Abstract: The invention relates to a process for extruding plastic compositions, in particular polymer melts and mixtures of polymer melts, above all thermoplastics and elastomers, particularly preferably polycarbonate and polycarbonate blends, also with the incorporation of other substances such as for example solids, liquids, gases or other polymers or other polymer blends with improved optical characteristics, with the assistance of a multi-screw extruder with specific screw geometries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a composite having a reduced electrical resistance which comprises providing a mixture comprising a fluid material and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) having a predeterminable size distribution, and subjecting the mixture to a minimum stress in a dispersing machine, wherein the minimum stress is determined empirically as a function of the predetermined size distribution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to screw elements with novel, tightly intermeshing, self-cleaning, co-rotating screw profiles for multishaft screw machines with pairs of co-rotating and fully abrading screw shafts, to the use of these screw elements in multishaft screw machines and to a method of generating these screw elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the pretreatment of material surfaces in order to minimize the interaction between polycarbonate and metal and, in the processing and synthesis of polycarbonate, to obtain a high-quality polymer which in particular does not become discoloured and is free of insoluble constituents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for extruding plastic compositions, in particular polymer melts and mixtures of polymer melts, above all thermoplastics and elastomers, particularly preferably polycarbonate and polycarbonate blends, also with the incorporation of other substances such as for example solids, liquids, gases or other polymers or other polymer blends with improved optical characteristics, with the assistance of a multi-screw extruder with specific screw geometries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new screw elements for multi-screw extruders with pairs of co-rotating and fully wiping screws.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for extruding plastic compositions. The process in particular relates to the conveying, kneading and/or mixing of plastic compositions, in particular of polymer melts and mixtures of polymer melts, above all thermoplastics and elastomers, particularly preferably polycarbonate and polycarbonate blends, also with the incorporation of other substances such as for example solids, liquids, gases or other polymers or other polymer blends.

Abstract: The present invention relates to screw elements for multiscrew extruders with pairs of co-rotating and fully wiping screws, to the use of these screw elements in multiscrew extruders and to a method of generating screw elements according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention concerns polymeric material containing at least an embedded insecticidally active ingredient and an additive, which are released at room temperature. It similarly concerns materials produced from this polymer, for example in the form of self-supporting film/sheet, threads, wovens, fabrics, textiles, nets, curtains and pellets. The invention further concerns processes for producing such polymeric material and also the use of the self-supporting film/sheet, threads, wovens, fabrics, textiles and nets and curtains produced from the material for protecting humans, animals and plants and buildings, machines and packaging against arthropods, particularly for controlling insects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating tightly intermeshing, self-cleaning, co-rotating screw profiles, the use of the screw profiles in screw and transition elements, novel screw profiles which have been generated by the method and a computer program product for executing the method in a computer system.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel screw elements for multi-screw extruders with screw profiles co-rotating in pairs and being fully self-wiping in pairs, to the use of the screw elements in multi-screw extruders and to a process for extruding plastic compositions.

Abstract: Particular aspects relate to a method for determining the methylation pattern of a polynucleic acid, comprising: a) preparing a solution comprising a mixture of fragments of the polynucleic acid; b) coupling the fragments with a substance being detectable with a detection method; c) contacting a solution comprising the fragments of b) with a DNA microarray having a plurality of different immobilized oligonucleotides, each comprising at least one methylation site, at respectively assigned different locations thereon, the contacting under conditions affording hybridization of fragments with correlated immobilized oligonucleotides under defined stringency, and wherein the immobilized oligonucleotides have a length of less than 200 bases; d) optionally performing a a washing step; and e) detecting, using the physical detection method, such immobilized nucleic acids to which solution fragments are hybridized and/or to which solution fragments are not hybridized.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of constructing elements which wipe each other during corotation about two parallel axes in such a manner that they constantly touch each other at at least one point.

Abstract: The novel active compound combinations comprising a compound of the formula (I) or (II) and the active compounds (1) to (6) listed in the description have very good insecticidal and acaricidal properties.

Abstract: The novel active compound combinations comprising a compound of the formula (I-1) or (I-2) and the active compounds (1) to (26) listed in the description have very good insecticidal and acaricidal properties.

Abstract: A device for protecting a body part from external pressure loading, comprising a flexible, moment-transmitting, substantially positively curved supporting shell (2) which, on an inside, is provided with a supporting layer (4) for cooperation with the body part to be protected, and which is further provided with supports (6, 7) provided on both sides of a center part (5) of the supporting shell, spaced apart and extending away from an outside of the supporting shell, such that pressure forces operatively exerted on the supports are transmitted, with bending of the supporting shell to a curvature more corresponding with the body part to be protected, via the supporting layer as a distributed pressure load to the body part to be protected.

Abstract: The novel active compound combinations comprising compounds of the formula (I-1) or (I-2) and the agonists or antagonists of nicotinergic acetylcholine receptors listed in the description have very good insecticidal and/or acaricidal properties.

Abstract: The novel active compound combinations comprising compounds of the formula (I) or (II) and active compounds (1) to (30) listed in the description have very good insecticidal and acaricidal properties.

Abstract: A gutter member includes an inlet operatively coupled to a gutter trough. The inlet is configured to receive matter such as water and non-water matter from the gutter trough. The gutter member further includes an outlet operatively coupled to a top of a downspout. The outlet is configured to pass water to the downspout. The gutter member further includes a reservoir configured to collect non-water matter. The reservoir is located between the inlet and the outlet and is lower than the gutter trough relative to the earth. The reservoir includes an exit port door configured to move between a first position in which a substantial amount of the non-water matter is retained in the reservoir and a second position in which the non-water matter is released from the reservoir.

Abstract: The novel active compound combinations comprising compounds of the formula (I) or (II) and active compounds (1) to (23) listed in the description have very good insecticidal and acaricidal properties.