Abstract: A clearcoat coating composition contains a carbamate-functional film-forming material, a carbinol-functional, nonlinear siloxane resin, and an aminoplast crosslinking agent The clearcoat composition provides excellent high-bake repair adhesion of a repair coating layer over the clearcoat coating.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are pseudoplastic aqueous dispersions having solid and/or high-viscosity particles (A), dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, in dispersion in a continuous aqueous phase (B), the dispersion having at least one solid polyurethanepolyol (C) containing cycloaliphatic structural units having a glass transition temperature >15 ° C., processes for preparing them, and their use.

Abstract: A coating composition, particularly a clearcoat composition, which may be a two-component clearcoat composition, comprises a film-forming material, a crosslinking agent, and a nonlinear polysiloxane polymer having a functional group reactive with the crosslinking agent. The coating composition exhibits excellent scratch resistance and adhesion of repair coating layers and sealants, such as windshield sealants.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for welding together plastic parts with the aid of laser radiation having a wavelength outside the visible range. According to the inventive method, the joining zone of one of the plastic parts that are to be joined together is provided with a substantially colorless material that is transparent in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum while absorbing the laser radiation. The inventive method is characterized in that at least one non-ionic, laser radiation-resistant compound that has a minimum thermal resistance of 300° C. and is selected among the group comprising the polycyclic organic compounds, doped tin oxides, and hexaborides MB6 of lanthanide metals and alkaline earth metals M is used as the laser radiation-absorbent material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a uniform flow through an electrolyte space of an electrolysis cell, in which a maximum deviation of less than 1% to 25% from the average flow rate is achieved by suitable design measures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of unsaturated ?-3-fatty acids and to a process for production of triglycerides with an elevated content of unsaturated fatty acids, especially of ?-3-fatty acids having more than three double bonds. The invention relates to the production of a transgenic organism, preferably of a transgenic plant or of a transgenic microorganism, with an elevated content of unsaturated ?-3-fatty acids, oils or lipids having ?-3-double bonds as the result of the expression of an ?-3-desaturase from fungi of the family Pythiaceae such as the genus Phytophtora, for example of the genus and species Phytophtora infestans.

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 process for coating electrically conductive substrates by (1) applying an electrocoat film to an electrically conductive substrate and curing it to give an electrocoat and then (2) applying a layer of a pulverulent coating material to the electrocoat and curing it to give a powder coat or alternatively (1) applying an electrocoat film to an electrically conductive substrate and drying it without fully curing it, (2) applying a layer of a pulverulent coating material to the dried electrocoat film(s) and (3) jointly curing the dried electrocoat film and the layer of the pulverulent coating material to give the electrocoat and the powder coat wherein the pulverulent coating material comprises (A) at least one epoxy resin having a melting point, melting range or glass transition temperature >30° C., (B) at least one carboxyl-containing polyester resin having a melting point, melting range or glass transition temperature >30° C.

Abstract: A reactor including a bundle of catalyst tubes through which a reaction mixture is passed, and wherein a heat exchange medium is passed through a space surrounding the catalyst tubes and including ring lines at both reactor ends with jacket orifices for feeding in and removing the heat exchange medium by at least one pump. The heat exchange medium is fed to the upper ring line and is sucked in via the lower ring line by the at least one pump having at least one vertical pump shaft mounted and operated at its upper end. The at least one pump includes a diagonal rotor and a restrictor gap in the longitudinal direction of the at least one pump shaft, within the heat exchange medium, on the pressure side of the at least one pump for sealing and mounting the at least one pump shaft and reducing axial shear of the diagonal rotor.

Abstract: A process for parallel and automated evaluation of the blushing of multiple samples of dispersion films, comprising: providing an illuminated array of spatially separated samples of dispersion films, imaging the array of samples by means of CCD camera at different times and digitizing the images, automatically determining multiple brightness for each sample at different times from the different digitized images for at least a portion of the samples, determining values of a parameter characteristic of the kinetics of the blushing from the different brightnesses, and comparing the values of the characteristic parameter for individual samples.

Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated MCT nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel MCT proteins from Corynebacterium glutamicum are described. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing MCT nucleic acid molecules, and host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced. The invention still further provides isolated MCT proteins, mutated MCT proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and methods for the improvement of production of a desired compound from C. glutamicum based on genetic engineering of MCT genes in this organism.

Abstract: Method of stabilizing high-concentration formaldehyde solutions having a CH2O content of >70% by weight against precipitation of solids, which comprises heating the high-concentration formaldehyde solution at a heating rate of at least 5° C./min to a temperature of from 80° C. to 200° C. immediately after it has been prepared and storing it at a temperature in this range.

Abstract: A process for reducing the content of ethyl 3-dimethylamino-2-phenylpropionate in a solution, contaminated therewith, of ethyl 2-dimethylamino-1-phenyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate in a water-immiscible solvent, which comprises adding from 0.5 to 2.0 equivalents of a carboxylic acid per mole of ethyl 2-dimethylamino-1-phenyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate to this solution, and stirring this mixture at a temperature of from 50° C. to 100° C., is described.

Abstract: A fabric packing has a plurality of layers made of a filament of metal or plastic and includes bulges for maintaining the fabric layers at a distance. The bulges have first protuberances of generally trough-shaped configuration and second protuberances formed on the first protuberances, thereby defining respective apexes. The second protuberances are sized smaller than the first protuberances, wherein neighboring fabric layers are supported on one another via the second protuberances.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions comprising effect substance and having an average particle diameter of the dispersed particles of <500 nm, where the polymer particles comprise a polymer matrix constructed from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer as core, on the surface of which is arranged at least partially an effect substance which is soluble in the monomers which form the polymer matrix of the particles, methods for producing such polymer dispersions by miniemulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein a miniemulsion with an average particle size of the emulsified particles of <500 nm is prepared by emulsifying ethylenically unsaturated monomers in water in the presence of at least one effect substance and a surface-active agent, and it is polymerized in such a way in the presence of at least one free-radical polymerization initiator that initially only at most 50% of the monomers which are situated in the polymerization zone polymerize and where the effect substances

Abstract: Process for producing flexible polyurethane foams in particular molded flexible polyurethane foams, by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, wherein the component b) or comprises b1a) at least one polyether alcohol having an end block of ethylene oxide units which has been added on by means of DMC catalysis and makes up not more than 10% by weight of the weight of the alkylene oxide added on by means of DMC catalysis, and/or b1b) at least one polyether alcohol comprising a terminal mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide which has been added on by means of DMC catalysis and has a n ethylene oxide content in the mixture of at least 25% by weight, and also b2a) at least one polyether alcohol or comprising exclusively propylene oxide units. and/or b2b) at least one graft polyether alcohol.

Abstract: A method of characterizing surface structures using a chemically curable impression material to take an impression of at least one site of the undamaged surface of an article and of a surface of an article damaged by mechanical and/or chemical exposure and/or by exposure to radiation and/or heat, and/or of a surface of a test specimen mounted on the surface of an article, said test specimen surface being damaged by mechanical and/or chemical exposure and/or by exposure to radiation and/or heat, curing the impression material to produce a negative of the damage pattern, and using image analysis to determine the extent of the surface structures and/or the extent of the surface damage within the damage pattern on the basis of light-microscope pictures of the negative. Use of the method for the preparation, modification and/or development of new and/or existing materials.

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

Abstract: [Problem] To provide pharmaceutical preparations where the dissolution of an amine drug can be effectively controlled. [Resolution Means] Slow-release granules formed by providing a coating layer containing polyvinyl acetate and surfactant on drug-containing particles comprising an amine drug and a water-soluble binder coated onto the surface of a core material; together with a method for the production of slow-release granules which includes (i) a stage in which a liquid comprising an amine drug and a water-soluble binder dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous solvent is sprayed onto the surface of a core material and dried to form a drug layer, and (ii) a stage in which an aqueous coating liquid containing polyvinyl acetate and surfactant is sprayed onto the drug-containing particles obtained in stage (i) and dried to form a coating layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to surface-modified nanoparticulate metal oxides, methods for their production and use thereof as UV filters in cosmetic preparations.