Abstract: Provided are a rigid surface treatment agent capable of imparting an antibacterial property to a rigid surface, and a method for treating a rigid surface using the rigid surface treatment agent. The rigid surface treatment agent comprises, as an active component, a polypeptide which consists of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a polypeptide which consists of an amino acid sequence having an identity of at least 80% with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and has activity of degrading a glycine-glycine bond in a peptide sequence.

Abstract: An absorbent article (1) of the present invention includes a leg cuff (24). The leg cuff (24) has leg elastic members (25). The leg cuff (24) can be divided, by an imaginary line (IL) passing through the center (ct) between an outermost leg elastic member (25s) that is located farthest outward and an innermost leg elastic member (25i) that is located farthest inward, into a leg cuff first region (ST) that extends from the imaginary line (IL) up to and including the outermost leg elastic member (25s) and a leg cuff second region (IT) that extends from the imaginary line (IL) up to and including the innermost leg elastic member (25i). When the elongation amount of the leg cuff first region (ST) and the leg cuff second region (IT) in a natural state is defined as 0, and the elongation amount thereof in a maximally stretched state is defined as 100, the stress in the leg cuff first region (ST) is greater than the stress in the leg cuff second region (IT) when the elongation amount is 5.

Abstract: The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing one or more seed shell components of plant selected from Palmae Elaeis, Leguminosae Faboideae, Juglandaceae, Rosaceae Prunus, and Oleeae.

Abstract: A dyeing composition for keratin fibers, including one or more direct dyes selected from HC Blue 18, HC Red 18, HC Yellow 16, and salts thereof, and tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane and salts thereof. A method for dyeing keratin fibers, including mixing the composition with a second aqueous composition having a pH in a range of 1 to 6 and optionally including one or more oxidizing agents to yield a ready-to-use composition having a pH in a range of 7 to 12, applying the ready-to-use composition onto the keratin fibers and leaving it for a time period in a range of 1 min to 60 min, and rinsing-off the keratin fibers and optionally shampooing the keratin fibers.

Abstract: The present invention is a lubricating agent containing a compound represented by the following formula 1: wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydrocarbon group with 6 or more and 24 or less carbons; A1O and A2O each represent an alkyleneoxy group with 2 or more and 4 or less carbons; x1 and x2 are average numbers of added moles, and each represent a number of 0 or more and 10 or less; and M is a cationic ion.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether acetate, the method including a step (A) of oxidizing a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether by an electrochemical reaction in an anode chamber of an electrochemical device equipped with a cathode chamber and the anode chamber to obtain the polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether acetate.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition containing a component (A): a film-forming polymer containing an M unit represented by (R1)3SiO1/2 and a Q unit represented by SiO4/2 (in the formula, R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms and optionally substituted with fluorine, or a hydroxy group, and plural R1's can be the same as or different from each other), a component (B): a film-forming polymer other than the component (A), and a component (C): a volatile solvent, wherein the component (C) has a content of 50% by mass or more.

Abstract: An absorbent article includes: a topsheet including a projecting-and-depressed region; a backsheet; and an absorbent member arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article has a longitudinal direction that corresponds to a front-rear direction of a wearer and a width direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. A plurality of slanting projections (41) are formed in the projecting-and-depressed region (P). The slanting projections (41) project toward the wearer's skin side, and the position of the apex (t) of each slanting projection is deviated toward one side in the longitudinal direction (X) from the central position (41c) located between both ends of the slanting projection (41) in the longitudinal direction (X).

Abstract: An absorbent article of the present invention includes an absorbent core (4) and a topsheet (2) disposed on a skin-facing surface of the absorbent core (4) and having a projecting-and-depressed structure on the skin-facing surface. The absorbent core (4) includes one or a plurality of low-basis-weight portions (41) extending in one direction and having a relatively lower basis weight than other parts of the absorbent core (4). In a plan view, the topsheet (2) includes a plurality of types of projections (24) having different sizes in an overlapping region with the low-basis-weight portions (41).

Abstract: An aqueous microcapsule dispersion liquid containing a component (A) and a component (B): component (A): microcapsules having a shell including an inorganic material as a constitutional component, and a core including one or more of an organic compound, inside the shell, and component (B): one or more selected from the group consisting of a neutral amino acid (B1), a polyhydroxyamine (B2), and a quaternary ammonium hydroxide (B3).

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a composition containing gallic acid, the composition having a low content rate of protocatechuic acid using a microbial culture solution. A method for producing a composition containing gallic acid, the method comprising a step (A) of performing cooling crystallization using an aqueous solution (a) containing gallic acid and protocatechuic acid at 0.9° C./min or less.

Abstract: A dyeing composition for keratin fibers, including one or more alkalizing agents, HC Blue 18, and tetrabromophenol blue. A method for dyeing keratin fibers, including mixing the dyeing composition with a second aqueous composition having a pH in the range of 1 to 6 and optionally including one or more oxidizing agents to yield a ready-to-use composition having a pH in the range of 7 to 12, applying the ready-to-use composition onto the keratin fibers and leaving it for a time period in the range of 1 min to 60 min, and rinsing-off the keratin fibers and optionally shampooing the keratin fibers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt composition containing asphalt, cellulose, and a polyester.

Abstract: A lubricant base oil of the present invention includes an ester compound including: a structural moiety (A) that is derived from an alcohol compound (A); and a structural moiety (B) that is derived from a carboxylic acid, the structural moiety B including: a structural moiety (B1) that is derived from a monocarboxylic acid (B1); and a structural moiety (B2) that is derived from an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid (B2) having 4 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a lubricant base oil having excellent low-temperature stability and high heat resistance while maintaining torque-lowering properties.

Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition that enhances sweetness. The fat or oil composition includes the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) 0.10 mass % or more and 1.50 mass % or less of free ?-linolenic acid; (B) 0.3 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less of ?-linolenic acid monoacylglycerol; and (C) 65 mass % or more of diacylglycerols, wherein a content mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), [(A)/(B)], is 0.10 or more and 3.00 or less.

Abstract: A herbicide composition excellent in herbicidal effect and a weeding method using the herbicide composition, and a herbicidal efficacy enhancing agent composition capable of increasing the herbicidal effect are provided. A herbicide composition containing the following components (A) to (C), wherein a mass ratio of the content of component (B) to the content of component (C), (B)/(C), is 0.25 or more and 0.6 or less: component (A): an agrochemical active ingredient of an amino acid-based herbicide; component (B): a particular polyoxyalkylene alkyl or alkenyl amine or an acid salt thereof; and component (C): a particular polyoxyalkylene alkyl or alkenyl ether.

Abstract: An aqueous energy curable inkjet ink, including (A) a non-photopolymerizable resin, (B) a water-soluble photopolymerizable monomer, (C) a pigment having an average particle size of 50 to 300 nm, and (D) at least 25 wt. % water, based on a total weight of the aqueous energy curable inkjet ink. The water-soluble photopolymerizable monomer (B) is a mixture of (B1) a mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer and (B2) a poly-ethylenically unsaturated monomer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for amplifying a nucleic acid from RNA with high sensitivity and a high yield. The method for amplifying a nucleic acid comprises: synthesizing cDNA from sample RNA through reverse transcription reaction; and amplifying the cDNA by multiplex PCR, wherein the reverse transcription and the multiplex PCR are performed in the presence of a single-stranded nucleic acid-binding protein, and the single-stranded nucleic acid-binding protein is T4GP32 or a mutant thereof.

Abstract: An aqueous microcapsule dispersion liquid containing a component (A) and a component (B), component (A): microcapsules having a shell comprising an inorganic material as a constitutional component, and a core including one or more of an organic compound, inside the shell, and component (B): a polysaccharide containing a cationically modified branched chain structure. A content of the component (B) per 100 parts by mass of the component (A) in the aqueous microcapsule dispersion liquid is 0.03 part by mass or more and 3 parts by mass or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method by which a nucleic acid sample can be collected from a subject minimally invasively. A method for preparing a nucleic acid derived from a skin cell of a subject, comprising isolating the nucleic acid from skin surface lipids collected from the subject.