Abstract: An adhesive composition, including: a reaction product (A) among a bifunctional epoxy resin represented by the formula (2), a tri- or more functional epoxy resin represented by the formula (3), and a saturated acid anhydride represented by the following general formula (4); a UV-sensitive reaction initiator (B); and a dilution solvent (C), wherein the component (A) is a compound represented by the formula (1), a ratio of a total mole of epoxy groups in the multi-functional epoxy resin to a mole of the saturated acid anhydride is 1.30 to 3.00, and a mole of the bifunctional epoxy resin relative to a total mole of the multi-functional epoxy resin is 0.001 to 0.15. This provides a highly reliable epoxy-resin-based adhesive composition and film-shaped sealing material having a low viscosity, curability at low temperature, and high adhesiveness, and retaining power generation performance of a perovskite solar cell before and after sealing.

Abstract: Provided is a steel cord for rubber article reinforcement which has excellent corrosion resistance and productivity without deterioration of adhesion with rubber. A steel cord (1) for rubber article reinforcement, in which plural steel filaments (2) are twisted together, includes: a core having at least one core filament (2c); and a sheath having at least one sheath layer formed by twisting at least one sheath filament (2s) around the core. In this steel cord (1), brass plating is performed on the steel filaments (2) and zinc plating is further performed on the outer circumference of the brass plating of the core filament (2c), and the steel filaments (2) have a diameter d of 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm.

Abstract: A cord for reinforcing elastomers excellent in adhesion to elastomers such as rubber is provided. The cord is a cord for reinforcing elastomers (10) that includes metallic filaments (1) and a resin filament (2) twisted together, the resin filament (2) being made from a polymeric material having a melting point or softening point of 80 to 160° C.

Abstract: Provided is an elastomer reinforcement cord with improved rust resistance. An elastomer reinforcement cord 10 includes metal filaments and a polymer material. The elastomer reinforcement cord 10 has a multi-strand structure which includes: at least one core strand 21 formed by twisting plural metal filaments 1a and 1b together; and two or more sheath strands 22 each formed by twisting plural metal filaments 11a and 11b together, the sheath strands being twisted together around the core strand. An intra-sheath-strand filling rate a, which is a ratio of the area of the polymer material with respect to an intra-sheath-strand gap region A, is 52% or higher, and an inter-strand filling rate b, which is a ratio of the area of the polymer material with respect to an inter-strand gap region B, is 75% or higher.

Abstract: Provided is a steel cord for rubber article reinforcement which has excellent corrosion resistance and productivity without deterioration of adhesion with rubber. A steel cord (1) for rubber article reinforcement, in which plural steel filaments (2) are twisted together, includes: a core having at least one core filament (2c); and a sheath having at least one sheath layer formed by twisting at least one sheath filament (2s) around the core. In this steel cord (1), brass plating is performed on the steel filaments (2) and zinc plating is further performed on the outer circumference of the brass plating of the core filament (2c), and the steel filaments (2) have a diameter d of 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm.

Abstract: Provided is an elastomer reinforcement cord which takes advantage of characteristics of a composite cord using steel filaments and a resin filament and in which a diameter (a geometrically calculated value) of the cord including only the steel filaments without resin, as calculated from a wire diameter of the steel filaments used, is substantially the same as an actual cord diameter after vulcanization. In an elastomer reinforcement cord 10 including a core and at least one sheath layer, in which metal filaments 2 and 3 and a resin filament 1 are twisted together, gaps between the metal filaments are filled with resin. The diameter of the cord is from 98 to 100.5% of the geometrically calculated value of the diameter of the cord including only the metal filaments, and a total length of gaps between the metal filaments forming an outermost sheath layer before vulcanization is 85% or less of the geometrically calculated value.

Abstract: A cord for reinforcing elastomers excellent in adhesion to elastomers such as rubber is provided. The cord is a cord for reinforcing elastomers (10) that includes metallic filaments (1) and a resin filament (2) twisted together, the resin filament (2) being made from a polymeric material having a melting point or softening point of 80 to 160° C.

Abstract: A method to identify target genes or proteins for regulating melanogenesis or pigmentation and to screen for compounds for manipulation of melanogenesis or pigmentation, the method of screening for candidate compounds for regulating melanogenesis or pigmentation, includes bringing test compounds into contact with cells capable of expressing mortalin and/or Hsp60 in vitro, and selecting, from among the test compounds, a compound that changes the expression level of mortalin and/or Hsp60.

Abstract: A vehicle floor brace has a tubular body formed by rounding a sheet metal material, and a pair of attachment portions made of the sheet metal material and formed integrally with the tubular body at both ends in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, and the vehicle floor brace is fixedly attached to an underside of a floor panel of a vehicle via the attachment portions to reinforce the floor panel, each of the attachment portions being configured to include a flat portion having an attachment surface to be attached to the floor panel, and a pair of reinforcing flanges formed by bending both side portions of the flat portion at right angles so that the side portions extend downward to an opposite side from the attachment surface and so that the attachment portion has a dish-shaped section.

Abstract: A vehicle floor brace has a tubular body formed by rounding a sheet metal material, and a pair of attachment portions made of the sheet metal material and formed integrally with the tubular body at both ends in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, and the vehicle floor brace is fixedly attached to an underside of a floor panel of a vehicle via the attachment portions to reinforce the floor panel, each of the attachment portions being configured to include a flat portion having an attachment surface to be attached to the floor panel, and a pair of reinforcing flanges formed by bending both side portions of the flat portion at right angles so that the side portions extend downward to an opposite side from the attachment surface and so that the attachment portion has a dish-shaped section.

Abstract: A method to identify target genes or proteins for regulating melanogenesis or pigmentation and to screen for compounds for manipulation of melanogenesis or pigmentation, the method of screening for candidate compounds for regulating melanogenesis or pigmentation, includes bringing test compounds into contact with cells capable of expressing mortalin and/or Hsp60 in vitro, and selecting, from among the test compounds, a compound that changes the expression level of mortalin and/or Hsp60.

Abstract: A tow hook support device for a vehicle, includes a vehicle structural member having a tubular shaped sidewall, and integrally provided to a vehicle body in a posture such that an axial direction of the tubular shaped sidewall coincides with a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a nut member integrally fixed to a tip of the vehicle structural member so as to be extended parallel to the axial direction of the tubular shaped sidewall, to which a tow hook is screwed and detachably fitted, the tow hook support device comprises, multiple grooves formed in the tubular shaped sidewall of the vehicle structural member so as to be positioned around an axis O of the tubular shaped sidewall and extended in the axial direction, by bending portions of the sidewall, and the nut member being arranged at a position in the tubular shaped sidewall and further inward than the multiple grooves so as to be coaxial with the axis O or extended parallel to the axis O, and being integrally fixed to the multiple grooves.

Abstract: The image capture device includes defect information storage unit in which defective pixel data is stored in advance; signal conversion unit adapted to covert pixel values of an image signal output from image capture unit to pixel values from which defective values are excluded; a defective pixel establishing unit, an image signal storage unit for storing defective values in terms of frame units chronologically and in order of address; and second comparison unit. The first comparison unit acquires defective pixel data in frame units in several increments from the defect information storage unit and compares the data with the image signal; once all of the defective pixel data has been acquired and compared, comparison of the image signal data and the defective pixel data will stop, and a comparison process will be carried out by the second comparison unit.

Abstract: A tow hook support device for a vehicle, includes a vehicle structural member having a tubular shaped sidewall, and integrally provided to a vehicle body in a posture such that an axial direction of the tubular shaped sidewall coincides with a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a nut member integrally fixed to a tip of the vehicle structural member so as to be extended parallel to the axial direction of the tubular shaped sidewall, to which a tow hook is screwed and detachably fitted, the tow hook support device comprises, multiple grooves formed in the tubular shaped sidewall of the vehicle structural member so as to be positioned around an axis O of the tubular shaped sidewall and extended in the axial direction, by bending portions of the sidewall, and the nut member being arranged at a position in the tubular shaped sidewall and further inward than the multiple grooves so as to be coaxial with the axis O or extended parallel to the axis O, and being integrally fixed to the multiple grooves.

Abstract: The image capture device includes defect information storage unit in which defective pixel data is stored in advance; signal conversion unit adapted to covert pixel values of an image signal output from image capture unit to pixel values from which defective values are excluded; a defective pixel establishing unit, an image signal storage unit for storing defective values in terms of frame units chronologically and in order of address; and second comparison unit. The first comparison unit acquires defective pixel data in frame units in several increments from the defect information storage unit and compares the data with the image signal; once all of the defective pixel data has been acquired and compared, comparison of the image signal data and the defective pixel data will stop, and a comparison process will be carried out by the second comparison unit.

Abstract: Counting of data, namely calculation of collecting rate for respective users or kinds in a collecting center which collects various kinds of used office supplies is extremely complex and troublesome. For this reason, a client who requests collecting accesses a collecting system and requests collecting of the used office supplies. The collecting system stores collecting data of the kind and quantity of the used office supplies to be collected associated with users in a memory and transmits a collecting code corresponding to the collecting data to the client. The client generates a collecting slip including the collecting code received and dispatches the used office supplies with the collecting slip attached to the collecting center. The collecting center reads out the collecting code recorded on the collecting slip attached to the used office supplies dispatched and calculates the collecting rate for respective users and used office supplies based on the collecting code.