Abstract: The present invention relates to equipment for navigation reference in assisted robotic surgery by means of stereotactic navigation of the organs and soft portions of the pelvic area of a patient, which enables coordinates fixed with respect to a reference frame to be associated to any point of the patient's anatomy in the pelvic area. The equipment comprises a fastening arc (1) with an upper bar (6), two lateral bars (7), joined to the upper bar (6) forming an arc by means of first joining means (8) and second joining means (9) configured to join the lateral bars (7) to a surgical table, two arms (2) joined to the lateral bars (7) by means of third fastening means (10), a first reference device (3) and a second reference device (15) configured to be placed in the surgical instrumentation of the robot.

Abstract: Methods for administration of a substantially non-cytotoxic chlorine dioxide composition to whiten a tooth surface are provided.

Abstract: Methods, compositions, devices, and systems for administration to a biological tissue of a composition comprising a chlorine dioxide source are provided.

Abstract: Methods, compositions, devices, and systems for administration to a biological tissue of a composition comprising a chlorine dioxide source are provided.

Abstract: A method of patterning the surface of a substrate with at least one organic semiconducting compound including: (a) providing a stamp having a surface including a plurality of indentations formed therein defining an indentation pattern contiguous with a stamping surface and defining a stamping pattern, (b) coating the stamping surface with at least one compound (C1) capable of binding to the surface of the substrate and at least one organic semiconducting compound (S), (c) contacting at least a portion of the surface of a substrate with the stamping surface to allow deposition of the compound (C1) on the substrate, (d) removing the stamping surface to provide a pattern of binding sites on the surface of the substrate, (e) applying a plurality of crystallites of the organic semiconducting compound (S) to the surface of the substrate to bind at least a portion of the applied crystallites to the binding sites on the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Methods, compositions, devices, and systems for administration to a biological tissue of a composition comprising a chlorine dioxide source are provided.

Abstract: Methods, devices, compositions, and systems for the alleviation of non-oral biological tissue infections by administration of chlorine dioxide are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of of perylene diimide derivatives as air-stable n-type organic semiconductors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of perylene diimide derivatives as air-stable n-type organic semiconductors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of perylene diimide derivatives as air-stable n-type organic semiconductors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of chlorinated copper phthalocyanines as air-stable n-type organic semiconductors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of depositing nanowires on the surface of a substrate, comprising the steps of: contacting defined regions of the substrate with at least one compound (C1) capable of binding to the surface of the substrate and of binding the nanowires to provide a pattern of binding sites on the surface of the substrate and/or contacting defined regions of the substrate with at least one compound (C2) capable of binding to the surface of the substrate and preventing the binding of nanowires to provide a pattern of non-binding sites on the surface of the substrate, and contacting the surface of the substrate with a suspension of nanowires in a liquid medium to enable at least a portion of the applied nanowires to bind to at least a portion of the surface of the substrate covered with (C1) and/or not covered with (C2).

Abstract: A method of patterning the surface of a substrate with at least one organic semiconducting compound, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a stamp having a surface including a plurality of indentations formed therein defining an indentation pattern, said indentations being contiguous with a stamping surface and defining a stamping pattern, (b) coating said stamping surface with at least one compound (C1) capable of binding to the surface of the substrate and of binding at least one organic semiconducting compound (S), (c) contacting at least a portion of the surface of a substrate with said stamping surface to allow deposition of said compound (C1) on the substrate, (d) removing said stamping surface to provide a pattern of binding sites on the surface of the substrate, (e) applying a plurality of crystallites of the organic semiconducting compound (S) to the surface of the substrate to enable at least a portion of the applied crystallites to bind to at least a portion of the binding sites on the surface of

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising (A) copolymer made up of (A-1) at least one ethylenically unsaturated, radically copolymerizable monomer of general formula Y—NR1—C(V)—NHR2, wherein the substituents have the following meaning: Y represents a radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated radical; V represents O, S, or NH; R1, R2 independently represent H or a C1 to C8 alkyl group or jointly represent a bridging C2 to C4 alkylene group that can be substituted up to twice with a C1 to C4 alkoxy group and/or hydroxyl group; (A-2) at least one unsaturated monomer of general formula X—C(O)CR7?CHR6, wherein the substituents have the following meaning: X is selected among the group of radicals —OH, —OR8, NH2, —NHR8, N(R8)2, radicals R8 being identically or differently selected among the group comprising —H, C1-C40 linear-chain or branched-chain alkyl radicals, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-methoxyethyl, 2-ethoxyethyl, hydroxypropyl, methoxypropyl, or ethoxypropyl; R7 and R6 are independently sele

Abstract: The invention relates to insoluble, highly crosslinked, slightly swellable styrene-4-sulfonate-containing popcorn polymers, a process for preparation thereof and use thereof as adsorbents, ion exchangers, support materials, filter aids, dye transfer inhibitors for laundry detergents or additives in cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical formulations, as tablet disintegrants. In particular, the styrene-4-sulfonate-containing popcorn polymers are to be used for filtering liquids, in particular beer, and also as tablet disintegrants.

Abstract: Incorporation of crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone in a specific particle composition as a disintegrant in compact particulate laundry detergents or cleaning products, such a particle composition and the compact particulate laundry detergents themselves, a process for preparing such a compact particulate laundry detergents or cleaning products, and a process for preparing specific particle compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a solid formulation of a slow-release crop protection product, which comprises carrying out a melt extrusion of a composition comprising 0.1 to 80% by weight of at least one fungicidal active ingredient, 0 to 80% by weight of at least one herbicidal, acaricidal, insecticidal or growth-regulatory active ingredient, 3 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic, water-insoluble polymer from the group of the polylactides, 0 to 80% by weight of at least one thermoplastic water-insoluble polymer, 10 to 80% by weight of at least one mineral filler and 0 to 20% by weight of inorganic or organic additives, and subsequently shaping the extrudate, and to the solid formulations preparable by this method.

Abstract: Water-soluble or water-dispersible, film-forming graft copolymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of

Abstract: The use is described of particulate, water-insoluble and scarcely swellable polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, which polymers contain, copolymerized, at least 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the monomers, of at least one &agr;,&bgr;-monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid having from 3 to 6 carbons as filter aid for filtering aqueous liquids. Subject-matter of the invention are also water-insoluble, scarcely swellable polymers (popcorn polymers) that contain, copolymerized, &agr;,&bgr;-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and styrene or styrene derivatives, and also a process for their preparation.