Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a battery includes: an additive A which is a compound represented by formula (I); and an additive B which is at least one selected from the group consisting of an aromatic compound having at least one of a halogen atom or an alkyl group and a carbamate, and which is a compound other than carbonates or a cyclic sulfates. In formula (I), R1 represents a group represented by formula (II) or a group represented by formula (III) and R2 represents H, a C1-6 alkyl group, a group represented by formula (II), or a group represented by formula (III); or R1 and R2 represent groups which combine to form a benzene ring or cyclohexyl ring. In formula (II), R3 represents a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkyl halide group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, or a group represented by formula (IV).

Abstract: An adhesive film of the present invention includes a base material layer and a self-peeling adhesive layer laminated therein. The base material layer has a thermal contraction percentage in a direction of flow (thermal contraction percentage in an MD direction) and a thermal contraction percentage in an orthogonal direction with respect to the direction of flow (thermal contraction percentage in a TD direction) that satisfy the following conditions: (1) after heating at 150° C. for 30 minutes, 0.4?|thermal contraction percentage in MD direction/thermal contraction percentage in TD direction|?2.5 and average of thermal contraction percentage in MD direction and thermal contraction percentage in TD direction?2%, and (2) after heating at 200° C. for 10 minutes, 0.4?|thermal contraction percentage in MD direction/thermal contraction percentage in TD direction|?2.5 and average of thermal contraction percentage in MD direction and thermal contraction percentage in TD direction?3%.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer nonwoven fabric for foam molding containing a dense layer and a reinforcing layer provided on at least one side of the dense layer, the reinforcing layer is a staple fiber nonwoven fabric containing thermoplastic resin staple fibers (A) having a fiber diameter of more than 20 ?m, in an amount of 5% by mass to 50% by mass, and hermoplastic resin staple fibers (B) having a fiber diameter of 20 ?m or less, in an amount of 95% by mass to 50% by mass, and conjugate polyester-based staple fibers (C) are contained in an amount of 10% by mass to 40% by mass, the dense layer is a nonwoven fabric having bulk density in a range of from 0.05 g/cm3 to 0.3 g/cm3, and the dense layer and the reinforcing layer are entangled with each other by needle punching.

Abstract: Provided is a particulate combustion catalyst including a carrier formed of monoclinic zirconium oxide particles, and metallic Ag or Ag oxide, which serves as a catalyst component and is supported on the carrier, wherein the amount of the catalyst component is 0.5 to 10 mass %, as reduced to metallic Ag, on the basis of the mass of the carrier, and preferably, the catalyst has a BET specific surface area of 8 to 21 m2/g. Also provided are a particulate filter coated with the particulate combustion catalyst; and an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus including a particulate filter coated with the particulate combustion catalyst.

Abstract: What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue.

Abstract: Provided is a novel CaS-based phosphor with which chemical reactions can be inhibited even if said CaS-based phosphor is heated with a heterogeneous material. This phosphor includes: a crystalline parent material represented by the composition formula Ca1-xSrxS.yZnO (in the formula, 0?x<1, 0<y?0.5); and a luminescent center.

Abstract: A metal foil is provided with a filler-containing resin layer that is thin and has a smooth surface as a metal foil provided with an insulating layer. The filler-containing resin layer having a thickness of 0.1 ?m to 3.0 ?M, the gloss at the surface of the filler-containing resin layer is 200 or more, and the surface roughness (Ra) measured by an atomic force microscope in a measurement area of 5 ?m×5 ?M on the filler-containing resin layer is 25 nm or less is stacked on the smooth surface of the metal foil having a gloss exceeding 400 and surface roughness (Ra) measured by an atomic force microscope in a measurement area of 5 ?m×5 ?m of 10 nm or less.

Abstract: An amide derivative represented by Formula (3), which exhibits excellent efficacy in pest control effect, is produced by allowing a compound represented by the following Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2) to react with each other. In Formula (1) to Formula (3), Y1 and Y2 each represent a halogen atom or a haloalkyl group; Rf represents a C3-C4 perfluoroalkyl group; and R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; LG represents a leaving group; T represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; X1, X3, X4, and X5 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like; and A represents a nitrogen atom, a methine group, or the like.

Abstract: A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus includes: a closing latch mechanism having a first latch and a first ratchet; an opening latch mechanism having a second latch and a second ratchet; a release electric mechanism configured to operate the first ratchet to a released position; an opening latch interlocking mechanism configured to operate in a cancel direction from an initial position in association with movement of the second latch from the unlatched position to the latched position; a relay mechanism configured to enable returning of the first ratchet stopped at the released position by switching over from a connected state to a disconnected state; and a cable that is routed through inside of a door trim and that transmits the operation of the opening latch interlocking mechanism in the cancel direction to the relay mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device includes: a seal sticking portion at which an upper seal portion of a waterproof seal is stuck, and which is provided upward in a protruding manner at an upper portion of a body accommodating portion; an upper positioning unit which is provided at a lower edge and a side edge on an extra-vehicle side of the seal sticking portion, the upper positioning unit being configured to receive and position a lower surface and an end face on the extra-vehicle side of the upper seal; and a side positioning unit which is configured to position a side seal portion of the waterproof seal to be directed diagonally downward, and which is provided on a surface on an intra-vehicle side of the cover where the side seal portion is stuck.

Abstract: A layered body including a polymeric piezoelectric body which includes an optically active aliphatic polyester (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and has crystallinity obtained by a DSC method, of from 20% to 80%, and a layer (X) which is in contact with the polymeric piezoelectric body and has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or less.

Abstract: A single crystal SiC substrate capable of forming a good epitaxial thin film thereon to give a high-quality epitaxial substrate is provided. The single crystal SiC substrate has a CMP-treated surface and has 5 or fewer lattice defects measuring 30 nm or more in a direction parallel to the polished surface and 50 nm or more in a direction perpendicular to the polished surface as counted within a depth of 100 nm from the polished surface in a direction perpendicular to the polished surface and a length of 10 ?m in a direction parallel to the polished surface when observed in cross-section using a transmission electron microscope under the 00L reflection or the h-h0 reflection, where L and h are each an integer other than 0.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium metal composite oxide (powder) having a layered structure, which is capable of exhibiting excellent characteristics in both charge-discharge cycle ability and initial charging and discharging efficiency, and is capable of effectively reducing initial resistance, when being used in a positive electrode of a lithium battery. The lithium metal composite oxide (powder) comprises an amount of S which is less than 0.10% by mass of the lithium metal composite oxide powder, a ratio of a crystallite size of a (003) plane to a crystallite size of a (110) plane which is equal to or greater than 1.0 and less than 2.5, and a ratio of a primary particle area to a secondary particle area of 0.004 to 0.035.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compact automatic fire extinguishing equipment that can be installed near an object of fire extinguishing for which there is limited space therearound for a long term in a state of maintenance-free and that can extinguish a fire immediately on the occasion of a fire. The fire extinguishing equipment consists of a fire extinguishing agent 14 and a sealed container 12 filled with the fire extinguishing agent 14. And the fire extinguishing agent 14 is comprised with a compound that is liquid at 25 degrees Celsius (room temperature) at least and that has a boiling point of at least 75 degrees Celsius or less, having fire extinguishing effect. The container 12 is formed with lamination of gas barrier layer 16 and the thermoplastic resin layer 20, and the gas barrier layer 16 consists of ethylene-vinyl-alcohol copolymer resin (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer: EVOH).

Abstract: The process for producing photochromic optical materials of the present invention includes a step (i) of reacting at least one polymerizable monomer (A) having two or more ethylene-based unsaturated groups with at least one polythiol (B) having two or more mercapto groups to obtain a prepolymer; a step (ii) of mixing the prepolymer and a photochromic compound (C) to obtain a polymerizable composition; and a step (iii) of polymerizing the polymerizable composition, wherein, before the reaction of the step (i), the molar number of the mercapto groups included in the polythiol (B) is smaller than the molar number of the ethylene-based unsaturated groups included in the polymerizable monomer (A).

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising a catalyst layer comprising two or more types of inorganic porous particles each having a different particle size, a catalytically active component, and voids, wherein; as a first characteristic, 50% or more by number of all the voids in the catalyst layer satisfies a condition of the following (formula 1); L/2/(?S)1/2?2 . . . (formula 1) wherein S represents a void cross-sectional area, and L represents a void cross-sectional circumference in the (formula 1), and; as a second characteristic, in the void cross-sectional area in the catalyst layer, the average void radius, determined assuming that the void shape is a perfect circle, is 10 ?m to 20 ?m.

Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1 to 4.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polyol with a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 4 or more, obtained by reacting a compound comprising an alkylene oxide compound (II) having a hydroxyl group in a base polyol (I) with a molecular weight of 2000 or more; and a polyol composition for a flexible polyurethane foam, comprising a polyol compound and a crosslinker, wherein the crosslinker comprises a polyol (a) with a hydroxyl value of 50 to 1100 mgKOH/g and with a primary hydroxylate ratio of 25% or more and 60% or less, which is obtained by an addition of a compound comprising alkylene oxide compound (ii) having a hydroxyl group to active hydrogen compound (i).

Abstract: A composition for exterminating an animal parasite, the composition including, as an active ingredient, at least one of 3-aminoxalylaminobenzamide derivatives represented by the following Formula (1): (R1 and R2 represent a halogen atom, a C1-C5 haloalkyl group, a C1-C5 alkyl group, or the like. R3 and R4 represent a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C1-C8 haloalkyl group, or the like. R5 represents a C1-C5 haloalkyl group. R6 and R7 represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C5 alkyl group, or the like. Y represents a halogen atom or the like. Z represents a halogen atom or the like. n represents 0-4, and m represents 0-2.

Abstract: A method for producing meta-xylylenediamines includes a reaction step in which monohalogenated benzenes, formaldehydes, and an amide compound having a primary amide group or a secondary amide group are allowed to react in the presence of an acidic liquid, a dehalogenation step in which the halogen atom derived from the monohalogenated benzenes is replaced with a hydrogen atom, and a deprotection step in which the primary amide group or the secondary amide group derived from the amide compound is converted to an amino group. In the reaction step, the acidic liquid contains inorganic acid, the equivalent ratio of the hydrogen atom of the inorganic acid relative to the monohalogenated benzenes is more than 16; the acidic liquid has an inorganic acid concentration of more than 80 mass %; and the reaction temperature is more than 40° C.