Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of the formula (I) in which X represents halogen, Y represents halogen or alkyl and Z represents halogen or alkyl, with the proviso that always one of the radicals Y and Z represents halogen while the other represents alkyl, and Het represents one of the groups in which A, B, D and G have the meanings given in the description, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of increasing protein expression in baculo vector virus expression systems. The invention provides a method to produce a recombinant protein in insect cell culture which comprises selecting a recombinant baculovirus expressing said protein, growing insect cells in growth medium in a culture vessel and infecting the cells with an inoculum of at least one baculovirus at a cell density of 1×105 to 5×106 cells/ml with an m.o.i of <0.01. The invention also provides a method to produce recombinant pestivirus E2 or Em9 protein or fragments thereof in insect cell culture characterized by a final concentration of the protein fragments in the growth medium at harvest of at least 100 ?g/ml. The invention also provides a method of producing recombinant FSH, ?-units and/or ?-units, and complexes and fragments thereof, at a concentration in the growth medium at harvest of at least 15 ?/ml.

Abstract: A film which is a single polymer film and has a smaller phase difference as the wavelength becomes shorter. This film is made from an olefin-based polymer which has an alicyclic group in the side chain, such as hydrogenated polystyrene, the amount of the alicyclic group in the side chain being 60 to 90 wt % based on the whole polymer, and satisfies the following expression: R(450)/R(550)<1 wherein R(450) and R(550) are phase differences on the film plane at a wavelength of 450 nm and a wavelength of 550 nm, respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of riboflavin and of flavin derivatives with chitinase-inhibitory action for controlling arthropods, nematodes and chitin-containing fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new DNA sequences, a method for producing new plants which contain a new DNA sequence, the coding sequence thereof being expressed after ozone induction. The invention also relates to said new plants and the use of DNA sequences to produce ozone-responsive gene expression in plants and plant cells. Moreover, it relates to a new promoter, the specificity thereof being increased by removal of the ozone response capacity thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to new phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which Het represents one of the groups ?wherein A, B, D, G, X, Y and Z have the meaning given in the description, several processes and intermediate products for their preparation and their use as pest control agents and herbicides.

Abstract: Hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive based one or more non-thermoplastic elastomers, at least comprising 100 parts by mass of the non-thermoplastic elastomer(s), from 1 to 200 parts by mass of one or more tackifying resins, from 1 to 100 parts by mass of one or more reactive phenolic resins whose methylol content is from 1 to 20% by weight, based on the reactive phenolic resin, from 1 to 100 parts by mass of accelerator substances.

Abstract: Process for preparing monodisperse weakly basic or optionally strongly basic anion exchangers of the poly(meth)acrylamide type, the ion exchangers themselves and their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted arylsulphonyl(thio)ureas in which A represents nitrogen or a CH grouping, Q represents oxygen or sulphur, R1 represents hydrogen, halogen or respectively optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy or heterocyclyloxy, R2 represents hydrogen, halogen or respectively optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy or heterocyclyloxy, R3 represents hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, R4 represents respectively optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkenyloxy, alkinyloxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy or cycloalkylalkyl, and R5 represents hydrogen, formyl or respectively optionally substituted alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylsulphonyl or heterocyclyl, and to salts of compounds of the formula (I), except for the compound N-(4,6-dimethyl-pyrimidin-2-yl)-N

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for modulating angiogenesis by administering anti-angiogenic Ang-7 polypeptides to a subject. Methods of modulating angiogenesis by administering an anti-angiogenic ANG-7 nucleic acid are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides UV-stable polycarbonates, optionally mixed with known aromatic polycarbonates, the production and use thereof, wherein the polycarbonates contain terminal groups of the formula (Ia)

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatable rapid test for detection of cancer based on telomerase(hTC) mRNA, to suitable starter nucleotides and oligonucleotide probes for this test and to a corresponding detection method and a test kit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrogenated styrene polymer that has excellent transparency, can be used suitably for an optical application such as an optical disk substrate, has stability and transparency in a hot and humid environment, and has excellent heat resistance; and a process for producing same; etc. The hydrogenated styrene polymer of the present invention has a hydrogenated polymerized styrene unit content of at least 70 wt %, a content of fine particulate foreign matter having a particle size of 0.2 &mgr;m or more and less than 0.5 &mgr;m of at most 1×106 per g of the hydrogenated styrene polymer, and a phosphorus atom content of at most 0.01 parts by weight in 100 parts by weight of the hydrogenated styrene polymer. Furthermore, the process for producing a hydrogenated styrene polymer of the present invention includes steps of filtering, with a filter having a pore size of 0.

Abstract: In a static micromixer which comprises at least one mixing chamber and one guide component disposed upstream of the mixing chamber and which includes channels extending therethrough at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the micromixer, so that the channels of alternate layers intersect without communicating with each other, the cross-section of the channels decreases steadily from the entrance end to the exit end of the guide component so as to reduce the pressure losses of the fluid flowing through the channels for mixing in the mixing chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stable salts of O-acetylsalicylic acid with basic amino acids, a process for their preparation and their use as medicaments.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for the production of a gas diffusion electrode, in particular for the electrolysis of an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride, in a first step a) a dispersion of a catalyst containing a noble metal and of a proton-conducting ionomer in an organic solvent being sprayed onto an electrically conductive support optionally provided with a coating material containing an acetylene black/polytetrafluoroethylene mixture and, in a second step b), the organic solvent being removed.

Abstract: Compositions for controlling diseases caused by protozoans of the genus Neospora, which are characterized in that they comprise one or more active compounds which inhibit the microtubulin system of plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new DNA sequences, a method for producing new plants which contain a new DNA sequence, the coding sequence thereof being expressed after ozone induction. The invention also relates to said new plants and the use of DNA sequences to produce ozone-responsive gene expression in plants and plant cells. Moreover, it relates to a new promoter, the specificity thereof being increased by removal of the ozone response capacity thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermally stable, weather-resistant polyamide moulding compositions containing as stabiliser, a mixture of a copper halide, one or more halogen compounds and hypophosphorous acid or an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of this acid, wherein the individual components of the stabiliser mixture are added in an amount such that the molar amount of halogen contained in the moulding composition is greater than or equal to six times the molar amount of and less than or equal to fifteen times the molar amount of copper contained in the moulding composition and the molar amount of phosphorus is greater than or equal to the molar amount of and less than or equal to ten times the molar amount of copper contained in the moulding composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to microcapsule suspensions containing (A) a particulate disperse phase of microcapsules comprising: (1) sleeves that are reaction products of mixtures of toluylene diisocyanate and 4,4′-methylenebis-(cyclohexyl isocyanate) with at least one diamine and/or polyamine, and (2) a capsule filling comprising: (i) at least one solid insecticidally and/or herbicidally active compound, (ii) at least one liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon having a boiling point above 160° C., (iii) at least one oil-soluble polymeric dispersing agent, and (iv) optional agrochemically active compounds that are liquid at room temperature, and (B) a liquid aqueous phase comprising water, optional additives, and optional agrochemically active compounds in non-encapsulated form that are solid at room temperature.