Abstract: A composition consisting of: (A) 20% to 30% by weight of one or more thermoplastic polymers, (B) 45% to 69% by weight of organic solvent, (C) 2% to 15% by weight of silica particles, (D) 0.5% to 10% by weight of organic thickener, (E) 1% to 10% by weight of particulate inorganic filler having a Mohs hardness in the range from 1 to 8, and (F) 0% to 1% by weight of one or more constituents other than constituents (A) to (E).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an aerogel material based on amorphous silica, comprising the following steps: a) preparing a mixture comprising silica sol, alcohol, and a hydrophobizing agent activatable by acid catalysis; b1) adding a base to the mixture formed in step a) and mixing the resulting mixture; b2) gelation of the mixture comprising silica sol obtained in step b2), resulting in the formation of a silica gel, and optional aging of the gel; c) adding a hydrophobization catalyst to the silica gel formed in step b2) and optionally aged, in-situ formation or controlled release of a hydrophobization catalyst, and initiation of the catalyzed hydrophobization of the silica; d) removing the volatile constituents of the mixture formed in step c) by subcritical drying, resulting in the formation of the aerogel material, wherein at least steps b2) to d) are carried out in the same reactor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying a load to an exercise equipment (1) comprising driving means (2), control means (3) adapted to control the driving means (2), attachment means (4) adapted to attach the device to the exercise equipment (1), and connection means (5) connecting the driving means (2) to the attachment means (4), wherein the device comprises a load sensor (6), wherein the load sensor (6) is adapted to measure the load applied to the exercise equipment (1) by the driving means (2), and wherein the load sensor (6) is connected to the control means (3). The invention further relates to a system and a method.

Abstract: A new class of liquid polysiloxane materials obtainable from cost-effective commodity precursors allow tailoring a plurality of (multi)—functional properties. The materials are classified in terms of their chemical identity, which comprises Q-type nonorganofunctional, T-type monoorganofunctional and optional D-type diorganofunctional moieties. The T-type organofunctional species within a polymeric MBB can be present in various preferred combinations defined by spatial, stereochemical and compositional factors. The corresponding method of production for the liquid polymeric polysiloxanes involves a scalable, non-hydrolytic acetic anhydride method either in a simple one-step format to create statistically distributed “core-only” hyperbranched poly-alkoxysiloxanes or as a two— or multistep process to create “core-shell” materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an aerogel material based on amorphous silica, comprising the following steps: a) preparing a mixture comprising silica sol, alcohol, and a hydrophobizing agent activatable by acid catalysis; b1) adding a base to the mixture formed in step a) and mixing the resulting mixture; b2) gelation of the mixture comprising silica sol obtained in step b2), resulting in the formation of a silica gel, and optional aging of the gel; c) adding a hydrophobization catalyst to the silica gel formed in step b2) and optionally aged, in-situ formation or controlled release of a hydrophobization catalyst, and initiation of the catalyzed hydrophobization of the silica; d) removing the volatile constituents of the mixture formed in step c) by subcritical drying, resulting in the formation of the aerogel material, wherein at least steps b2) to d) are carried out in the same reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for aerogel production and to a composite material produced by said method and comprising an aerogel and mineral fibers. An aerogel material produced on the basis of silicate with a coefficient of thermal conductivity of <18 mW/mK is obtainable by rendering it hydrophobic with HMDSO in the presence of nitric acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the medical and pharmaceutical use of substituted 1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amines, in particular Imiquimod® and Gardiquimod®, alone or preferably in combination with Akt inhibitors, in particular with Akti1/2 and AktX, and most preferably with Akti1/2, in the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of haematological cancers, in particular multiple myeloma disorders or B-cell disorders, and most particular in the therapy of multiple myeloma.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the medical and pharmaceutical use of substituted 1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amines, in particular Imiquimod® and Gardiquimod®, alone or preferably in combination with Akt inhibitors, in particular with Akti1/2 and AktX, and most preferably with Akti1/2, in the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of haematological cancers, in particular multiple myeloma disorders or B-cell disorders, and most particular in the therapy of multiple myeloma.