Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a dielectric film excellent in the deposition stability in forming a high-density dielectric film by an electrophoresis method using a dielectric particle-dispersed slurry in which dielectric particles are dispersed. In order to achieve the object, a method for producing a dielectric film using an electrophoresis method comprising arranging a cathode electrode and an anode electrode in a dielectric particle-dispersed slurry in which the dielectric particles are dispersed and carrying out electrolysis to form a dielectric film on one of the electrodes, wherein the dielectric particles contained in the dielectric particle-dispersed slurry are the calcined dielectric particles.

Abstract: The composition of raw mixed gas and the gas composition of produced mixed gas hydrate are uniformed as rapidly as possible. The process for producing a mixed gas hydrate comprises the gas hydrate forming step of reacting a mixed gas (g) with water (w) to thereby obtain a gas hydrate in slurry form; the dewatering step of removing the water (w) from the gas hydrate slurry (s); the palletizing step of forming the gas hydrate after water removal into pellets; the freezing step of chilling the gas hydrate pellets (p) to the freezing point or below to thereby freeze the same; and the pressure reduction step of depressurizing the frozen gas hydrate to storage pressure, wherein the mixed gas (g) fed to the gas hydrate forming step is diluted by diluent gas (m) as a constituent of the principal components of the mixed gas (g).

Abstract: Processes of the invention provide alcohols such as isopropyl alcohol with high purity and little by-product impurities by reacting a ketone such as acetone and hydrogen. The process for producing alcohols includes catalytically hydrogenating a ketone in the presence of a catalyst into an alcohol, and the catalyst is an acid-treated Raney catalyst obtained by contact-treating a Raney catalyst with an acid.

Abstract: A method for dusting-preventive treatment of a dusting material using a dust-preventive treatment agent including a PTFE aqueous dispersion having lower potential for environmental concerns, which method is as effective as a known method and further has a lower possibility of environmental concerns, and the dust-preventive treated material obtained by treating the dusting material by the method. The method involves mixing a dust preventing treatment composition composed of an aqueous dispersion of polytetrafluoroethylene containing 50 ppm or less of a fluorine-containing emulsifier with the dusting material and then forming fibrils of polytetrafluoroethylene by applying a compression/shear force to the mixture above at a temperature of about 20° C. to 200° C.

Abstract: A composition for dust-preventive treatment including an aqueous dispersion of fluorine-containing polymer showing a low potential for environmental concerns and a dust prevention effect as high as that of known composition for dust-preventive treatment. The composition for dust-preventive treatment includes an aqueous dispersion of fluorine-containing polymer containing 50 ppm or less of a fluorine-containing emulsifier. The composition for dust-preventive treatment comprising aqueous dispersion of fluorine-containing polymer containing 50 ppm or less of a fluorine-containing emulsifier can preferably be obtained by removing the fluorine-containing emulsifier from a polymer dispersion prepared by polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene using the fluorine-containing emulsifier.

Abstract: An atomic layer growing apparatus includes a deposition container, a gas supply unit, and an exhaust unit. In the deposition container, an antenna array and a substrate stage are provided. The antenna array is formed by disposing a plurality of antenna elements in parallel, each of the antenna elements being configured by coating a rod-shaped antenna body with a dielectric material. The antenna array generates plasma using one of an oxidizing gas and a nitriding gas. The substrate is placed on the substrate stage. The gas supply unit alternately supplies the source gas and the oxidizing gas toward the substrate stage from a supply hole made in a sidewall of the deposition container when a film is formed on the substrate. The exhaust unit exhausts the source gas and one of the oxidizing gas and the nitriding gas, which are alternately supplied into the deposition container.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrophilic film that has high adhesion to inorganic materials and is safer and excellent in transparency and also exhibits both very high hydrophilicity and abrasion resistance, and also provides a laminate including the hydrophilic film.

Abstract: A method for reducing body fat accumulation is provided that includes: providing a reducer of body fat accumulation, wherein the reducer comprises isomaltulose; having an individual ingest the reducer; and having the individual consume a carbohydrate having an ?-1,6-glucosyl bond ratio of from 0% to less than 50% relative to the total bonds among constituent saccharides, wherein the reducer is ingested before or after or simultaneous with consuming the carbohydrate, and wherein the reducer reduces the individual's body fat accumulation caused by consuming the carbohydrate. The reducer of body fat accumulation includes isomaltulose (PALATINOSE™) as an active ingredient so that when the reducer is ingested and a carbohydrate having an ?-1,6-glucosyl bond ratio of from 0% to less than 50% relative to the total bonds among constituent saccharides is consumed, accumulation of body fat resulting from ingesting the carbohydrate is reduced.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a capacitor-forming material having a stable adhesion between a dielectric layer and an electrode-forming layer. To achieve the object, the capacitor-forming material in which an oxides dielectric layer is provided between a top-electrode-forming layer and a bottom-electrode-forming layer, wherein at least one of the top-electrode-forming layer and the bottom-electrode-forming layer has a two-layer construction constituted with a bulk-metal layer and a composite layer composed of metal and metal oxide which is made to contact with the oxides dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method for reducing blood glucose level increase is provided that includes: providing a reducer of blood glucose level increase, wherein the reducer comprises isomaltulose; having an individual ingest the reducer; and having the individual consume a carbohydrate having an ?-1,6-glucosyl bond ratio of from 0% to less than 50% relative to the total bonds among constituent saccharides, wherein the reducer is ingested before or after or simultaneously with consuming the carbohydrate, and wherein the reducer reduces an increase in the individual's blood glucose level caused by consuming the carbohydrate. The reducer of blood glucose level increase includes isomaltulose (PALATINOSE™) as an active ingredient so that when the reducer is ingested and a carbohydrate having an ?-1,6-glucosyl bond ratio of from 0% to less than 50% relative to the total bonds among constituent saccharides is consumed, an increase in blood glucose level caused by ingesting the carbohydrate is reduced.

Abstract: To provide a winding mechanism and a trawling apparatus capable of eliminating an excessive tension or slack generated in a wire wound around a drum and keeping the tension or wire length of the wire constant. A winding mechanism with tension control function includes a reversibly rotatable liquid-pressure motor rotating a drum having a wire wound therearound, a liquid-pressure pump coupled directly with the liquid-pressure motor and supplying hydraulic oil, and an electric motor rotating to drive the liquid-pressure pump. The winding mechanism further includes a control unit controlling a torque of the electric motor based on a variation in load current of the electric motor and winding off or winding up the wire to keep the tension of the wire at a set value.

Abstract: A hybrid polymer has a structure in which a polyolefin segment and a polar polymer segment are connected not via a bonding group containing a heteroatom. A method of the invention produces the hybrid polymer with industrial advantages. The hybrid polymer includes a polyolefin segment (A) and a polar polymer segment (B), the polar polymer segment being obtained by radical polymerization of a radically polymerizable monomer.

Abstract: To provide an epoxy polymerizable composition which exhibits low curing shrinkage and high workability and which gives a cured article having a high refraction index and high heat resistance. The epoxy polymerizable composition contains (A2) fluorene epoxy compound having the following general formula (1) or (2), (A3) epoxy compound having a softening point of 30° C. or less, and (B1) thiol compound having two or more thiol groups in one molecule.

Abstract: A raw material supply device (105) includes an introduction pipe (152a) which introduces a carrier gas into a raw material vessel (151), a transport pipe (152b) which transports a source gas fed out from the raw material vessel, a supply pipe (155a) which is branched from the transport pipe and supplies the source gas to a film forming chamber (101), a circulation pipe (155b) which is branched from the transport pipe (152b) and returns the source gas to the introduction pipe (152a), an introduction valve (156a) which is attached to the introduction pipe, a supply valve (156b) which is attached to the supply pipe, a circulation valve (156c) which is attached to the circulation pipe, and a controller (157) which controls opening/closing of the valves. The controller controls the supply valve and the circulation valve to be in opposite open/closed states. The source gas can be supplied more stably while suppressing the waste of the raw material.

Abstract: A method of producing a compound represented by the following general formula (3): [wherein R is a bivalent aliphatic group having a carbon number of 1-16 or a bivalent aromatic group], which comprises a step (i) of reacting a compound represented by the following general formula (1): with a carboxylic acid halide represented by the following general formula (2): [wherein R is a bivalent aliphatic group having a carbon number of 1-16 or a bivalent aromatic group and X is a halogen atom] in the presence of a basic compound to form an ester, and a step (ii) of conducting a heat treatment after the step (i) to decompose an oligomer in the ester.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photocatalyst comprising a photocatalytically active base, and a silicon oxide film covering the base and substantially having no pores. The alkali metal content of the photocatalyst is not less than 1 ppm but not more than 1,000 ppm. Also disclosed is a method for producing such a photocatalyst wherein when a photocatalytically active base present in an aqueous medium is coated with a silicon oxide film by using a silicate, the pH of the aqueous medium containing both the photocatalytically active base and the silicate is maintained at 5 or below.

Abstract: A carrier core material for an electrophotographic developer containing Li ferrite, maghemite, and Fe3O4, wherein a part thereof is substituted with Mn, a Li content is 1 to 2.5% by weight, a Mn content is 2 to 7.5% by weight, and a silicon content is 25 to 10,000 ppm, a compression breaking strength is 130 MPa or more, an SF-1 is 125 to 145, respective cumulative strengths of respective spinel crystal structure faces in X-ray diffraction satisfy a certain equation, a vacuum resistivity R500 across a 2 mm gap when a measurement voltage of 500 V is applied is 1×106 to 5×109 ?, and a vacuum resistivity R1000 across a 6.5 mm gap when a measurement voltage of 1,000 V is applied is 5×107 to 1×1010 ?.

Abstract: The invention concerns multilayered constructions useful in forming capacitors and resistors, which may be used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards and microelectronic devices. A thermosetting polymer layer or layers are attached directly onto a heat resistant film layer, specifically on the side(s) of the heat resistant film to be attached to an electrically conductive layer having an electrical resistance material layer thereon. Attaching the adhesive to the heat resistant film rather than the electrically conductive layer streamlines the manufacturing process, particularly in the formation of the electrical resistance material layer onto the electrically conductive layer. This also results in better precision and uniformity of the multilayered construction.

Abstract: A propylene resin composition includes 0 to 80 wt % of a propylene polymer (A) having a DSC melting point of not less than 100° C., 5 to 85 wt % of a specific soft propylene copolymer (B), 0 to 40 wt % of one or more elastomers (C) selected from ethylene elastomers (C1) and styrene elastomers (C2), and 15 to 80 wt % of an inorganic filler (D) (the total of (A), (B), (C) and (D) is 100 wt %) The propylene resin composition contains the inorganic filler at a high proportion and shows excellent flexibility as well as high breaking elongation, low-temperature properties, whitening resistance, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, stress absorption properties and flame retardancy.

Abstract: A laminated stator core 10 and a manufacturing method thereof, the method including producing a plurality of core sheets 15 and 16 from a strip 33, ends 34 of the strip 33 being a part of a product without being cut twice, and rotating and laminating the core sheets. A laminated stator core formed by core sheets blanked from a magnetic strip, both ends of the magnetic strip being one of the sides of the core sheets, wherein the identically shaped core sheets each have a rotor space in the center thereof, each rotor space having a center located off-center in one direction with respect to each center of the core sheets, and the core sheets are rotated by a predetermined angle before being laminated with the rotor spaces vertically aligned.