Abstract: The invention provides a process for the production of 4-(C2-C16)alkylresorcinol. 4-(C2-C16)alkylresorcinol is produced by reacting resorcinol with a (C2-C16)alkyloic acid in the presence of a zinc chloride catalyst to produce an intermediate comprising a 4-(C2-C16)acylresorcinol and zinc ions. Then the intermediate is adjusted such that the zinc ion content is from about 0.1 to about 150 parts per million based on the weight of the intermediate to form an adjusted intermediate. Then the produced 4-(C2-C16)acylresorcinol is hydrogenated in the presence of the zinc ions and a base metal hydrogenation catalyst to produce a crude product comprising 4-(C2-C16)alkylresorcinol, which may thereafter be isolated.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives of the formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: In piezoceramic multilayer actuators, the head region and the foot region consist of inactive, that is to say electrode-free, piezoceramic layers. Due to the arrangement of the metallic electrodes and the layers of the piezoceramic materials, the shrinkage of the piezoceramic material, in particular in the passive head region and foot region, is influenced during the sintering process and can cause the formation of cracks. Different expansion behavior of the active and of the passive region during operation also lead to stresses which favor crack formation, in particular at the boundary between both regions. According to the invention, it is therefore proposed that a transition region (11), whose shrinkage and expansion behavior lies between the shrinkage and expansion behavior of the active region (10) and the shrinkage and expansion behavior of an inactive region (8, 9) which are electrode free, adjoins the active region (10) up to the inactive head region (8) and up to the inactive foot region (9).

Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure Use of a composition as a bleach activator in a dishwasher detergent composition, said composition being obtainable by reacting, at high temperatures in the presence of water, (i) a compound of formula 1 with; (ii) an alkali or ammonium salt of an alkyl sulphonate, paraffin sulphonate, aryl sulphonate, primary alcohol sulphate or fatty acid alkyl carboxylate or the respective acids or their substituted derivatives.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives of the formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fuel injection system for a staged combustion chamber (1) of a gas turbine aero-engine, in which a certain quantity of fuel is permanently supplied to the pilot burner(s) (3) and in which fuel is apportioned to the main burner(s) (4) only at higher engine performance, whereby a staging valve unit (7) which variably splits the total fuel mass flow (WF) to the pilot burners (3) and to the main burners (4) is provided downstream of a control valve unit (6) which controls the entire fuel mass flow, with both valve units being actuated by an engine control unit (8) and with the actuation of the staging valve unit (7) being accomplished on the basis of the desired engine performance, characterized in that the engine performance is described by way of a staging parameter (SP) reflecting the load of the gas turbine combustion chamber (1) and actuating the staging control unit (7) according to a switching line, in that the staging parameter (SP) is derived from a functional relationship, in

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for detecting the presence of clostridial neurotoxins in a sample by mixing a sample with a peptide that can serve as a substrate for proteolytic activity of a clostridial neurotoxin; and measuring for proteolytic activity of a clostridial neurotoxin by a mass spectroscopy technique. In one embodiment, the peptide can have an affinity tag attached at two or more sites.

Abstract: A cutlery holder for positionably retaining a plurality of cutlery items in either a horizontal orientation or in an inclined orientation. The cutlery holder includes a body portion having a plurality of slots formed therein for receiving blade portions of cutlery items and a support stand connected to the body portion. The support stand has a first position for supporting the body portion such that the slots extend in a horizontal orientation and a second position for supporting the body portion such that the slots extend in an inclined orientation.

Abstract: A knife with an adjustable blade guide includes a groove extending from a left end of the handle to a right end of the handle (in a view from which the handle rests on a surface), an extension from the blade guide insertable into the groove of the handle from both the left and right ends, such that the blade guide's position within the groove may be adjusted to determine the spacing between the guide and the blade and thereby the thickness of the slices obtained.

Abstract: A sensor for the detection of tetrameric multivalent neuraminidase within a sample is disclosed, where a positive detection indicates the presence of a target virus within the sample. Also disclosed is a trifunctional composition of matter including a trifunctional linker moiety with groups bonded thereto including (a) an alkyl chain adapted for attachment to a substrate, (b) a fluorescent moiety capable of generating a fluorescent signal, and (c) a recognition moiety having a spacer group of a defined length thereon, the recognition moiety capable of binding with tetrameric multivalent neuraminidase.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for creating a data block (Error Correction Code Block) comprising a plurality of data sectors, which data block is provided with parity information, and a method and an apparatus for recovering data sectors from a data block provided with parity information. A method for encoding or decoding data streams, respectively, which has a reduced memory requirement and manages with two encoders or decoders, respectively, and an encoding or decoding unit, respectively, for implementing the method, are proposed. In the case of a method for creating an ECC block comprising a plurality of data sectors, the data sectors being buffer-stored in the form of a block with a plurality of rows in a memory organized in the form of rows and columns and being provided with parity information, successively received blocks of data sectors are written row by row alternately to the rows or columns, respectively, of the memory.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives of the formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: Use of a composition as a bleach activator in a dishwasher detergent composition, said composition being obtainable by reacting, at high temperatures in the presence of water, (i) a compound of formula 1 with; (ii) an alkali or ammonium salt of an alkyl sulphonate, paraffin sulphonate, aryl sulphonate, primary alcohol sulphate or fatty acid alkyl carboxylate or the respective acids or their substituted derivatives.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives of the formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of (a) from 0.1 to 99.9% by weight of styrene and/or methylstyrene, (b) 0.1-99.9% by weight of 1,3-butadiene and/or isoprene and (c) from 0 to 40% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated copolymerizable monomers, the sum of the monomers (a), (b) and (c) always being 100, in the presence of from 10 to 40% by weight, based on the monomers used, of at least one degraded starch having a molecular weight Mn of from 500 to 40 000 and of water-soluble redox catalysts are prepared by free radical copolymerization of the monomers (a), (b) and, if required, (c) in an aqueous medium in the presence of a degraded starch having a molecular weight Mn of from 500 to 10 000 and redox initiators and are used as engine sizes and surface sizes for paper.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives of the formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: A biocide composition is disclosed as an additive to substances susceptible to infestation by harmful organisms, containing 2-methylisothiazolin-3-one as a biocidal agent. The composition is characterized in that it contains 3-iodo-2-propynyl-N-butylcarbamate as a farther biocidal agent, with the exception of biocide compositions containing 5-chloro-2-methylisothiazolin-3-one. In comparison to its individual constituents, the composition provided by the invention presents a synergistic biocidal action.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives of the formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: A process of preparing gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles is disclosed and includes forming a suspension of magnetic nanoparticles within a suitable liquid, adding an amount of a reducible gold compound and a reducing agent to the suspension, and, maintaining the suspension for time sufficient to form gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming an immobilized chemical moiety, such as a trifunctional chemical moiety that includes membrane-anchoring functionalities, on a solid support for use in automated chemical synthesis of a recognition molecule. The invention is further directed to a method of easily and efficiently synthesizing chemical moieties such as those used for biosensor applications. The invention is further directed to a composition, i.e., a solid support having a trifunctional chemical moiety linked thereto, that can be readily and easily used to generate biological molecules for applications, such as biosensor applications.