Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive for bonding printing plates comprises one or more poly(meth)acrylates in a combined mass fraction of 50% or more and preparable by polymerization of a monomer composition comprising, based on the mass of the monomer composition: i) one or more first monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, dimethylacrylamide, hydroxybutyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate and hydroxyethyl acrylate in a combined mass fraction in the range from 10%-20%, and ii) one or more second monomers selected from (meth)acrylic esters of the formula (I), CH2?CR1—C(O)O—CHR2R3 (I), where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, where either i) R2 is hydrogen and R3 is a branched alkyl group having 16-20 carbon atoms, or ii) R2 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 3-10 carbon atoms and R3 a linear or branched alkyl group having 6-10 carbon atoms, in a combined mass fraction in the range from 20%-90%.

Abstract: A double sided adhesive tape for mounting printing plates, especially multilayer photopolymer printing plates, to printing cylinders or sleeves, the carrier of the adhesive tape being a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film and self-adhesive coatings being applied to both sides of the film, wherein the surface of the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film is at least partly roughened on one or both sides using a reagent and/or the surface energy of the surface of the film is increased.

Abstract: The invention provides a cosmetic or dermatological method for detecting and/or selectively quantifying individual microorganisms, and/or whole groups of microorganisms, which are present on human or animal skin, comprising the steps ofremoving a sample of the microflora of the human or animal skin,treating the sample with a deinhibiting medium, adding the treated sample to a culture medium which exhibits favorable growth conditions for a defined group of microorganisms but unfavorable growth conditions for other microorganisms, to produce a selective culture, and incubating the selective culture over a sufficiently long period of time, to allow only the group of microorganisms for which the culture medium exhibits favorable growth conditions the opportunity to multiply, in association with metabolic products, in particular CO.sub.