Abstract: A multishaft extruder is provided having screw shafts that rotate in the same sense and at the same speed, wherein these screw shafts each have at least one region having a special arrangement of screw elements, wherein the screw elements have an asymmetrical cross-sectional screw profile. In this case, the at least one region is situated directly opposite on directly adjacent screw shafts. The the use of the extruder for processing or production of plastic or viscoelastic masses is also provided.

Abstract: Bioinspired adhesives comprising a macromolecule such as zein and one or more catechol- or gallol-containing compounds are provided. The adhesive can also comprise an iron crosslinker, an interfacial crosslinker, or both an iron crosslinker and an interfacial crosslinker. Methods of manufacturing and using the adhesive are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adhesive compositions made from the reaction product of plant protein and phenolics, and method of making and using the adhesive compositions. A maximum bonding strength of 7.8±1.5 MPa was obtained using only 1 weight % tannic acid in a zein matrix of pH=7 and cured in 120° C.

Abstract: Methods of using wet-setting adhesives in oral environments, methods of using adhesives for bonding a dental material to a tooth, a gum, or a soft tissue in a mouth, a method of sealing a wound or closing an incision in a gum or a soft tissue, and a method of forming an adhesive coating on a tooth.

Abstract: Underwater adhesive compositions comprising a zein and a tannic acid, alone or further in combination with FeCl3, an inorganic filler, a natural polymer, or any combination thereof; and a method of making them.

Abstract: The invention is related to a process, preferably a continuous process, for producing a thermoplastic polyoxazolidinone comprising copolymerizing a diisocyanate compound with a bisepoxide compound in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor; wherein the diisocyanate compound and the bisepoxide compound are continuously and/or step-wise added preferably continuously added to the reactor and the polyoxazolidinone is continuously and/or step-wise, preferably continuously removed from the reactor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adhesive compositions made from the reaction product of plant protein and phenolics, and method of making and using the adhesive compositions. A maximum bonding strength of 7.8±1.5 MPa was obtained using only 1 weight % tannic acid in a zein matrix of pH=7 and cured in 120° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multishaft extruder having screw shafts that rotate in the same sense and at the same speed, wherein these screw shafts each have at least one region having a special arrangement of screw elements, wherein the screw elements have an asymmetrical cross-sectional screw profile. In this case, these in each case at least one regions are situated directly opposite on directly adjacent screw shafts. The present invention also provides for the use of the extruder of the invention for processing or production of plastic or viscoelastic masses.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adhesive compositions made from the reaction product of plant protein and phenolics, and method of making and using the adhesive compositions. A maximum bonding strength of 7.8±1.5 MPa was obtained using only 1 weight % tannic acid in a zein matrix of pH=7 and cured at 120° C.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adhesive compositions made from the reaction product of plant protein and phenolics, and method of making and using the adhesive compositions. A maximum bonding strength of 7.8±1.5 MPa was obtained using only 1 weight % tannic acid in a zein matrix of pH=7 and cured at 120° C.

Abstract: A bacterial cell having protection against conditions which are lethal to an unprotected bacterial cell wherein, the protected cell is obtained by subjecting a bacterial cell to treatment with a sublethal level of stress.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the determination of phospholipase A in body fluids, wherein the body fluid is incubated with a mixture containing a substrate having a fatty acid residue for the phospholipase and at least two emulsifiers of different chemical classes, namely, at least one neutral emulsifier and a bile acid salt, and the amount of the free fatty acids formed by the cleavage of the substrate is determined in known manner.

Abstract: An adjustable mount for anchoring a safety belt on a vertical surface of a motor vehicle has a vertically elongated guide rail fixed to the surface and having an front face turned away from the surface and a rear face turned toward the surface. This rail is formed with a longitudinally extending throughgoing slot and generally along the full length of the slot with a vertical row of stops at the rear face and having upwardly and downwardly directed stop edges. A slider displaceable along the rail has a rear portion engageable forward with the rear face of the rail and having abutments engageable between the stops with the edges thereof, a front portion engageable rearward with the front face of the rail, and an intermediate connecting portion extending between and unitarily interconnecting the front and rear portions. A guide fixed to the rear portion extends forward therefrom through the slot and is formed with a forwardly open threaded bore into which a bolt is threaded.

Abstract: An adjustable mount for anchoring a safety belt on a vertical surface of a motor vehicle has a vertically elongated guide rail fixed to the surface and having an front face turned away from the surface and a rear face turned toward the surface. This rail is formed with a longitudinally extending throughgoing slot and generally along the full length of the slot with a vertical row of stops at the rear face and having upwardly and downwardly directed stop edges. A slider displaceable along the rail has a rear portion engageable forward with the rear face of the rail and having abutments engageable between the stops with the edges thereof, a front portion engageable rearward with the front face of the rail, and an intermediate connecting portion extending between and unitarily interconnecting the front and rear portions. A guide fixed to the rear portion extends forward therefrom through the slot and is formed with a forwardly open threaded bore into which a bolt is threaded.