Abstract: A porous film having excellent moisture permeability, flexibility and exudation resistance, as well as a manufacturing method capable of forming and stretching at high speed a porous film having the characteristics described above, the porous film being molded from a composition containing 25 to 55% by weight of polyolefinic resin and 75 to 45% by weight of an inorganic filler in which the polyolefinic resin contains 98 to 70% by weight of linear low density polyethylene and 2 to 30% by weight of branched low density polyethylene, and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of liquid ethylene-?-olefin oligomer based on 100 parts by weight of the composition.

Abstract: The types of gasolines having different distillation characteristics and various compositions are identified accurately and rapidly. A pulse voltage is applied for a predetermined time to a liquid type identifying sensor heater including a heater and an identifying liquid temperature sensor provided in the vicinity of the heater. Then, a gasoline to be identified is heated by the heater, and a liquid type 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 biologically absorbable polyhydroxycarboxylic acid in which a content of water-soluble acid components is not more than 0.07 mol/kg in terms of monobasic acids, and which has a weight average molecular weight of 4,000 to 100,000 and contains neither a catalyst nor an organic solvent, and a production method thereof.

Abstract: A latch device includes a biaxial hinge, a horizontal hinge latch mechanism, a vertical hinge latch mechanism, a common latch mechanism, a swing actuation handle, and a flap actuation handle is provided on a tailgate for realizing selective movement about both a vertical axis and a horizontal axis. A first disengagement detection unit detects disengagement of the horizontal hinge latch mechanism and a second disengagement detection unit that detects disengagement of the vertical hinge latch mechanism. A tailgate release-latch unit disables the actuation of the flap actuation handle upon detection of the disengaged condition of the horizontal hinge latch mechanism by the first disengagement detection unit, and swing actuation handle upon detection of the disengaged condition of the vertical hinge latch mechanism by the second disengagement detection unit.

Abstract: A control method of a powered sliding device for a vehicle sliding door, wherein when an operating switch is operated, a buzzer is sounded, and at the same time, a motor is rotated until a clutch mechanism is switched to a connected state from a disconnected state, and after the stopping of the buzzer, the sliding movement of the sliding door is started by the power of the motor.

Abstract: One form of evaluation apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources vertically arranged by one side of a carrier line in width direction Y perpendicular to carrying direction X of the carrier line; and a light-receiving section arranged by an opposite side of the carrier line in the width direction Y perpendicular to the carrying direction X of the carrier line.

Abstract: A process for injection-foaming a thermoplastic resin by using an injection molding machine with a two-stage-compression screw, injecting a physical foaming agent into the cylinder of the machine at a pressure lower than the storage pressure of the physical foaming agent, mixing it with a melted resin and expanding the volume of the cavity of the mold at the time of injection, and an injection molding machine and resin composition suitable therefore.

Abstract: A preventive or remedy for infection, an anti-endotoxin agents, a vaccine adjuvants and a growth promoter each comprising a sugar cane-derived extract as an active ingredient which agent is safe to man and animals. Also presented are foods and feeds comprising these agents.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a polyester resin from which a bottle superior in transparency and mechanical characteristics can be provided even though it has a large wall thickness. A hollow bottle comprising a polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid unit and a diol unit, and having a vent plug portion, a shoulder portion, a body portion and a bottom portion, wherein; (1) the wall thickness of the bottle body is 500 ?m; and (2) the content of a titanium atom is 1 ppm or more to 30 ppm or less. It is preferable that the cooling-down crystallization temperature (Thc) of the bottle body portion be 170° C. or less, and 97 mol % or more of all dicarboxylic acid units be terephthalic acid and 97 mol % or more of all diol units be ethylene glycol.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an adhesive resin composition for use in preparing an adhesive in the form of a film which is excellent in the adhesiveness at a low temperature and in the heat resistance, an adhesive in the form of a film comprising the adhesive resin composition, and a semiconductor device using the adhesive in the form of a film.

Abstract: Iron oxide particles having the surface thereof coated with a layer of a complex iron oxide containing Al and Mg are disclosed. The total content of Al and Mg in the complex iron oxide layer is 0.1 to 2.5% by weight based on the whole iron oxide particles. The Mg content in the complex iron oxide layer is 0.05 to 1% by weight based on the whole iron oxide particles. The Al content in the complex iron oxide layer is 0.05 to 1.7% by weight based on the whole iron oxide particles. The Mg content in the complex iron oxide layer is 20% or more based on the total Mg content of the whole iron oxide particles.

Abstract: Discloses a process for efficiently producing a hydroxyl group containing compound with a simple apparatus and simple procedures using a very small amount of a catalyst, which process reduces a catalyst recovering step and a catalyst neutralization step vastly and does not require catalyst regeneration and catalyst exchange. The process for producing a hydroxyl group containing compound comprises allowing an aqueous solution containing 1 ppb to 500 ppm of an acid catalyst to react with an aliphatic double bond having compound in a molar ratio (water/aliphatic double bond having compound) of water to aliphatic double bond having compound of from 1 to 50, at a reaction temperature of from 200 to 600° C. under a reaction pressure of from 1 to 100 MPa and thereby conducting hydration reaction of the aliphatic double bond containing compound with water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a propylene/1-butene random copolymer (PBR) having excellent flexibility, impact resistance, heat resistance and low-temperature heat-seal properties, a polypropylene composition containg the copolymer, a sheet, film or stretched film comprising the composition and a composite film having a layer of the composition. The propylene/1-butene random copolymer contains 60 to 90 mol % of propylene units and 10 to 40 mol % of 1-butene units and has a triad isotacticity of not less than 85% and not more than 97.5%, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 1 to 3, an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.1 to 12 dl/g, a melting point (Tm) of from 40 to 120° C., and satisfies the following relation 146 exp(?0.022M)?Tm?125 exp(?0.032M) wherein Tm represents a melting point and M (mol %) represents a content of 1-butene constituent units.

Abstract: A production method capable of stably producing a prepreg and a copper foil with thin insulating layer using a thin backbone material capable of securing excellent laser hole-making property.

Abstract: A process for producing an olefin polymer is provided, in which ethylene and at least one kind or more of monomers selected from ?-olefins are polymerized by a high temperature solution polymerization in a temperature range between 120 and 300° C., in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst composed of a bridged metallocene compound represented by general formula [I] described below and at least one kind or more compounds (B) selected from (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy-compound, (b-2) a compound capable of forming an ion pair in a reaction with the bridged metallocene compound mentioned above, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a non-conjugated cyclic diene and a non-conjugated cyclic diene composition which enable the production of a polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene which makes it possible to produce a (co)polymer at a high degree of polymerization activity, and a method of producing a polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene which makes it possible to produce a (co)polymer at a high degree of polymerization activity. A non-conjugated cyclic diene is used which meets at least one of the following requirements: (1) it contains a compound having a seven-membered cyclic triene hydrocarbon structure in a specific amount or less and (2) it contains a conjugated polyene compound having an eight-membered bicyclic hydrocarbon structure in a specific amount.

Abstract: A film carrier tape for mounting electronic parts comprises an insulating film, a wiring pattern formed on a surface of the insulating film, and a solder resist layer formed by moving a squeegee using a screen mask of a prescribed pattern that is formed in such a manner that connecting terminal portions of the wiring pattern should be exposed. The edge of the solder resist layer is formed almost in parallel or almost at right angles to the moving direction of the squeegee used in the application of the solder resist. The solder resist layer can be formed by the use of a screen mask for solder resist coating in which the edge of the screen that is unmasked to apply the solder resist is formed almost in parallel or almost at right angles to the moving direction of the squeegee used in the application of the solder resist. According to the present invention, the fraction defective of the solder resist coating can be decreased.

Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method capable of mass production of a thin film decoupling capacitor provided with a capacitor circuit on the surface of a film tape carrier form of a polyimide resin or the like. For the purpose of achieving the above described object, there is provided a film carrier tape with a capacitor circuit, including a wiring pattern on the surface of a resin film including a plurality of sprocket holes on each of the two edges, wherein the resin film includes solder ball land holes and the wiring pattern includes a capacitor circuit having a structure in which a dielectric layer is disposed between an upper electrode and a lower electrode. As the method for manufacturing the aforementioned film carrier tape, there is provided such a method for semicontinuously manufacturing the film carrier tape concerned in the state of tape as applied to manufacturing conventional TAB products.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pellicle, wherein a peel strength is from 0.004 N/mm to 0.10 N/mm when a non-surface-treated polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness of 125 ?m is peeled in a direction of 180 degrees at a temperature of 23° C. after the polyethylene terephthalate film has been adhered to the mask adhering surface of the pellicle.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a binder resin for a toner which is excellent in fixing properties and offset resistance even when used in a high-speed copier and is also excellent in suitability for grindability, development durability and the like, and a toner for electrophotography. The binder resin for a toner comprises a resin which is obtained by mixing a vinyl polymer with a crosslinked resin obtained by reacting a vinyl polymer having a specific molecular weight and a specific content of a functional group with a crosslinking agent, and which has a specific gel portion. As a result, the above object has been achieved. A toner using the binder resin is excellent in performances including fixing properties and the like even when used in a high-speed copier. Even when continuously used for a long time in a copier, the toner gives electrophotographic prints with satisfactory reproduction.