Abstract: Provided is a detergent having a high detergency against corneum-derived stains and a method for evaluating the ability of an enzyme to degrade corneum-derived stains. The detergent a M23A subfamily protease as an active ingredient. The method for evaluating the ability of the enzyme to degrade corneum-derived stains comprises obtaining the degrading activities of the test enzyme on a reference peptide and one or more substrate peptides and evaluating the ability of the test enzyme to degrade corneum-derived stains based on the degrading activities of the test enzyme on the reference peptide and the substrate peptide, wherein the reference peptide is GGGGG or GGGG, the one or more substrate peptides are selected from the group consisting of GGGXG, GXGGG, GGXG, and GXGG, and X is any amino acid residue other than glycine.

Abstract: A method for producing a Guerbet alcohol, including reacting a raw material alcohol having 8 or more and 22 or less carbon atoms, in the presence of a catalyst (A) containing a first component and a second component below, having a molar ratio of the second component with respect to the first component (second component/first component) of 0.0001 or more and 0.005 or less: first component: copper, and second component: one kind selected from the group consisting of elements that are elements belonging to Groups 9 to 13 in the fourth to sixth periods of the periodic table, except copper.

Abstract: A metallic fine particle-containing ink, including a metal constituting the metallic fine particles comprising silver, the metallic fine particles contained in the ink having a volume average particle diameter DA of 20 nm or more and 50 nm or less, and the metallic fine particles contained in the ink having a ratio (DA/LA) of the volume average particle diameter DA with respect to a crystallite size LA (nm) obtained from a (111) plane in powder X-ray diffractometry of the metallic fine particles of 1.7 or more and 2.5 or less.

Abstract: A composition for forming a coating film, including the following components (a), (b), (c), and (d): (a) a polymer having a coating film forming ability, (b) one or more volatile substances selected from the group consisting of alcohols and ketones, (c) a plasticizer; and (d) 3 mass % or more and 15 mass % or less of a non-volatile oil agent, other than the component (c), having a viscosity at 35° C. of 50 mPa·s or more and 3,000 mPa·s or less.

Abstract: Provided are a binder resin composition for toner excellent in low-temperature fusing property, storage stability and durability, a toner for developing electrostatic images that contains the binder resin composition for toner, and a method for producing the binder resin composition for toner. The binder resin composition for toner contains a resin composition (C-P) prepared by condensing an acid group-having crystalline resin (C) and a polyalkyleneimine, and an amorphous resin (A).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film comprising hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers in which cellulose fibers are bound to a modifying group at one or more members selected from anionic groups and hydroxyl groups, and an oil having an SP value of 10 or less. The film of the present invention can be utilized in the fields of materials for packaging containers for cosmetics and foods.

Abstract: A method for producing a coating film, including forming a coating film containing a deposit containing fibers on a surface of an object for forming a coating thereon by an electrostatic spray of a composition. The composition includes component (a) a polymer having a coating film forming ability, (b) one or more volatile substances selected from the group consisting of water, an alcohol and a ketone, and (c) an oil component being liquid at 25° C. and containing a component (c1) one or more selected from the group consisting of oil components having a surface tension at 25° C. of 25 mN/m or less and being liquid at 25° C.

Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsified composition, containing the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) a fat or oil having a content of diacylglycerols of 15 mass % or more and a content of ?-linolenic acid in constituent fatty acids of the fat or oil of 15 mass % or more, (B) 0.020 mass % to 1.0 mass % of a vitamin C fatty acid ester with respect to the component (A), and (C) 0.15 mass % to 6.0 mass % of a hydroxy acid or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.

Abstract: An inkjet ink, including (A) a resin, which is (A1) a terpene resin or (A2) a terpene phenol resin, (B) a solvent system including (B1) a volatile organic solvent having a boiling point of less than 100° C., and (C) silver nanoparticles. A printed article, including a substrate, and an opaque film disposed on the substrate. The opaque film is formed from the inkjet ink.

Abstract: A hair cleansing composition including the following components (A) and (B): (A) an internal olefin sulfonic acid having 16 carbon atoms or a salt thereof, obtained by sulfonation of a raw material olefin having 16 carbon atoms and having an average double bond position of 3.9-position or more and 4.5-position or less, and (B) a cationic polymer. A mass ratio of a content of the component (A) to a content of the component (B), (A)/(B), is 1 or more and 500 or less.

Abstract: A sheet (10) for a mask has a first fiber layer (11) and a second fiber layer (12). The second fiber layer (12) has a higher trapping ratio for particles having a particle diameter exceeding 1 ?m and/or a smaller average fiber diameter than the first fiber layer (11). The basis weight of the second fiber layer (12) is from 1 to 20 g/m2. In a natural state, the second fiber layer (12) has a plurality of projections (13) projecting toward a surface of the second fiber layer (12) that is opposite to a surface of the second fiber layer (12) facing the first fiber layer (11) and depressions (14) that are each arranged between corresponding projections (13) of the plurality of projections (13). The depressions (14) have joined portions (15) where the second fiber layer (12) and the first fiber layer (11) are joined to each other.

Abstract: Provided are a marker for detecting the severity of atopic dermatitis and a method for detecting the severity of atopic dermatitis using the marker.

Abstract: An oil-in-water type cosmetic composition, including the following components (A), (B), (C1), and (E): (A) titanium oxide coated with a surface treatment agent including aluminum, (B) a water-soluble polymer having a constitutional unit of sulfonic acid, (C1) an oily compound whose molecule includes one or more hydroxy groups and two or more fatty acid groups having 8 or more carbon atoms or two or more hydrocarbon chains having 8 or more carbon atoms in an amount of 0.6 mass % or more, and (E) a dextrin fatty acid ester.

Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting childhood atopic dermatitis using skin surface lipids. The method for detecting childhood atopic dermatitis in a test subject comprises a step of measuring an expression level of TARC gene or an expression product thereof in skin surface lipids collected from the test subject.

Abstract: A film-forming composition for skin, including components (A) and (B): (A) a silicone-based film-forming agent; and (B) a fiber having an average fiber diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 7 ?m or less in an amount of 0.05 mass % or more and 2 mass % or less relative to the whole film-forming composition. A mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), (B/A), is 0.05 or more and 1 or less.