Abstract: A rodent management system includes a housing having a base and a lid together at least in part defining an 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 in substantially enclosed, and an opened configuration of the station in which the interior space is accessible for servicing. The housing has at least one entry opening through which rodents enter the interior space of the housing. The base has an inner surface at least in part defining an interior floor of the housing. A bait support is positionable within the interior space of the housing and configured for supporting bait above the floor of the housing. The bait support is further configured for releasable connection with at least one of the base and the lid.

Abstract: An aqueous electrodeposition coating composition comprising (a) a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of bismuth oxide, vanadium oxide, manganese oxide, cobalt oxide, zinc oxide, strontium oxide, yttrium oxide, molybdenum oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, oxides of the lanthanide series of elements, and combinations of these and (b) a cathodically electrodepositable binder, the binder comprising an amine-functional phosphorylated resin, provides corrosion protection equivalent to that obtained by the conventional phosphate pretreatment-electrodeposition coating process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel proton-conducting polymer membrane based on polyazols. Said polymer membrane can be used in a variety of ways due to its outstanding chemical and thermal properties and is especially suitable as a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) for producing membrane electrode units for so-called PEM fuel cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new, radiation-curable coating compositions featuring high flexibility.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprises a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of bismuth oxide, vanadium oxide, manganese oxide, cobalt oxide, zinc oxide, strontium oxide, yttrium oxide, molybdenum oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, oxides of the lanthanide series of elements and combinations thereof and an electrodepositable binder, the binder comprising (a) a phosphorous-containing group in which X is a hydrogen, a monovalent hydrocarbon, an alkyl group such as an aminoalkyl group, or an oxygen atom having a single covalent bond to the phosphorous atom, and each oxygen atom has a covalent bond to a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, an arylalkyl group, or the resin, with the caveat that at least one oxygen atom has a covalent bond to resin; (b) a carboxylate group separated by from 2 to 4 carbons from an ester group; and (c) a tridentate amine ligand.

Abstract: An aqueous electrodeposition coating composition comprising a cathodically depositable binder, the binder comprising an amine-functional phosphorylated resin, provides corrosion protection equivalent to that obtained by the conventional phosphate pretreatment-electrodeposition coating process.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for liquid cooling of an internal combustion engine (11) and a process for producing it. The apparatus of the invention comprises a cooling circuit (13) which comprises at least one cooling channel (23, 24, 41) for a liquid coolant which is in thermal contact with at least one component (12a, 12b, 31) of the internal combustion engine (11), wherein a wall of the cooling channel (23, 24, 41) which comes into contact with the coolant has a microstructured surface having a certain porosity and roughness at least in a subregion. According to the invention, such an apparatus is produced by constructing a cooling circuit for a liquid coolant which has cooling channels which can at least partly be brought into thermal contact with the internal combustion engine, wherein a microstructured surface is produced on at least part of the walls of the cooling channels which come into contact with the liquid coolant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-amino-1,2-benzisothiazole compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and n are defined in the description. The present invention relates to insecticidal compounds of formula I and to their isomeric imino derivatives, as well as to the enantiomers, diastereomers and salts thereof and to compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to the use of the 3-amino-1,2-benzisothiazole compounds, of their salts or of compositions comprising them for combating animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to methods of applying such compounds.

Abstract: An aqueous electrodeposition coating composition comprising (a) an organometallic compound and (b) a cathodically electrodepositable binder, the binder comprising an amine-functional phosphorylated resin, provides corrosion protection equivalent to that obtained by the conventional phosphate pretreatment-electrodeposition coating process.

Abstract: A coating layer prepared from an aqueous electrodeposition coating composition comprising an electrodepositable binder, the binder comprising a aromatic amine group-containing resin, provides corrosion protection to a metallic substrate.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of (meth)acrylic esters of polymers comprising N-hydroxyalkylated lactam units and obtainable by free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization, wherein monomers copolymerized are (a) styrene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and/or methyl methacrylate, (b) at least one C1 to C18 alkyl acrylate and/or at least one C2 to C18 alkyl methacrylate, (c) at least one acrylic ester of an N-hydroxyalkylated lactam and/or at least one methacrylic ester of an N-hydroxyalkylated lactam, and (d) if appropriate, other ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and use of these aqueous dispersions and/or of polymers which comprise in copolymerized form at least one acrylic ester of an N-hydroxyalkylated lactam and/or at least one methacrylic ester of an N-hydroxyalkylated lactam for treating the surface of paper and of paper products, and also the inkjet papers obtainable accordingly.

Abstract: A proton-conducting polymer membrane comprising polyazoles containing sulfonic acid groups is obtainable by a process comprising: A) mixing one or more aromatic or heteroaromatic tetraamino compounds with one or more aromatic or heteroaromatic carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof which contain at least two acid groups per carboxylic acid monomer, with at least part of the tetraamino compounds or the carboxylic acids comprising at least one sulfonic acid group, or mixing of one or more aromatic or heteroaromatic diaminocarboxylic acids, of which at least part comprises sulfonic acid groups, in polyphosphoric acid to form a solution or dispersion; B) optionally heating the solution or dispersion obtained by step A) under inert gas to temperatures of up to 325° C. to form polyazole polymers; C) applying a layer using the mixture from step A) or B) to a support, thus forming a membrane, and D) partially hydrolyzing the polyphosphoric acid moieties of the membrane from step C) until it is self-supporting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing tertiary alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid having at least 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical. The process includes reacting (meth)acrylic acid with at least one olefin of formula (I) in homogeneous phase in the presence of an acidic catalyst in a reactor, discharging the resulting reaction mixture from the reactor, separating the discharged reaction mixture into a first mixture which contains the catalyst and a second mixture which contains the tertiary alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid having at least 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, and removing the tertiary alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid having at least 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical from the second mixture in the presence of compound S, which comprises at least one N-oxyl group and is added as a stabilizer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyisobutene having a mean molecular weight Mn of from 400 to 50 000, in particular from 500 to 10 000, by polymerizing isobutene in the presence of a BF3-containing complex catalyst, wherein the polymerization is carried out at least temporarily in the presence of one or more cyclic ethers.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated HHA601ND, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred maize line HHA601ND, to the plants of inbred maize line HHA601ND and to methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line HHA601ND with itself or another maize line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from the inbred HHA601ND.

Abstract: A process for the production of leather, wherein tanned animal hides are treated in step (A) with an aqueous liquor which comprises (a) at least one copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of (a1) at least one ethylenically unsaturated C4-C8-dicarboxylic acid or at least one derivative of an ethylenically unsaturated C4-C8-dicarboxylic acid and (a2) at least one C8-C100-?-olefin and, if appropriate, hydrolysis and/or at least partial neutralization, (b) at least one paraffin which is liquid at room temperature, (c) at least one synthetic nonionic emulsifier, the aqueous liquor being free of silicones, and furthermore silicone-free aqueous formulations and their use.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated HMA699ND, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred maize line HMA699ND, to the plants of inbred maize line HMA699ND and to methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line HMA699ND with itself or another maize line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from the inbred HMA699ND.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous metal organic framework comprising an at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to at least one metal ion, where the at least one metal ion is AlIII and the at least bidentate organic compound is an at least monoamino-substituted aromatic dicarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of terephthalic acid, 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 1,5-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid and derivatives thereof in which at least one CH group in the ring has been replaced by nitrogen, wherein the framework in powder form has a specific surface area determined by the Langmuir method (N2, 77 K) of at least 2500 m2/g. In addition, the invention relates to shaped bodies comprising these materials, their preparation and their use for the storage and separation of gases.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to transformed plant cells and plants comprising an in-activated or down-regulated gene resulting in increased tolerance and/or resistance to environmental stress and increased biomass production as compared to non-transformed wild type cells and methods of producing such plant cells or plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bacterial cell of the genus Pastorella comprising a heterologous polypeptide having formate dehydrogenase activity. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing succinic acid and the use of the bacterial cell for the manufacture of succinic acid.