The novel active ingredient combinations made of a carboxamide of general formula (I) (group 1) (I) wherein A, R1 and R2 have the meaning cited in the description, and active ingredient groups (2) (24) which are disclosed in the description, have excellent fungicidal characteristics.

A system for producing power at remote locations comprises: a closed cycle vapor turbine unit having an evaporator containing liquid working fluid, a turbine receiving vapor of the evaporated working fluid for producing power by way of an electrical generator coupled to the turbine, a condenser and means for returning the working fluid condensate from the condenser to the evaporator; a biomass furnace associated with the evaporator for heating working fluid present in the evaporator and evaporating a portion of the working fluid; and controller for controlling the amount of biomass fuel supplied to the biomass furnace in accordance with energy requirements of a customer load. Further, a method for producing power using the system is also provided.

Fungicidal compounds of the general formula (1), wherein Ar is a group of the formula (A), (B1), (B2) or (C), or Ar is a 5- or 6-linked group of the formula (D1) or (D2); and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, n, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, Ka, Kb, L, M, V, W, X,Y and Z have the definitions given in claim 1.

A rotary apparatus adapted to perform as, compressor, pump, motor or an internal combustion engine; said apparatus comprising of two vanes, two hollow cylindrical sleeves, hollow cylindrical liner, cams and associated linkages, couplings, shaft, clutch and braking/locking arrangement; said vanes are fitted on to the curved surface of the sleeves, one vane on each sleeve, such that the vanes are radial to sleeve's curved surface and at one of the ends of each sleeve so that the vane's surface protrudes out of the sleeve's end; said sleeves placed such that their ends, fitted with vanes are placed adjacent, with the vanes angularly displaced; said vanes are placed inside a liner; said liner's inner surface is contoured along the path traced by vane edge while rotating about the said axis; said inner surface allows rotation of the vanes about the said axis; said vanes divide the said enclosure formed inside the liner into two sealed chambers; enclosure; said two sleeves, are coupled and uncoupled with a shaft by means of coupling arrangement actuated by cams or other timing devices; said cams or timing devices are dependent on sleeve position; said cams or timing devices actuate said braking/locking arrangements such that each vane is held at a predetermined position alternately, and the vanes are free to rotate through an defined angle alternately; said cams or timing devices allow both vanes to rotate simultaneously through an predefined angle; said cams or timing devices defines the angle by which the vanes are separated, rotated simultaneously or independently.

The invention relates to compositions containing: 1. a) phosphonic acid ester of formula (I), wherein R represents C1-C10 alkyl, which is equally or differently substituted once or several times by PO3H2, OH, NH2, CN, halogen, C1-C8-alkylamine or C2-C16-dialkylamine and is optionally interrupted by 1-6 heteroatoms from series N, O, S, P, wherein the heteroatoms are not directly coupled to one another and wherein said compositions contain ammonium, alkaline metal, alkaline-earth metal and/or iron salts or b) ammonium, alkaline metal, alkaline-earth metal and/or iron salts of formula (I) and 2. fine-grained cereal flour, 3. optionally binding agent and 4. optionally one or more additives. The invention also relates to the production of said compositions and to the use thereof in the control of terrestrial snails.

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a culture medium on which plants can be grown. This method is characterised by a) mixing I: a particulate base material, chosen from at least one of organic and inorganic materials, with II: a thermoplastic biologically degradable binding agent, b) heating at least the binding agent in order to at least partly fluidise it, c) cooling the mixture so as to substantially solidify the binding agent and whereby at least a part of the base material becomes bonded by means of the binding agent. The method according to the invention provides an environmentally safe and plant-friendly culture medium that is biologically degradable and retains its shape well.

A system and method for accommodating mobile station synchronization to neighbor cells in a mobile communication system. At least one available frame (714) is utilized (800) as a search window in an uplink data transfer for receiving neighboring cell synchronization information. At least one transmit time slot (712) in a frame (702) adjacent to the available frame (714) in the uplink data transfer multiframe is surrendered (802) to extend the search window (716). The neighboring cell synchronization information may then be contiguously received (804) via the extended search window (724).

A method, a system, a transmitter and a receiver for identification of a time sliced elementary streams using PSI/SI tables. This identification provides a way to separate time-sliced elementary stream from non-time-sliced elementary streams by defining two descriptors in PSI/SI tables. A time slice identifier descriptor is defined, which can be used to identify elementary streams which are time sliced. This descriptor is also used to provide additional information about the transmitted elementary streams. The invention provides a way to announce additional information of the time sliced elementary streams via PSI/SI tables. Additionally, it provides a mechanism to categorize single elementary stream(s) as non-time sliced and time sliced. A way to identify time sliced elementary streams carried over DVB networks is disclosed and providing additional information on those streams. This can be done by using the time slice identifier descriptor. The descriptor can be used at least in Network Information Table (NIT), Program Map Table (PMT) and IP/MAC Notification Table (INT) tables. Time slicing provides a way to save power in the receiver in broadband transmission.

The invention relates to a method for providing plants and/or plant parts with an identification label, comprising contacting the plant or plant part with a product, comprising one or more types of tracer molecules, preferably fluorescent tracer molecules, and allowing the plant or plant part to take up the tracer molecules either inside the plant or plant parts or on the surface thereof. The invention further relates to products for use in the method and plant and plant parts treated with the method and to methods for identifying plants or plant parts carrying an identification label.

The present invention is directed to a glove wherein the interior surfaces of the glove contain a film which includes water, glycerol and a botanical extract. Further embodiments of the invention are directed to the composition of the film and the process for applying the film onto the interior surfaces of the glove.