Abstract: An ?-olefin/non-conjugated cyclic polyene copolymer (A) includes structural units (I) derived from an ?-olefin and structural units (H) derived from a vinyl group-containing cyclic olefin. The copolymer has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of not more than 2.7 and is amorphous or low crystalline with a crystalline heat of fusion (?H) of less than 90 kJ/kg. The copolymer is efficiently produced using a specific transition metal catalyst that has a ligand with a phenoxyimine skeleton. The copolymer of the invention has a narrower molecular weight distribution and a higher content of vinyl groups as compared with existing copolymers. The copolymer can then give crosslinked products having excellent tensile properties. The copolymer is also used as a plasticizer for polymers such as rubbers, and provides excellent processability and superior mechanical strength and rubber elasticity of crosslinked products.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a compound represented by the general formula (1) exhibiting a high insecticidal effect and an insecticide comprising the compound as an active ingredient. The compound represented by the general formula (1) and an insecticide comprising the compound as an active ingredient, wherein, in the formula, A1, A2, A3 and A4 each represent a carbon atom or the like; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or the like; G1 and G2 represent an oxygen atom or the like; Xs each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or the like; n represents an integer of 0 to 4; Q1 represents a substituted phenyl group, a substituted heterocyclic group or the like; Q2 represents a substituted phenyl group, a substituted heterocyclic group or the like.

Abstract: Sputtering target materials have improved film-sputtering properties by containing finer metal oxide particles. A process for producing a sputtering target material including a cobalt/chromium/platinum matrix phase and an oxide phase that includes two or more metal oxides including at least chromium oxide wherein the oxide phase is in the form of particles, includes sintering material powder to form the sputtering target material wherein the material powder contains chromium oxide at not less than 1.0 mol % based on the material powder.

Abstract: Provided is a process which can be carried out upon the production of a polyurethane/thiourethane-based resin with the use of a polyisocyanate compound, a polyol compound, and a polythiol compound, without causing abrupt heat generation or viscosity increase. At least one polyol compound having at least one ether bond and two or more hydroxy groups in a molecule is used as the polyol compound, whereby a large heat generation or an abrupt viscosity increase are prevented from occurring upon blending monomer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a sultone compound represented by the Formula 1 below (wherein R1 to R4 respectively represent a hydrogen, a fluorine, a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms that may contain fluorine atom(s), n represents an integer of 0 to 3, and when n is 2 or 3, the two or three R3 groups are independent from each other and the two or three R4 groups are independent from each other), and an ethylene carbonate having a hydrogen atom substituted by a fluorine atom. Also disclosed is a lithium secondary battery employing the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. This nonaqueous electrolyte solution does not cause an increase in the internal resistance of a nonaqueous electrochemical device and improves the lifespan characteristics of the device. The lithium secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolyte solution exhibits greatly improved cycle charge/discharge characteristics at high temperature, and has excellent charge/discharge load characteristics.

Abstract: An recycled composite material is disclosed, which is prepared by using as a raw material a waste composite material which comprises a matrix component and carbon fibrous structures added to the matrix, and adding an additional matrix component which is homogeneous and/or heterogeneous with the matrix of the spent composite material, and then kneading them together; wherein the carbon fibrous structure comprises a three dimensional network of carbon fibers, each carbon fiber having an outside diameter of 15-100 nm, and a granular part, at which the fibers are bound in a state that the carbon fibers extend outwardly therefrom, and wherein the granular part is produced in a growth process of the carbon fibers. The recycled composite material performs much the same with the original composite material, and is produced briefly at a low cost.

Abstract: The object is to remove unburned carbon in a fly ash in a stable and economically advantageous manner. A fly ash, water and a trapping agent are mixed together in a hybrid mixer (2), a shearing force is applied to the mixture to prepare a slurry containing surface-modified unburned carbon within a short time, a foaming agent is added to the slurry, and then the unburned carbon is separated by performing flotation separation in a flotator (11).

Abstract: A housing, a sun gear rotatably supported in the housing, a ring gear rotatably supported coaxially with the sun gear, a planetary carrier rotatably supported coaxially with the sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears rotatably supported to the planetary carrier and meshing with the sun gear and the ring gear, a motor connected to the ring gear to rotate the ring gear, an electromagnetic brake capable of applying a braking force to rotation of the sun gear, and an actuating member connected to the planetary carrier and linked to a door of a vehicle, and capable of moving the door in opening and closing directions are provided.

Abstract: A polypropylene based nonwoven fabric is excellent in surface appearance and stretch properties and exhibits a small residual strain and excellent adhesiveness to polyolefins. The nonwoven fabric is obtained by forming a polypropylene resin composition comprising 1 to 40 weight parts of (i) an isotactic polypropylene, and 60 to 99 weight parts of (ii) a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing 45 to 89 mole % of propylene, 10 to 25 mole % of ethylene and the balance of ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms (with the proviso that the copolymerized amount of the ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms does not exceed 30 mole %), characterized by a small residual strain after stretching at a stretch ratio of 150%. The nonwoven fabric can be effectively used as sanitary materials or the like by virtue of its characteristics including stretch properties.

Abstract: Hydroxycarboxylic acids are produced by using a microorganism that is improved in ability to produce nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide by deleting, mutating or substituting nadR gene in the microorganism or introducing a gene encoding nicotinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase.

Abstract: The foamed laminate based on olefin according to the present invention is composed of a substrate layer of a foamed body made of either an ethylenic thermoplastic elastomer comprising a polyethylene resin and an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer having a Mooney viscosity ML1+4 (100° C.) of 90-250 and an ethylene content of 70-95 mole % or an ethylenic thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer and 1-20 parts by weight of an olefinic thermoplastic resin and, under lamination thereon, a skin layer made of either an ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin resin having an intrinsic viscosity of 3.5-8.3 dl/g or made of an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer and a lubricant.

Abstract: A latch engages with a striker fixed to a vehicle when a door of the vehicle is closed. A latch lever that turns together with the latch has an engagement portion. A closing lever forced by a spring has a pressing portion and has the same axis as a sector gear driven by a motor. If the door is incompletely closed or in a half-latched position, the closing lever turns by the sector gear driven by the motor, so that the pressing portion contact and press the engagement portion of the latch lever to allow the door to close completely. Even if the pressing portion inadvertently engages with the engagement portion, the sector gear and the closing lever can return to the original position independently. Then, the door can normally be closed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for conveniently analyzing sugar chain (isomer) structure using a sample of approximately 1 picomole, which is generally subjected to analysis in proteomics without using any sugar chain preparation. The present invention relates to a method for analyzing sugar chain structure, comprising a step of obtaining the fragmentation pattern of a test sugar chain through fragmentation of the test sugar chain and a step of predicting the structure of the test sugar chain through comparison of the sugar chain predicted fragmentation pattern data generated based on fragmentation pattern templates with the fragmentation pattern of the test sugar chain.

Abstract: Provided are a ring-opening metathesis polymer and a hydrogenated product thereof that are useful as materials for an optical component, and a method for preparation thereof. The present invention relates to a ring-opening metathesis polymer comprising at least repeating structural units [A] represented by the following General Formula [1] and repeating structural units [B] represented by the following General Formula [2] at a constitutional molar ratio [A]/[B] of 0.1/99.9 to 100/0. The present invention relates to a ring-opening metathesis polymer comprising at least repeating structural units [A] represented by the following General Formula [1] and repeating structural units [B] represented by the following General Formula [2] at a constitutional molar ratio [A]/[B] of 0.1/99.9 to 100/0.

Abstract: A concentrating method and a concentrating system for concentrating polyisocyanate residues that that can effectively concentrate polyisocyanate residues from crude polyisocyanate comprising polyisocyanate and polyisocyanate residues in a short time and can also suppress increase in viscosity to provide stable transport of the residues and prevent blockage of the transport line, and a treating method and a treating system for decomposing the concentrated components to polyamine. The polyisocyanate residues are first heated on the boil by the distiller to be concentrated to a midterm concentrating rate, and then, the polyisocyanate residues are concentrated to the final concentrating rate by evaporation using a evaporator.

Abstract: A hydrophobic compound having at least one each of hydrophobic group (an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a —C6H5 group) and polymerizable group (a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom) is allowed to undergo a gas-phase polymerization reaction, under reduced pressure (of not more than 30 kPa), in the presence of a raw porous silica film and to thus form a modified porous silica film wherein a hydrophobic polymer thin film is formed on the inner walls of holes present in the raw porous silica film. The resulting porous silica film has a low relative dielectric constant and a low refractive index and the silica film is likewise improved in the mechanical strength and hydrophobicity. A semiconductor device is produced using the porous silica film.

Abstract: A positive photosensitive resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a polyimide precursor (A) having a constituent unit represented by the formula (1), 15 to 25 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent (B) represented by the formula (2), and 2 to 5 parts by weight of a photosensitizer (C) generating acid upon irradiation of an actinic ray: wherein m is an integer of 1 or greater, and R is an aromatic group or an aliphatic group having a valency of 1 or higher. The positive photosensitive resin composition can be developed by using an aqueous solution of alkali metal carbonate, is capable of forming micropatterns, and has excellent thermal resistance and the like. A method for forming a positive pattern, and uses thereof are also provided.

Abstract: A device for detecting leakage of liquid in a tank, capable of detecting the leakage at high accuracy and sensitivity for a wide range of a leakage quantity. A flow rate sensor section attached to a measurement fine tube (13b) includes temperature sensors (133, 134) and an indirectly heated sensor (135). A leakage detection control section connected to a pressure sensor (137) for measuring a liquid level and to the flow rate sensor section has a voltage generation circuit (67) for applying a voltage to a heater (163) of the indirectly heated sensor, a first leakage detection circuit (71), and a second leakage detection circuit for generating an output corresponding to temperature sensed by the indirectly heated sensor (135).

Abstract: The present invention relates to fine particles of a tin-modified rutile-type titanium dioxide obtained through the reaction of an aqueous solution of a titanium compound having a Ti concentration of 0.07 to 5 mol/l at a pH in the range of ?1 to 3 in the co-presence of a tin compound at a molar ratio of tin to titanium (Sn/Ti) of 0.001 to 2, wherein said fine particle has an Sn/Ti composition molar ratio of 0.001 to 0.5, and a short axis and a long axis of a crystal grain diameter thereof have a length of 2 to 20 nm.

Abstract: A powered sliding device comprises wire cables (21?, 21?) provided between a sliding door (11) and a vehicle body (10), and a power unit (20) for sliding the sliding door when the wire cables are moved by the power of a motor. The power unit is provided in the inner space of the sliding door. The wire cables are composed of the door-opening cable (21?) and the door-closing cable (21?) connected to the power unit at a base end side, respectively. A front end of the door-opening cable is fixed to the vicinity of the rear end of a lower rail (14) after having passed through a lower roller bracket (18) of the sliding door, and the front end of the door-closing cable is fixed to the vicinity of the front end of a center rail (16) after having passed though a center roller bracket (19) of the sliding door.