Abstract: Provided is a plant disease control composition having a broad spectrum against various plant pathogens, and shows excellent controlling effects (synergistic controlling effects) which cannot be expected from a single component alone. The plant disease control composition includes (Group a) at least one quinoline compound represented by the formula: (wherein R1, R2: an alkyl which may be substituted, an aryl which may be substituted, etc.; R3, R4: H, an alkyl which may be substituted, etc.; X: halogen, an alkyl which may be substituted, etc.; Y: halogen, alkyl, etc.; n: 0 to 4; m: 0 to 6) or a salt thereof, and at least one of fungicidal compounds selected from the group consisting of a Strobilurin series compound, a triazole series compound, etc., as effective ingredients.

Abstract: A polypeptide includes, in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a similar sequence, at least one specific amino acid substitution on at least one of the 14th, 37th, 209th, 293rd, and 319th amino acid residues from the N-terminal of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. A polynucleotide, an expression cassette, a vector, and a transformant include a base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide. A method of producing the polypeptide and a method of producing 2-deoxy-scyllo-inosose are also provided.

Abstract: A masterbatch of a liquid additive is provided, the resin composition for the masterbatch comprising (a) a block copolymer or a hydrogenated product thereof, the block copolymer containing a polymer block having a vinyl aromatic compound as a main component and a polymer block having a conjugated diene compound as a main component, and 40 to 100 parts by mass of a polyolefinic resin and 100 to 150 parts by mass of an ethylene.?-olefin copolymer with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (a) component, wherein the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 10 to 5,000 mm2/s; the ethylene molar content is in the range of 30 to 85 mol %; and the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) for the molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) with reference to polystyrene is not more than 2.5.

Abstract: A method for identifying a bacterium includes: (1) A step of performing a reverse transcription reaction using a first reaction system consisting of a primer for reverse transcription to prepare a cDNA containing a base sequence for identification of a bacterium of interest, an RNA extracted from the bacterium in a sample, and an enzyme with RNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity to obtain a reaction mixture containing the synthesized cDNA and the primers for the reverse transcription, (2) A step of performing PCR using a second reaction system consisting of the reaction mixture, a primer pair for synthesis of a double-stranded DNA containing the base sequence for identification of the bacterium of interest, and an enzyme with DNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity, and (3) A step of detecting the generation of the double-stranded DNA containing the base sequence for identification of the bacterium of interest from the second reaction system after PCR.

Abstract: There is provided a copper foil provided with a carrier providing excellent chemical resistance against the copper flash etching solution during the formation of the wiring layer on the surface of the coreless support and excellent visibility of the wiring layer due to high contrast to the antireflective layer in image inspection after copper flash etching. The copper foil provided with a carrier comprises a carrier; a release layer provided on the carrier; an antireflective layer provided on the release layer and composed of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cr, W, Ta, Ti, Ni and Mo; and an extremely-thin copper layer provided on the antireflective layer; wherein at least the surface adjacent to the extremely-thin copper layer of the antireflective layer comprises an aggregate of metal particles.

Abstract: There is provided a copper foil provided with a carrier exhibiting a high peeling resistance against the developer in the photoresist developing process and achieving high stability of mechanical peel strength of the carrier. The copper foil provided with a carrier comprises a carrier; an interlayer disposed on the carrier, the interlayer having a first surface adjacent to the carrier and containing 1.0 atom % or more of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Mo, Mn, W and Ni and a second surface remote from the carrier and containing 30 atom % or more of Cu; a release layer disposed on the interlayer; and an extremely-thin copper layer disposed on the release layer.

Abstract: A glass carrier-attached copper foil is provided that can achieve a desired circuit mounting board that reduces separation of a copper layer at the cut edge even if the copper foil is downsized to dimensions enabling mount of a circuit, and has an intended circuit pattern with a fine pitch. The glass carrier-attached copper foil includes a glass carrier, a release layer, and a copper layer with a thickness of 0.1 to 3.0 ?m. The glass carrier has, at least on its surface having the copper layer thereon, a plurality of flat regions each having a maximum height Rz of less than 1.0 ?m as measured in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001 and a rough region having a maximum height Rz of 1.0 to 30.0 ?m as measured in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001. The rough region has a pattern of lines that define the flat regions.

Abstract: In one surface of a ring member, a plurality of incision grooves incised in a radial direction from an inner peripheral edge up to an appropriate position and those incised from an outer peripheral edge to an appropriate position are alternately formed, and in the other surface, incision grooves continuing from the inner peripheral edge up to the outer peripheral edge are formed. In order to adapt to the expansion and the contraction due to a temperature change and a change in shape and dimension due to abrasion, the inner incision grooves and the outer incision grooves increase/decrease in width, causing the packing to expand/contract in the circumferential direction, so that the packing is capable of maintaining its contact state with a shaft to minimize the leakage of the fluid.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a separator includes subjecting a metal thin sheet material to be transported to stepwise forming working at an identical location by a plurality of press machines having different working shapes and arranged sequentially from an upstream side to a downstream side in a transport direction of the metal thin sheet material to form a flow passage groove. The thin sheet material is subjected to annealing treatment in at least one space of spaces between the press machines arranged adjacent to each other in the transport direction of the thin sheet material.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer that is applied to at least one side of the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material, a conductive auxiliary, a binder, a polymer particle having a softening point of from 70° C. to 150° C., and a thermally expandable microcapsule having a maximum volume expansion temperature that is higher than the softening point of the polymer particle.

Abstract: A sensor includes a body member, a volume change body, and a detection member. The body member has a flat plate-like shape, a first end in a first direction being supported, and a storage space opening at at least one of both end faces in a thickness direction. The volume change body, whose volume changes depending on an amount of a target, is supported by the body member so that at least a part of the volume change body is stored in the storage space. The detection member is in contact with a second end in the first direction of the body member, and detects stress caused by the change in the volume of the volume change body.

Abstract: To provide a pellicle in which outgas from an adhesive layer is suppressed. The pellicle includes a pellicle film, a support frame for supporting the pellicle film, a protrusion part arranged in the support frame, a first adhesive layer arranged on the protrusion part; and an inorganic material layer arranged at a position closer to the pellicle film than the first adhesive layer. The inorganic material layer may include a first inorganic material layer arranged at a first side surface of the first adhesive layer, the first side surface of the first adhesive layer intersecting the pellicle film, and arranged at a position closer to the pellicle film.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid polyaluminoxane composition suitably used as a cocatalyst and a catalyst carrier in combination with an olefin oligomerization or polymerization catalyst, without the use of solid inorganic carriers such as silica. The solid polyaluminoxane composition of the invention includes a polyalkylaluminoxane and a trialkylaluminum, and has a solubility in n-hexane at 25° C. of less than 0.50 mol % as measured by a specific method (i), a solubility in toluene at 25° C. of less than 1.0 mol % as measured by a specific method (ii), and a 13 mol % or more molar fraction of alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties relative to the total number of moles of alkyl groups derived from the polyalkylaluminoxane moieties and the alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties as measured with respect to tetrahydrofuran-d8 soluble components by a specific method (iii).

Abstract: A polyester sheet including a polyester (A), a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer (B) having a specific heat of fusion and a meso diad fraction (m) of 98.5 to 100%, and a compatibilizing agent (C), wherein content proportions of the (A), (B), and (C) are 60 to 98.9 parts by mass for (A), 1 to 25 parts by mass for (B), and 0.1 to 15 parts by mass for (C), when a total content of (A), (B), and (C) is set as 100 parts by mass, and wherein (B) satisfies the requirements (a) to (d) described herein.

Abstract: Provided is a production method with which it is possible to produce beta zeolite at high purity by suppressing the generation of impurities by a seed crystal addition method that can reduce the environmental burden as much as possible, without using an organic structure-directing agent. This method for producing beta zeolite having a step that mixes and heats an organic-compound-free reaction mixture comprising a silica source, alumina source, alkali source, and water with beta zeolite seed crystals, wherein (I) beta zeolite synthesized without using an organic structure-directing agent and having 90% or more by volume of particles 10 ?m or less in diameter in the particle size distribution by a laser diffraction scattering-type particle size distribution measurement method is used, (III) acid-treated zeolite in which the SiO2/Al2O3 ratio is 150 or less is prepared by (II) contact treatment with an acidic aqueous solution, and the acid-treated zeolite is used as the beta zeolite seed crystals.

Abstract: A mouthpiece including a constituent portion (X) that includes an olefin-based polymer (A) having a repeating unit having 2 or 3 carbon atoms and that satisfies a bending elastic modulus (?) at 23° C. of 80 MPa???1000 MPa.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a zeolite film continuously and efficiently. Zeolite is formed on a surface of a support using a method including: a first step of attaching zeolite fine crystals to a surface of a support; a second step of preparing synthetic gel for growing the fine crystals; a third step of putting the support and the synthetic gel into a reactor and performing hydrothermal synthesis; and a fourth step of cleaning the support subjected to the hydrothermal synthesis, in which in the third step, multiple containers arranged to be movable in a constant-temperature apparatus are each used as the reactor, the temperature and pressure for the hydrothermal synthesis is adjusted by the temperature and pressure in the constant-temperature apparatus, and the reaction time of the hydrothermal synthesis is adjusted by setting the time from when the reactor enters the constant-temperature apparatus to when the reactor exits the constant-temperature apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a zeolite film continuously and efficiently. The method of forming zeolite on a surface of a support is characterized in that the method includes: a first step of attaching zeolite fine crystals to a surface of a support; a second step of preparing synthetic gel for growing the fine crystals; a third step of putting the support and the synthetic gel into a continuous reactor and performing hydrothermal synthesis; and a fourth step of cleaning the support on which zeolite has been hydrothermally synthesized, and in the third step, the temperature, pressure, and flow of the synthetic gel in the continuous reactor is adjusted, the support is moved being immersed in the synthetic gel, the reaction time of the hydrothermal synthesis is adjusted by adjusting the time from when the support enters the continuous reactor to when the support exits the continuous reactor.

Abstract: A polyisocyanate composition contains a modified product of xylylene diisocyanate and a modified product of pentamethylene diisocyanate, and/or a modified product of the xylylene diisocyanate and the pentamethylene diisocyanate. The ratio of the pentamethylene diisocyanate with respect to the total amount of the xylylene diisocyanate and the pentamethylene diisocyanate is 30 mol % or more and 80 mol % or less.

Abstract: A garment, containing a tubular joint supporter section, the section including: a central region in an axial direction of the tubular joint supporter section, which includes a wear pressure applying region for applying wear pressure to a joint site of a body, a one-end side region positioned at one end, and an other-end side region positioned at another end side, in which the wear pressure of the wear pressure applying region is higher than an average wear pressure of the one-end and other-end side regions, and regions other than the wear pressure applying region in the section include a concave-convex structure region formed from a concave-convex structure; and a knee supporter, in which an average wear pressure A of the knee support section is higher than an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section.