Abstract: To provide a production technique for an edible egg that contains a sufficient amount of ergothioneine by using the biological accumulation of the ergothioneine in eggs, and that has antioxidative activity. This ergothioneine-containing egg is obtained from a hen raised by being fed a hen feed for a prescribed time period, the hen feed being manufactured by manufacturing the ergothioneine-containing extract solution from a waste medium used in the production of edible mushrooms and mixing a prescribed amount of the extract solution into a feed for the hen used generally.

Abstract: The present invention provides a drying method to dry a to-be-dried object by allowing the to-be-dried object to contact with gas having a different temperature.

Abstract: An aeration nozzle is provided, having on one end an air supply port (16a) connected to an aeration pump (13) and a waste water suction port (17) for suctioning waste water in a processing tank (3, 4), and having a micro-bubble generation unit (18), provided facing the air supply port, for mixing air supplied by the air supply port and waste water suctioned from the waste water suction port and generating micro-bubbles (9), wherein a plurality of blades of cylindrical micro-bubble generators (19) included in the micro-bubble generation unit (18) is configured such that tip ends of the blades are formed so as to face one another around the center of the cylindrical micro-bubble generators (19a, 19b); and by being formed from an elastic member (such as rubber), the tip ends of the blades are configured so as to bend with the base ends as starting points.

Abstract: In a primary sound pressure-gradient type condenser microphone unit driving a diaphragm by difference in sound pressure applied to acoustic terminals in front and back of the diaphragm, a drive force of the diaphragm and sound collection characteristics in a high frequency band are easily adjusted. The condenser microphone unit includes a first pipe extending forward on the front side of a diaphragm and a second pipe arranged so as to surround the first pipe. A front acoustic terminal communicating with a front surface of the diaphragm is formed on an inner side of either one of the first pipe or the second pipe. A rear acoustic terminal communicating with a back surface of the diaphragm from the rear side of a fixed electrode is formed on an inner side of the other pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reflective encoder which is capable of measuring movement amount and detecting movement direction by using one emergent light beam, and achieving high reliability and miniaturization through a simple structure. In the reflective encoder, a light beam emitted by a laser oscillator is caused to be incident on a reflective diffraction grating disposed on a side of a scale, and diffracted light beams reflected by the reflective diffraction grating are received by light receiving elements. An interference optical system is provided between the light receiving elements and the reflective diffraction grating. An optical system is thus constructed to measure movement amount and detect movement direction by using only one emergent light beam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet-curable adhesive to be used for laminating a first optical base material and a second optical base material having a light-shielding portion on a surface thereof to each other, the ultraviolet-curable adhesive containing (A) a specified compound represented by the following formula (1), (B) a photopolymerizable compound, and (C) a photopolymerization initiator; a cured product obtained by irradiating the adhesive with an ultraviolet ray; and an optical member having the cured product, such as a touch panel:

Abstract: The present invention is directed to improving a catalyst applied to a reaction layer having a structure (PFF structure) in which a polymer electrolyte phase surrounds a periphery of a catalyst with a hydrophilic region interposed therebetween and reducing the amount of catalyst metal particles used. A method for producing a catalyst for a fuel cell, in which a catalyst metal particle is supported on a carrier, includes the steps of: preparing an unmodified catalyst in which a catalyst metal particles is supported on a carrier; and modifying the catalyst metal particle in the unmodified catalyst with at least one type of modifying group selected from a nitric acid group, an amino group, a sulfonic acid group, a hydroxy group, and halogen groups.

Abstract: A catalyst for producing butadiene using n-butene as a raw material, a process for producing the same and a process for producing butadiene using the catalyst are provided, and specifically, a catalyst for producing butadiene by gas-phase contact oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butene, which is capable of stably producing butadiene in a high yield from the beginning of the reaction, a process for producing the same and a process for producing butadiene, in which the catalyst is a shaped catalyst containing a complex metal oxide having molybdenum as an essential ingredient, wherein the pore volume of macropores is 80% or more, more preferably 90% or more, based on the total pore volume, are provided.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a shaped catalyst for a fixed bed oxidation reaction or a fixed bed oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the catalyst having both of sufficient mechanical strength and catalyst performance, and the catalyst is produced by supporting a catalyst powder containing a complex metal oxide having molybdenum as an essential ingredient on an inert support by a tumbling granulation method at a relative centrifugal force of 1 to 35 G.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a shaped catalyst for a fixed bed oxidation reaction or a fixed bed oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the catalyst having both of sufficient mechanical strength and catalyst performance, and the catalyst is produced by supporting a catalyst powder containing a complex metal oxide having molybdenum as an essential ingredient on an inert support by a tumbling granulation method at a relative centrifugal force of 1 to 35 G.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive paste containing: a binder resin containing at least an aromatic polyimide resin (A) having a phenolic hydroxyl group and an ether linkage in a skeleton, and conductive particles. The polyimide resin (A) is preferably the resin of formula (1). (R1 represents formula (2), R2 represents formula (3), and R3 represents a divalent aromatic group having at least one of the structures illustrated in formula (4).

Abstract: A substrate having a desired pattern on a plane thereof and a method for manufacturing same, a light-emitting element and a method for manufacturing same, and a device having the substrate or the light-emitting element are provided which allow the pattern to be formed without any photoresist film, enabling a reduction in the number of steps and a reduction in costs associated with the reduction in the number of steps. A flat substrate is prepared, a dielectric containing a photosensitive agent is formed on a plane of the substrate, the dielectric is patterned to form a desired pattern on the substrate plane, thus, a substrate is obtained which has a pattern of island-shaped protrusions on the plane of the flat substrate and in which the protrusions are configured of the dielectric.

Abstract: A steel for mechanical structures has a mixed texture which is composed of a hard phase comprising at least one texture selected from pearlite, bainite and martensite and a ferrite phase, wherein the average equivalent circle diameter of ferrite grains is 7 ?m or less and the (ferrite grain)-(ferrite grain) connection rate (X) which is expressed by formula (1) is 0.15 or less.

Abstract: An intraoral moisture measuring device includes: a swing member that swings with respect to a main body about a predetermined swing center; a moisture amount detection unit provided at a tip of the swing member, for detecting a moisture amount by being directly or indirectly abutted against a measurement site in a mouth; and a biasing member for biasing the swing member in one of swing directions. Consequently, the intraoral moisture measuring device is capable of measuring intraoral moisture in a simple and highly-accurate manner.

Abstract: A reaction layer for a fuel cell, which is interposed between a solid electrolyte membrane and a diffusion layer in the fuel cell, the reaction layer including a first layer that is in contact with the solid electrolyte membrane, a second layer that is in contact with the diffusion layer; and an intermediate layer that is interposed between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer have a catalyst supported by an electrically conductive support, and the intermediate layer has no catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus using a meltable filter medium for separating a mixture to be separated (liquid-solid or liquid-liquid mixture). The mixture to be separated is separated into a liquid passing through a filter layer of the filter medium and a captured material captured in the filter layer. The filter medium and the captured material are separated by melting the filter medium.

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of providing an anti-Staphylococcus antibody having preventive or therapeutic effects on staphylococcal infections. [Solution] Provided is an anti-Staphylococcus antibody having preventive or therapeutic effects on staphylococcal infections and a method for manufacturing said antibody, as well as a composition, a product, and a drug containing said antibody. The antibody is obtained by using deacetylated Staphylococcus for immunization.

Abstract: There is provided a hetero polyacid-based catalyst for methacrylic acid production, which is more excellent in performance, life and moisture absorption during storage, the catalyst being a catalyst for methacrylic acid production, wherein a proton is replaced so as to satisfy conditions of ?=A+(B×C) and 0.5???1.4 when the atomic ratio of the alkali metal atom relative to 10 atoms of Mo is taken as A and the atomic ratio of the copper atom relative to 10 atoms of Mo is taken as B in MoaPbVcCudYeZfOg where Y represents cesium or the like; Z represents iron or the like; and a to g represent each an atomic ratio of each element relative to 10 atoms of Mo.

Abstract: A method of reducing the acid concentration within gastric fluid, suppressing a tendency towards a strongly acidic pH within the gastric fluid, and inhibiting the production of gastrin involves the step of administering live or killed lactic acid bacterium (such as Lactobacillus johnsonii No. 1088) to a living subject. The invention also relates to a method of alleviating the side effects caused by continuous administration of a proton pump inhibitor by administering live or killed lactic acid bacterium to a living subject.

Abstract: Provided is a technology capable of simply manufacturing a GaN substrate, which is constituted by a GaN crystal having a substantially uniform dislocation density distribution, without using a complicated process, at low cost and at a high yield ratio. An inside of a single crystal substrate is irradiated with a laser to form an amorphous portion on the inside of the single crystal substrate, and a GaN crystal is formed on a one surface of the single crystal substrate to prepare a GaN substrate. A dislocation density distribution over the entirety of a surface of the GaN substrate that is prepared is substantially uniform. The amorphous portion is provided in a plurality of linear patterns in a planar direction of the single crystal substrate, and in a case where a pitch between respective patterns is 0.5 mm, a volume ratio of a total volume of the amorphous portion to a volume of the single crystal substrate is 0.10% or 0.20%. In a case where the pitch between the respective patterns is 1.