Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide a microbial strain with improved productivity of ?-glutamylcysteine, bis-?-glutamylcystine, ?-glutamylcystine, reduced glutathione, and/or oxidized glutathione. Such microbial strain has disruption of [1] a gene encoding ?-glutamyltransferase and [2] a gene encoding phosphoglycerate mutase and enhanced expression of [3] a gene encoding glutamate-cysteine ligase and/or a gene encoding glutathione synthetase or [4] a gene encoding bifunctional glutathione synthetase. This invention also discloses a method for producing the substances mentioned above via culture of the microbial strain.

Abstract: Provided is an electric device made more convenient by being configured such that the temperature of a wide area in each accommodation section can be individually adjustable. In an electric device, a first refrigerant pipe is provided to a right-side member constituting a side surface of a first accommodation chamber, and a second refrigerant pipe is provided to a left-side member constituting a side surface of a second accommodation chamber. The first refrigerant pipe and the second refrigerant pipe are independent of each other. A regulating valve includes: a first regulating valve provided to the first refrigerant pipe, and a second regulating valve provided to the second refrigerant pipe.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical device. In a setting unit, a right-room temperature display unit displays a set temperature or the current temperature of a first housing room. A left-room temperature display unit displays a set temperature or the current temperature of a second housing room. A right-room temperature setting button is an operation unit for a user to switch the set temperature of the first housing room. A left-room temperature setting button is an operation unit for a user switch the set temperature of the second housing room. The set temperature difference between the first and second housing rooms is controlled to be within a prescribed value. When the set temperature of one of the first and second housing rooms is changed so that the set temperature exceeds a prescribed value, a microcomputer automatically changes the other set temperature so that the set temperature difference is within a prescribed value.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head supported by a support body includes: a first head chip; a holder having a holding portion holding the first head chip and a flange portion; and a heater heating the holding portion, in which the holding portion has a heat receiving portion receiving heat from the heater, and a shortest path of heat transferred through the holder from the heat receiving portion to the flange portion is bent or curved at two or more points.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: head chips including a first-head-chip and a second-head-chip; a holder holding the head chips; and a heater along a direction parallel to a nozzle surface. The first-head-chip and the second-head-chip are disposed to be offset from each other in both a first-direction and a second-direction parallel to the nozzle surface and intersecting with each other. When a first-side is one of the four sides of a virtual rectangle circumscribing the aggregate of the head chips and a second-side and a third-side are coupled to both ends of the first-side, the first-head-chip is in contact with the first-side and the third-side and the second-head chip is in contact with the second-side. The heater overlaps the head chips. A first-region surrounded by the first-side, the second-side, the first-head-chip, and the second-head-chip includes a first-outside-part positioned outside the outer edge of the heater.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller controls one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, and a mode determinator determines any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, in which tasks imposed on a driver in the second driving mode are less significant than in the first driving mode and one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle are controlled by the driving controller, the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode, and the driving mode is changed to the first driving mode when an abnormality occurs in a combination switch, combination switch related equipment which is connected between the driving controller and the combination switch via a communication line, or communication which is performed by the combination switch and the driving controller.

Abstract: A cyclic lipopeptide-producing microbial strain improve productivity of a cyclic lipopeptide, such as surfactin, via microbial culture. The cyclic lipopeptide-producing microbial strain, lack at least one of a gene encoding betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (EC:1.2.1.8) or a gene encoding choline dehydrogenase (EC:1.1.1.1), and a method for producing a cyclic lipopeptide comprising culturing such microbial strain are provided.

Abstract: A connector includes terminals and shield members respectively supported in a housing, and protection caps. The terminal is in the form of a flat plate extending in an assembling direction D with a mating connector and has a contact point with a mating terminal of the mating connector on a plate surface of the terminal. The shield member surrounds the terminal to face the terminal in a direction orthogonal to the assembling direction D. The protection cap includes a front covering portion for covering a front end part in the assembling direction D of the terminal and locking claws locked to the shield member, and is fixed to the shield member by locking of the locking claws. The connector 10 is coupled to the mating connector with the protection caps fixed to the shield members and front end parts of the terminals covered by the front covering portions.

Abstract: This invention is intended to improve glutathione productivity by fermentation using microorganisms. This invention relates to a microbial strain capable of overexpression of ?-glutamylcysteine, bis-?-glutamylcystine, ?-glutamylcystine, reduced glutathione, and/or oxidized glutathione in which the expression level of a gene encoding serine-O-acetyltransferase (EC:2.3.1.30) is enhanced and a method involving the use of such microbial strain.

Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide an antithrombotic cell adhesion sheet having excellent antithrombotic properties and cell adhesion properties. In addition, a second object of the present invention is to provide a medical device with a sheet using the antithrombotic cell adhesion sheet. The antithrombotic cell adhesion sheet of the present invention is a sheet formed b using a compound represented by General Formula (1). In General Formula (1), R1 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. R2 and R3 each independently represent —CH2CH(RA1)CH2—. p and r represent 1. q represents 0 or 1. m and n each independently represent an integer of 2 to 6. RA1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: Provided is a mutant polyhydroxyalkanoate synthetase having an amino acid sequence which has 85% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and which contains a mutation of substitution of at least one of the amino acids at the 27th to 33rd, 39th, 56th, 106th, 129th, 144th, 165th, 170th and 172nd to 187th positions from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 with another amino acid.

Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone heat dissipating material contains a silicone polymer, a thermally conductive inorganic filler, and a heat resistance improver. The thermally conductive inorganic filler has a BET specific surface area (ABET) of 0.3 m2/g or more and is surface treated with a surface treatment agent expressed by Si(OR?)4 or RxSi(OR?)4?x (where R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, R? represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and x represents an integer of 1 to 2). The content of the thermally conductive inorganic filler is 100 to 10000 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the silicone polymer. The thermally conductive inorganic filler having a large specific surface area and a small average particle size is surface treated with a silane coupling agent with a low molecular weight, so that the heat resistance of the thermally conductive silicone heat dissipating material is improved.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a CMP polishing liquid containing: abrasive grains; and a cationic polymer, in which the cationic polymer has a main chain containing a nitrogen atom and a carbon atom and a hydroxyl group bonded to the carbon atom. The CMP polishing liquid may further contain at least one cyclic compound selected from the group consisting of an amino group-containing aromatic compound and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a polishing method including a step of polishing a material to be polished by using this CMP polishing liquid.

Abstract: A connector is provided with a terminal member including a conductive terminal body in the form of a wide flat plate and a terminal protecting portion mounted on the terminal body, and a housing provided separately from the terminal member and including a terminal holding portion for holding the terminal member. The terminal protecting portion includes a pair of side edge covering portions for partially covering parts of both side surfaces in a front-back direction of the terminal body. The terminal holding portion is provided with a terminal insertion recess through which the terminal member is to be fit. The side edge covering portions are so fit in the terminal insertion recess as to be able to contact the terminal holding portion with the terminal member fit in the terminal insertion recess and assembled with the terminal holding portion.

Abstract: It is aimed to provider a terminal block capable of simplifying parts management. A terminal block 1 includes a busbar assembly 50 having busbars 51, 52 made of metal and a holding portion 53 for holding the busbars 51, 52 with tip parts 51b, 52b and base end parts 51a, 52a of the busbars 51, 52 exposed. The terminal block 1 also includes a housing 10 into which the base end parts 51a, 52a of the busbars 51, 52 are inserted and to which the holding portion 53 is fixed.

Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone composition contains a silicone polymer and a thermally conductive inorganic filler. The ratio X of the BET specific surface area (m2/g) to the average particle size (?m) of the thermally conductive inorganic filler is 0.1 or more. The thermally conductive inorganic filler is surface treated with a first surface treatment agent and further surface treated with a second surface treatment agent. The first surface treatment agent contains an organic silane compound represented by R11SiR12x(OR13)3-x (where R11 is, e.g., a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, R12 is, e.g., a methyl group, and R13 is, e.g., a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms). The second surface treatment agent contains a silicone polymer that has a kinematic viscosity of 1000 mm2/s or less and does not have a hydrolyzable group.

Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone composition contains a silicone polymer and a thermally conductive inorganic filler. The thermally conductive inorganic filler is surface treated with a first surface treatment agent and further surface treated with a second surface treatment agent. The first surface treatment agent contains an organic silane compound represented by R11SiR12x(OR13)3-x (where R11 is, e.g., a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group having an alkoxysilyl group, R12 is, e.g., a methyl group, and R13 is, e.g., a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms). The second surface treatment agent contains a silicone polymer that has a kinematic viscosity of 10 to 1000 mm2/s and does not have a hydrolyzable group.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method for producing peptides such as glutathione and a microorganism that can be used for such method. One or more embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure concern a method for producing peptides such as glutathione comprising culturing a prokaryotic microbial strain in which the expression levels of one or more genes selected from among the gshA gene, the gshB gene, and the gshF gene are enhanced, compared with the expression levels thereof in the wild-type strain thereof in a medium in which the total concentration of cysteine and cystine is 0.5 g/l or lower. The second aspect of the present disclosure concerns a microorganism comprising disruptions of the ?-glutamyltransferase gene and the glutathione reductase gene and exhibiting the enhanced expression levels of the gshA gene and the gshB or gshF gene.

Abstract: A polishing liquid containing: abrasive grains containing a metal oxide; at least one hydroxy acid compound selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy acid having a structure represented by General Formula (A1) below and a salt thereof; and water: [In the formula, R11 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, R12 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, n11 represents an integer of 0 or more, and n12 represents an integer of 0 or more; however, a case where both of R11 and R12 are a hydrogen atom is excluded.

Abstract: A plate terminal 10 disclosed by this specification is provided with a plate-like body portion 12 made of metal and long in a front-rear direction, and a plate-like mounting portion 16 connected to the body portion 12 and projecting forward from a front end surface 14 of the body portion 12, a separate insulating member 18 being mounted on the mounting portion 16. The insulating member 18 is located forward of the front end surface 14 of the body portion 12 and covers at least parts of a front end surface 28 of the mounting portion 16 and the front end surface 14 of the body portion 12.