Abstract: A formed article obtained by performing laser welding on a transmitting resin member and an absorbing resin member, includes: a bonded part where the transmitting resin member and the absorbing resin member are bonded to each other by the laser welding, in which a molten pool is observed at the bonded part in a cross section that includes a normal to the transmitting resin member or the absorbing resin member and is orthogonal to a scanning direction of a laser beam, an area of the molten pool is 0.210 mm2 or more and 1.00 mm2 or less, the transmitting resin member and the absorbing resin member are each molded from a resin composition, the resin composition contains a thermoplastic resin, the thermoplastic resin contains at least a polyamide-based resin (A1), and a glass transition point temperature of the resin composition is 85° C. or higher.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a retreaded tire, including retreading a base tire with a sidewall section including a rubber composition including a rubbery polymer having a specified structure, to thereby effectively inhibit the sidewall section from being degraded due to heating in adhesion by co-vulcanization and to increase the number of times of utilization of a retreaded tire. A method for producing a retreaded tire, including retreading a base tire including a sidewall section containing 20 parts by mass or more of a rubbery polymer having a conjugated diene compound-based constituent unit and an ethylene-based constituent unit per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.

Abstract: A conjugated diene-based polymer of the present invention has a branch number (Bn) measured by viscosity detector-equipped GPC-light scattering measurement of 8 or more, has a change (?T) of an oxidation onset temperature caused through application of a thermal load of 11.9° C. or less, and contains an aromatic vinyl compound monomer unit.

Abstract: A polyester polycarbonate polyol having a repeating unit represented by specific formula (1) and a repeating unit represented by specific formula (2), having a hydroxyl value of 35 to 85 mgKOH/g, having a hydroxyl group at a terminal, and being in the form of a liquid at ordinary temperature.

Abstract: Provided are: a resin fiber sheet and a prepreg which use a laminated sheet as a raw material and which achieve excellent heat resistance, dielectric constant, dielectric loss tangent and dimensional stability (little warping); and a method for producing a prepreg using the resin fiber sheet. In one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a resin fiber sheet constituted from a poly(phenylene ether) composition fiber. The poly(phenylene ether) composition fiber contains more than 0 mass % and not more than 95 mass % of a poly(phenylene ether) and a total of not less than 5 mass % and less than 100 mass % of a liquid crystal polyester and/or a syndiotactic polystyrene, and has a single fiber diameter of 1-50 ?m.

Abstract: Provided are a metallic pigment composition endowed with high water resistance as well as exceptional optical properties and water dispersibility, and a novel method for producing the metallic pigment composition. The present invention is a metallic pigment composition containing metal particles of which the surface is coated with a polysiloxane compound, the metallic pigment composition characterized in that the surface roughness R a is 0.0-2.0 nm when the roughness of the polysiloxane compound layer present on the particle surface is evaluated by AFM.

Abstract: Provided is an epoxy resin composition containing (A) epoxy resin, and (B) a heteroatom-containing curing agent, wherein molecular weight ? of the heteroatom-containing curing agent (B) is 200???1200, and ratio ?/? of the molecular weight ? to number ? of heteroatoms in a structure of the heteroatom-containing curing agent (B) is 30??/??95.

Abstract: Provided are: cellulose porous particles which have large surface areas on which cells can be attached, and on which cells can be adhered easily, and which rarely undergo the detachment of cells when the cells are cultured at a high density; and a microcarrier for culture use, which comprises the cellulose porous particles. The cellulose porous particles according to the present invention are composed of cellulose, in which the cellulose constituting the cellulose porous particles is modified by a cationic substituent and the cellulose constituting the celluose porous particles has a polypeptide bound thereto.

Abstract: Provided are a concentration method and vessel which make it possible to quickly obtain a highly concentrated product of bacteria or the like by using a simple means. The present invention disclosure pertains to a method for concentrating a microorganism in a sample liquid which contains a microorganism in a solvent by using porous cellulose fine particles which have a plurality of voids therein, said method comprising a step for adhering the microorganism to the surface of the porous cellulose fine particles by contacting the sample liquid to the porous cellulose fine particles, and a liquid removal step for concentrating the microorganism in the voids of the porous cellulose fine particles by removing the solvent of the sample liquid.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foam body good in a molded appearance, a cushioning property, and wear resistance, and excellent also in property balance. The foam body is a foam body of a hydrogenated block copolymer composition containing a hydrogenated block copolymer (I), an olefin-based resin (II), a thermoplastic resin (III), and a softener (IV), and includes a foam core layer and a non-foam skin layer, the foam core layer has a thickness of 300 ?m or more, the foaming ratio is 1.2-fold or more, a content of a polymer block (a) principally containing a vinyl aromatic monomer unit in the hydrogenated block copolymer (I) is 10 to 40% by mass, the hydrogenated block copolymer (I) contains a hydrogenated copolymer block (b) containing a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a conjugated diene monomer unit.

Abstract: A membrane and a composite membrane with excellent durability, which enable the manufacture of a water electrolysis device with high water electrolysis performance, a membrane electrode assembly and a water electrolysis device including the membrane are provided. The membrane includes a fluoro compound having an ionic group, has OH? ion conductivity, and has a conductivity of more than 2×10?2 S/cm.

Abstract: The present invention provides organic colored microparticles used in an immunochromatography diagnostic kit, the microparticles having good background and test result reproducibility and sufficient detection sensitivity. These organic colored microparticles are characterized in that the average particle diameter is 100 to 650 nm; coloration intensity is 1.0 to 10.0; when a total of 100,000 particles are detected within a particle diameter range of 400 to 12000 nm, the percentage of coarse particles having a particle diameter of 700 nm or greater is 5% or less; and the sphericity represented by the major axis (L)/minor axis (D) is 1.0 to 2.5.

Abstract: Provided is a textile for a hollow weave airbag, said textile being suitable for an airbag that has superior packability while satisfying internal pressure retention and abrasion resistance characteristics required from the airbag, and also has superior laceration resistance at the time of airbag deployment.

Abstract: The polyethylene powder has an average particle diameter (D50) of 30 ?m or more and 150 ?m or less and a powder spreading parameter of 1.5 or more and 2.1 or less.

Abstract: In the present invention, a conductive film having low resistance is formed on a substrate, said film having excellent storage stability and high dispersion stability as an ink. A copper oxide ink (1) contains a copper oxide (2), a dispersant (3), and a reducing agent. The content of the reducing agent is in the range of formula (1), and the content of the dispersant is in the range of formula (2). (1) 0.00010?(reducing agent mass/copper oxide mass)?0.10 (2) 0.0050?(dispersant mass/copper oxide mass)?0.30 The reducing agent content promotes the reduction of copper oxide to copper during firing, and promotes the sintering of copper.

Abstract: There are provided a recombinant polypeptide having an excellent carboxylic acid reducing activity, and a production method of an aliphatic compound using the recombinant polypeptide. A recombinant polypeptide has: (a) an amino acid sequence A having a sequence identity of 60% or higher, 65% or higher, 70% or higher, 75% or higher, 80% or higher, 85% or higher, 88% or higher, 90% or higher, 95% or higher, 97% or higher, 98% or higher, or 99% or higher with an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a substitution of at least one amino acid at a position corresponding to a substrate-binding site of a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the amino acid sequence A; and (c) a carboxylic acid reducing activity.

Abstract: Provided are a continuous fiber-reinforced resin molding having high adhesion and compatibility in an interface between continuous reinforcing fibers and a synthetic resin, and in which a low occurrence of voids in the interface and adequate strength can be realized, and a method for manufacturing the same. A continuous fiber-reinforced resin molding comprising a synthetic resin and continuous reinforcing fibers having a substantially circular cross section, the continuous fiber-reinforced molding being characterized in that the number of continuous reinforcing fibers where the porosity in a peripheral-edge region separated by one tenth the radius of a single continuous reinforcing fiber from the peripheral edge part of the continuous reinforcing fibers in the interface between the synthetic resin and the single continuous reinforcing fiber in a cross section orthogonal to the length direction of the continuous reinforcing fibers is at least 10% of the total number of continuous reinforcing fibers.

Abstract: A non-aqueous lithium power storage element that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode having a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer that includes active carbon, and the non-aqueous lithium power storage element having configuration (1) and/or (2). (1) The negative electrode includes a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer (2) The non-aqueous electrolyte contains (A) LiPF6 and/or LiBF4, (B) an imide lithium salt, and (C) an oxalate-complex lithium salt, the ratio of the mass of component (C) to the total mass of components (A) and (B) being 1.0-10.0 mass %.

Abstract: A membrane distillation module comprising a membrane distillation cartridge and a membrane distillation housing, wherein: the cartridge comprises a anchoring part in which porous membranes are anchored by resin; the housing comprises a housing body and a housing lid; the membrane distillation module comprises a support part where the outer surface of the anchoring part is supported by the inner surface of the housing with a seal member interposed therebetween; and a value C in the cross section of the support part is at least 30° C. as represented by the formula, where dF is the equivalent circular diameter (mm) of the outer circumference of the anchoring part, kF is the linear expansion coefficient (1/° C.) of the resin, dE is the equivalent diameter (mm) of the inner circumference of the housing, and kE is the linear expansion coefficient (1/° C.) of a portion where the housing contacts the seal member.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous secondary battery that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes LiNixCoyMnzO2 (0.7<x<0.9, 0<y<0.2, 0<z<0.2) as a lithium-containing metal oxide, and when the positive electrode before and after cycle testing of the non-aqueous secondary battery is analyzed by powder X-ray diffraction using Cu-K? radiation, the rate of change of the c-axis lattice constant is 1.0% or less. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes 5-20% by volume of acetonitrile and has an ion conductivity of at least 10 mS/cm and less than 15 mS/cm at 20° C.