Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising certain active compounds which are suitable as repellents, and to their use for preventing an infection of humans or of animals by the infectious states of parasitic flatworms (platyhelminths).

Abstract: A parametric description describing the wideness of a non-point sound source is generated and linked with the audio signal of said sound source. A presentation of said non-point sound source by multiple decorrelated point sound sources at different positions is defined. Different diffuseness algorithms are applied for ensuring a decorrelation of the respective outputs. According to a further embodiment primitive shapes of several distributed uncorellated sound sources are defined, e.g. a box, a sphere and a cylinder. The width of a sound source can also be defined by an opening-angle relative to the listener. Furthermore, the primitive shapes can be combined to do more complex shapes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biocide composition which contains (A) silver, (B) one or more pyrithione(s) and (C) one or more 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one derivative(s) as microbiocidal active components.

Abstract: A biocide composition, comprising 2-methylisothiazolin-3-one as a biocidal active ingredient and at least one further biocidal active ingredient, as an additive to materials capable of being attacked by harmful microorganisms, wherein the composition comprises a pyrithione as the further biocidal active ingredient.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of aqueous polymer dispersions is described, a vinylaromatic compound, such as, for example, styrene, a conjugated aliphatic diene, such as, for example, butadiene, and an ethylenically unsaturated carbonitrile, such as, for example, acrylonitrile, being copolymerized in an aqueous medium. The copolymerization is effected in the presence of a degraded starch and of free radical initiators. At least part of the monomers differing from ethylenically unsaturated carbonitriles are polymerized before the ethylenically unsaturated carbonitriles are added to the polymerization mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds from the groups of (A) electrophiles, (B) nucleophiles, (C) alkylating agents, (D) antioxidants and (E) oxidizing agents as odor preventatives for reducing so-called ghost odor which is induced by 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and/or octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one. The invention further relates to biocide compositions which comprise 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and/or octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and also one or more odor preventatives, and to the use of odor preventatives for preventing ghost odor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer body (100) for producing a decorated plastic article (50) having a surface relief (40). The multilayer body (100) comprises a relief film (1) with a first carrier film (2) and a structural layer (3), arranged on one side of the first carrier film (2). The multilayer body (100) also comprises a multilayer film (5) with a second carrier film (10) and at least one decorative layer (12, 14). The structural layer (3) is arranged here between the first carrier film (2) and the second carrier film (10). Furthermore, the multilayer body (100) has a film body (19) which comprises the relief film (1) and can be released from the at least one decorative layer (12, 14), and the at least one decorative layer (12, 14) is formed such that it can be deformed by the structural layer (3) formed as a stamped structure.

Abstract: A coaster having a substantially cylindrical rotatable track area capable of rotating, for example, 180° and repositioning a car for further movement along another track different than the one from which it originated. The rotatable track area can be cylindrical or frusto-conical in configuration. A corresponding rotation system with computer controls can selectively rotate the rotatable track area in predetermined increments according to the coaster track end positions so as to selectively align the rotatable tracks with the coaster tracks.

Abstract: In the MPEG-4 standard ISO/IEC 14496:2001 several audio objects that can be coded with different MPEG-4 format coding types can together form a composed audio system representing a single soundtrack from the several audio substreams. In a receiver the multiple audio objects are decoded separately, but not directly played back to a listener. Instead, transmitted instructions for mixdown are used to prepare a single soundtrack. Mixdown conflicts can occur in case the audio signals to be combined have different channel numbers or configurations. According to the invention an additional audio channel configuration node is used that tags the correct channel configuration information items to the decoded audio data streams to be presented. The invention enables the content provider to set the channel configuration in such a way that the presenter at receiver side can produce a correct channel presentation under all circumstances.

Abstract: Described are aqueous polymer dispersions and methods of making them. The polymer dispersions are obtainable by free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization of 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of vinylaromatic compounds, 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of acrylate monomers selected from C1-C10 alkyl acrylates and C1-C10 alkyl methacrylates, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acids, and 0 to 20 parts by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein the emulsion polymerization is effected in an aqueous medium in the presence of free-radical initiators, seed latex and also at least one carbohydrate compound in the form of a degraded starch. The polymer dispersions are particularly useful in the manufacture of paper coating slips.

Abstract: A method for producing a component as monolithic multilayer element or multilayer bending element, comprising at least two layer stacks each having 1-400 layers of piezoelectrically active material which are separated by at least one layer stack comprising 0-100 layers of piezoelectrically inactive material, wherein the inner electrodes of the active layer stacks contain at least the following materials: a) pure silver b) electrically non-conductive material having a proportion by weight of 0% to at most 30% and the material of the piezoelectrically active layers has a sufficient activity in a thermal process such that sintering below the melting point of the material of the inner electrodes is possible and performed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of dimensioning and producing stiffened structural components (4) comprising at least one shell component (6) and at least one stiffening component (8) which can be connected thereto, in which the shell component (6) and the at least one stiffening component (8) is dimensioned on the assumption of intactness of the at least one stiffening component and having regard to a predetermined safety factor and/or a predetermined structural inspection interval in which a predetermined maximum crack progression in the shell component is not to be exceeded and/or the strength of the structural component is not to fall below a predetermined minimum residual strength, and in which the at least one stiffening element (8) of the structural component dimensioned by this method is equipped with at least one structural condition sensor (30) for detecting intactness; as well as the use of structural condition sensors in an aircraft, in particular a passenger aircraft.

Abstract: A hose connecting device that is suitable for high-pressure applications includes a retainer for connecting a hose end to a hose connecting device element. The retainer may be secured or anchored to a flange of the hose connecting device element. In an embodiment, the retainer includes at least two retaining limbs that are secured on the outside of the hose by a tension device, such as by tightening straps. The retaining limbs may be provided between the outside of the hose and the tension device, and may be clamped therein. In an embodiment, the retaining limbs include recesses with flanges or stepped edges to support the limbs. In an embodiment, tightening straps may dig into the outside of the hose and rest against the hose.

Abstract: The transmission and use of real, i. e. of measured, room impulse responses for the reproduction of sound signals with this room characteristic compatible to the MPEG-4 standard is made possible by inserting impulse responses in multiple successive control parameter fields, especially the params[128] array. A first control parameter field contains information about the number and content of the following fields. For presentation of the sound signals the content of the successive control parameter fields is separated, stored in an additional memory of a node and used during the calculation of the room characteristic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing polymer fibers, especially nano- and mesofibers, by electrospinning a colloidal dispersion of at least one essentially water-insoluble polymer in an aqueous medium, and to fibers obtainable by this process, to textile fabrics comprising the inventive fibers, and to the use of the inventive fibers and of the inventive textile fabrics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biocide composition comprising, as active microbicidal components, 2-methylisothiazolin-3-one and also one or more haloalkyl sulphones, said composition being outstandingly suitable as an industrial preservative for protecting industrial products. The invention further relates to the use of haloalkyl sulphones as an additive for reducing “emissions” from compositions containing 2-methylisothiazolin-3-one.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds from the groups of (A) electrophiles, (B) nucleophiles, (C) alkylating agents, (D) antioxidants and (E) oxidizing agents as odour preventatives for reducing so-called ghost odour which is induced by 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and/or octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one. The invention further relates to biocide compositions which comprise 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and/or octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and also one or more odour prevenatives, and to the use of odour preventatives for preventing ghost odour.

Abstract: A fluorine-substituted amphetamine or amphetamine derivative with the formula (I): where at least one of the residues R1 or R2 is different from H and Ph is a phenyl ring, which is substituted with fluorine in at least one position or the residues R1 and R2 independently of one another are H or are different from H and Ph is a phenyl ring, which is substituted with fluorine in at least three positions or the residues R1 and R2 independently of one another are H or are different from H and Ph is a phenyl ring, which is substituted with fluorine in at least one position and has a substituent different from H in at least one other position.

Abstract: A method for improving timing behavior of a processing unit in a multithreading environment is disclosed, wherein the processing unit generates data frames for an output unit by combining data from a plurality of input units, and the processed data are buffered in an output buffer between the processing unit and the output unit. The method comprises sending from the output unit to the processing unit a value corresponding to the filling of the output buffer, calculating a timer value, setting a timer with the timer value, wherein the timer calls the processing unit thread after the specified time. The timer value depends on the value corresponding to the averaged filling of the output buffer. As a result, the average filling of the output buffer is lower compared to conventional thread management, and thus the system is more flexible and reacts quicker.

Abstract: The invention concerns a laminating film which includes a plurality of layers, for at least partially coating a cold-shapeable metal substrate, and a process for the production of such a metal substrate. The laminating film has a transparent carrier film, at least one transparent lacquer layer containing a diffractive relief structure, a reflection layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the transparent carrier film is formed from PET, wherein the carrier film is of a film thickness in the region of 19 to 75 ?m, wherein the carrier film has a modulus of elasticity in the region of 3500 to 5000 N/mm2 at least in one direction and wherein the at least one transparent lacquer layer has a modulus of elasticity which differs from the modulus of elasticity of the carrier film by a maximum of 10%, in particular by less than 5%.