Abstract: An estrogen derivatization method uses a quaternary cation-containing 5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl compound represented by Formula (1): where in Formula (1), X is a quaternary cation. A mass spectrometry method includes derivatizing estrogen by the above estrogen derivatization method. A derivatization reagent derivatizing estrogen includes a quaternary cation-containing 5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl compound represented by Formula (1), where in Formula (1), X is a quaternary cation.

Abstract: A transfer system includes a robot that loads and unloads a substrate to and from a cassette that accommodates a plurality of substrates in multiple stages; and a controller configured to control an operation of the robot. The robot includes: a hand that transfers the substrate, a horizontal movement mechanism that moves the hand in a width direction of the cassette in a front side of the cassette, and a lift mechanism that moves up and down the hand in the front side of the cassette. The hand includes a reflective sensor on a distal end side thereof facing the cassette to detect an object in the cassette. The controller operates the horizontal movement mechanism causing the reflective sensor to perform a horizontal scanning such that the reflective sensor facing the substrate scans in the width direction of the substrate accommodated in the cassette.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an electrode plate for a plasma processing apparatus for forming a plurality of gas holes having a straight portion exceeding 12 mm in length in a thickness direction of an electrode plate main body in a penetrating state and in parallel to each other, the method including: a prepared hole forming step of forming a prepared hole with a diameter of 50% or more and 80% or less of a diameter of a hole forming the straight portion with a first drill from one surface of the electrode plate main body; and a straight portion forming step of forming the straight portion to overlap the prepared hole with a second drill.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire containing a polyester (e.g., polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate) derived from a non-fossil raw material. In a preferred embodiment, a polyester (e.g., polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate) in which a linear or cyclic moiety is produced using a raw material derived from a non-fossil raw material is used in the pneumatic tire. A pneumatic tire in which polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate produced using a raw material derived from a non-fossil raw material is used as a carcass material or a belt reinforcing material.

Abstract: A synthetic wood meal for a pellet that enables to manufacture a molded product with no deformation such as warping and distortion or, if any, deformation that can be alleviated to a practically non-problematic level and also features high mechanical strength. The synthetic wood meal includes 30 wt % to 70 wt % of a thermoplastic resin including polypropylene or a mixed material of polypropylene and polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride; 70 wt % to 30 wt % of a wood meal having a bulk density of 0.14 to 0.22 g/cm3 and a mean fiber length of 80 to 250 ?m in which 30 wt % or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 60 ?m or less, and 25 wt % or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 30 ?m or less; and an additive including a reinforcing agent.

Abstract: A synthetic wood meal for a pellet that enables to manufacture a molded product with no deformation such as warping and distortion or, if any, deformation that can be alleviated to a practically non-problematic level and also features high mechanical strength. The synthetic wood meal comprises 30 wt % to less than 45 wt % of a thermoplastic resin including polypropylene or a mixed material of polypropylene and polyethylene; 50 wt % to 35 wt % of a wood meal having a bulk density of 0.15 to 0.21 g/ cm3 and a mean fiber length of 101 to 189 ?m in which 19 to 29% or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 60 ?m or less, and 9 to 20% or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 30 ?m or less; and an additive including a reinforcing agent.

Abstract: The present invention directed to a synthetic wood meal for a pellet that enables to manufacture a molded product with no deformation such as warping and distortion or, if any, deformation that can be alleviated to a practically non-problematic level and also features high mechanical strength. The synthetic wood meal comprises 30 wt % to 70 wt % of a thermoplastic resin including polypropylene or a mixed material of polypropylene and polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride; 70 wt % to 30 wt % of a wood meal having a bulk density of 0.14 to 0.22 g/cm3 and a mean fiber length of 80 to 250 ?m in which 30 wt % or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 60 ?m or less, and 25 wt % or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 30 ?m or less; and an additive including a reinforcing agent.

Abstract: Disclosed are composite pellets for extrusion molding wherein fusion does not occur between the pellets, and there is no variation in size and density. A molten material obtained by an extruder for a raw material containing a thermoplastic resin and wood powder is extruded into a strand shape through a die nozzle of the extruder, and cut into a predetermined length to form a pellet. At this time, the extrusion amount, the diameter of each nozzle hole, and the number of nozzle holes are adjusted so that the linear velocity (?d) of the molten material in each nozzle hole of the die nozzle is in the range of 12 to 50 cm/sec. Further, regardless of the variations in particle diameter, etc., a stable amount of the composite pellets are supplied to the extruder, and smoothly introduced to a screw of the extruder. The composite pellets and 12-hydroxystearic acid containing a metal of Ca, Mg, or Zn are agitated together, and 0.03 to 0.

Abstract: Disclosed are composite pellets for extrusion molding wherein fusion does not occur between the pellets, and there is no variation in size and density. A molten material obtained by an extruder for a raw material containing a thermoplastic resin and wood powder is extruded into a strand shape through a die nozzle of the extruder, and cut into a predetermined length to form a pellet. At this time, the extrusion amount, the diameter of each nozzle hole, and the number of nozzle holes are adjusted so that the linear velocity (?d) of the molten material in each nozzle hole of the die nozzle is in the range of 12 to 50 cm/sec. Further, regardless of the variations in particle diameter, etc., a stable amount of the composite pellets are supplied to the extruder, and smoothly introduced to a screw of the extruder. The composite pellets and 12-hydroxystearic acid containing a metal of Ca, Mg, or Zn are agitated together, and 0.03 to 0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a molding material for extrusion foam molding from which woody molded foam of high quality can be obtained. From the molding material, woody molded foam of high quality with no defects is efficiently produced. Constituent materials comprising woodmeal and a thermoplastic resin as major components and containing 1-5 wt % alkane having a molecular weight of 300-1,000 g/mol are melt-kneaded until the components come into an evenly dispersed state, and the resultant mixture is molded into pellets having a given diameter to obtain a molding material. Subsequently, this molding material is extrusion-molded into a given shape together with a blowing agent by means of an extrusion molding device, thereby obtaining woody molded foam.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective film comprising a polymer film having an in-plane phase retardation value of about 30 nm or less and a transflective layer made of an inorganic compound, wherein the transflective layer is coated on the polymer film and a reflectance of the transflective film is from about 10% to about 95%. When an absorption-type polarizer is laminated to the polymer film side of the transflective film, a transflective polarizer is provided. When a reflection-type polarizer is laminated to the transflective layer side of the transflective film, a transflective polarizer used in a system improving luminance is provided. Using these transflective polarizers, a polarizing light source device and a transflective liquid crystal display device are provided.

Abstract: A polarizer is provided which comprises a reflection type polarizer and a dichroic polarizer, each of which is placed so that polarizing transmission axes of the reflection type polarizer and the dichroic polarizer are coincident with each other on the same optical path, wherein the dichroic polarizer has a transmittance [T(AP)(&lgr;)] of about 44% or more and a polarizing coefficient [P(AP)(&lgr;)] of about 50.0% or more or wherein the dichroic polarizer has a luminous correction transmittance [Y(AP)] of about 44% or more and a luminous correction polarizing coefficient [P(AP, y)] of about 50.0% or more.

Abstract: A stapler processing apparatus includes a paper jogging tray 6 for a collated sheet 3, a paper jogging unit 7 for jogging the collated sheet 3 by pressing it on the tray 6 by a presser jogging member 13, a stapler 8 for stapling the collated sheet 3 jogged by the paper jogging unit 7 and a paper discharging unit 9 for discharging the collated sheet 3 stapled by the stapler 6 from the tray 6. In operation, when the stapler 8 staples the collated sheet 3, it is forced to the tray 6 while making an upper driven roller 30b in close contact with a lower drive roller 30a. After stapling by the stapler 8, the paper jogging operation of the paper jogging unit 7 is stopped and the upper driven roller 30b is separated from the lower drive roller 30a to release the collated sheet 3 from it nipped state once. Subsequently, the upper driven roller 30b is brought into close contact with the lower drive roller 30a again and the discharge operation is started.

Abstract: The present invention provides a phase retarder made of a copolymer prepared by polymerizing one non-cyclic olefin monomer (A) selected from ethylene and &agr;-olefin compound having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, one cyclic olefin monomer (B) selected from cyclic olefin compound such as norbornene, and one cyclic vinyl monomer (C) selected from vinyl compound having a cyclic unit made of an aromatic hydrocarbon or an alicyclic hydrocarbon such as styrene or vinylcyclohexane; wherein (1) an amount of the aromatic vinyl monomer is from about 1 to about 20 mol % and a total amount of the non-cyclic olefin monomer (A) and the cyclic olefin monomer (B) is from about 80 to about 99 mol % in case the component (C) is the aromatic vinyl monomer, or (2) an amount of the alicyclic vinyl monomer is from about 80 to about 99 mol % and a total amount of the non-cyclic olefin monomer and the cyclic olefin monomer is from about 1 to about 20 mol % in case the component (C) is the alicyclic vinyl monomer.

Abstract: A stapler processing apparatus includes a paper jogging tray 6 for a collated sheet 3, a paper jogging unit 7 for jogging the collated sheet 3 by pressing it on the tray 6 by a presser jogging member 13, a stapler 8 for stapling the collated sheet 3 jogged by the paper jogging unit 7 and a paper discharging unit 9 for discharging the collated sheet 3 stapled by the stapler 6 from the tray 6. In operation, when the stapler 8 staples the collated sheet 3, it is forced to the tray 6 while making an upper driven roller 30b in close contact with a lower drive roller 30a. After stapling by the stapler 8, the paper jogging operation of the paper jogging unit 7 is stopped and the upper driven roller 30b is separated from the lower drive roller 30a to release the collated sheet 3 from it nipped state once. Subsequently, the upper driven roller 30b is brought into close contact with the lower drive roller 30a again and the discharge operation is started.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective film comprising a polymer film having an in-plane phase retardation value of about 30 nm or less and a transflective layer made of an inorganic compound, wherein the transflective layer is coated on the polymer film and a reflectance of the transflective film is from about 10% to about 95%. When an absorption-type polarizer 23 is laminated to the polymer film 22 side of the transflective film, a transflective polarizer 11 is provided. When a reflection-type polarizer 24 is laminated to the transflective layer 21 side of the transflective film, a transflective polarizer used in a system improving luminance is provided. Using these transflective polarizers, a polarizing light source device and a transflective liquid crystal display device are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a phase retarder made of a copolymer prepared by polymerizing one non-cyclic olefin monomer (A) selected from ethylene and &agr;-olefin compound having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, one cyclic olefin monomer (B) selected from cyclic olefin compound such as norbornene, and one cyclic vinyl monomer (C) selected from vinyl compound having a cyclic unit made of an aromatic hydrocarbon or an alicyclic hydrocarbon such as styrene or vinylcyclohexane; wherein (1) an amount of the aromatic vinyl monomer is from about 1 to about 20 mol % and a total amount of the non-cyclic olefin monomer (A) and the cyclic olefin monomer (B) is from about 80 to about 99 mol % in case the component (C) is the aromatic vinyl monomer, or (2) an amount of the alicyclic vinyl monomer is from about 80 to about 99 mol % and a total amount of the non-cyclic olefin monomer and th cyclic olefin monomer is from about 1 to about 20 mol % in case the component (C) is the alicyclic vinyl monomer.

Abstract: A polarizer is provided which comprises a reflection type polarizer and a dichroic polarizer, each of which is placed so that polarizing transmission axes of the reflection type polarizer and the dichroic polarizer are coincident with each other on the same optical path, wherein the dichroic polarizer has a transmittance [T(AP)(&lgr;)] of about 44% or more and a polarizing coefficient [P(AP)(&lgr;)] of about 50.0% or more or wherein the dichroic polarizer has a luminous correction transmittance [Y(AP)] of about 44% or more and a luminous correction polarizing coefficient [P(AP, y)] of about 50.0% or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective polarizer comprising a dichroic polarizer, a reflective polarizer and a transflector, wherein a transmission axis of the dichroic polarizer and a transmission axis of the reflective polarizer are directed to the same direction, which can give a transflective liquid crystal display having higher transmission brilliance than a conventional transflective liquid crystal display while having reflection brilliance corresponding to the conventional transflective liquid crystal display.

Abstract: This invention provides a circuit board having an electric component which has an electric element smaller than a conventional element. A circuit pattern (5) which includes a pair of contact electrodes (3, 3) is formed on the surface of a board (1) made of an insulating material. A photoresist film (7) is formed on the surface of the board (1). At least one electric element forming hole (9) is formed in the photoresist film (7) by a lithography technology so as to expose at least part of the pair of the contact electrodes (3, 3). The electric element forming hole (9) is filled with an electric element forming paste material to form an electric element (13). A protective film (15) made of a synthetic resin is so formed as to cover the electric element forming hole (9).