Abstract: The present invention relates to one-part closure devices encompassing at least polyvinyl chloride and at least one plasticizer, in particular at least one substituted or unsubstituted cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, to a process for producing a closure device of this type, and also to the use of a closure device of the invention as a closure for containers, in particular for wine bottles or other bottles.

Abstract: A process for preparing xylylenediamine by continuously hydrogenating liquid phthalonitrile over a heterogeneous catalyst in the presence of liquid ammonia in a reactor, which comprises mixing a stream of a phthalonitrile melt in liquid form by means of a mixer unit with a stream of liquid ammonia and conducting the liquid mixture into the hydrogenation reactor.

Abstract: High-functionality polyisocyanates are prepared by a process which comprises (i) preparation of an addition product (A) which contains one group which is reactive toward isocyanate and at least two isocyanate groups by reacting (a) a diisocyanate or polyisocyanate I with (b1) compounds having at least three groups which are reactive toward isocyanate or (b2) compounds containing two groups which are reactive toward isocyanate or mixtures of (b1) and (b2), where at least one of the components (a) or (b) has functional groups having differing reactivities toward the functional groups of the other component and the reaction ratio is selected so that the addition product (A) contains an average of one group which is reactive toward isocyanate, (ii) if desired, intermolecular addition reaction of the addition product (A) to form a polyaddition product (P) containing an average of one group which is reactive toward isocyanate and an average of more than two isocyanate groups, and (iii) reaction of the addition

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing 2,7-dimethylocta-2,4,6-trienedial of the formula I, by a) double enol ether condensation of a butenedial bisacetal of the formula II with an enol ether of the formula III, ?in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst to give a condensation product of the formula IV, ?where the radicals R1 and R2 in formulae II to IV are independently of one another C1-C6-alkyl; b) hydrolysis of the acetal groups of IV by adding an aqueous acid to form the dialdehyde of the formula V; d) crystallization of I from the reaction mixture, Wherein process steps a) to d) are carried out in the presence of an inert, water-immiscible organic solvent.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel nucleic acid molecules, to the use thereof for constructing genetically improved microorganisms and to methods for preparing fine chemicals, in particular amino acids, with the aid of said genetically improved microorganisms.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a casein kinase Stress-Related Polypeptide (CKSRP) 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 CKSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding CKSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures for controlling rice pathogens, comprising, as active components, 1) the triazolopyrimidine derivative of the formula I, and 2) chlorothalonil of the formula II in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling rice pathogens using mixtures of the compound I with the compounds II, the use of the compound I with the compounds II for preparing such mixtures and compositions comprising these mixtures are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of transgenic plants and/or plant cells with increased pathogenic resistance, whereby the transgenic plants or plant cells have an altered content or an altered activity of at least one actin-depolymerising factor (ADF) with relation to the wild type. The invention also relates to the use of nucleic acids, coding for at least one ADF, for the production of transgenic plants or plant cells with increased pathogenic resistance and, furthermore, nucleic acid sequences coding for an ADF.

Abstract: A thermosetting coating material comprising (A) at least 50% by weight, based on the amount of nonvolatile substances in the coating material of (A1) from 0% to 50% by weight, based on the entirety of components (A1) and (A2), of a polymethacrylate copolymer containing more than 50% by weight, based on the entirety of comonomers in the copolymer (A1), of free-radically polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated compounds (a1) containing at least one reactive group of the formula I —X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x ??(I) and (A2) from 50% to 100% by weight, based on the entirety of components (A1) and (A2), of an adduct of polyisocyanate and alkoxysilane, (A2) containing at least one reactive group of the formula II: —NR—C(O)—N—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m ??(II) (B) a catalyst for the crosslinking of the —Si(OR?)3-x units, and (C) an aprotic solvent or a mixture of aprotic solvents.

Abstract: Neutralizing a surfactant which is comprised of an alkaline-catalyzed reaction product between a monomeric or polymeric alcohol having at least one active hydrogen group and an alkylene oxide with a fatty acid allows the cloud point of the surfactant to be adjusted.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures for controlling rice pathogens, which mixtures comprise, as active components, 1) the triazolopyrimidine derivative of the formula I and 2) vinclozolin of the formula II in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling rice pathogens using mixtures of the compound I with the compound II and the use of the compound I with the compound II for preparing such mixtures, and also compositions comprising these mixtures.

Abstract: The invention relates to improved construct and methods for eliminating maker sequences from the genome of plants, based on dual-function selection marker which—depending on the employed compound—can act as both negative and counter-selection marker.

Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of particles composed of addition polymer and finely divided inorganic solid (composite particles), in which process ethylenically unsaturated monomers are dispersely distributed in aqueous medium and polymerized by the method of free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization by means of at least one free-radical polymerization initiator in the presence of at least one dispersely distributed, finely divided inorganic solid and at least one dispersant, which comprises using a monomer mixture comprising >0 and ?10% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an epoxide group.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a transcription factor stress-related protein (TFSRP) 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 TFSRP, and isolated nucleic acid coding TFSRP, and vectors and host cells containing the latter. Further provided are methods of producing transgenic plants expressing TFSRP, methods of increasing expression of other genes of interest using the TFSRP, methods of identifying novel TFSRP, and methods of modifying the expression of TFSRP in plants.

Abstract: Water purification media contain an activated carbon having at least one of specific a particle size, surface area, and porosity; and a microcrystalline and/or amorphous titanosilicate at least partially coating the activated carbon. Methods of making the media of microcrystalline and/or amorphous titanosilicate coated activated carbon involve contacting activated carbon with titanosilicate precursors. Methods of purifying water involve contacting water containing both heavy metals and volatile byproducts with the media.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a casein kinase Stress-related Polypeptide (CKSRP) 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 CKSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding CKSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Abstract: A process for the production of membranes which contain at least one solid layer on one side of a porous substrate by treating, with a synthesis solution forming the solid layer, that side of the substrate which is to be coated is described, wherein, in the production of the solid layer on the porous substrate, the space which, viewed from the substrate, is behind that side of the porous substrate which is not to be coated is filled with an inert fluid, the pressure and/or the temperature of the fluid being chosen so that contact of the synthesis solution with that side of the porous substrate which is not to be coated is substantially prevented.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures, comprising A) the triazolopyrimidine of the formula I ?and B) amide compounds of the formula II where X1 and X2 are halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, haloalkylthio, alkylsulfinyl or alkylsulfonyl; x is 1, 2, 3 or 4; and y is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling harmful fungi using mixtures of the compounds I and II, compositions comprising these compounds and the use of the compounds I and II for preparing such mixtures are described.

Abstract: An alkoxylate mixture containing; at least one alkoxylate of the formula CnH2n+1O(A)x(B)yH where A is ethyleneoxy, B is C3-C10-alkyleneoxy or mixtures thereof, n is an integer in the range from 8 to 11, x is a number in the range from 1 to 20, y is a number in the range from 0 to 10, and (ii) at least one alkoxylate of the formula CmH2m+1O(A)v(B)wH where A is ethyleneoxy, B is C3-C10-alkyleneoxy or mixtures thereof, m is an integer in the range from 12 to 24, v is a number in the range from 1 to 50, w is a number in the range from 0 to 10.

Abstract: A polymer film, comprising from 1 to 20% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer based on styrene (S-TPE) from 80 to 99% by weight of a polyolefin.