Abstract: A latch device includes: a base plate; an open lever rotatably attached to the base plate; a biasing unit that biases the open lever; and an electric release unit to be installed in an electric release type latch device in which the open lever is operated by power and a manual release unit to be installed in a manual release type latch device in which the open lever is manually operated are capable of being selectively installed in the base plate. The open lever includes an action end portion to press a ratchet engaged with a latch and disengaging the ratchet from the latch. The biasing unit biases the open lever. The manual release unit is provided with a manual release stopping unit to abut against a driven portion.

Abstract: Provided is a reflector for a light-emitting diode which has a small decrease in reflectance in a range from the ultraviolet region to visible region, and has excellent heat resistance, light resistance, and weather resistance, and a housing having this reflector. The reflector for a light-emitting diode is obtained by molding a fluororesin composition containing a filler with an average particle diameter of smaller than 1 ?m, wherein the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the reflectance at a wavelength of 240-700 nm is within 25%.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch apparatus includes a meshing portion assembly and an operating portion assembly. The meshing portion assembly includes: a latch; and a pawl engaging with the latch for preventing a rotation of the latch. The operating portion assembly includes: a casing including a shaft portion and a slit; and an operation lever pivotally supported on the shaft portion and including a shaft hole. The slit is provided in a wall portion of the casing at right angles to a rotating plane of the operation lever. The operation lever enters the slit in a waiting position. A movement of the operation lever in a direction of a rotating axis thereof is prevented by loosely fitting the shaft hole on the shaft portion and by entering the operation lever to the slit in a state where the meshing portion assembly is not attached to the operating portion assembly.

Abstract: A process for producing zinc toluenesulfonate comprising reacting a zinc compound comprising Zn(OH)2 with toluenesulfonic acid and/or a salt thereof in the presence of an alcohol having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in total at a temperature higher than 60° C.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a multilayer printed wiring board in which a copper foil with carrier foil consists of at least four layers, a copper foil layer/a release layer/a heat-resistant metal layer/a carrier foil is used; a supporting substrate is manufactured by laminating an insulating layer constituting material to the surface of the carrier foil constituting the copper foil with carrier foil; a supporting substrate with build-up wiring layer is manufactured by forming a build-up wiring layer on the surface of the copper foil layer constituting the copper foil with carrier foil in the supporting substrate; the resulted supporting substrate with build-up wiring layer is separated at the release layer to manufacture a multilayered laminate; the resulted multilayered laminate is processed a necessary procedures to manufacture a multilayer printed wiring board.

Abstract: A system for supply chain management is provided. The system includes two or more manufacturer systems receiving order data, such as data identifying goods that have been ordered for each of two or more warehouses, and generating first and second shipment data, such as data identifying the actual amount of goods that were shipped. A warehouse system receives the order data, such as to allow a warehouse operator to make plans for accommodating the order, and the shipment data, such as to notify the warehouse operator of actual amounts of goods that have been shipped. An order controller system generates the order data and receives the shipment data, such as data identifying goods that are being shipped to the order controller system.

Abstract: A molding material of the present invention includes a polymer having a repeating structural unit whose part or whole contains an alicyclic structure, a phenolic stabilizer, a hindered amine light stabilizer and a phosphorus stabilizer, in which at least a part of the phenolic stabilizer and/or hindered amine light stabilizer is presently adhering to the surface of particles of the above polymer.

Abstract: Provided are a shape-retaining film which has excellent adhesion to inks and other functional layers while retaining high shape-retaining properties and a process for producing the shape-retaining film. The shape-retaining film comprises an ethylene homopolymer or an ethylene/a-olefin copolymer having a C3-6 a-olefin content less than 2 wt. %, the ethylene homopolymer or copolymer having a density of 950 kg/m3 or higher and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw)/number-average molecular weight (Mn) ratio of 5-20. The film has a tensile elasticity modulus of 6-50 GPa and has either an angle of recovery from 90 bending of 8 or less or an angle of recovery from 180 bending of 65 or less.

Abstract: The invention provides a polymeric piezoelectric material including a helical chiral polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and having optical activity, wherein a crystallinity of the material measured by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%, and a product of a standardized molecular orientation MORc measured by a microwave transmission type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 ?m and the crystallinity is from 25 to 250.

Abstract: There are provided an electrode foil which has all the functions of a supporting base material, an electrode and a reflective layer and also has a superior thermal conductivity; and an organic device using the same. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil, wherein the electrode foil has at least one outermost surface which is an ultra-smooth surface having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 10.0 nm or less as measured in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to develop fibers which include an olefin polymer and are suitable to form a nonwoven fabric, and to develop such nonwoven fabrics. The invention provides a fiber including an olefin polymer composition including 100 parts by weight of an olefin polymer and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of an acid-form anionic surfactant, the acid-form anionic surfactant having been melt kneaded in the fiber.

Abstract: There are provided novel A-87774 compounds or salts thereof having a herbicidal activity or a plant growth regulating activity, a microorganism producing the same, a production method thereof, an agrochemical (in particular, herbicide or plant growth regulator) containing the same as an active ingredient, a method for using the same, and a culture of the microorganism.

Abstract: Contemplated compositions and methods include a catechin at a concentration effective to inactivate SARS at least by a factor of 2 log 10 units when the formulation is applied to a surface. Preferably, the catechins are provided as a complex mixture, and most preferably as a near-native catechin preparation from green tea.

Abstract: The invention provides a piezoelectric polymer material including a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and having optical activity, the piezoelectric polymer material having a piezoelectric constant d14 at 25° C. of 10 pC/N or more, a degree of crystallinity obtained by X-ray diffraction of from 40% to 80%, and a haze of from 0.5 to 30.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition which enables to obtain a transparent member having excellent transparency, high refractive index and high strength and an optical component composed of such a transparent member. A resin composition of the present invention comprises a polymerizable compound or a resin component and an organically modified fine particle produced in the presence of a high-temperature high-pressure water as a reaction field, in which an organic material is bonded to the surface of a metal fine particle.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing lithium sulfide based on a new dry method, by which lithium sulfide can be produced more easily at lower cost, and fine pulverization of lithium sulfide can be attempted. Suggested is a method for producing lithium sulfide (Li2S) for a solid electrolyte material for lithium ion batteries that is used as a solid electrolyte material for lithium ion batteries, the method including bringing lithium carbonate powder into contact with a gas containing sulfur (S) in a dry state, simultaneously heating the lithium carbonate, and thereby obtaining lithium sulfide powder.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust gas purifying catalyst carrier has a core body formed of a CeO2—ZrO2 solid solution or a CeO2—ZrO2—La2O2 solid solution, and CeO2 supported on the surface of the core body, wherein the core body has a CeO2 content of 5 to 35 mass % and an La2O2 content of 0 to 10 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier, and the amount of CeO2 supported on the core body is 5 to 17 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier.

Abstract: A liquid sample flow containing living cells is irradiated with measurement laser light and the photo data of at least either scattering light or fluorescence that is generated by each of the living cells in the liquid sample flow due to the irradiation with the measurement laser light is acquired. Based on the photo data thus acquired, it is determined whether each of the cells assignable to the respective photo data is an unnecessary living cell or a target living cell. Based on the determination results, a pulse voltage is then applied exclusively to the living cells having been determined as unnecessary living cells so that the unnecessary living cells are damaged and killed.

Abstract: A fluorescence detecting device generates a modulation signal for modulating an intensity of laser light and modulates the laser light by using the modulation signal, when receiving fluorescence emitted by a measurement object irradiated with laser light emitted from a laser light source unit. The fluorescence detecting device obtains a fluorescent signal of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object irradiated with the laser light and calculates, from the fluorescent signal, the phase delay of the fluorescence with respect to the modulation signal. At the time, the fluorescence detecting device controls the frequency of the modulation signal so that the value of the phase delay comes close to a preset value. The fluorescence detecting device calculates the fluorescence relaxation time of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object by using a phase delay obtained under the condition of frequency of the modulation signal at the time when the control is settled.

Abstract: A light absorption examining device includes a laser light source that emits the pulse laser beam, a measuring unit that retains the measuring object and irradiates the measuring object with the pulse laser beam, a light receiving unit that receives the pulse laser beam transmitted through the measuring object and outputs a light receiving signal, a pulse generator that produces a single rectangular pulse at a time when a signal level of the light receiving signal output from the light receiving unit intersects a set threshold, a laser driver that supplies the produced rectangular pulse to the laser light source to emit the pulse laser beam, and a control/processing unit that determines an accumulated delay time and examines absorption of the pulse laser beam by the measuring object using the determined accumulated delay time, the accumulated delay time representing a delay in a production timing of the rectangular pulse.