Abstract: In the multi colored thermally sensitive recording medium, at least one kind of dye precursor is contained in complex fine particles which contain dye precursor and polymer of multi valence isocyanate compound, further contain 4,4?-diisocyanate-3,3?-dimethyl-1,1?biphenyl and/or polymethylene.polyphenyl.polyisocyanate.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for determining a custom fit stance for the user of a board-type conveyance such as a snowboard, wake board, or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a powdery coating material by using: a curable polyester resin (A) having a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxyl group at the terminals thereof, and further having a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 30,000, a glass transition temperature of from 30 to 100° C.; a curing agent (B) which is solid at normal temperature and is capable of being reacted with the hydroxyl group or the carboxyl group of the curable polyester resin (A); and a solvent (C) having a boiling point under normal pressure of from 50 to 130° C.; and comprising a step of kneading the curable polyester resin (A), the curing agent (B) and the solvent (C) under condition in which at 50 to 130° C., not less than 20% by weight of the curing agent (B) is dissolved in the solvent and, then, vapor-removing the solvent (C) under a reduced pressure.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a foam-molded article by molding between molds a parison with a foam layer formed by extruding an expandable molten resin composition, obtained by melt-kneading a polyethylene resin and a physical foaming agent, to an area of low pressure from a die, wherein the polyethylene resin is selected from those having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 25 g/10 minutes and a melt tension of not less than 1.5 cN, and wherein the apparent density of the foam layer in the foam-molded article is about 0.04 to 0.3 g/cm3.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions blended in hair treating agents which can prepare a hair conditioner, a coloring agent, a waving agent, a finishing agent, a feeling improving agent, a perfume dispersing agent, a refreshner or a thickning agent easily and by lower price, further provides a hair treating agent which is excellent in hair treating feature, such as moist feel, slippery feel, wetting feeling, smooth feel, soft feel, slightly oily feel, rustle feeling, luster, supple, no stickiness, smooth combing, setting ability by containing alcohols.

Abstract: A process for preparing 5,5?-bi-1H-tetrazolediammonium salts (BHT.2NH3) maintaining a high yield through oxaldiimidic acid dihydrazide (OAH) from the starting materials which are cheaply available and are easy to handle. The 5,5?-bi-1H-tetrazolediammonium salts (BHT.2NH3) are prepared by dissolving the oxaldiimidic acid dihydrazide (OAH) obtained by the reaction of hydrated hydrazide with dicyan in an aqueous solution of a weakly acidic compound such as acetic acid, dropwisely adding an aqueous solution of sodium nitrite thereto to form an azide thereof and to effect the cyclization reaction by heating, adding an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide to the reaction product to convert it into a 5,5?-bi-1H-tetrazoledisodium salt (BHT.2Na), reacting it with an aqueous solution of ammonium chloride, and recovering the formed ammonium salt as sparingly soluble crystals.

Abstract: A crystalline rare-earth oxide or sulfide which has an average particle diameter of 10 nm or less and in which the rare-earth element has a low valance, in particular, crystalline EuO or EuS of nano size. The rare-earth oxide or sulfide is produced by irradiating an inorganic acid salt or organic acid salt of a rare-earth element having a high valence with a light in the range of from UV to visible light in the presence of: a compound which, upon irradiation with the light in the range of from UV to visible light induces a photooxidation-reduction reaction and simultaneously converts the rare-earth ions having a high valence into ions having a low valence; and a cholagen source compound which immediately reacts with the low valence ions to form a cholagen compound.

Abstract: A mask comprising a mask main body and a face seal, wherein the outer periphery part of the main body and the outer periphery part of the face seal are adhered, said face seal is composed of a sheet prepared by laminating soft resin such as polyurethane resin on one surface of elastic fabric made of nylon or polyester fibers, and said laminated sheet is cut off to have a modified ring shape.

Abstract: A photopolymerization initiator comprising (A) an ?-diketone compound such as camphorquinone, (B1) an aliphatic amine compound such as triethanolamine or N-methyldiethanolamine, (B2) an aromatic amine compound such as ethyl p-dimethylaminobenzoate or N,N-dimethyl p-toluidine, and (C) a triazine compound substituted with a trihalomethyl group, such as 2,4,6-tris(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine or 2-phenyl-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine. The photopolymerization initiator remains stable against the environmental light such as the indoor illumination light from a fluorescent lamp or the dental light illuminating the interior of the oral cavity, is excellently handled, is quickly cured by the irradiation with an intense light emitted from a light irradiator for polymerization, provides a cured body having excellent properties, can be stably preserved even at high temperatures, and is very useful as a dental composite resin.

Abstract: The present invention is the thermally sensitive recording medium comprising a thermally sensitive color developing layer containing colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and a color developing agent as a main components on a substrate, wherein said thermally sensitive recording layer contains acrylic emulsion and colloidal silica, further contains at least one kind of diphenylsulfone bridgeable compound represented by general formula A as the color developing agent, wherein, X and Y can be different or same and indicates a saturated or an unsaturated liner or grafted hydrocarbon group of carbon number 1–12 which can possess an ether bond, or indicate, wherein, R indicates a methylene group or an ethylene group, T indicates a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of carbon number 1–4, and R1–R6 independently indicate a halogen-atom, an alkyl group of carbon number 1–6, or an alkenyl group, further, m, n, p, q, r, t indicate an integer number of 0–4 and when are bigger than 2, R1–R6 can be different, an

Abstract: An aluminum nitride sintered body having an oxygen concentration of not larger than 400 ppm, a metal impurity concentration of not larger than 150 ppm, and a carbon concentration of not larger than 200 ppm, and having an average crystal grain size of 2 ?m to 20 ?m. The sintered body exhibits particularly excellent optical properties such as an inclination of a spectral curve in the wavelength region of 260 to 300 nm of not smaller than 1.0 (%/nm), a light transmission factor of not smaller than 86% in the wavelength region of 400 to 800 nm, and a wavelength of not longer than 400 nm when the light transmission factor reaches 60% in the spectrum.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acrylic syrup containing a vinyl monomer (A) of methyl methacrylate and a polymerized solid component (B) which is a high polymer of said vinyl monomer and has a weight average molecular weight of from 30,000 to 2,000,000 as measured by the GPC and a viscosity at 25° C. of from 0.1 to 50 Pa·s, wherein at least part of said polymerized solid component (B) is a grafted rubber obtained by graft-polymerizing said vinyl monomer with a rubbery polymer, and said grafted rubber has a large branching coefficient. The acrylic resin molded articles obtained from the acrylic syrup exhibit excellent impact resistance.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for blending in hair treating agents which can prepare hair conditioners, waving agents, finishing agents or thickening agents used on preparing hair treating agents easily by lower cost. Further, the present invention provides hair treating agents which are excellent in the features of feeling at actual use such as moist feel, slippery feel, slightly oily feel, good feeling to hair, brilliance, suppleness, soft feel and smooth combing and excellent in the features of hair treating agents such as less damage for hair (protective ability of hair), absorbency•penetration•fixing ability•spreading ability, wetting ability and smooth forming of wave without unevenness and tight and protection for generation of static electricity, by containing cationic surfactants or nonionic surfactants.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a metal oxide.organopolysiloxane hybrid powder, wherein a silicon atom of organopolysiloxane is bonded by covalent bond with a metal atom through an oxygen atom and complicated homogeneously. Titanium and/or zirconium is desirably used as the above mentioned metal atom. Especially, a porous titanium oxide.organopolysiloxane hybrid powder whose specific surface area is larger than 50 m2/g is desirably used. Said hybrid powder can be produced by generating sol by hydrolysis of metal alkoxide, adding reactive organopolysiloxane to said sol to generate hybrid sol solution, then precipitating it. The method to produce titanium oxide.silica composite by the heat treatment of porous titanium oxide.organopolysiloxane hybrid powder can be also mentioned. By making hybrid, the optical properties of metal oxide powder can be controlled and dispersing ability, dispersing stability, water repellency and hard feeling can be improved.