Abstract: In a control device 1 for a clutch unit 20 for transmitting rotation of a crankshaft 18 of an engine 100 to a water pump 2 for circulating cooling water within the engine 100, it is determined that whether engagement or disengagement of the clutch unit 20 when a request to start the engine 100 is made, and the clutch unit 20 is caused to be in an engagement state based on a determination result before cranking of the engine 100 starts.

Abstract: When there is an extremely low ambient temperature, an electronic control unit controls operation of a circulation path for coolant water in such a manner that, after starting of an engine, the coolant water is supplied from the engine first to a throttle valve and an EGR valve and then to an oil warmer for a transmission. This solves a failure problem in the throttle valve and the EGR valve caused by frost formation at an early stage. As a result, desired operating performance of the vehicle is quickly ensured and heat management in the vehicle is carried out in a desired manner when there is an extremely low ambient temperature.

Abstract: A Rankine cycle system includes: a superheater, an expander including a first outlet discharging steam and a second outlet discharging liquid refrigerant produced therein; a first discharge path discharging the steam from the expander; a condenser condensing the steam introduced through the first discharge path into liquid refrigerant, a condensed water tank reserving the liquid refrigerant produced in the condenser; and a second discharge path discharging the liquid refrigerant from the expander to the condensed water tank, wherein a liquid level in the condensed water tank satisfies a following relation: ?h>?Pto/?g, when ?h means a height difference between the liquid level and a lowest liquid level in the second discharge path, ?Pto means a pressure loss when the steam flows into the condenser from the expander through the first discharge path, ? means a density of the liquid refrigerant, and g means a gravitational acceleration.

Abstract: In a control device 1 for a clutch unit 20 for transmitting rotation of a crankshaft 18 of an engine 100 to a water pump 2 for circulating cooling water within the engine 100, it is determined that whether engagement or disengagement of the clutch unit 20 when a request to start the engine 100 is made, and the clutch unit 20 is caused to be in an engagement state based on a determination result before cranking of the engine 100 starts.

Abstract: When there is an extremely low ambient temperature, an electronic control unit controls operation of a circulation path for coolant water in such a manner that, after starting of an engine, the coolant water is supplied from the engine first to a throttle valve and an EGR valve and then to an oil warmer for a transmission. This solves a failure problem in the throttle valve and the EGR valve caused by frost formation at an early stage. As a result, desired operating performance of the vehicle is quickly ensured and heat management in the vehicle is carried out in a desired manner when there is an extremely low ambient temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed are, for example, a process for producing a tricarboxylic acid tris(alkyl-substituted cyclohexylamide), the process comprising subjecting a tricarboxylic acid and an alkyl-substituted cyclohexylamine to an amidation reaction, either (a) in the presence of a boric acid compound and a phenol compound or (b) in the presence of a boric acid ester obtained by the dehydration condensation of a boric acid compound and a phenol compound, and optionally purifying the resulting crude reaction product.

Abstract: Disclosed are a composition for controlling the crystallization rate of a polyolefin-based resin, the composition comprising (A) an amide-based compound which is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclohexylamide of 1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid or 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid and (B) a fatty acid metal salt, wherein the component (A):component (B) weight ratio is from 100:0 to 30:70; a method for controlling the crystallization rate of a polyolefin-based resin, comprising incorporating the composition into the polyolefin-based resin to obtain a polyolefin-based resin composition and molding the resin composition; molded products obtained by the method; and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are a mixture of at least two amide-based compounds represented by General Formula (1): wherein a represents an integer of 2 to 6, R1 represents a C2-30 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic polycarboxylic acid residue, and the aliphatic polycarboxylic acid has a valency of 2 to 6, and two to six R2 groups are the same or different, and each represent a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue or a cis-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue, the mixture having a content of a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue of at least 70 mole % but less than 100 mole % of the total 2-alkylcyclohexylamine residues in the mixture, or an all-trans amide-based compound wherein all of the 2 to 6 R2 groups represent a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue; a polyolefin resin nucleating agent comprising the mixture or the all-trans amide-based compound; a polyolefin resin composition containing the amide-based compound or the mixture; a molded article obtainable by molding the composition.

Abstract: A novel artificial nucleic acid base pair which is obtained by forming a selective base pair by introducing a group having steric hindrance (preferably a group having steric hindrance and static repulsion and a stacking effect) and can be recognized by a polymerase such as DNA polymerase; a novel artificial gene; and a method of designing nucleic acid bases so as to form a selective base pair with the use of steric hindrance, static repulsion and stacking effect at the base moiety of the nucleic acid. An artificial nucleic acid comprising these bases; a process for producing the same; a codon containing the same; a nucleic acid molecule containing the same; a process for producing a non-natural gene by using the same; a process for producing a novel protein by using the above nucleic acid molecule or non-natural gene, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyolefin-based resin composition comprising 100 weight parts of a polyolefin-based resin, 0.01 to 1 weight part of a specific amide-based component (A), 0.005 to 1 weight part of at least one inorganic compound (B) selected from the group consisting of hydrotalcite, calcined hydrotalcite, talc, alkali aluminum double hydroxides, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, calcium carbonate and calcium oxide. The present invention also provides polyolefin-based rein molded articles with excellent crystallinity, rigidity and transparency; etc.

Abstract: A novel artificial nucleic acid base pair which is obtained by forming a selective base pair by introducing a group having steric hindrance (preferably a group having steric hindrance and static repulsion and a stacking effect) and can be recognized by a polymerase such as DNA polymerase; a novel artificial gene; and a method of designing nucleic acid bases so as to form a selective base pair with the use of steric hindrance, static repulsion and stacking effect at the base moiety of the nucleic acid. An artificial nucleic acid comprising these bases; a process for producing the same; a codon containing the same; a nucleic acid molecule containing the same; a process for producing a non-natural gene by using the same; a process for producing a novel protein by using the above nucleic acid molecule or non-natural gene, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are, for example, a process for producing a tricarboxylic acid tris(alkyl-substituted cyclohexylamide), the process comprising subjecting a tricarboxylic acid and an alkyl-substituted cyclohexylamine to an amidation reaction, either (a) in the presence of a boric acid compound and a phenol compound or (b) in the presence of a boric acid ester obtained by the dehydration condensation of a boric acid compound and a phenol compound, and optionally purifying the resulting crude reaction product.

Abstract: Disclosed are a composition for controlling the crystallization rate of a polyolefin-based resin, the composition comprising (A) an amide-based compound which is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclohexylamide of 1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid or 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid and (B) a fatty acid metal salt, wherein the component (A):component (B) weight ratio is from 100:0 to 30:70; a method for controlling the crystallization rate of a polyolefin-based resin, comprising incorporating the composition into the polyolefin-based resin to obtain a polyolefin-based resin composition and molding the resin composition; molded products obtained by the method; and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are a mixture of at least two amide-based compounds represented by General Formula (1): wherein a represents an integer of 2 to 6, R1 represents a C2-30 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic polycarboxylic acid residue, and the aliphatic polycarboxylic acid has a valency of 2 to 6, and two to six R2 groups are the same or different, and each represent a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue or a cis-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue, the mixture having a content of a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue of at least 70 mole % but less than 100 mole % of the total 2-alkylcyclohexylamine residues in the mixture, or an all-trans amide-based compound wherein all of the 2 to 6 R2 groups represent a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue; a polyolefin resin nucleating agent comprising the mixture or the all-trans amide-based compound; a polyolefin resin composition containing the amide-based compound or the mixture; a molded article obtainable by molding the composition.

Abstract: A novel artificial nucleic acid base pair which is obtained by forming a selective base pair by introducing a group having steric hindrance (preferably a group having steric hindrance and static repulsion and a stacking effect) and can be recognized by a polymerase such as DNA polymerase; a novel artificial gene; and a method of designing nucleic acid bases so as to form a selective base pair with the use of steric hindrance, static repulsion and stacking effect at the base moity of the nucleic acid. An artificial nucleic acid comprising these bases; a process for producing the same; a codon containing the same; a nucleic acid molecule containing the same; a process for producing a non-natural gene by using the same; a process for producing a novel protein by using the above nucleic acid molecule or non-natural gene, and the like.

Abstract: A novel artificial nucleic acid base pair which is obtained by forming a selective base pair by introducing a group having steric hindrance (preferably a group having steric hindrance and static repulsion and a stacking effect) and can be recognized by a polymerase such as DNA polymerase; a novel artificial gene; and a method of designing nucleic acid bases so as to form a selective base pair with the use of steric hindrance, static repulsion and stacking effect at the base moiety of the nucleic acid. An artificial nucleic acid comprising these bases; a process for producing the same; a codon containing the same; a nucleic acid molecule containing the same; a process for producing a non-natural gene by using the same; a process for producing a novel protein by using the above nucleic acid molecule or non-natural gene, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are an agent for suppressing transfer of odor and taste originating from a diacetal such as dibenzylidene sorbitol, comprising (B) an aliphatic alcohol or an aliphatic carboxylic acid containing at least one hydroxyl group, or comprising component (B) and (C) at least one member selected from the group consisting of specific sulfuric ester salts, saturated or unsaturated fatty acid alkali metal salts and aliphatic amines; a diacetal composition comprising the suppressing agent and the diacetal; a resin composition and a molded product comprising the diacetal composition and a polyolefin resin; and a method for suppressing transfer of odor and taste originating from the diacetal, or a method for suppressing aldehyde generation by thermal decomposition of the diacetal, comprising using the suppressing agent.

Abstract: Disclosed are a granular or powdery diacetal composition comprising (A) a diacetal such as 1,3:2,4-O-dibenzylidene-D-sorbitol, (B) a sulfuric ester salt and (C) an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, components (B) and (C) being uniformly dispersed in the particles of the granular or powdery diacetal composition, and component (B) being present in a proportion of 0.1 to 3 wt % and component (C) being present in a proportion of 0.3 to 5 wt %, and the total amount of component (B) and component (C) being not more than 7 wt %, based on the diacetal composition; a polyolefin resin composition comprising the diacetal composition and a polyolefin resin; a process for preparing the resin composition; and a molding prepared by molding the polyolefin resin composition.

Abstract: A multilayer non woven fabric having a polypropylene spun bonded non woven fabric and a polypropylene melt blown non woven fabric, characterized in that it has a bending resistance, the sum of the values for longitudinal and transverse directions as measured according to JIS L 1096 6. 19.1 A method (45 degree cantilever method) of 70 to 120 mm, the surface of the spun bonded non woven fabric has a static friction coefficient of 0.1 to 0.4. The multilayer non woven fabric preferably has a polypropylene melt brown non woven fabric layer between polypropylene spun bonded non woven fabric layers.

Abstract: A nonwoven-fabric laminate which comprises a spunbonded nonwoven polyolefin resin fabric having an average fiber diameter of 5 to 60 &mgr;m and superposed thereon a permeable water-proofing material (a melt-blown nonwoven-fabric, microporous resin film, etc.) and in which the spunbonded nonwoven-fabric side has a coefficient of static friction of 0.1 to 0.4.