders, fillers and mixtures thereof, the total solids content of monomer and additive being in the range from 30% to 60% by weight, the amount of additive being in the range from 5% to 50% by weight, based on the monomers, and the weight ratio of the first portion to the second portion of the additive being in the range from 10:1 to 1:5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or improving the health of a plant, in particular by seed treatment using a combination of pyraclostrobin and a plant growth regulator.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated PKSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding PKSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Abstract: Finely divided starch-containing polymer dispersions which are obtainable by free radical emulsion copolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of a redox initiator and an enzymatically degraded starch, the enzymatic starch degradation being stopped by adding an acid comprising at least one phosphorus atom to the reaction mixture, use of an acid comprising at least one phosphorus atom for stopping the enzymatic degradation of starch and use of the finely divided, starch-containing polymer dispersions of emulsion polymers as size for paper and paper products, in particular as surface size.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) comprising at least one extruded or injection-molded molding (5) composed of a molding composition comprising a polymer material, where the molding composition comprises at least one filler for reinforcement. The proportion of the filler for reinforcement in the molding composition is in the range from 20 to 80% by weight. The invention further relates to a process for the production of a system (1), where the molding composition comprising the at least one filler for reinforcement is molded through an extrusion process to give the molding (5). The invention further relates to a use of the system (1).