Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (1) can be used as a prolonged ectoparasite-controlling agent for an animal. A preparation for systemic application for use in prolonged control of an ectoparasite in an animal include the compound. A method for prolonged control of an ectoparasite on an animal includes systemically applying the compound. The compound may be used for preparing a medicament for prolonged control of an ectoparasite on an animal. A horticultural or agricultural insecticide containing the compound, and a method of protecting a crop from a harmful organism is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonwoven fabric that is biodegradable and has a good pleat retaining property, and an application thereof. The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric comprising at least one fiber layer (I) which contains a polylactic acid polymer and which has an average fiber diameter of 10-30 ?m, wherein in polarized Raman spectroscopy of the fiber layer (I), the value I///I?, which is the ratio of the peak intensity I// at 872 cm?1 of a Raman spectrum measured with polarized light parallel to a fiber axis, to the peak intensity I at 872 cm?1 of a Raman spectrum measured with polarized light perpendicular to the fiber axis, is not more than 1.80. The present invention also relates to a filter material comprising the nonwoven fabric, and a filter for foods, an air filter, and a mask which each comprise the filter material.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition: 41 to 70 parts by mass of component (A), 0 to 54 parts by mass of component (B), and 5 to 59 parts by mass of component (C) ((A), (B), and (C) being 100 parts by mass), with dynamic heat treatment with a cross-linking agent. Component (A): a propylene block copolymer having a melt flow rate measured in accordance with ISO 1133. Component (B): an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer including a structural unit derived from ethylene, a structural unit derived from an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a structural unit derived from a non-conjugated polyene. Component (C): an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer including a structural unit derived from ethylene and a structural unit derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and having a melt flow rate measured in accordance with ISO 1133.

Abstract: A wafer production method according to the present invention includes a step for using a peel tape to remove an adhesive material from a laminate A that comprises a wafer and the adhesive material. The peel tape contains a silicone adhesive component in an adhesive layer that is to contact the adhesive material. The adhesive material has a surface A that is to contact the peel tape and a surface B that contacts the wafer, and, when P1 is the peel strength at surface A as measured keeping the peel tape at 90° to the adhesive material and P2 is the peel strength at surface B as measured keeping the adhesive material at 90° to the polyimide-coated wafer, the adhesive material has a P1 and a P2 that satisfy the following: the peel strength ratio P1/P2 is at least 6, and P2 is at least 0.5 N/25 mm.

Abstract: In a polyurethane dispersion obtained by water-dispersing a polyurethane resin, the polyurethane resin is a reaction product obtained by reacting at least a polyisocyanate component with an active hydrogen group-containing component containing an active hydrogen compound having an anionic group, a ratio of the total moles of a urethane group and a urea group is 1.5 mol or more with respect to 1 kg of the polyurethane dispersion, and the carbonate ion concentration is 700 ppm or less with respect to the polyurethane dispersion.

Abstract: Provided is a pellicle, including a frame on which a pellicle film is placed and a mask adhesive layer which is placed on the frame, wherein when an attachment portion S1 of the adhesive layer to a quartz mask is irradiated with xenon (Xe) excimer lamp light from a back surface of the mask for 2 minutes and the pellicle is then peeled off, a residual ratio (residual area of the adhesive layer on a quartz mask/area of the attachment portion S1 of the adhesive layer) of the adhesive layer is 0.001 to 5.0%.

Abstract: Provided is a pellicle, including a frame on which a pellicle film is placed and a mask adhesive layer which is placed on the frame, wherein when a water washing test is performed on the adhesive layer, which contacts a quartz mask over a predetermined contact area, a removal ratio {(the contact area before the water washing test?contact area after the water washing test)/(contact area before the water washing test)} of the adhesive layer is 80% or more.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coalescer filter, which is used in a solvent extraction method for recovering metal contained in a secondary battery, wherein the coalescer filter includes a first filter medium and a second filter medium, an average pore diameter of the first filter medium is 0.8 ?m or more and 8 ?m or less, and an average pore diameter of the second filter medium is 9 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a nonwoven fabric which gives a sufficiently soft touch when touched by a human hand, while being suppressed in slipperiness between nonwoven fabrics during the production process of a product such as a sanitary material; and a method for producing a nonwoven fabric. One embodiment of the present invention provides a nonwoven fabric which is formed of fibers containing a thermoplastic resin, wherein: the average single fiber fineness of the fibers is 0.7 dtex to 4.0 dtex; the fibers contain 0.01% by mass to 1.5% by mass of a fatty acid amide relative to the total mass of the fibers; and the coverage of the surfaces of the fibers by the fatty acid amide is from 20% to 90%.

Abstract: The laminate adhesive contains a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component. The polyol component contains polyurethane polyol of a reaction product of polyol and a polyisocyanate derivative with an average functional group of more than 2. The polyisocyanate derivative is an araliphatic diisocyanate derivative and/or alicyclic diisocyanate derivative.

Abstract: Provided are a non-woven cloth and a layered non-woven cloth that are preferred as a skin material for a composite sound-absorbing material, which has excellent moldability and exceptional shape stability, and with which it is possible to achieve an adequate sound-absorption effect even in thin low-weight regions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blade in which the specific rigidity of a flap part is further increased. This blade has a thick body part and a thin flap part integrally formed in the rear end of the body part. The flap part has a skin material containing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin, and a core material containing a thermoplastic resin foam filled inside the skin material.

Abstract: Provided is a composite sound-absorbing material that can exhibit sound absorption properties in a broad range of low frequencies, intermediate frequencies, and high frequencies even in a low-basis-weight region having low thickness. The composite sound-absorbing material according to the present invention is configured from two or more layers including a base material and a skin material, the skin material being positioned on the outermost layer, wherein the composite sound-absorbing material is characterized in that the ratio (skin material:base material) of the surface area (m2/m2) per unit area of the skin material and the surface area (m2/m2) per unit area of the base material is at least 1:5 and less than 1:40.

Abstract: An adhesive resin composition including a propylene polymer (A), an ethylene polymer (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C) including a copolymer containing not less than 60 mol % and not more than 99 mol % of structural units derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, and not less than 1 mol % and not more than 40 mol % of structural units derived from a C2-C20 ?-olefin other than 4-methyl-1-pentene, these structural units representing total 100 mol % of the copolymer, the thermoplastic resin (C) showing a melting point Tm of not more than 199° C. or showing substantially no melting point as analyzed with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The total of the components (A), (B) and (C) includes 45 to 75 parts by mass of the component (A), 5 to 20 parts by mass of the component (B), and 15 to 45 parts by mass of the component (C).

Abstract: The present invention provides a biodegradable nonwoven fabric which has biodegradability, while having extremely excellent texture, or having good formability and being suppressed in fluffing in an embossed part during forming. One embodiment of the present invention provides: a biodegradable nonwoven fabric which is configured from fibers that contain a biodegradable thermoplastic resin, and is characterized in that the shear viscosity thereof is more than 0 Pa·s but not more than ?41.4×ln(x)+500.84 Pa·s at a shear rate x (x is from 20/s to 10,000/s) at 230° C., or is characterized in that the biodegradable nonwoven fabric has an embossed part and a non-embossed part, and the embossed part thickness index that is obtained by dividing the thickness of the embossed part by the square root of weight is 2.75 to 4.36 mm/(g/m2)0.

Abstract: Provided are a method for affixing a protective film, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor component, and a protective film for use in the affixing method, which are capable of suppressing occurrence of a failure caused by a step on a main surface of a semiconductor wafer. The affixing method includes: an arrangement step of arranging a protective film so as to cover a main surface A of a semiconductor wafer; and an affixing step of pressing the protective film against the main surface to affix the protective film to the main surface. The affixing step includes a compression step of compressing the protective film in a thickness direction thereof.

Abstract: A resin composition including a 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymer (A) that satisfies particular requirements and a 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymer (B) that satisfies particular requirements, in which the content of the copolymer (A) is 10 to 95 parts by mass and the content of the copolymer (B) is 90 to 5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total content of the copolymers (A) and (B).

Abstract: A model generating method causing a computer to execute processing of acquiring electroencephalographic data of subjects based on outputs of an electroencephalograph, acquiring sensitivity information of the subjects by inputting the acquired electroencephalographic data to a first learning model trained to output the sensitivity information in accordance with input of the electroencephalographic data, acquiring biological data of the subjects based on outputs of a piezoelectric element, and generating a second learning model for outputting the sensitivity information of a person being tested by using a data set including the acquired biological data and the sensitivity information of the subjects acquired from the first learning model as training data when the biological data of the person measured by the piezoelectric element is input.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer piezoelectric film element which generates electricity at a high sensitivity upon vibrations across a broad frequency band, including those caused by the motion of humans or animals or faint contact stress, and those caused by automobiles and so on, which can be made into a thin film and at a high yield, and which can be used as a stably driving power supply device, a tactile sensor, or a vital sensor. The present invention pertains to: a polymer piezoelectric film element characterized in that an electrode sheet is formed on both surfaces of a polymer piezoelectric film, and by having a structure which has bumps and dips or a wave-shaped structure which has peaks and valleys in an axis perpendicular to said surfaces; and a power storage device, a sensor, or a vital sensor.

Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a laminate which is composed of a layer containing a melt shapable fluororesin and a layer of an ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer composition, and is excellent in adhesiveness, and the present invention relates to a laminate including: a layer including an ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer composition, and a layer comprising a melt shapable fluororesin; wherein the ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer composition includes 100 parts by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer (A), 1.0 to 6.0 parts by mass of at least one compound (C) selected from the group consisting of 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undecene-7 salts, 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)nonene-5 salts, 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undecene-7 and 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)nonene-5, and 3 to 20 parts by mass of magnesium oxide.