Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive used in optical applications. The pressure sensitive adhesive contains a modified cyclodextrin having a degree of modification of more than 2.5 and 3.0 or less. The gel fraction of the pressure sensitive adhesive is 1.0% or more. Such a pressure sensitive adhesive is excellent in the durability even at high temperatures.

Abstract: A document platen on which a document is placed; and a reading sensor having a light source for irradiating the document with light, are provided, and the reading sensor performs first scanning for irradiating the document with light at a first light quantity, and then performs second scanning for irradiating the document with light at a second light quantity greater than the first light quantity.

Abstract: A decorating part is provided near a boundary between a front fender panel and a front door panel. For example, the decorating part is provided at a front end in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the front door panel. The decorating part is a member extending in a vehicle vertical direction. For example, the decorating part has a color darker than the color of the front fender panel and the front door panel.

Abstract: A document platen on which a document is placed; and a reading sensor having a light source for irradiating the document with light, are provided, and the reading sensor performs first scanning for irradiating the document with light at a first light quantity, and then performs second scanning for irradiating the document with light at a second light quantity greater than the first light quantity.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold for a retroreflective element, the mold having plural polygonal faces having a common vertex, the method including the steps of: roughing of a polygonal face in which cutting is carried out such that a predetermined cutting amount in a finishing process is left with respect to a desired shape; and finishing of the polygonal face in which a blade portion is made to move relatively towards the vertex while an angle of relief of the blade portion is kept within 1 degree so as to carry out cutting of the predetermined cutting amount, wherein a depth of cut for each one-time cutting operation is 2 micrometers or smaller, and the movement of the blade portion is a combination of a motion towards the vertex and an oscillation.

Abstract: A denitration device and a denitration method in which denitration is performed efficiently and in a stable manner in a lower-reaction-temperature region without using a catalyst. The denitration device is provided with a combustion chamber, a denitration agent feed means for feeding a denitration agent into the combustion chamber, an exhaust pipe, and an OH-radical-generating substance feed means for feeding an OH radical-generating substance into the exhaust pipe. The denitration agent feed means feeds a denitration agent into the exhaust gas of the combustion chamber to perform a first denitration reaction step, and the OH-radical-generating substance feed means feeds the OH-radical-generating substance into the exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe to perform a second denitration reaction step.

Abstract: To apply a denitration device and a denitration method in which denitration is performed efficiently and in a stable manner in a lower-reaction-temperature region without using a catalyst. The denitration device (100) is provided with a combustion chamber (1), a denitration agent feed means (11) for feeding a denitration agent into the combustion chamber (1), an exhaust pipe (2), and an OH-radical-generating substance feed means (21) for feeding an OH-radical-generating substance into the exhaust pipe (2). The denitration agent feed means (11) feeds a denitration agent into the exhaust gas of the combustion chamber to perform a first denitration reaction step, and the OH-radical-generating substance feed means (21) feeds the OH-radical-generating substance into the exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe (2) to perform a second denitration reaction step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for providing a coating comprising maltitol which can prevent the coating from being chipped without using reinforcement or binder at low cost and at short times. The present invention provides a method for providing a coating for a core material, which comprises: (i) a first coating step which comprises coating the core material with an aqueous solution comprising maltitol and a crystallization inhibitor which inhibits crystallization of maltitol in an amount more than 3% by weight and not more than 6% by weight based on the weight of total solid content of sugar alcohols including maltitol in the solution, (ii) a second coating step which comprises coating the core material which has been coated by the first coating step with a powder maltitol composition, and (iii) a drying step which comprises drying the thus coated core material.

Abstract: A powdery sugar alcohol composition which is useful as a tableting excipient is provided. The composition of the invention consists essentially of a crystalline sugar alcohol and an amorphous sugar alcohol, provided that the composition comprises 2-12 wt % of amorphous sorbitol. By employing the sugar alcohol composition as tableting excipient, pharmaceutical or confectionery tablets with enough hardness can be obtained by direct tableting under relatively low pressures.

Abstract: The present invention provide a method for providing a coating comprising maltitol which can prevent the coating from being chipped without using reinforcement or binder at low cost and at short times. The present invention provides a method for providing a coating for a core material, which comprises: (i) a first coating step which comprises coating the core material with an aqueous solution comprising maltitol and a crystallization inhibitor which inhibits crystallization of maltitol in an amount more than 3% by weight and not more than 6% by weight based on the weight of total solid content of sugar alcohols including maltitol in the solution, (ii) a second coating step which comprises coating the core material which has been coated by the first coating step with a powder maltitol composition, and (iii) a drying step which comprises drying thus coated core material.

Abstract: Disclosed is whipping cream and whipped cream comprising a sugar alcohol composition, wherein the sugar alcohol composition comprises 55-100 wt % of ?-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol on a dry weight basis. The whipped cream of the present invention has a stable foam structure with pleasant taste and texture.

Abstract: Provided is a sugar alcohol composition for the use of stabilizing egg form of aerated liquid egg, comprising 55-100 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol on a dry weight basis. The sugar alcohol composition can aid to provide fairly stable egg foam as well as food product manufactured using aerated liquid egg.

Abstract: A crystalline mixture solid composition comprising &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-mannitol (GPM), &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol (GPS-6) and a small amount of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-sorbitol (GPS-1) and a production process therefor. The above crystalline mixture solid composition is produced by mixing a hydrophilic solvent with a solid composition or aqueous solution comprising 50 to 80 wt % of GPM, 1 to 50 wt % of GPS-6 and 0.01 to 20 wt % of GPS-1, separating solid matter from a liquid, and removing water and the solvent from the solid matter and can be obtained as a thin scale crystal.

Abstract: A crystalline mixture solid composition which has almost no hygroscopicity, is easy to handle and dissolve and hardly worn by abrasion, and comprises &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-mannitol and &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol and may further comprise &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-sorbitol in a certain case is obtained in an extremely short period of time by a power-saving and labor-saving process with a small-scale apparatus. A composition which comprises 20 to 75 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-mannitol, 23 to 70 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol and 2 to 25 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-sorbitol and is in a crystalline mixture solid state or has a specific surface area of 0.07 to 0.1 m2/g, and a composition which comprises 30 to 75 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-l,1-mannitol, 25 to 70 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol and has a specific surface area of 0.07 to 0.1 m2/g.

Abstract: Aerated dough for foam-type baked product such as sponge cake with improved foam-stability is disclosed. The improvement had been achieved by substituting at least 20 wt % of total sweeteners contained in a conventional dough for a baked product with a sugar alcohol composition comprising 55-100 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol and 45-0 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-mannitol and/or &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-sorbitol and a mixture thereof on a dry weight basis.

Abstract: Baked goods products having crispy texture such as cookies and biscuits with improved moisture resistance are disclosed. The improvement can be achieved by substituting a part of or whole sweeteners contained in a dough for a conventional product with the sugar alcohol composition 70-100 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-mannitol, and 30-0 wt % of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol and/or &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-sorbitol. The baked goods product obtained by baking the dough will exhibit an excellent moisture resistance.

Abstract: A crystalline mixture solid composition comprising &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-mannitol (GPM), &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol (GPS-6) and a small amount of &agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-sorbitol (GPS-1) and a production process therefor.

Abstract: A crystalline mixture solid composition which has almost no hygroscopicity, is easy to handle and dissolve and hardly worn by abrasion, and comprises