Abstract: A blend comprising a) from 5 to 40% by weight of a linear block copolymer of vinylaromatic monomers and dienes of the structure (I) S1—(B/S)1—S2 having a flexible phase fraction (B/S)1 of not more than 55% by weight, based on the block copolymer (I) and b) from 95 to 60% by weight of a linear block copolymer of vinylaromatic monomers and dienes of the structure (II) S3—(B/S)2—S4 having a flexible phase fraction (B/S)2 of at least 65% by weight, based on the block copolymer (II), where S1 is a block of vinylaromatic monomers having a number average molar mass Mn in the range from 40 000 to 100 000 g/mol, S2, S3 and S4 are in each case blocks of vinylaromatic monomers having a number average molar mass Mn in the range from 5000 to 20 000 g/mol, (B/S)1 and (B/S)2 are in each case copolymer blocks of dienes and vinylaromatic monomers having a number average molar mass Mn in the range from 15 000 to 40 000 g/mol.

Abstract: Catalytically active multielement oxide materials which contain at least one of the elements Nb and W and the elements Mo, V and Cu are prepared by a process in which an intimate dry blend containing ammonium ions is prepared and said dry blend is subjected to a thermal treatment in an atmosphere having a low molecular oxygen content at elevated temperatures, a portion of the ammonium ions contained in the intimate dry blend being decomposed with liberation of ammonia and the oxygen content of the thermal treatment atmosphere being increased in the course of the thermal treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying 1,4-butynediol, which comprises processing 1,4-butynediol in a dynamic mixing apparatus in an inert gas atmosphere at from 25 to 150° C. at a shear rate in the radial gap between rotor and stator of the mixing apparatus of more than 100 000 sec?1, awaiting phase separation at temperatures of from 25 to 150° C. and separating off the bottom phase, and a process for the hydrogenation of 1,4-butynediol to 1,4-butenediol and 1,4-butanediol using the purified 1,4-butynediol.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reaction of amines with phosgene in the presence of inert organic solvents in a reactor and subsequent work-up of the reaction mixture leaving the reactor, wherein the solvent is separated off in a two-stage or multistage, preferably two-stage, distillation process in which the solvent is separated off at a pressure of 0.1-15 bar in a first apparatus and at 1-900 mbar in a second apparatus or further apparatuses, with the heat of condensation of the solvent vapor from the first apparatus being used for partial or complete vaporization of solvent in the second apparatus.

Abstract: A process for preparing acrolein, or acrylic acid or a mixture thereof as a target product from propane, in which propane is partially dehydrogenated under heterogeneous catalysis in a reaction zone A, molecular hydrogen thus formed is incinerated partly to water and the product gas A thus formed in reaction zone A is used without secondary component removal to charge a reaction zone B in which propylene present in product gas A is partially oxidized to the target product. From the product gas B formed in reaction zone B, the target product is removed and the residual gas I remaining after an aftertreatment comprising a CO2 scrubbing and a partial discharge thereof is recycled into reaction zone A.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for the incorporation of DNA into the genome of a wheat plant based on a D-alanine or D-serine selection. Preferably, the transformation is mediated by Agrobacterium.

Abstract: The use of interface-active non-enzymatic proteins for textile washing. Washing compositions for textile washing which comprise interface-active non-enzymatic proteins, and processes for washing using such proteins.

Abstract: Polypeptides of the general structural formula (I) Xn—C1—X1-50—C2—X0-5—C3—X1-100—C4—X1-100—C5—X1-50—C6—C0-5—C7—X1-50—C8—Xm??(I) production and use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to non-aqueous agrochemical formulations comprising (a) at least one pesticide; (b) at least one organic solvent; and (c) a mixture comprising a non-ionic distyrylphenol alkoxylate and a ionic distyrylphenol alkoxylate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of homopolymers or copolymers of (meth)acrylic acid or copolymers of C3-C40-monoolefins with ethylenically unsaturated C4-C6-dicarboxylic anhydrides as additives in ceramic masses, in particular in brick earth and clay for producing building ceramics such as bricks and roofing tiles, and also ceramic masses comprising these additives.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for polymerising ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein ethylenically unsaturated monomers are polymerised in the presence of a solvent-stable transition metal complex having slightly co-ordinating anions as polymer catalysts. The invention also relates to specific solvent-stable transition metal complexes having slightly co-ordinating anions. The invention also relates to highly reactive copolymers which are made of monomers comprising isobutene and at least one vinylaromatic compound which can be obtained according to said inventive method.

Abstract: Provided is an emissions treatment system and method for reducing NOx emissions in the exhaust stream produced from an internal combustion engine. The system has an injector for periodically metering ammonia or an ammonia precursor into an exhaust stream; and a first substrate with a first SCR catalyst composition, downstream of the injector. The first substrate has an inlet end, an outlet end, a length extending between the inlet end to the outlet end, wall elements and a plurality of passages defined by the wall elements. The first SCR catalyst composition is disposed on the wall elements from the inlet end toward the outlet end to a length that is less than the substrate's axial length to form an inlet zone. The first substrate also has an NH3 destruction catalyst composition with a platinum group metal component dispersed on a refractory metal oxide.

Abstract: The use of a film for adhesively bonding two substrates, wherein the film comprises a layer which is composed of more than 30% by weight of a heat-activatable polyurethane (PU layer for short).

Abstract: The invention relates to novel proteins, especially with protease activity, which promote the production of extracellular lipases by bacteria, especially of the genus Burkholderia, nucleic acid sequences encoding them, expression constructs containing them, hosts transformed with them, methods for the production of the proteins with protease activity and methods for the production of lipases, especially by bacteria of the genus Burkholderia.

Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising A) at least one 3-heterocyclyl-substituted benzoly derivative of the formula I in which the variables have the following meanings: R1, R3 are halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl or alkylsulfonyl; R2 is a optionally substituted heterocyclic radical selected from the group: isoxazol-3-yl, isoxazol-4-yl, isoxazol-5-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-4-yl and 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5-yl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; R5 is alkyl, R6 is hydrogen or alkyl; or one of its environmentally compatible salts; B) nicosulfuron (II) or one of its environmentally compatible salts; and C) at least one herbicidal compound from the group triazines or one of their environmentally compatible salts, in a synergistically effective amount. Compositions comprising these mixtures, processes for the preparation of these compositions, and their use for controlling undesirable plants.

Abstract: 1,6,9,14-Tetrasubstituted terrylenetetracarboxylic diimides are particularly useful for absorbing and emitting in the long-wavelength red and near infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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: 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: The invention relates to phosphinite phosphites I of formula 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 and mixtures thereof, wherein R1, R2, R4 independently represent an alkyl or alkylene group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of the groups R1, R2, R4 is different from H; R5 to R22 independently represent H, an alkyl or alkylene group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R3 is H, methyl or ethyl; X is F, Cl or CF3, if n=1 or 2 and X is H, if n=0.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved apparatus and method of minimizing catalyst poisoning from exhaust gas streams containing inorganic deposits and particulate matter. More specifically, the present invention is directed to an upstream metallic foam trap and a downstream monolithic precious metal catalyst, wherein the trap physically blocks inorganic deposits and particulate matter from poisoning the downstream catalyst. The present invention is also directed to a metallic foam trap containing a coat comprising a first metallic thermal arc sprayed layer and optionally a second refractory metal oxide.