Abstract: A light extraction film of the present invention relates to a light extraction film for EL elements, which enables a surface light emitting body to have a sufficiently improved luminance in the normal direction, while being sufficiently suppressed in emission angle dependence of the wavelength of light emitted therefrom. More specifically, the present invention relates to a light extraction film (10) which is laminated on a substrate of an EL element, and which has a recessed and projected structure (13) on the surface. The materials that constitute this light extraction film (10) contain a resin (X) that has at least one skelton selected from among a fluorene skeleton, a biphenyl skeleton and a naphthalene skelton.

Abstract: Disclosed are a thermoplastic resin composition which has a reduced tendency to mold staining while being shaped and a high flowability, and a shaped article which, when used as a lamp component, has good surface appearance and generates little volatiles by the heat of the lamp. Specifically disclosed are a thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyester resin (A), a cresol novolac epoxy resin (B), and a vinyl cyanide-aromatic vinyl copolymer containing epoxy group (C), and a shaped article shaped therefrom, wherein the cresol novolac epoxy resin (B) and the vinyl cyanide-aromatic vinyl copolymer containing epoxy group (C) are compounded in amounts of 0.01 to 3 parts by mass and 2 to 12 parts by mass, respectively, relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyester resin (A).

Abstract: The nozzle body of the gas supply blowout nozzle (11) includes an inclined plate (13) guiding a gas flowing straightly from a gas inlet port to a rectification board (12), which is connected with the nozzle body. The rectification board (12) rectifies the flow of the gas guided by the inclined plate (13) so that the gas blows out perpendicular or parallel to a yarn from a gas outlet port. A gas guiding zone formed between the inclined plate (13) and the rectification board (12) includes one or more guide plates (14) which divide the gas supplied from the gas inlet port (11a) of the gas supply blowout nozzle (11) into two or more streams. In each gas passage formed at least one of between the inclined plate (13) and the guide plate (14) or between the guide plates (14), an upstream passage width W1 and any downstream passage width W2 thereof satisfy the relation of W1?W2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a external-perfusion hollow-fiber membrane module containing a hollow-fiber membrane bundle including a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes; and a casing that houses the hollow-fiber membrane bundle, wherein the hollow-fiber membrane bundle has one end that is fixed to an inside of the casing by a potting portion in an open state, and the external-perfusion hollow-fiber membrane module is configured to perform degassing on a gas contained in a liquid inside the casing, the gas being introduced into an inside from an outer surface of the hollow-fiber membrane.

Abstract: This process for manufacturing a carbon-fiber precursor acrylic fiber bundle and this steam drawing apparatus are characterized in that the drawing of an acrylic fiber bundle with a pressured-steam drawing apparatus is conducted by: opening an acrylic fiber bundle by blowing a fluid thereto; supplying humidifying steam to the opened acrylic fiber bundle at a fiber temperature of 80 to 130° C. to adjust the water content of the fiber bundle to 3 to 7%; and thereafter drawing the resulting acrylic fiber bundle in a pressurized-steam atmosphere. Thus, the present invention can prevent the breaking of a single fiber, the fluffing of the fiber bundle, and the breaking of the whole of the fiber bundle, though such defects are susceptible to occurring in a case where an acrylic fiber bundle is drawn by steam drawing at a high draw ratio, at a higher speed, or into a fiber having a small denier.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a system of predicting the postoperative prognosis in a patient with breast cancer from the viewpoint of gene expression based on the data obtained by genome-wide and comprehensive analysis on gene expression in breast cancer. Expression of human genes is comprehensively analyzed by using a DNA microarray and gene expression functions in various breast cancer conditions are compared, thereby establishing a system of predicting the postoperative prognosis of breast cancer.

Abstract: The problem is to provide a method for inexpensively and simply preserving an enzyme of a microbial biomass obtained by culturing and improve the enzyme activity during preservation. Provided is a method for preserving nitrile hydratase, characterized in that microbes having nitrile hydratase activity are cultured while being protected from light, and the resulting biomass is crushed using a high-pressure homogenizer and preserved while being protected from light.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing methacrylyl-CoA that converts 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA into methacrylyl-CoA using an enzyme having dehydratase activity as a method for producing methacrylyl-CoA using an enzyme catalyst. In this production method, conversion rate of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA into methacrylyl-CoA by the enzyme having dehydratase activity is 50% or higher. In this production method, furthermore, the enzyme having dehydratase activity derives from a microorganism belonging to the genus Pseudomonas or Rhodococcus.

Abstract: A method for efficiently producing t-butanol as a raw material of a methacrylic resin from isobutanol is described, including a step (1) of dehydrating isobutanol to obtain butenes, and a step (2) of hydrating the butenes to obtain t-butanol. A method for producing methacrolein and methacrylic acid is also described, which further includes a step (3) of dehydrating and oxidizing the obtained t-butanol to obtain methacrolein and methacrylic acid. An apparatus for performing the steps (1) to (3) is also described.

Abstract: A water purification cartridge is detachably provided inside a water purifier, which includes: a plurality of single cartridges, each of which includes a bottomed cylindrical casing body; and one or more ceiling wall portions which block upper end openings of the plurality of single cartridges, wherein the inside of the plurality of single cartridges becomes a filter medium storage portion, and wherein the plurality of single cartridges is disposed in the lateral direction and is detachably connected to each other.

Abstract: A laminate which comprises a core layer, a first cladding layer, a second cladding layer and a light reflecting layer, and wherein the light reflecting layer, the second cladding layer, the core layer and the first cladding layer are sequentially laminated. The refractive index of the first cladding layer and the refractive index of the second cladding layer are lower than the refractive index of the core layer, and the light reflecting layer has a thickness of 50 ?m or more.

Abstract: A (meth)acrylic polymer, a (meth)acrylic resin sheet containing same, a (meth)acrylic resin laminated article obtained by laminating a functional layer on one or both sides of a (meth)acrylic resin sheet, and a composite sheet containing said article. Said polymer contains 4.5-7.5% by mass of units of (a) an acrylate having a C1-11 hydrocarbon group and one ethylenically unsaturated bond in the molecule, 0.3-3.2% by mass of units of (b) a monomer having two or more ethylenically unsaturated bonds in the molecule, and 89.3-95.2% by mass of units of (c) a (meth)acrylate other than the monomer units.

Abstract: A resin composition having all of higher pigment colorability, low-temperature impact resistance, and flame retardance is provided. A graft copolymer is a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer formed by polymerizing one or more grafting vinyl monomers (b) in the presence of a rubber (A) containing polyorganosiloxane and a vinyl polymer, wherein the index of refraction of the rubber (A) is in the range of 1.47 to 1.56, and the volume-average particle size is in the range of 300 nm to 2000 nm. A resin composition contains the graft copolymer and a resin.

Abstract: The provision of a porous electrode substrate that has large sheet strength, low production costs, high handling properties, high thickness precision and surface smoothness, and sufficient gas permeability and electrical conductivity. A porous electrode substrate including a three-dimensional entangled structure including short carbon fibers (A) dispersed in a three-dimensional structure, joined together via three-dimensional mesh-like carbon fibers (B). A method for producing a porous electrode substrate, including a step (1) of producing a precursor sheet including short carbon fibers (A), and short carbon fiber precursors (b) and/or fibrillar carbon fiber precursors (b?) dispersed in a two-dimensional plane; a step (2) of subjecting the precursor sheet to entanglement treatment; and a step (3) of subjecting this sheet to carbonization treatment at 1000° C. or higher. It is preferable to include a step (4) of subjecting the sheet to hot press forming at lower than 200° C.

Abstract: This light-extraction film for EL includes a diffusion layer and an uneven-structure layer, the diffusion layer including first light-diffusion fine particles, and the uneven-structure layer including second light-diffusion fine particles as desired, and satisfying the expression Px-Py?5 mass %. (Px represents the content ratio of the first light-diffusion fine particles to the total mass of the diffusion layer. Py represents the content ratio of the second light-diffusion fine particles to the total mass of the uneven structure layer.

Abstract: A laminate which is provided with a core layer, a first cladding layer, a second cladding layer and a light output means, and wherein the second cladding layer, the core layer and the first cladding layer are sequentially laminated. The refractive index of the first cladding layer and the refractive index of the second cladding layer is lower than the refractive index of the core layer. The light output means is composed of a recess that penetrates through the first cladding layer and reaches the inside of the core layer, and the curvature radius of the forefront part of the recess is 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylonitrile which includes a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process of performing vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation by bringing a source gas containing propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia into contact with a fluidized bed catalyst to obtain acrylonitrile. The method is characterized in that the fluidized bed catalyst is a catalyst containing molybdenum and bismuth and the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process is performed while maintaining an adsorbed amount of ammonia per specific surface area (m2/g) of the fluidized bed catalyst in the range of 0.05 to 0.6 ?mol/m2. According to the method for producing acrylonitrile of the invention, it is possible to stably maintain a high acrylonitrile yield over a long period of time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antireflection article of which the first surface has sufficient abrasion resistance and can suppress reflectance to a low level throughout the visible light region, and a display device. The present invention relates to an antireflection article that has light transmittance, in which a plurality of convex portions are disposed on a first surface positioned at a visible side and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the average gap of the convex portions is 400 nm or less, the ratio (H1/W1) of the height H1 of the convex portions and the width W1 of the bottoms of the convex portions is 1.3 or more, in the first surface, and the ratio (H2/W2) of the height H2 of the convex portions and the width W2 of the bottoms of the convex portions is larger than the ratio (H1/W1), in the second surface.

Abstract: This optical film includes a substrate and a plurality of convex microlenses arrayed on the substrate. The microlenses have an ?-region and a ?-region. The ?-region occupies the outer portion of the convex shape of the microlenses, and is positioned in a manner so as to cover the ?-region. In an adhesion test conforming to ISO 2409 for measuring the adhesiveness of the substrate and the optical film, the test result is class 0 or class 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylonitrile which includes a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process of performing vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation by bringing a source gas containing propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia into contact with a fluidized bed catalyst to obtain acrylonitrile. The method is characterized in that the fluidized bed catalyst consists of particles containing Fe, Sb, and Te, and the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process is performed while maintaining a B/A in the range of 2.0 to 5.0, where A denotes an atomic ratio of Te/Sb in a bulk composition of the fluidized bed catalyst and B denotes an atomic ratio of Te/Sb in a surface composition of the particles of the fluidized bed catalyst. According to the method for producing acrylonitrile of the invention, it is possible to stably maintain a high acrylonitrile yield over a long period of time.