Abstract: A stratum corneum-collecting adhesive composition includes a hydrophobic component having adhesiveness, and a hydrophilic component that is present in a dispersed state in the hydrophobic component.

Abstract: An information processing system facilitates the extraction of a product relating to a patent or to facilitate the extraction of a patent relating to a product. An information processing system includes a database in which a term associated with a raw material recited in a claim of a patent document and a raw material that corresponds to the term are associated with each other, an acquiring unit configured to acquire patent information, and an extracting unit configured to extract a product containing a raw material that corresponds to a term recited in a claim that is identified by the patent information, with reference to the database and a correspondence between a product and a raw material contained in the product, based on whether the raw material that corresponds to the term and the raw material contained in the product match.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning agent which is free from contamination of wastewater and is excellent in cleaning property and sensory experience. A cleaning agent according to the present invention includes: (A) a clay mineral; and (B) one or two or more inorganic salts selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, lithium carbonate, and lithium bicarbonate. In this cleaning agent, the total content of an organic substance based on the total mass of the cleaning agent is 2% by mass or less.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic having an excellent feel in use. [Solution] A water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic including (A) a cyclic carboxamide derivative having a specific structure or its salt, (B) an organo-modified clay mineral, (C) a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of 0.1 to 7.5, (D) an oil, and (E) water.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic having an excellent feel in use. [Solution] An oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic including (A) a cyclic carboxamide derivative having a specific structure or its salt, (B) polyoxyalkylene-modified silicone, (C) an oil, and (D) water.

Abstract: A device of an embodiment includes: an optical mechanism; a control computation unit that controls driving of the optical mechanism, acquires a tomographic image of the skin by processing an optical interference signal from the optical system, and calculates a network of blood vessels on the basis of the tomographic image; and a display device that displays the network of blood vessels. The control computation unit expresses thicknesses of the network of blood vessels by defining, as a blood vessel radius, a radius from a set of blood vessel corresponding coordinates determined to be a blood vessel in the calculation of the network of blood vessels and within which other sets of blood vessel corresponding coordinates are present and, superimposing distinctions based on magnitudes of blood vessel radii from the respective sets of blood vessel corresponding coordinates onto the image of the network of blood vessels.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cosmetic that achieves both a high whitening effect and a low feeling of irritation. The cosmetic according to the present invention includes phenylethylresorcinol and an organic acid or a salt thereof represented by the following general formula (I): wherein n represents an integer of 2 to 5. The cosmetic can further include vitamin C as necessary.

Abstract: To provide a cosmetic composition having further improved ultraviolet absorption ability in the UVA and UVB regions. The cosmetic composition is composed of components (i) and (ii) described below, and an oil content which is capable of at least partially dissolving these components: (i) a first compound, which has a structure of formula (I) below: where —OA represents an alkoxy group, and (ii) a second compound, which is different from the first compound, has a structure of any of (II-1), (II-2), (II-3), and (II-4) described below, and has a molecular weight of 250 or more: where the benzene ring may have a substituent.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a cosmetic in which discoloration and generation of an unpleasant odor that are caused by heat or aging can be suppressed, according to the present invention. [Solution] A cosmetic including (A) nicotinic acid or derivative thereof, (B) a compound having a carbonyl group or a compound capable of forming a carbonyl group, (C) chlorphenesin, and (D) water.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a cosmetic excellent in storage stability, according to the present Invention. [Solution] A cosmetic including (A) a Thuja orientalis seed extract, (B) a cyclic carboxamide derivative having a specific structure or its salt, and (C) water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic in which the ultraviolet protection effects are increased by heat, and a method for manufacture thereof. The manufacturing method of the present invention includes (1) a step of preparing a sample composition containing (A) an ultraviolet protectant and (B) one or more humectants that have an IOB of 5.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a gel-type skin preparation for external use into which a di-chain cationic surfactant can be stably blended without precipitation over time and which can be spread topically on skin. The gel preparation according to the present invention comprises (a) a di-chain cationic surfactant having a specific structure, (b) an oil in which component (a) is soluble, (c) a lower alcohol, (d) a water-soluble thickener, and (e) water.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a solid lip cosmetic which is excellent in secondary adhesion resistance effect and long lasting performance, and provides a good glossy finish. A solid lip cosmetic which has a secondary adhesion resistance effect and provides a good glossy finish can be prepared by blending a copolymer containing a dimer acid ester, or a copolymer containing a dimer acid ester and a dimer acid ester as an oil component adhering to lips (adhesive oil component) and a hydrocarbon oil which is liquid at room temperature as an oil component seeping into the surface when the cosmetic is applied to the lips (seeping oil component).

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic having an excellent feel in use. [Solution] A water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic including (A) a cyclic carboxamide derivative having a specific structure or its salt, (B) a water-soluble benzylidene camphor derivative or a benzylidene camphor derivative salt, (C) an oil, and (D) water.

Abstract: Provided is a composition solidified using a solidifying agent that is dissolved in a single-phase composition, which has been obtained by making a moisturizer with an expected moisturizing effect compatible with an oil phase having an occlusion effect.

Abstract: To provide a novel external skin composition suitable for cell activation. A external skin composition of the present disclosure contains a UV wavelength conversion substance and an alkylene oxide derivative.

Abstract: The present invention provides a powder cosmetic which is highly effective in protection against ultraviolet light because of the inclusion of a powder of a metal oxide, e.g., titanium dioxide, as an ultraviolet-scattering agent and which has excellent texture to give no frictional feeling when applied. This powder cosmetic comprises (a) a metal oxide powder consisting of at least one selected from titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and cerium oxide; and (b) an extender pigment, wherein each of the (a) metal oxide powder and the (b) extender pigment is a powder surface-treated with metal soap, and wherein the amount of the (a) metal oxide powder is 10% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of the cosmetic.

Abstract: The present disclosure addresses the problem of providing a method for evaluating the state of skin by employing a simple measurement measure, for example a method for evaluating the degree of aging of skin, the elasticity of skin, the sagging of skin or the wrinkling of skin, and the present disclosure provides a skin state evaluation method in which the state of skin is evaluated by employing the state of downy hair on skin as a criterion for the determination. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a method for evaluating the state of skin by employing, as an evaluation item, at least one of the density of downy hairs, the thickness of downy hair and the length of downy hair. Also provided are an apparatus and program both for performing the evaluation of the state of skin by employing the state of downy hair on skin as a criterion for the determination.