Abstract: The present invention solves the problem of providing a method for stabilizing a solid pigment. The problem is solved by a method for stabilizing at least one solid pigment selected from the group consisting of solid carotenoid pigments and solid curcumin pigments, the method comprising the step of mixing the solid pigment with a lipophilic liquid in an amount of 200 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the solid pigment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a salivator that is in a form for use in the mouth (a form for intraoral use), or in a form for use by oral administration (a form for oral administration). The salivator can be prepared by using enzymatically modified isoquercitrin, or a combination of enzyme-modified isoquercitrin and a thickening polysaccharide. The present invention further provides an additive that is useful for preparing an oral composition (a food or beverage, a pharmaceutical product for oral administration)(an additive for an oral composition) and that can impart at least one effect selected from the group consisting of a salivation-promoting effect, a deglutition-improving effect (swallowing-assisting effect), and a mastication-improving effect (chewing-assisting effect) to the oral composition. The additive can be prepared by using a combination of enzymatically modified isoquercitrin and a thickening polysaccharide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a turmeric pigment composition. More specifically, the present invention provides a turmeric pigment composition in which aggregation and sedimentation of a turmeric pigment over time is effectively prevented even when a concentrated amount of turmeric pigment is incorporated in a solvent; the turmeric pigment composition also ensures a desirable color-developing property, and is capable of stably adding a deep color with a bright tone, which was never accomplished by a hitherto-known colorant.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a method for decontaminating radiocontaminated grains, the method improving a decontamination degree of radioactive 134Cs and 137Cs. The method for decontaminating radiocontaminated grains includes: a pre-treatment step of mixing radiocontaminated grains and a sodium phosphate-based dispersant; and a decontamination step of mixing the radiocontaminated grains processed by the pre-treatment step and paper sludge-derived sintered carbonized porous grains so as to incorporate radioactive 134Cs and 137Cs of the radiocontaminated grains in the sintered carbonized porous grains.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for improving or maintaining physical properties of a substance (in particular, a composition) (e.g., food). The object is achieved by a foam-containing composition that contains welan gum.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a process for making poly alpha-1,3-glucan formate films. These films are translucent or transparent and can be used in packaging applications.

Abstract: A method of producing a packing body includes the steps of: stacking a plurality of packaging bodies, placing reinforcing sheet materials so as to wrap outer peripheries of side surfaces of the packaging bodies that have been stacked, and fastening the packaging bodies that have been stacked by placing a fastening band from an outer side of the reinforcing sheet materials. The placing step includes placing the reinforcing sheet materials on the side surfaces of the packaging bodies to protrude an end portions of the reinforcing sheet material from an upper surface of a packaging body in an uppermost layer and from a lower surface of a packaging body in a lowermost layer. The fastening step includes bending the end portions, covering an edge portion of each packaging body, and placing the fastening band on the edge portions with the reinforcing sheet materials interposed therebetween.

Abstract: [Object] The present invention relates to a turmeric pigment composition. More specifically, the present invention provides a turmeric pigment composition in which aggregation and sedimentation of a turmeric pigment over time is effectively prevented even when a concentrated amount of turmeric pigment is incorporated in a solvent; the turmeric pigment composition also ensures a desirable color-developing property, and is capable of stably adding a deep color with a bright tone, which was never accomplished by a hitherto-known colorant.

Abstract: There is provided an electroactive material having Formula I wherein: Q is the same or different at each occurrence and can be O, S, Se, Te, NR, SO, SO2, or SiR3; R is the same or different at each occurrence and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; and R1 through R6 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO3R2, —OPO3R2, or CN.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a high-quality anthocyanin pigment composition more efficiently and at a lower cost than red cabbage pigment, which has not been achieved by the prior art. This invention provides the following anthocyanin pigment composition derived from a plant other than red cabbage, the composition having the following features (A), (B), and (C): (A) an aqueous solution containing the anthocyanin pigment composition and adjusted to a pH of 3 with a citrate buffer (pH: 3.0) has a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 500 to 550 nm in the visible light region; (B) when a pigment-composition-containing aqueous solution containing the anthocyanin pigment composition, 0.2 mass % citric acid, 20 mass % ethanol, and water is prepared so as to have a color value E10%1cm of 10, 1 mL of the aqueous solution is sealed in a 20-mL vial, and the vial is stored at 50° C. for 5 days and further maintained at 40° C.

Abstract: A redundant part of a plated through hole that is formed in a printed wiring board is removed by a back drilling method; a penetration hole is filled entirely with a curable resin composition for hole filling; the curable resin composition is initially heated at a temperature less than 100° C. so that a curing rate of the curable resin composition may be 60% to 85%; and the curable resin composition is subsequently heated at a temperature 130° C. to 200° C. so that the curable resin composition may be cured completely, where the curable resin composition contains 1 part by mass to 200 parts by mass of a curing agent with respect to 100 parts by mass of liquid epoxy resin, and contains no solvent.

Abstract: Reaction solutions are disclosed herein comprising water, incompletely refined sucrose, and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes insoluble poly alpha-1,3-glucan having at least 50% alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages and a weight average degree of polymerization (DPw) of at least 100. The yield of poly alpha-1,3-glucan by a reaction solution herein is at least 7% of the weight of sucrose that was converted in the reaction solution. Further disclosed are methods of producing poly alpha-1,3-glucan using incompletely refined sucrose, and poly alpha-1,3-glucan produced by these methods.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet comprising fibers and fibrids wherein either comprises a mixture of at least a first polymer and a second polymer; the first polymer derived from the reaction of one or more amine monomers and a plurality of acid monomers, wherein the one or more amine monomers includes at least 60 mole percent 5(6)-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)benzimidazole, based on the total amount of amine monomers; and the plurality of acid monomers include those having a structure of Cl—CO—Ar1—CO—Cl & Cl—CO—Ar2—CO—Cl wherein Ar1 is an aromatic group having para-oriented linkages and Ar2 is an aromatic group having meta-oriented linkages, and wherein the plurality of acid monomers has at least 50 mole percent of the monomer containing aromatic group Ar2; and the second polymer derived from the reaction of metaphenylene diamine and isophthaloyl chloride.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a concentrated liquid food that enables easy injection and suppresses gastro-esophageal reflux. The object can be solved by a concentrated liquid food, comprising: (A) a polysaccharide that becomes gelated or thickened by combining with calcium; (B) a calcium source; optional (C) a chelating agent; (D) a protein having emulsifiabilty; and (E) a soybean hemicellulose, (with the proviso that, when the calcium source (B) is a water-soluble calcium source, the concentrated liquid food comprises the chelating agent (C)), wherein the concentrated liquid food has a viscosity of 250 mPa·s or less before contact with a simulated gastric fluid, and has a viscosity of 1,500 mPa·s or more after contact with a simulated gastric fluid.

Abstract: Methods of making a targeted modification in a male fertility gene in the genome of a plant are disclosed. The methods involve contacting a plant cell with an engineered double-strand-break-inducing agent capable of inducing a double-strand break in a target sequence in the male fertility gene and identifying a cell comprising an alteration in the target sequence. Also disclosed are plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising a male fertility gene with an alteration in a male fertility gene. Nucleic acid molecules comprising male fertility genes with at least one targeted modification therein, optimized nucleic acid molecules encoding endonucleases that are engineered double-strand-break-inducing agents and expression cassettes, host cells, and plants comprising one or more of the nucleic acid molecules are further disclosed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a marked toilet paper roll by winding a sheet of wide toilet paper a predetermined length about a winding shaft to form a log roll and by cutting the log roll at a predetermined width into a plurality of toilet paper rolls, the method including marking stamps at intervals, each interval of the predetermined width, on an end portion of a winding end of the log roll before the log roll is cut into the toilet paper rolls.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solder-mounted board which realizes reliable mounting of a component thereon; a method for producing the board; and a semiconductor device. The solder-mounted board includes a substrate; a wiring layer; a solder pad for mounting a component by the mediation of the solder; and an insulating layer which covers the wiring layer such that at least the solder pad is exposed, the wiring layer, the solder pad, and the insulating layer being provided on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the insulating layer is formed of a first insulating layer provided on the substrate and the wiring layer, and a second insulating layer provided on at least a portion of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: A flow cytometer including a laser, indexing structure, adjustment structure, and sensor structure. The cytometer is conventionally used with a removable microfluidic cassette, which is installed at a first position that is enforced by the indexing structure. The adjustment structure changes a relative position between an interrogation aperture of the cassette and the laser beam. Feedback from the sensor structure is used to optimize propagation of the laser through the interrogation aperture to reduce (and hopefully eliminate) autofluorescence caused by beam impingement onto the cassette.

Abstract: There is disclosed a compound having Formula I or Formula I?: In Formula I and Formula I?: Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are aryl groups; R1 through R5 are independently the same or different at each occurrence and are D, F, alkyl groups, aryl groups, alkoxy groups, silyl groups, or crosslinkable groups; R6 is H, D, or halogen; a through e are independently an integer from 0 to 4; f is 1 or 2; g is 0, 1 or 2; h is 1 or 2; and n is an integer greater than 0.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a process for producing sulfuric acid with reduced levels of niter. The process involves (a) providing an absorption tower wherein sulfur trioxide is absorbed in a sulfuric acid feed having a first sulfuric acid solution to produce a sulfuric acid effluent having (i) a second sulfuric acid solution which has a higher concentration than the first sulfuric acid solution, (ii) a niter concentration greater than about 5 ppm (as NO3), and (iii) a temperature greater than 100° C.; and (b) contacting a first purifying agent comprising sulfamic acid and a second purifying agent comprising hydrogen peroxide with the sulfuric acid effluent to form a treated sulfuric acid effluent, the treated sulfuric acid effluent being maintained at a temperature of greater than 100° C. for a maintenance period of at least about 1 minute.