Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sheet material container where the sheet material container includes one or a plurality of sheet members including a main-body forming sheet member that has an outer film layer and an inner film layer which are mutually stacked, a containing region that accommodates contents, and a container body that is configured from the main-body forming sheet member and that surrounds the containing region, and the main-body forming sheet member having a main-body sealing portion, which is an attached region between the outer film layer and the inner film layer, and a non-attached region where the outer film layer and the inner film layer are partially not attached, and further having a filling portion where a filler is enclosed between the layers of the outer film layer and the inner film layer in the non-attached region.

Abstract: To provide a method for evaluating or selecting an agent for reducing sensory irritation, which reduces sensory irritation caused by parabens, and an agent for reducing sensory irritation, which reduces sensory irritation caused by parabens. A method for evaluating or selecting an agent for reducing sensory irritation caused by parabens, comprising the following steps (1) to (3): (1) a step of contacting cells capable of expressing CES1 with a test substance; (2) a step of measuring expression of CES1 in the cells; (3) a step of evaluating a test substance which promotes expression of CES1 as an agent for reducing sensory irritation caused by parabens based on the results measured in (2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.

Abstract: The resin composition for melt spinning of the present invention is a filament having a melt viscosity of 250 Pa·s or less at 200° C. and a shear rate of 0.1 s?1 and a tensile strength of 10 MPa or more. The filament can be produced by forming a molten liquid of a resin composition having a melt viscosity of 250 Pa·s or less at 200° C. and a shear rate of 0.1 s?1 into a filament shape to provide a formed material, and conveying and concurrently cooling the formed material. The present invention also provides a resin composition for melt spinning being a filament, and a method for producing fiber using a melt spinning apparatus.

Abstract: A hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) one or more carboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of a hydroxycarboxylic acid and a polyvalent carboxylic acid having no hydroxy group, or salts thereof; (B) an aromatic sulfonic acid or a salt thereof; and (C) a diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether, in which, a content of the component (A) is 0.8% by mass or more and 10.0% by mass or less.

Abstract: A hair cosmetic composition including components (A) to (C), wherein the content of component (A) is 0.01 to 5.00% by mass and the content of component (B) is 5.00 to 96.77?% by mass: (A) an epoxyaminosilane copolymer, which is a reaction product of compounds (a) to (d): (a) a polysiloxane having two or more oxiranyl groups or oxetanyl groups; (b) a polyether having two or more oxiranyl groups or oxetanyl groups; (c) aminopropyltrialkoxysilane; (d) a specific amine; (B) a micelle formation inhibitor selected from (b1) to (b3): (b1) an organic compound having a solubility parameter ?H of 10.0 to 15.8 MPa1/2, excluding (b3); (b2) a compound selected from ethanol and the like; (b3) an organic salt; (C) water.

Abstract: A reducing agent composition for iron oxide and/or iron hydroxide comprising components (A) to (C) and having a pH within a range from 7 to 11, wherein when the component (A) is dissolved in an aqueous solution containing the components (B) and (C), a redox potential reaches ?600 mV or less within 20 minutes after the dissolution of the component (A) is started, and a rate of change in redox potential reaches a value of 0 mV or more per minute within 60 minutes after the dissolution of the component (A) is started; and a method for reducing iron oxide and/or iron hydroxide, comprising bringing the reducing agent composition into contact with iron oxide and/or iron hydroxide. (A): Reducing agent; (B): Water-soluble metal chelating agent; and (C): Amine compound.

Abstract: A hair dyeing method that involves first step of applying on the hair a hair dye composition containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1A) or a salt thereof and an organic alkaline agent and having a pH of 9.0 or more and 11.0 or less: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a ? bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; and a second step of applying on the hair a hair treatment agent containing an organic acid or a salt thereof and having a pH of 5.5 or less. After performing the first step, the hair is subjected to the second step while maintaining in a wet state in which an amount of water per gram of the hair is 0.008 g or more.

Abstract: A metal fine particle-containing ink that contains metal fine particles dispersed therein with a polymer dispersant, a low-molecular weight carboxylic acid and an aqueous solvent, wherein the polymer dispersant contains a constitutional unit derived from an acid group-containing monomer; a content of the low-molecular weight carboxylic acid C in the ink is not less than 1% by mass and not more than 15% by mass. A boiling point (C) of the low-molecular weight carboxylic acid and a boiling point (D) of the aqueous solvent satisfy the following relational formula (I); and an acid dissociation exponent pKa (C) of the low-molecular weight carboxylic acid and an acid dissociation exponent pKa (B) of an acid group in the polymer dispersant satisfy the following relational formula (II): boiling point (C)>boiling point (D) ??(I), and pKa (C)<pKa (B) ??(II).

Abstract: A hydrogel structure (10) includes: a continuous phase (11) of a first hydrogel; and a dispersion phase (12) of a second hydrogel, the dispersion phase being dispersed in the continuous phase (11). A ratio of a local minimum value of a load after break to a breaking load (a local minimum value of a load after break/a breaking load) of the hydrogel structure (10) is 0.1 or more.

Abstract: Provided is an ?-amylase which exhibits high amylolytic activity at low temperatures. An ?-amylase mutant, wherein an amino acid residue at a position of the following (a) and (b); (c); or (a), (b), and (c), in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity thereto is substituted with another amino acid residue: (a) position 303 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or a position corresponding thereto; (b) one or more positions selected from the group consisting of position 295 and position 296 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and positions corresponding thereto; or (c) position 331 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or a position corresponding thereto.

Abstract: An asphalt composition containing asphalt and polyester, wherein a content of asphaltene in the asphalt is 18% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less, and a content of the polyester is 1 part by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the asphalt.

Abstract: A method for producing shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the method including cleaving sugar chains of anionically modified cellulose fibers by thermal decomposition under temperature conditions of 50° C. or higher and 230° C. or lower, wherein the average fiber length of the anionically modified cellulose fibers is 700 ?m or more and 10000 ?m or less. By the use of shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers or the like obtained by the method for production of the present invention, a dispersion containing fine cellulose fibers having a low viscosity and excellent handling property can be prepared while at a high concentration, so that the dispersion can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, packaging materials for household electric appliances, automobile parts, and materials for three-dimensional modeling.

Abstract: Inorganic coated sand in a dry state having refractory aggregate; and an inorganic binder layer formed on a surface of the refractory aggregate, in which the inorganic binder layer contains a metasilicate hydrate.

Abstract: A diaper 1 has a disposal tape 10 on its outer surface. The disposal tape 10 is composed of a fixed portion 12, an extensible portion 15, and a fastening portion 18 arranged in that order along the longitudinal direction X1 of the disposal tape 10 and Z-folded in that order. Unfolded, the extensible portion 15 is extensible in the longitudinal direction X1 of the disposal tape 10. The disposal tape 10 in the unfolded configuration has a first connection region 31 where the extensible portion 15 and the fastening portion overlap and a second connection region 32 where the extensible portion 15 and the fixed portion 12 overlap. At least one of the first and second connection regions has a bonded region 33 and a non-bonded region 36 where the extensible portion 15 and the fastening portion 18 or fixed portion 12 are not bonded, the non-bonded region 36 being located longitudinally proximal to the bonded region 33.

Abstract: A composition, including (A) a medicinal ingredient, (B) a water-insoluble polymer, (C) a non-volatile base, (D) a volatile solvent, and (E) water. The composition has a viscosity at 25° C. of 1.0 mPa·s or more and 10,000 mPa·s or less. The component (A) contains one or more selected from the group consisting of an anti-inflammatory analgesic component, a local irritation component, a blood circulation promoting component, an antihistamine component, a crude drug component, an antipruritic component, a local anesthetic component, a keratin softening component, and an antibacterial component. A mass ratio [(C)/(B)] of the component (C) to the component (B) in the composition is 0.05 or more and 10 or less, and a mass ratio [(E)/(D)] of the component (E) to the component (D) in the composition is 0.005 or more and 1.0 or less.

Abstract: A method for preparing a nucleic acid sample derived from skin stratum corneum includes: extracting nucleic acid from stratum corneum collected from a skin surface to prepare a water-soluble alcohol aqueous solution containing the nucleic acid; contacting the nucleic acid in the water-soluble alcohol aqueous solution with a solid-phase material to separate the nucleic acid; and amplifying, or reverse-transcribing and amplifying, the separated nucleic acid in the presence of single-stranded nucleic acid-binding protein to prepare a nucleic acid sample.

Abstract: Provided is an antibody that binds to the N-protein of SARS-CoV-2, and a method for utilizing the antibody.

Abstract: The present invention relates to [1] a method for producing an asphalt emulsion, the method including a step 1: a step of melt-mixing an asphalt and a polyester to obtain an asphalt mixture, and a step 2: a step of adding an aqueous medium and a surfactant to the asphalt mixture obtained in the step 1, followed by mixing, [2] an asphalt emulsion containing composite particles, the composite particles containing an asphalt and a polyester and having a volume median particle diameter (D50) of 1 ?m or more and 40 ?m or less, [3] an asphalt mix for pavement, containing the asphalt emulsion of the above [2] and an aggregate, and [4] a method for paving a road, the method including a step of laying the asphalt mix for pavement of the above [3] onto a road at 150° C. or lower.

Abstract: Provided are a leather improving agent which exhibits the effect of suppressing contraction of hide to enlarge the area; and a method for treating leather using the leather improving agent. The leather improving agent comprises an M23A subfamily protease as an active ingredient.