Abstract: Polymers having polyolefin segments as the side chain, with a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1): wherein A is an olefin polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 400 to 500,000; R is H, an alkyl group, or an aralkyl group; W and Z are each O, HN, or S; and x and y are each 0 or 1, with the proviso that at least one of them is 1. The polymer can be applied as an antistatic agent, a cosmetic additive, a releasing agent for toner, a pigment dispersant, a lubricant for vinyl chloride resins, a coating material, an emulsion composition and the like.

Abstract: A process of producing olefins by a metathesis reaction in a practical low temperature range by improving the reactivity of the catalyst is provided. The process of producing olefins according to the present invention allows a metathesis reaction of olefins, which uses a catalyst containing metal elements such as tungsten, molybdenum, rhenium or the like, to proceed at an industrially sufficient reaction rate in a practical low temperature range, by using a compound containing at least one metal element selected from the metals of Group Ia (alkali metals), Group IIa (alkaline earth metals), Group IIb and Group IIIa as co-catalyst and allowing hydrogen gas to co-exist with the reaction raw material.

Abstract: The invention provides a copolymer rubber excellent in processability in kneading and processability in extrusion; rubber compositions containing the rubber; and crosslinked moldings of the compositions excellent in sealing properties and shape retention. A random copolymer rubber of ethylene (A), a C3-20 ?-olefin (B) and a nonconjugated polyene (C) which satisfies the following requirements (1) to (5): (1) the structural units (A) and (B) are contained at an (A)/(B) molar ratio of 40/60 to 95/5, (2) the structural unit (C) content is 0.01 to 5% by mole, (3) the limiting viscosity [?] is 1.0 to 5.0 dl/g as determined in decahydronaphthalene at 135°., (4) the Mw/Mn is 1 to 8, and (5) the P value is 0.46 to 1.00 as defined by formula (1): P=Ln(limiting viscosity [?])?5.0×105×?*(10) (1) (wherein Ln is a natural logarithm; and ?*(10) is viscosity (Pa·sec) as determined at 190° C. and at 10 rad/sec.

Abstract: In an electrically powered door actuating system of a motor vehicle with a slide door, there is employed a control unit for controlling a door actuating device of the slide door.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved process for producing nitroguanidine derivatives represented by the formula (3), which has an insecticidal activity, or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are defined herein, in which nitroisourea derivatives represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof wherein the substituents are defined herein, and compounds represented by the following general formula (2) or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are defined herein, are reacted in the presence of a base in an aqueous solution wherein an inorganic salt is dissolved at not less than 50% of its saturated solubility.

Abstract: The concentration of the urea of a urea solution is identified accurately and immediately. A pulse voltage is applied for a predetermined time to a urea concentration identifying sensor heater including a heater and an identifying liquid temperature sensor provided in the vicinity of the heater, a urea solution to be identified is heated by the heater, and the concentration of the urea is identified with a voltage output difference V0 corresponding to a temperature difference between an initial temperature and a peak temperature in the identifying liquid temperature sensor.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated core, comprising: (1) blanking a rotor core sheet 15 and a stator core sheet 14 from a thin strip material 27, the stator core sheet 14 positioned so as to have a common axis with the rotor core sheet 15, and including a ring-shaped yoke piece 18 and plural magnetic pole pieces 19 integrally connecting to a radially inside of the yoke piece 18, each of the magnetic pole pieces 19 including a magnetic pole shaft piece 20 and a magnetic pole tooth piece 21; and (2) laminating the stator core sheet 14 inside a die; wherein to form the magnetic pole pieces 19, firstly preparatory slots 29, smaller than finishing slots 30, are blanked, the adjacent finishing slots 30 forming each of the magnetic pole pieces 19; secondly a part or a whole of the magnetic pole shaft pieces 20 each are coined to elongate the same in a radially inward direction; and thereafter the finishing slots 30 are blanked and the magnetic pole tooth pieces 21 are shaped.

Abstract: To provide an Al—Ni alloy wiring electrode material, which has flexibility suitable for organic EL, can be directly bonded to a transparent electrode layer of ITO or the like, and is excellent in corrosion resistance against developers. An Al—Ni alloy wiring electrode material containing aluminum, nickel and boron, wherein the material contains a total of 0.35 at % to 1.2 at % of nickel and boron with the balance being aluminum. It is also preferred that the Al—Ni alloy wiring electrode material contain 0.3 at % to 0.7 at % of nickel and 0.05 at % to 0.5 at % of boron.

Abstract: Demyelinated axons were remyelinated in the demyelinated rat model by collecting bone marrow cells from mouse bone marrow and transplanting the mononuclear cell fraction separated from these bone marrow cells.

Abstract: A film splicer including a base body on which two films to be spliced are aligned such that splicing ends thereof make contact with each other, an adhesive tape applied to the splicing ends of the films to join them, and a splicer arm that is folded against the base body to bore sprocket holes by punching members and to cut the adhesive tape by cutting members to a length corresponding to the length in the width direction of the films, wherein the cutting members comprise punches capable of punching out both the adhesive tape and excessive edge areas in the width direction of the films and that are formed with tapered portions having an angle relative to a cutting direction that extends in the longer direction of the films, the tapered portions being formed at both end areas in the cutting direction, whereby edge areas in the width direction of the films spliced together are free of steps.

Abstract: There is provided a modified ion exchange resin catalyst which exhibits higher bisphenols selectivity than the conventional modified ion exchange resins in processes wherein bisphenols are produced by reacting a phenolic compound with ketones, and to provide such a process for producing bisphenols.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a plastic polarized lens with excellent processability and the like, and a method of producing the same. The plastic polarized lens is obtained by injecting a mixture of a specified isocyanate compound and a specified active hydrogen compound into a lens-forming mold wherein a polarized film containing a thermoplastic polyester is fixed, followed by polymerization and curing.

Abstract: This invention provides a rubber composition comprising 1-10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a composition containing the compound as a main component based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component as well as a pneumatic tire in which at least one of a carcass (4) and a belt (6) includes a layer composed of steel cords covered with a coating rubber, characterized in that the above rubber composition is used as the coating rubber covering the steel cords in at least one of the carcass (4) and the belt (6): (wherein R represents a divalent aliphatic group having a carbon number of 1-16 or a divalent aromatic group).

Abstract: A process is provided which is capable of producing olefins stably and efficiently by a metathesis reaction of identical or different olefins while preventing the lowering in metathesis catalyst activity due to trace impurities such as heteroatom-containing compounds that are contained in a starting olefin. The olefin production process includes supplying a starting olefin containing more than 0 ppm by weight to not more than 10 ppm by weight of one or more kinds of heteroatom-containing compounds to a reactor that contains a metathesis catalyst and an isomerization catalyst, the metathesis catalyst including at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum and rhenium, the isomerization catalyst including calcined hydrotalcite or yttrium oxide, and performing a metathesis reaction of identical or different olefins.

Abstract: Electro-conductive fibers comprise synthetic fibers and an electro-conductive layer containing carbon nanotubes and covering a surface of the synthetic fibers, and the coverage of the electro-conductive layer relative to the whole surface of the synthetic fibers is not less than 60% (particularly not less than 90%). The electric resistance value of the electro-conductive fibers ranges from 1×10?2 to 1×1010 ?/cm, and the standard deviation of the logarithm of the electric resistance value is less than 1.0. The thickness of the electro-conductive layer ranges from 0.1 to 5 ?m, and the ratio of the carbon nanotubes may be 0.1 to 50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the synthetic fibers. The electro-conductive layer may further contain a binder. The electro-conductive fibers may be produced by immersing the synthetic fibers in a dispersion with vibrating the synthetic fibers to form the electro-conductive layer adhered to the surface of the synthetic fibers.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula: [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, alkyl group, etc., R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, alkyl group, etc., R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substitutable alkyl group, a substitutable alkenyl group, alkynyl group, a substitutable cycloalkyl group, etc., or R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 may form a ring which may be substituted, which is formed by the adjacent two of them with carbon atoms to which the respective substituents are bonded, m and n each independently represent 0 or 1.] a salt thereof, an ester derivative thereof and an agricultural chemical containing the same as an effective ingredient, and a herbicidal composition containing the compound and a second herbicidally active compound as effective ingredients.

Abstract: A water treatment system to be installed in a tanker or other cargo ship for destruction of aquatic organisms and microorganisms that may be contained in the water, usually seawater, being pumped into the ship's ballast tank or tanks. Included is a ballast pump having an intake conduit for drawing water from the sea, and a delivery conduit for delivering the water under pressure to the ballast tank. The delivery conduit has mounted therein a slitted or otherwise open-worked screen for mechanically killing the aquatic lifeforms contained in the water by shearing action. For chemical treatment, on the other hand, part of the water being delivered by the ballast pump is bypassed into an ozone impregnator thereby to be impregnated with ozone from an ozonizer. A bypass pump repressurizes the ozone-impregnated water for returning the same into the delivery conduit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) resin composition having an excellent balance between micropore formability and toughness, which can sufficiently form fine pores by drawing and does not cause a break during drawing. The poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) resin composition contains 0-90 parts by mass of a 4-methyl-1-pentene homopolymer (A) and 10-100 parts by mass of a 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymer (B) having a structural unit derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene and a structural unit derived from a C2-20 ?-olefin other than 4-methyl-1-pentene. The content of the structural unit derived from a C2-20 ?-olefin other than 4-methyl-1-pentene is 0.1-2.1% by mass relative to the total amount of the homopolymer (A) and the copolymer (B). The poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) resin composition also contains 0.1-800 ppm of a nucleator (C) relative to the total weight of the homopolymer (A) and the copolymer (B).

Abstract: A polymerization catalyst composition for a radically polymerizable monomer of the present invention comprises a transition metal-containing phosphazenium composition which is produced by mixing a phosphazenium compound with a compound of a transition metal belonging to Groups 4 to 12 in the periodic table and an organic halogen compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolytic solution including an organosilicon compound having a metal atom, a phosphorus atom or a boron atom, and a fluorine-containing alkali metal salt, wherein the content of a fluorinated organosilicon compound generated by reaction of the organosilicon compound and the fluorine-containing alkali metal salt in the non-aqueous electrolytic solution is 0.2% by mass or less.