Abstract: A solar cell module according to the present disclosure includes a photoelectric converter, a collector electrode electrically connected to the photoelectric converter, and a wiring material (3) electrically connected to the collector electrode, wherein the collector electrode includes: a first electrode film (9A) formed on a photoelectric converter side; and a second electrode film (9B) formed on at least a wiring material side of the first electrode film (9A) so that part of a surface of the first electrode film (9A) on the wiring material side is exposed, and wherein the collector electrode and the wiring material (3) are electrically connected to each other with solder (11) connected to the part of the surface of the first electrode film (9A) exposed from the second electrode film (9B) and to a surface of the second electrode film (9B).

Abstract: A stretched film is produced by stretching a resin film at a given temperature. The resin film contains an acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 115° C. or higher and acrylic rubber particles. The total amount of an acrylic ester monomer as a constituent monomer of the acrylic rubber particles is from 10 to 40 wt % based on the total amount of constituent monomers of the acrylic resin and the acrylic rubber particles. The stretching temperature is from Tg+20° C. to Tg+70° C.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate that has excellent moldability and excellent wear resistance, and that contains an acrylic-based resin film. Excellent mouldability and wear resistance can be attained by providing a laminate including a specific acrylic-based resin film, and a specific ultraviolet-curable hard coat layer that is laminated on at least one side of the acrylic-based resin film. The laminate has a specific crack elongation and exhibits a ?haze of not more than 1.0% in a steel wool wear test at 50 g/cm2 and 5 reciprocating motions.

Abstract: An efficient production method for obtaining a reduced coenzyme Q10 Form II-type crystal having a stable crystal form is disclosed. The production method includes adding a seed crystal of a Form II-type crystal to a solution including ethanol and reduced coenzyme Q10; and precipitating a Form II-type crystal, wherein a dissolved concentration Ci of reduced coenzyme Q10 before adding the seed crystal is equal to or more than a saturated concentration of a Form II-type crystal and less than a saturated concentration of a Form I-type crystal at a temperature Ti when adding the seed crystal. The crystal precipitation step may include controlling a temperature Tp of the solution so that a dissolved concentration Cp of reduced coenzyme Q10 is equal to or more than the saturated concentration of the Form II-type crystal and less than the saturated concentration of the Form I-type crystal.

Abstract: A formulation information management method includes: acquiring, by a server from a first terminal, individual information associated with a first individual and infection information indicating an infectious disease with which the first individual has been infected, as results of examining infectious diseases of livestock; acquiring, by the server from a second terminal, the individual information and formulation information indicating a blood product manufactured from blood containing blood collected when dissecting the first individual; generating, by the server, related information that associates the infection information and the formulation information based on the individual information; storing, by the server, the related information in a storage; and acquiring, by the server, infection information of a second individual; and in response to acquiring the infection information of the second individual, outputting, by the server, the formulation information associated by the related information with inf

Abstract: Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) foam particles are obtained by: introducing a blowing agent into an aqueous dispersion in a pressure-resistant vessel, the aqueous dispersion containing a crosslinking agent and resin particles containing a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate); heating the contents of the pressure-resistant vessel to a given temperature in a range of 130 to 150° C.; holding the contents of the pressure-resistant vessel at the given temperature for 5 to 55 minutes; and opening one end of the pressure-resistant vessel to discharge the contents of the pressure-resistant vessel into a low-pressure atmosphere and foam the resin particles. The poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) is a mixture containing a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) copolymer and a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) homopolymer at a weight ratio of 99:1 to 80:20, and the crosslinking agent is an organic peroxide which is a percarbonate.

Abstract: A laminated article includes a base layer and a coating layer disposed over at least one side of the base layer. The coating layer contains a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin. In a crystalline melting curve obtained by differential scanning calorimetry of the coating layer, the coating layer has at least one peak top temperature (Tma) in the range of 100 to 150° C. and at least one peak top temperature (Tmb) in the range of 150 to 170° C., and the difference between the temperatures Tma and Tmb is 10° C. or more.

Abstract: A resin composition contains polymer particles (A) and a matrix resin (B) such that the polymer particles (A) have a graft part having a glass transition temperature of ?25° C. to 18° C. The resin composition has excellent handleability.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide (i) an aliphatic polyester-based resin composition that is biodegradable and has excellent shock resistance. The object is attained by providing an aliphatic polyester-based resin composition containing (A) poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) and (B) a compatibilized biodegradable resin containing a reaction product of (i) the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate), (ii) a biodegradable resin other than the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) and having a glass transition temperature of not more than ?10° C., and (iii) a peroxide, the (B) having a dispersed particle diameter of 0.1 ?m to 1.5 ?m.

Abstract: A graft copolymer contains crosslinked (meth)acrylic polymer particles (a) having an average particle size of 150 nm or less and a glass transition temperature of ?10° C. or lower and a non-crosslinked methacrylic polymer component (b) having a weight-average molecular weight of 25×104 or more. At least a part of the non-crosslinked polymer component (b) is grafted to the crosslinked polymer particles (a). The crosslinked polymer particles (a) account for 1 to less than 50 wt % of the total weight of the crosslinked polymer particles (a) and the non-crosslinked polymer component (b).

Abstract: A packing method makes it possible to achieve, at a low cost, both reduction of a rise in temperature of a black-based foamed product and stacking stability. The packing method for a package includes the steps of setting, on a black-based foamed product that is stacked in one or more layers on a pallet, a cover board such that the cover board covers a main surface of an uppermost layer of the black-based foamed product, and covering, with a black-based stretch film, an outer periphery corresponding to side surfaces of the black-based foamed product.

Abstract: A method of adhesion provides excellent workability by using a curable resin composition whose viscosity has low temperature dependence. The method of adhesion includes a step of heating a curable resin composition and applying a curable resin composition, a step of spreading the curable resin composition, and a step of curing the curable resin composition. The curable resin composition contains specific amounts of an epoxy resin, fine polymer particles that have a core-shell structure including a core layer and a shell layer, and blocked urethane having a latent NCO % of 0.1% to 2.9%.

Abstract: A molded article contains a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component. The poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component includes: a copolymer (A) which is a copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate units and other hydroxyalkanoate units and in which the content of the other hydroxyalkanoate units is from 1 to 6 mol %; and a copolymer (B) which is a copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate units and other hydroxyalkanoate units and in which the content of the other hydroxyalkanoate units is 24 mol % or more. In the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component, the proportion of the copolymer (A) is from 40 to 90 wt %, and the proportion of the copolymer (B) is from 10 to 60 wt %. A 50% fracture energy of the molded article, as measured by a DuPont impact test, is 0.3 J or more.

Abstract: An acrylic resin composition for use in film production by solution casting contains an acrylic polymer containing, as structural units, 30 to 100 wt % of methyl methacrylate units and 0 to 70 wt % of other monomer units copolymerizable with the methyl methacrylate units; and an ionic emulsifier. The content of the ionic emulsifier is from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer.

Abstract: The objective is to provide an asymmetrically bendable catheter configured such that a bent shape is different depending on whether the catheter distal part bends to one side or the other side. Disclosed is a catheter having a shaft, a first wire, a second wire, a leaf spring disposed in the lumen of the shaft so as to separate the lumen of the shaft into a first part where the first wire is disposed and a second part where the second wire is disposed, a supporting member, and a first coil having a lumen in which the first wire is disposed; the first coil fixed to a proximal end side of the leaf spring at two or more locations, and the first coil having a total length L1 in its natural state and a total length LC1 at maximum compression, and a ratio LC1/L1 is 0.9 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a resin film containing a reaction product of 100 parts by weight of a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component and 0.01 to 0.5 parts by weight of an organic peroxide. The poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component includes: a copolymer (A) which is a copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate units and 3-hydroxyhexanoate units and in which a content of the 3-hydroxyhexanoate units is from 1 to 6 mol %; and a copolymer (B) which is a copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate units and 3-hydroxyhexanoate units and in which a content of the 3-hydroxyhexanoate units is 24 mol % or more.

Abstract: This invention is intended to improve glutathione productivity by fermentation using microorganisms. This invention relates to a microbial strain capable of overexpression of ?-glutamylcysteine, bis-?-glutamylcystine, ?-glutamylcystine, reduced glutathione, and/or oxidized glutathione in which the expression level of a gene encoding serine-O-acetyltransferase (EC:2.3.1.30) is enhanced and a method involving the use of such microbial strain.

Abstract: In order to prevent external air from flowing into the insides of side wall panels and to efficiently set heat storage materials into the side wall panels, a constant-temperature transport container includes side wall panels. The side wall panels are configured such that insertion corners are formed by side surfaces, and the side surfaces being arranged adjacent to each other with insertion openings being exposed to an outside. The side wall panels are connected to each other via side surfaces opposite to the insertion corners. Each of the insertion corners is provided with a fitting corner configured to be fitted to the side surfaces provided with the insertion openings.

Abstract: A glutarimide resin contains repeating units of formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; repeating units of formula (2), wherein R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and repeating units of formula (3), wherein R5 and R6 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R7 is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, or a substituent containing an aromatic ring having 5 to 15 carbon atoms. The glutarimide resin satisfies the following inequality: 3?M1+M2?20. M1 is the content (mol %) of the repeating units of the formula (1) and M2 is the content (mol %) of the repeating units of the formula (2).

Abstract: A one-part curable resin composition contains 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin (A), 1 to 100 parts by weight of core-shell-structured polymer particles and/or blocked urethane as a component (B), a compound (C) having one to three phenolic hydroxy groups per molecule, the compound (C) not being a compound having an amino group; and dicyandiamide (D). The ratio of the number of moles of the phenolic hydroxy groups of the compound (C) to the number of moles of CN groups derived from the dicyandiamide (D) is from 0.01 to 0.39 when the compound (C) has one phenolic hydroxy group per molecule and from 0.01 to 1.5 when the compound (C) has two or three phenolic hydroxy groups per molecule.