Abstract: Liquid washing and cleaning compositions are claimed, which comprise, as a surfactant, one or more of the components of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate, olefinsulfonate, alkylsulfate as well as soap and a nonionic surfactant, and, as a dye fixative, homo- and copolymers of diallyldimethylammonium chloride or the reaction products of cyanamides with aldehydes and ammonium salts or cyanamides with aldehydes and monoamines or monoamines and/or polyamines with epichlorohydrin or polyamines with cyanamides and amidosulfuric acid.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus (1) for contactless detection of a distance between a surface (7) of a measurement object (8) and the measuring apparatus (1), and for simultaneous contactless visual detection of the surface (7), has a measuring head (2) holding a distance measuring device (4), a camera apparatus (5) and an illumination device (6), the illumination device (6) illuminating an operating point (9) on the surface (7) of the measurement object (8) that is simultaneously focused by the camera apparatus (5) and the distance measuring device (4). On an optical axis (10), between the illumination device (6) and the operating point (9), a mirror and filter device (11), that has at least one dichroic mirror (12) that transmits or reflects light beams as a function of wavelength, and thereby splits light reflected by the operating point (9) between the distance measuring device (4) and the camera apparatus (5), is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hair treatment product containing a1) alkyl ether sulfate or a2) alkyl sulfate or the mixture thereof, b) secondary alkane sulfonate, c1) betaine or c2) ether carboxylate or the mixture thereof, d) at least one non-ionic surfactant, and e) a cationic surfactant.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to systems, software, and methods of utilizing application system configuration packages. Some such embodiments include maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a first set of application functionality in a first package and maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a second set of application functionality in a second package. This embodiment also includes maintaining, in both the first and the second packages, a representation of one or more configuration setting interdependencies between the first and second sets of application functionality.

Abstract: The invention relates to washing and cleaning agents containing, as solvents a compound of formula (1), wherein A is (CH2)a or phenylene, R1, R2, R3, and R4 identically or independently denote C1 to C22-n- and/or iso-alkyl, C5- or C6-cycloalkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C9-alkylphenyl or phenyl, A is (CH2)a, and a is an integer from 0 to 6.

Abstract: In a database whose entries contain values organized in categories, a first query is performed that includes input query values respectively associated with at least some of the categories and that seeks entries whose values match each input query value. Upon finding no entries, a category whose input query value to eliminate is identified. A second query is performed that includes the input query values except for the identified at least one category. The second query seeks any of the entries whose values match each of the input query values of the second query and that has no specified value for the identified at least one category. A data structure is configured to indicate an order that at least some of several categories will be eliminated when generating a new query after a previous query does not result in a match among entries of a database.

Abstract: Disclosed are highly concentrated aqueous soil release polyester formulations containing 50 to 90 percent by weight of soil release polyester and 0.1 to 40 percent by weight of a polycarboxylic acid or a polycarboxylate. Adding these highly concentrated polycarboxylic acids or polycarboxylates makes it possible to produce highly concentrated soil release polyester formulations which are stable while being provided with low viscosity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hair treatment product, especially shampoo, containing al) alkyl ether sulfate or a) alkyl sulfate or the mixture thereof, b) secondary alkane sulfonate, c1) betaine or c2) ether carboxylate or the mixture thereof, d) at least one non-ionic surfactant, and e) a cationic polymer from the group of homopolymers or copolymers of diallyl-dimethyl-ammonium chloride or the reaction products of cyanamides with aldehydes and ammonium salts, or cyanamides with aldehydes and monoamines, or monoamines and/or polyamines with epichlorohydrine, or polyamines with cyanamides and amidosulphuric acid.

Abstract: A system and method for requirements-based application configuration. According to an embodiment of the invention, a configuration server provides a user interface to assess one or more requirements for an application based on a set of pre-defined application requirements, generates a configuration proposal based on the one or more assessed requirements, the configuration proposal specifying a subset of the set of pre-defined application requirements correlating with the one or more assessed requirements, stores the one or more assessed requirements in the data store, and generates one or more application configuration components correlating with the specified subset of pre-defined application requirements to implement the application in accordance with the one or more assessed requirements.

Abstract: Liquid washing and cleaning compositions are claimed, which comprise, as a surfactant, a secondary alkanesulfonate, soap, nonionic surfactants and additionally a cationic surfactant. The washing and cleaning compositions have a laundry-care and conditioning action.

Abstract: This invention relates to liquid washing and cleaning agents containing a secondary alkane sulphonate, soap and a non-ionic surfactant as a surfactant and homo and/or copolymers of diallyl-dimethyl-ammonium chloride or reaction products of cyanamides comprising aldehydes and ammonium salts or monoamines and/or polyamines with epichlorhydrine, or polyamines with cyanamides and amido sulphuric acid as colour fixing agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to liquid washing agents and detergents containing, as surfactants, at least one of the constituents of linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, olefin sulfonate, alkyl sulfate, and ether carboxylate and/or betaine and a non-ionic surfactant, and as colour fixing agents, homopolymers or copolymers of diallyl-dimethyl-ammonium chloride or the reaction products of cyanamides with aldehydes and ammonium salts, or cyanamides with aldehydes and monoamines, or monoamines and/or polyamines with epichlorhydrine, or polyamines with cyanamides and amidosulphuric acid.

Abstract: Liquid washing and cleaning compositions are claimed, which comprise one or more anionic surfactants from the group of the alkylbenzenesulfonates, olefinsulfonates, alkylsulfonates, alkyl ether sulfonates together with sec. alkanesulfonate, and one or more components from the group of the soaps, ether carboxylates, betaines and a nonionic surfactant, and, as a dye fixative, homo- and copolymers of diallyldimethylammonium chloride or the reaction products of cyanamides with aldehydes and ammonium salts or cyanamides with aldehydes and monoamines or monoamines and/or polyamines with epichlorohydrin or polyamines with cyanamides and amidosulfuric acid.

Abstract: A valve actuator for operating a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine has a sleeve-shaped positioning piston which is connected to a valve stem, has at least two shell-shaped wedge pieces enclosing a stem end of the valve stem, whose radially outer peripheral surfaces have a conical segment which tapers off with increasing distance from the gas exchange valve and which is at least partially surrounded by a conical clamping sleeve having a mating conical inner surface and is connected to the positioning piston. The wedge pieces are axially form-fittingly and rotatably connected to a threaded bolt. A threaded segment is provided on the threaded bolt via which the wedge pieces and the conical clamping sleeve are axially attachable to one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to liquid detergents and cleaning agents which contain one or several anionic surfactants selected from the group of alkyl benzolsulfonates, olefin sulfonates, alkyl sulfonatea, alkylether sulfonates, in addition to a secondary alkane sulfonate, soap, non-ionic surfactants and also a cationic surfactant. The detergents and cleaning agents have a clothes treating and conditioning effect.

Abstract: The invention relates to detergents and cleaning agents that contain both a dye fixative and a soil-release polymer. According to the invention, the dye fixatives used are (a) reaction products of polyamines and cyanamides and organic and/or inorganic acids, or cyanamides and aldehydes and ammonium salts, or cyanamides and aldehydes and amines, or amines and epichlorohydrin, (b) the group containing polyamines and polyamine derivatives, (c) the group containing polyimines and polyimine derivatives, (d) the group of cationic polyelectrolytes, (e) the group containing polymers that comprise imidazoline units or (f) the group containing bis(chloromethyl)biphenyl polyquat.

Abstract: An aqueous pigment preparation containing: (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment; (B) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible non-ionic oligoester or polyester, which is obtained by the polycondensation of dicarboxylic acid and glycol components, said oligoester or polyester comprising I) one or more aromatic dicarboxylic acids, their esters or anhydrides, II) C2-C8 alkenediols, III) poly (C1-C4-alkene)glycols and/or methylpoly(C2-C4 alkene)glycols, IV) optional water-soluble addition products of alkene oxide on C1-C24 alcohols, C6-C18 alkylphenols or on C8-C24 alkylamines and V) one or more optional polyols; (C) optional additional dispersants and surfactants that are conventionally used to produce aqueous pigment dispersions; (D) optional additional additives that are conventionally used to produce aqueous pigment dispersions; and (E) water.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to realize a software model are described. Process components are defined that characterize software implementing respective and distinct business processes and additionally define at least one process agent that enables communications between a business object associated with the corresponding process component and a business object associated with any other process component. Business Process Variant Types are also defined that associate one or more of the process agents for the corresponding process component so that selection of a process variant type causes the associated one or more process agents to be activated.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to systems, software, and methods of utilizing application system configuration packages. Some such embodiments include maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a first set of application functionality in a first package and maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a second set of application functionality in a second package. This embodiment also includes maintaining, in both the first and the second packages, a representation of one or more configuration setting interdependencies between the first and second sets of application functionality.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for characterizing a similarity between first and second data objects are described. A system includes a matching engine configured to receive first and second results provided by first and second attribute-matching strategies. The matching engine is further configured to scale the first result by a first weight factor that indicates a first level of quality of a first attribute value and to scale the second result by a second weight factor that indicates a second level of quality of a second attribute value. The matching engine is further configured to combine the first and second scaled results to produce an overall result characterizing the similarity between the first and second objects.