Abstract: A water repellent composition containing: (A) water repellent particles in which the number of surface alkyl groups on the water repellent particles is 600×1018-50,000×1018 per 1 g of water repellent particles; (B) a water-repellent resin which is a polymer having a long-chain C7-40 hydrocarbon group; and (C) a liquid medium. The water-repellent particles preferably have an average primary particle size of 1-100 nm. Also disclosed is a method for treating a fiber using the water repellent composition, a method for producing a treated textile product, a film formed from the water repellent composition, and a textile product treated with a treatment liquid containing the water-repellent composition.

Abstract: Space purification device according to the present disclosure includes hypochlorous acid water generator, mixing bath, hypochlorous acid water supply unit, water supply unit, humidifying purification unit, and control unit. Control unit is configured to, after a humidifying purification operation using the mixture water has finished, perform a first washing operation of causing water supply unit to supply water to electrolytic bath and of causing hypochlorous acid water supply unit to supply water stored in electrolytic bath to mixing bath, without performing the electrolyzing.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing epoxy resin for an electronic component represented by the following formula (E) wherein n is an integer of 0 or greater, an average value of n is 0.18 or smaller, and M is a group represented by the following formula (E1), a group represented by the following formula (E2), or a group represented by the following formula (E3) wherein Z is hydrogen or a C2-C10 fluoroalkyl group. The formula (E) being: the formula (E1) being: the formula (E2) being: the formula (E3) being: Also disclosed is a method for producing the fluorine-containing epoxy resin as well as a curable composition containing the fluorine-containing epoxy resin and a curing agent.

Abstract: A method for producing a protein encoded by a target gene, comprising the step of expressing the target gene in a bacterium of the genus Burkholderia, wherein the bacterium lacks one or more genes selected from the group consisting of BSFP_068740, BSFP_068730, and BSFP_068720, or has inhibited expression of the genes or proteins encoded by the genes.

Abstract: Space cleaning device includes: hypochlorous acid water generator; mixing bath storing a mixture of the hypochlorous acid water and water; hypochlorous acid water supply unit; water supply unit; water level sensor detecting a water level of the water mixture; humidifying purifier micronizing the water mixture and releases the water mixture micronized into air; and control unit controlling operations of hypochlorous acid water supply unit and water supply unit. Control unit is configured, after supplying the hypochlorous acid water and the water to fill mixing bath with the water mixture, controls an operation of hypochlorous acid water supply unit to supply a predetermined amount of the hypochlorous acid water to mixing bath once in every predetermined time period, and controls an operation of water supply unit to supply the water to mixing bath based on information related to the water level of the water mixture received from water level sensor.

Abstract: A stator for a rotating electric machine includes a stator core and a stator coil. The stator core is formed of a band-shaped steel sheet that is helically bent and laminated. The stator core has slots each opening at an inner periphery of the stator core and spaced from one another in a circumferential direction. The stator coil is formed of electrical conductor segments that are inserted in the slots of the stator core and connected with one another. The band-shaped steel sheet has slits each of which is formed, at a position corresponding to one of the slots, to be open to the corresponding slot. Each of the electrical conductor segments is substantially U-shaped and has a pair of leg portions respectively inserted in corresponding two of the slots of the stator core; the corresponding two slots are circumferentially apart from each other by two or more slot-pitches.

Abstract: A surface treatment agent which is a water-repellent agent, includes (1) a fluorine-free block copolymer, and (2) a liquid medium which is an organic solvent, water, or a mixture of water and an organic solvent. The non-fluorinated block copolymer includes at least one block segment (A) which includes a repeating unit formed from one or more types of acrylic monomer having a long-chain hydrocarbon group containing 12-40 carbon atoms. The non-fluorinated block copolymer preferably contains a segment (B) constituted by at least one of: (B1) a block segment including a repeating unit, different from that of segment (A), that is formed from an acrylic monomer having a long-chain hydrocarbon group including 12-40 carbon atoms; (B2) a block segment including a repeating unit formed from an acrylic monomer not having a long-chain hydrocarbon group; and (B3) a random segment formed from at least two types of acrylic monomers.

Abstract: Provided is a burner of double tube structure including an outer tube and an inner tube. The inner tube includes a tip-side support portion fixed on the outer tube, a base-side support portion fixed on the outer tube, a main body portion supported by the tip-side support portion, bellows interposed between the main body portion and the base-side support portion, and a bulkhead member attached at a position between the tip-side support portion and the base-side support portion. Between an outer peripheral surface of the bulkhead member and an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube, a second gap smaller than a first gap between an outermost peripheral surface of the bellows and the inner peripheral surface of the outer tube is interposed.

Abstract: An information processing method includes receiving first information indicating a travel plan of a user, acquiring, for each on-demand vehicle service, second information indicating boarding/alighting points and operation status of a vehicle, determining and presenting, based on the first and second information, a recommended route for transferring bet ween first and second vehicles belonging to first and second on-demand vehicle services, and making a reservation with the first and second on-demand vehicle services in accordance with the recommended route.

Abstract: A first MISFET is formed on a semiconductor layer of an SOI substrate in a circuit region and a second MISFET composing a TEG for VC inspection is formed on the semiconductor layer of the SOI substrate in a TEG region. An interlayer insulating film is formed, contact holes are formed in the interlayer insulating film, and plugs are formed in the contact holes, respectively. In the TEG region, the plugs include a plug electrically connected to both the semiconductor substrate composing the SOI substrate and the semiconductor layer composing the SOI substrate.

Abstract: An operation device of a work vehicle includes a position lever to set a height of a work device, a sensitivity adjustment lever to adjust an up/down sensitivity of the work device, and an up/down lever to selectively change a working state and a non-working state, the working state being a state in which the work device is positioned at the height set by the position lever, the non-working state being a state in which the work device is positioned above the set height. The up/down lever is located rearward of the position lever and the sensitivity adjustment lever.

Abstract: An inspection support system for a construction machine including a camera 416 and a display (monitor) 414 and acquiring image data of the construction machine provided in an inspection report includes a guidance display section 432 that displays a guidance image on the display 414, the guidance image showing a composition of a photographing object photographed as the image data, a photographing section 450 that acquires a photographic subject image photographed by the camera 416 as image data, and a transmitting section that transmits the image data acquired to a management server 300 that manages the inspection report.

Abstract: A method for producing a paper, which includes applying at least one of ionizing radiation and plasma to at least one of a paper base and a compound (A) selected from: a compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and containing no fluorine atom in a molecular structure, and a compound containing no fluorine atom in a molecular structure in which radicals are generated by irradiation of an electron beam to the compound, to introduce a layer formed from the compound (A) on a surface of the paper base.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing compound represented by general formula (1) by which high water-repellency can be obtained despite the small number of fluorine atoms: L-(R1—X—Rf—Y—R2)n??(1) wherein L represents an n-valent organic group; n represents an integer of 1 or more; Rf represents a linear or branched fluoroalkylene group containing 1 to 4 of at least any of a CF2 unit, a CFH unit and a CFRf? unit, and optionally having an ether bond, wherein Rf? represents a fluoroalkyl group having 1 carbon atom; R1 represents a direct bond, or a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 7 to 29 carbon atoms, containing no fluorine atoms, and optionally having an ether bond; and X and Y each independently represent a direct bond or a divalent linking group.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a work machine management system that can predict the maintenance timing of a work machine with higher accuracy than conventional techniques. A work machine management system 100 of the present disclosure includes an input/output unit 121 and a processing unit 122. The input/output unit 121 receives from work machines 200 positional information PI and operation information OI on the work machines 200, and also receives from a geographical information system server 300 geological information GI on an area where the work machines 200 are to perform an operation, based on the positional information PI. The processing unit 122 predicts the maintenance timing of each work machine 200 based on the operation information OI and the geological information GI.

Abstract: Semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, an insulating film provided on the semiconductor layer and having an opening formed therein, a gate electrode connected to the semiconductor layer through opening, a protection film covering gate electrode, and a Ni oxide film, wherein the insulating film has a first surface on the semiconductor layer side and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the gate electrode has a third surface facing the second surface and spaced apart from the second surface and a fourth surface connecting the second surface and the third surface. The gate electrode includes a Ni film constituting the third surface and the fourth surface, and the Ni oxide film covers the Ni film on the third surface and the fourth surface. The protection film covers the third surface and the fourth surface by being placed over Ni oxide film.

Abstract: An ion exchanger includes a housing, a tube member, and an ion exchange resin. The housing includes an inlet port and an outlet port. The tube member is arranged inside the housing. The ion exchange resin is arranged between the tube member and the housing. A first flow passage and a second flow passage are formed in the housing. The first flow passage is configured to cause the coolant that has flowed in through the inlet port to flow directly to the outlet port. The second flow passage is configured to cause the coolant that has flowed in through the inlet port and passed through the ion exchange resin to flow to the outlet port. The first flow passage and the second flow passage are formed to join together in a state of being oriented in a same direction toward the outlet port.

Abstract: An organic fine particle capable of adhering to a substrate under a state having a particle shape, wherein the organic fine particle, when adhered to a substrate, exhibits water-repellency on the substrate, and the organic fine particle is formed of a fluorine-free polymer. Also disclosed is an organic fine particle containing: (1) a hydrophobic monomer which has one ethylenically unsaturated double bond and at least one hydrocarbon group having 3-40 carbon atoms; or (2) a polymer which has a repeating unit formed from a (meth)acrylic monomer having a polydimethylsiloxane group. Also disclosed is a method for producing the organic fine particle and a water-repellent composition which is an aqueous dispersion of the organic fine particle. Also disclosed is a textile product and method for treating the same which includes applying a treatment liquid containing the water-repellent composition to the textile product.

Abstract: An ion exchanger includes a case and a cartridge. The case has an opening open upward. The cartridge is detachably attached to the case through the opening and includes a circumferential wall, a top wall, a lower opening, and a porous body. The cartridge accommodates an ion exchange resin. The porous body closes the lower opening of the cartridge and allows coolant to pass through while not allowing the ion exchange resin to pass through. A discharge hole that allows air inside the cartridge to be discharged out of the cartridge is formed in at least one of the top wall of the cartridge or a portion of the circumferential wall of the cartridge that is opposed to the inner circumferential surface of the case body.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing epoxy resin for an electronic component represented by the following formula (E) wherein n is an integer of 0 or greater, an average value of n is 0.18 or smaller, and M is a group represented by the following formula (E1), a group represented by the following formula (E2), or a group represented by the following formula (E3) wherein Z is hydrogen or a C2-C10 fluoroalkyl group. The formula (E) being: the formula (E1) being: the formula (E2) being: the formula (E3) being: Also disclosed is a method for producing the fluorine-containing epoxy resin as well as a curable composition containing the fluorine-containing epoxy resin and a curing agent.