Abstract: The present invention relates to novel arylphenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I): in which X represents halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, halogenalkyl, halogeno-alkoxy, halogenoalkenyloxy, nitro, cyano or in each case optionally substituted phenyl, phenoxy, phenylthio, phenyl-alkoxy or phenylalkylthio, Y represents in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl or hetaryl, Z represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkenyloxy, nitro or cyano, CKE represents one of the groups: in which A, B, D, G and Q1 to Q6 are each as defined in the description, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted phenylcyclohexanecarboxamides of the formula (I) having adenosine-uptake-inhibiting action, to a process for their preparation and to their use in medicaments, in particular for treating ischaemic brain disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to insecticidal mixtures comprising compounds of the formula (I) in which X′, Y′, Z′, n, G′, A′ and B′ are as defined above and agonists and/or antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, for protecting plants against attack by pests.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for monitoring the width of the transverse sealing web of a sealed, cut package unit in which products are packaged and which is transported further in a cyclic or continuous manner in the longitudinal direction. Two laser-optical sensors are arranged opposite one another above and below the cut package units. The measured values of the sensors, the said measured values corresponding to the distance from the package unit, are acquired at a speed-proportional clock frequency. A difference value is formed from the measured values of the two sensors which have been recorded in the same clock cycle, and an output signal is generated if the number of successive difference values which exceed or fall below a predetermined reference value falls below a predetermined critical value.

Abstract: Chemiluminescent acridinium compounds are used in homogeneous assays to determine the concentration of an analyte in a sample without strong acid or strong base treatment. The chemiluminescent acridinium compounds include acridinium esters with electron donating functional groups at the C2 and/or C7 position on the acridinium nucleus to inhibit pseudo-base formation, or acridinium sulfonamides with or without electron donating functional groups at the C2 and/or C7 position on the acridinium nucleus.

Abstract: A drying unit for removing solvent from moist material, and a method for drying moist material with the drying unit. The unit comprises at least one drying chamber (23) having at least one stand plate (2) for holding vessels (3), which are filled with moist material, or flat layers of moist material, the drying chamber (23) being connected to a condenser (22) via a vapor passage (15), in which sublimed solvent can be separated out, the stand plates (2) being connected to a temperature-controlled heating/cooling circuit, the chamber (23) having heating/cooling plates (4) or (4′) which are connected to a second heat-transfer circuit, wherein the heating/cooling plates (4) or (4′) are substantially thermally isolated from the chamber wall (6).

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition is disclosed. The composition that contains a polymer selected from the group consisting of a polycarbonate, a transparent polycarbonate-polyester-blend, a copolyestercarbonate and a transparent polyester and a compound of formula (I) and one or more compounds of formula (II) wherein a is 1 to 17, b is 0 to 16, c is 6 to 14, d is 3 to 7, e is 6 to 14, f is 3 to 7, g is 5 to 40 and a+b is 9 to 25 and n is 1 to 10, was found to be especially suitable for co-extrusion applications.

Abstract: Compositions containing: I. at least two components selected from the group comprising aromatic poly(ester) carbonates, graft polymers of one or more vinyl monomers on one or more graft bases having a glass transition temperature of <10° C., a thermoplastic vinyl (co)polymer, or poly(alkylene terephthalate) as well as II. 0.5 to 25 parts by weight of a mixture of phosphorus compounds of the general formula (I) with the proviso that the composition contains at least 2 phosphorus compounds of the formula (I) in which X or one or more radicals R1, R2, R3 and R4 is/are different and wherein the sum of the parts by weight of the components is 100.

Abstract: The process is used for the screening of molecules from molecule libraries with regard to their individual binding behavior towards at least one given ligand. For this purpose the ligands labelled with a fluorescent dye are mixed with the molecule library which is in the form of a suspension. The mixture is plated out on a two-dimensional substrate (2) after the excess, unbound ligands have been washed out. Then the local fluorescence intensities on the substrate are electro-optically identified in a fluorescence microscope (5) and electronically discriminated in accordance with given selection criteria. The objects selected and localised in this way are then sequentially positioned exactly by a displacement, the coordinates of which are controlled by the image calculator, between the substrate (2) and a separation actuator (20, 21) and are spatially separated from the substrate (2) by the separation actuator (20, 21).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to transparent light-stable, movable composite systems which are composed of i) at least two rigid parts made of transparent, thermoplastic materials which are joined together by ii) at least one flexible connecting member made of transparent, light-stable thermoplastic polyurethane. The present invention is also directed to a process for preparing the transparent, light-stable movable composite systems of the present invention. Composite systems of the present invention are particularly useful in the building and construction industry. Upon being folded, composite systems of the present invention are very compact and, hence, easily transportable. In addition, composite systems of the present invention can be easily and reversibly folded or unfolded.

Abstract: A method of preparing a rigid polyurethane foam having improved thermal conductivity, and a composition for such rigid polyurethane foam is provided. In the preparation a rigid polyurethane foam from a composition comprising an aromatic polyisocyanate, a polyol, a blowing agent, a catalyst, a surfactant and other aids, the blowing agent is a blend of cyclopentane and water, and the polyol contains a polyether polyol prepared by addition-polymerizing an alkylene oxide to o-toluenediamine as an initiator.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition that contains a polycarbonate resin having specific extensional Theological properties is disclosed. The composition is particularly suitable for preparing containers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a singly recordable optical data medium using Co-phthalocyanine complexes of the formula (I) in which the groups are defined herein, as light-absorbing compounds in the information layer of optical data media, in which information layer is recordable using light, particularly for CD-R, and the application of the above-mentioned compounds to a polymer substrate, particularly polycarbonate, by spin coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to particular mixtures of polyisocyanates which are blocked with 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, and to the use thereof as crosslinking component in single-component stoving lacquers, especially automotive clear lacquers.

Abstract: This invention provides novel peptides that function in vivo as agonists of the VPAC2 receptor. These insulin secretagogue polypeptides are shown to lower blood glucose in vivo more than controls upon glucose challenge. The polypeptides of this invention are also stable in formulation and have long half-lives. The peptides of the present invention provide a new therapy for patients with decreased endogenous insulin secretion, in particular type 2 diabetics. In particular, the invention is a polypeptide selected from a specific group of VPAC2-related polypeptides, or functional equivalents thereof. The invention is also directed to a method of treating a metabolic disease in a mammal comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the insulin secretagogue peptides to said mammal. Also disclosed are methods of making the peptides, both recombinant and synthetic.

Abstract: Apparatus for pressure saturation of a liquid with a gas comprising

Abstract: A method for producing polycarbonate based on 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,3,5-trimethyl cyclohexanone and 4,4-(metaphenylene diisopropyl) diphenol is disclosed. The method is characterized in that the recovery and/or further processing of the polycarbonate is performed at temperatures below 290° C. The polycarbonate thus produced has high purity and high transmission and is suitable for the manufacture of optical data stores.

Abstract: Solid particles containing 10 to 90 parts by weight of a dihydroxy compound and 10 to 90 parts by weight of a carbonic acid ester are disclosed. Also disclosed is a process for the production of these particles, an apparatus suitable for the process and a method for their use in production of polycarbonate by transesterification of carbonic acid esters with dihydroxy compounds.

Abstract: A process for the production of phosphonium phenolates is disclosed. The process entails reacting a phosphonium halide and phenol in an aqueous alkaline solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions based on fatty acid dialkanolamides, to a process for preparing them and to use as coating compositions.