Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in a human patient are provided. The methods comprise administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of interferon lambda.

Abstract: It is provided that a polyester resin and a polyester resin composition that allow reduction of harmful outgas and can form a coating film having excellent characteristics such as curability, retort resistance, and processability. A polyester resin composition comprising polyester resin (A), wherein the polyester resin composition satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iii), (i) the polyester resin (A) has an acid value of 100 eq/ton or more, (ii) the polyester resin composition substantially contains no curing agent, and (iii) a content of tetrahydrofuran-insoluble matter is 10 mass % or more when the polyester resin composition has been heated at 240° C. for one hour.

Abstract: A hollow fiber membrane element, comprising: a core tube comprising a side face having a plurality of pores; and a hollow fiber membrane group consisting of a plurality of hollow fiber membranes disposed around the core tube, the hollow fiber membrane element being a both open-ended type hollow fiber membrane element in which both ends of the core tube and the plurality of hollow fiber membranes are open. The hollow fiber membrane group includes a first hollow fiber membrane layer composed of a plurality of first hollow fiber membranes disposed so as to surround the core tube and a second hollow fiber membrane layer composed of a plurality of second hollow fiber membranes disposed so as to surround the first hollow fiber membrane layer, and a permeability coefficient of the plurality of first hollow fiber membranes is smaller than a permeability coefficient of the plurality of second hollow fiber membranes.

Abstract: An activated carbon fiber is obtained by activating: a polyphenylene ether fiber that contains a polyphenylene ether component having a rearrangement structure connected by a bond at an ortho-position in a repeating unit continuously bonded at a para-position; an infusibilized polyphenylene ether fiber obtained by infusibilizing the polyphenylene ether fiber; a flameproofed polyphenylene ether fiber obtained by flameproofing the polyphenylene ether fiber or the infusibilized polyphenylene ether fiber; or a carbon fiber obtained by carbonizing any of the polyphenylene ether fibers.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a thermoplastic polyester elastomer resin composition capable of providing a molded product having good appearance and really excellent abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A developer composition for a water-developable photosensitive flexographic printing original plate is disclosed, containing (a) a nonionic surfactant composed of monoalkyl ether and/or monoalkyl ester of polyethylene glycol, wherein a number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group therein is 8 to 19, and wherein an HLB value thereof is 11 to 16; and (b) one or more anionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of oleic acid metal salt, lauric acid metal salt, dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid metal salt and lauryl sulfate metal salt, wherein a content ratio of (a):(b) is 25:75 to 75:25 (mass ratio), and wherein a brushing friction coefficient on a surface of a printing original plate is 0.60 to 0.75[?], when measured in an aqueous developer containing 1% by mass of the developer composition and 99% by mass of water.

Abstract: It is provided that a polyester resin and a polyester resin composition that allow induction of harmful outgas and can form a coating film having excellent characteristics such as curability, retort resistance, and processability. A polyester resin composition comprising polyester resin (A), wherein the polyester resin composition satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iii), (i) the polyester resin (A) has an acid value of 100 eq/ton or more, (ii) the polyester resin (A) includes, as a polyol component constituting the polyester resin (A), a diol (a) having two primary hydroxy groups and having no alicyclic structure, and, furthermore, one or both of a diol (b) having an alicyclic structure, and a diol (c) having one primary hydroxy group and one secondary hydroxy group and having no alicyclic structure, and (iii) the polyester resin (A) has unsaturated dicarboxylic acid (d) as a polycarboxylic acid component constituting the polyester resin (A).

Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a recycled developer from a waste developer generated by development of a water-developable flexographic printing original plate that has a photosensitive resin layer made from a photosensitive resin composition containing a water-dispersible resin. The method includes: leaving the waste developer to stand still in a tank so as to emerge and flocculate the photosensitive resin composition dispersed in the waste developer and thus form a solid-liquid mixed phase containing a resin flocculate beneath a liquid surface of the waste developer; and discharging the solid-liquid mixed phase containing the resin flocculate from an outlet formed on a side surface of the tank and obtaining, as a recycled developer, a liquid left in the tank, characterized in that a level of the waste developer in the tank at the time of starting the discharge is higher than the lowest position of an aperture of the outlet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inspecting a part mounted in a manufacturing fixture between two manufacturing operations by means comprising: a sensor a robot to hold and move the sensor a computer comprising memory means, computation means and display means, comprising in its memory means a three-dimensional digital model of the workpiece, and able to record the coordinates of the points acquired by the sensor the method comprising the steps consisting of: segmenting (1010) of the CAD model into a set of surfaces, designated as nodes, each node corresponding to a surface that is visible in a single acquisition according to the characteristics of the sensor determining (1020) the visibility of each node from each position of the sensor relative to said node determining common visibilities (1030) between the nodes.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a thermoplastic polyester resin composition which has characteristic resin viscosity properties necessary for extrusion moldability, has excellent extrusion stability and extrusion moldability, and has flexibility optimal for in-vehicle tubes and hoses. According to the present invention, there is provided a thermoplastic polyester resin composition containing, relative to 100 parts by mass of a polyester resin component containing a polyester elastomer (a), 0.2 to 1.0 part by mass of a compound (b) having two epoxy groups, wherein the thermoplastic polyester resin composition has a z-average molecular weight Mz of 250000 or more and a Shore D hardness of 60 to 85.

Abstract: A decorated molded body includes a decorated layer B and a support layer A, wherein the support layer A is any of a non-woven fabric (a) including at least two types of thermoplastic resin fibers, a non-woven fabric (b) including a thermoplastic resin fiber and an inorganic fiber, or a thermoplastic resin composition layer (c) having a thermoplastic resin in which an inorganic fiber is contained, the decorated layer B includes a thermoformable thermoplastic resin and is any of an easily-moldable polyester film (d), a non-woven fabric (e) including a composite fiber made from at least two types of thermoplastic resins having different melting points, the non-woven fabric (e) having a surface with projections and recesses, or a synthetic leather (f) having an organic fiber as a base material, and the decorated layer B and the support layer A are combined with each other via a heat-bonding resin.

Abstract: An inorganic material-reinforced thermoplastic polyester resin composition from which a molding with high rigidity and high strength having less appearance defects such as floating of inorganic reinforcing material and less warp deformation and having a uniform textured appearance without irregularities can be obtained comprises specific amounts of a polybutylene terephthalate resin (A), a polyethylene terephthalate resin (B), a copolymerized polybutylene terephthalate resin (C), a copolymerized polyethylene terephthalate resin (D), a polycarbonate-based resin (E), a glass fiber-based reinforcing material (F), and a transesterification inhibitor (G), respectively, wherein glass fiber-based reinforcing material (F) comprises specific amounts of a flat cross-section glass fiber (F1) and a milled short glass fiber (F2), respectively, wherein glass fiber-based reinforcing material (F) in the resin composition has a weight average fiber length Lw of 200 to 700 ?m, and wherein the inorganic material-reinforced ther

Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide a polyamide resin composition capable of stably providing a molded article which is less likely to be affected by variations in production conditions, and has high rigidity, and good appearance. [SOLUTION] A polyamide resin composition including 0 to 3 parts by mass of a metal hypophosphite (D) with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of 20 to 60 parts by mass of an aliphatic polyamide resin (A), 5 to 20 parts by mass of a polyamide MXD6 resin (B), and 30 to 59 parts by mass of an inorganic reinforcing material (C), wherein the polyamide resin composition has an MFR of 3 to 60 g/10 min when measured under conditions of a load of 2.16 kg and 275° C.

Abstract: An ester-based elastomer expanded molded article comprising a fusion of expanded particles that contain an ester-based elastomer as a base resin.

Abstract: A polyester elastomer resin composition having excellent anti-noise properties and wear resistance that achieves sustained wear resistance over a long period of time; enables lubricants to bleed out even in a low-temperature environment, so that the effects of the lubricants are maintained; and further prevents the lubricants from being dissolved in water, even when a molded article is washed with water.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for methods and systems for providing an on-chain and off-chain authentication of Smart Contracts and other peer-to-peer transactions, including cryptography transactions, using security tokens that can be built into a Mobile Network Operator's secure infrastructure, leveraging the Mobile Network Operator's private, secure signaling channels, including but not limited to USSD channel and OTA channel, as well as satellite infrastructure, and other means of communication that are off-chain. The authentication can be done automatically, in the background, and/or with user involvement. In addition to ensuring security, these off-chain, multi-channel approaches using rules-based APIs will allow for infinitely greater scalability and maximum efficiency.

Abstract: The polyester resin composition includes: a polyester resin A containing 82 to 88 mass % of a polybutylene terephthalate resin and 12 to 18 mass % of a polyethylene terephthalate resin; a metal organic acid salt B that is either one or both of an alkali metal organic acid salt and an alkaline earth metal organic acid salt; and an inorganic filler C having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 3 ?m in an amount of 1 to 13 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polyester resin A, wherein the polyester resin composition includes either one or both of alkali metal atoms and alkaline earth metal atoms in an amount of 0.000005 to 0.05 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polyester resin A, and a content of linear oligomers of polybutylene terephthalate or the like is not more than 1000 mg/kg.

Abstract: This method for manufacturing a rotor core includes an injection step of injecting a molten resin material into a magnet housing portion of a laminated core heated to a third temperature by a preheating step. The injection step is a step of injecting the resin material into the magnet housing portion while releasing to the outside of the magnet housing portion a volatile organic compound volatilized by heating the resin material by bringing the resin material into contact with the laminated core heated to the third temperature.

Abstract: A motorcycle stand to lift and support a tyre of a motorcycle or motor scooter off the ground includes: a frame having first and second posts to extend along each side of a motorcycle wheel, and an interconnecting member extending transversely relative to the first and second posts; first and second motorcycle stand wheels coupled to ends of the first and second arms respectively and arranged for placement on opposite sides of the motorcycle and coaxial and aligned with the major axis parallel with the axes of the motorcycle wheels; a third motorcycle stand wheel mounted to the interconnecting member, and a self-engaging latching arrangement coupled with a respective frame engaging bracket, where at least one of each bracket and latching arrangement is supported on each of the first and second posts to engage mounting members provided on a frame or suspension members of the motorcycle or motor scooter.