Abstract: A discharge unit includes an element substrate having a discharge port which discharges a liquid, an electric wiring substrate having an end surface opposed to the element substrate and a terminal electrically connected to the element substrate, a support member which supports the element substrate and the electric wiring substrate with a support surface, and an adhesive which bonds the electric wiring substrate and the support member, in which the electric wiring substrate further has a protruding portion which is provided having an interval with respect to the support surface and protrudes from the end surface of the electric wiring substrate toward the element substrate, and the protruding portion is provided at a position overlapping the terminal in a direction parallel to the support surface and orthogonal to a protruding direction of the protruding portion.

Abstract: A rotor includes: a resin magnet including a first magnetic flux generating part and a second magnetic flux generating part; and a shaft fixed to the resin magnet. The first magnetic flux generating part has a first orientation. The second magnetic flux generating part has a second orientation different from the first orientation in a radial direction. A peak of magnetic flux density from the first magnetic flux generating part is larger than a peak of magnetic flux density from the second magnetic flux generating part.

Abstract: A rotor includes a resin magnet and a shaft fixed to the resin magnet. The resin magnet includes a first magnetic flux generating part having a first magnetic pole center and a first inter-pole part and a second magnetic flux generating part having a second magnetic pole center and a second inter-pole part. The first inter-pole part and the second inter-pole part are shifted to each other in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing degradation of skin surface lipid-derived RNA, comprising treating a collection medium containing skin surface lipids with an aqueous solution which comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of guanidine hydrochloride and guanidine thiocyanate and in which water or an alcohol aqueous solution is used as a solvent.

Abstract: Provided is data processing of RNA information in order to perform effective normalization in the case of analyzing RNA information obtained from secretion derived from a subject.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional object producing method that includes applying an object forming liquid to powder including a base material and an organic material to form a solidified product, and removing the powder deposited on the solidified product from the solidified product using a powder removal liquid including an organic solvent. The following formulae are satisfied RED of non-forming part<1.20 and RED of forming part>0.55. The forming part is a portion of the powder to which the object forming liquid is applied and RED of the forming part is a distance between HSP of the forming part and HSP of the organic solvent. The non-forming part is a portion of the powder to which the object forming liquid is not applied and RED of the non-forming part is a distance between HSP of the non-forming part and HSP of the organic solvent.

Abstract: Provided is an object producing method including a powder layer forming step of forming a layer of a powder containing sinterable particles, an object forming liquid applying step of applying an object forming liquid to the layer of the powder to form an object forming region, and a sintering inhibiting liquid applying step of applying a sintering inhibiting liquid to the layer of the powder to form a sintering inhibited region in which sintering of the particles is inhibited, and includes a layer laminating step of sequentially repeating these steps to form a laminate. The object forming region and the sintering inhibited region adjoin each other. The sintering inhibiting liquid contains a first resin. The sintering inhibited region contains the first resin or a second resin derived from the first resin. A predicted amount of a residue calculated by a predetermined method is 800 ppm or greater.

Abstract: Provided is a powder material for producing a three-dimensional object including: a base material; a resin; and resin particles, wherein an amount W (mass %) of carbon remaining in the powder material after heating in a vacuum of 10?2 Pa or lower at 450 degrees C. for 2 hours satisfies the following formula: W (mass %)<0.9/M, where M represents the specific gravity of the base material.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object producing method including: forming a powder material layer with a powder material for three-dimensional object formation, where the powder material includes a base material and a resin including a reactive functional group; and applying a curing liquid to the powder material layer to form a cured product, where the curing liquid contains a curing agent capable of forming a covalent bond with the reactive functional group, wherein the curing agent includes an aliphatic compound having two or more isocyanate groups at a molecular terminal thereof.

Abstract: To provide an inhibitor of melanin decomposition, which inhibits decomposition of melanin in keratinocytes to accelerate accumulation of melanin in skin and hair. An inhibitor of melanin decomposition in keratinocytes, comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a plant extract containing berberine or a salt thereof, berberine or a salt thereof, proguanil or a salt thereof and phenformin or a salt thereof, as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Provided is a powder material for producing a three-dimensional object including: a base material; a resin; and resin particles, wherein an amount W (mass %) of carbon remaining in the powder material after heating in a vacuum of 10?2 Pa or lower at 450 degrees C. for 2 hours satisfies the following formula: W (mass %)<0.9/M, where M represents the specific gravity of the base material.

Abstract: Provided is a powder for forming a three-dimensional object, the powder including: a core material; and a sintering additive, wherein the sintering additive is in a state of being at least partially embedded in the core material.

Abstract: To provide an inhibitor of melanin decomposition, which inhibits decomposition of melanin in keratinocytes to accelerate accumulation of melanin in skin and hair. An inhibitor of melanin decomposition in keratinocytes, comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a plant extract containing berberine or a salt thereof, berberine or a salt thereof, proguanil or a salt thereof and phenformin or a salt thereof, as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A transglutaminase activator containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of an extract from Justicia procumbens, an extract from Peristrophe japonica, and a compound represented by Formula (1), as an active ingredient: wherein R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or a group for forming a methylenedioxy group by bonding with R2; R4 and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, or a group for forming a methylenedioxy group by bonding with each other; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a specific sugar residue.

Abstract: A transglutaminase activator containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of an extract from Justicia procumbens, an extract from Peristrophe japonica, and a compound represented by Formula (1), as an active ingredient: wherein R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or a group for forming a methylenedioxy group by bonding with R2; R4 and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, or a group for forming a methylenedioxy group by bonding with each other; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a specific sugar residue.

Abstract: The invention provides a catalyst for catalytically reducing nitrogen oxides in diesel engine exhaust gas by use of unburnt carbon contained in the diesel engine exhaust gas as a reducing agent, the catalyst comprising: (a) an acid zeolite, or (b) an alkali metal- and/or alkaline earth metal-containing zeolite, or (c) a rare earth metal-containing zeolite, or (d) a zeolite containing at least one transition metal selected from Fe, Co, Ni and Cu.

Abstract: The invention provides a catalyst for catalytically reducing nitrogen oxides in diesel engine exhaust gas by use of unburnt carbon contained in the diesel engine exhaust gas as a reducing agent, the catalyst comprising: (a) alumina, or (b) alumina supporting an ion and/or an oxide of at least one transition metal selected from the elements of Period 4 of the Periodic Table, or (c) alumina supporting an aluminate of at least one transition metal selected from the elements of Period 4 of the Periodic Table.

Abstract: The invention provides a catalyst for catalytically reducing nitrogen oxides in diesel engine exhaust gas by use of unburnt carbon contained in the diesel engine exhaust gas as a reducing agent, the catalyst comprising: (a) an acid zeolite, or (b) an alkali metal- and/or alkaline earth metal-containing zeolite, or (c) a rare earth metal-containing zeolite, or (d) a zeolite containing at least one transition metal selected from Fe, Co, Ni and Cu.