Abstract: Provided are a highly accurate method for predicting a physical property of a polymer and a polymer having excellent physical properties such as an ability to selectively capture specific cells and biocompatibility.

Abstract: To provide pneumatic tires with excellent ride quality during high-speed driving, a pneumatic tire having a tread portion with a circumferential groove and a belt layer, wherein a monofilament cord is used as a reinforcing cord for the belt layer; and the number of arrangements e (lines/5 cm) of the monofilament cords per 5 cm in the tire width direction in the tire radial cross section of the belt layer, the distance G (mm) from the surface of the land portion closest to the equatorial plane among land portions separated by the circumferential groove to the monofilament cord, and the loss tangent (30° C. tan ?) when the rubber composition constituting the surface of the tread portion is measured satisfy (30° C. tan ?×G)/e>0.015 is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a polymer-coated substrate for capturing cancer cells in which a polymer layer is stably maintained on the surface of the substrate for a long time even in a liquid environment. The method of producing a polymer-coated substrate for capturing cancer cells includes forming a polymer layer using a hydrophilic polymer represented by the following formula (I) on a surface of a substrate having undergone anti-reflection treatment, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group; m represents 1 to 5; and n represents the number of repetitions.

Abstract: This tire state estimation method includes the following. (1) Disposing, on the inner side of a tire, at least one power generator that generates voltage in response to deformation of the tire. (2) Acquiring measurement data in a time series obtained by measuring, while the tire is rotating, the voltage and/or a physical quantity corresponding to the voltage. (3) Identifying a peak that repeatedly appears in the measurement data. (4) Identifying a value of the peak and/or an interval of the peak. (5) Estimating the state of the tire on the basis of the identified value and/or the identified interval. The power generator is provided with a first member and a second member. The first member and the second member are configured such that one is positively charged and the other is negatively charged in accordance with pressure applied to the first member and the second member.

Abstract: A tire for running on rough terrain has a tread portion provided with crown blocks, middle blocks, and groove portions. Each of the crown blocks includes a ground contacting surface and a first wall surface located on a heel side in a tire rotational direction. The first wall surface is inclined to a toe side in the tire rotational direction as it goes inward in a tire radial direction from the ground contacting surface. Each of the groove portions has a length in the tire axial direction of 5% or more and 70% or less of a length in the tire axial direction of each of the middle blocks.

Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including a first shoulder land portion provided with first shoulder lateral grooves extending from a first tread edge to a first shoulder circumferential groove, a second shoulder land portion provided with second shoulder lateral grooves extending from a second tread edge and terminating within the second shoulder land portion, a first middle land portion provided with first middle lateral grooves extending from the first shoulder circumferential groove and terminating within the first middle land portion, a second middle land portion provided with outer and inner second middle lateral grooves respectively extending from the second crown circumferential groove and the second shoulder circumferential groove and terminating within the second middle land portion, and a crown land portion provided with crown lateral grooves extending from the first crown circumferential groove and terminating within the crown land portion.

Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion including a shoulder land portion. The shoulder land portion is provided with shoulder lateral grooves extending from a shoulder circumferential groove to a first tread edge to divide the shoulder land portion into shoulder blocks. The axial width of the ground contacting top surface of each shoulder block is 35% to 48% of a half tread width from the tire equator to the first tread edge. The ground contacting top surface of each shoulder block is provided with only one or more shoulder sipes extending in a tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: A golf club head with a hollow therein comprises a face portion and a main body portion including a crown portion and a sole portion extending rearward from the face portion. The main body portion is provided with at least one slit penetrating through the main body portion. The slit has a width in the toe-heel direction and a length in the front-rear direction which is larger than the width. The surrounding area of the slit is at least partially provided with a thick portion.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball having a small difference in the flight distance on a driver shot when hit at a high head speed and when hit at a low head speed. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core, an intermediate layer and an outermost cover, wherein when a center hardness Ho (Shore C hardness) of the spherical core, a surface hardness Hs (Shore C hardness) of the spherical core, a hardness difference S=Hs?Ho, a material hardness Hm (Shore D hardness) of the intermediate layer, a material hardness Hc (Shore D hardness) of the outermost cover, a thickness Tc (mm) of the outermost cover, and a total lower volume Vi (mm3) of a plurality of dimples satisfy Vi>365 and (Hc/Tc)×(S×Hm/Vi)?130.

Abstract: The pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions and a pair of bead portions. At least one of the bead portions is provided with at least one electronic component, a bead apex rubber extending radially outwardly from a bead core, and a bead reinforcing layer extending in the tire radial direction along the bead apex rubber. The bead reinforcement layer comprises a steel cord ply having a spliced portion where both circumferential end portions thereof are overlap-jointed. The electronic component is arranged away from the spliced portion in the tire circumferential direction, and located within the arranged range in the tire radial direction of the steel cord ply.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball that has a high spin rate but does not fly up in a high maximum flying height, thereby having a reduced number of shots into the OB area on a driver shot. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core, an intermediate layer and an outermost cover, wherein a material hardness Hm (Shore D hardness) of the intermediate layer, a material hardness Hc (Shore D hardness) of the outermost cover, a thickness Tc (mm) of the outermost cover, and a total lower volume Vi (mm3) of a plurality of dimples satisfy Vi>365 and (Hc/Tc)×(Hm/Vi)?7.5.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a method for producing a trans-polyisoprenoid (trans-1,4-polyisoprene) with a molecular weight of more than 105 in an enzymatic manner. The present disclosure relate to a method for producing a trans-polyisoprenoid, which includes binding to a lipid membrane in vitro a trans-prenyltransferase (tPT) family protein capable of producing a product with a molecular weight of 104 or more when not bound to any lipid membrane.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball having a lowered flight distance difference between flight distances on various numbered-iron shots. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core, an intermediate layer covering the spherical core, and an outermost cover positioned outside the intermediate layer and having a plurality of dimples formed thereon, wherein the plurality of dimples have a total lower volume Vi of more than 365 mm3, and a slab hardness Hc (Shore D) of a cover composition constituting the outermost cover, a thickness Tc (mm) of the outermost cover and the total lower volume Vi (mm3) of the plurality of dimples satisfy a relationship of 8.5?Tc/Hc×Vi.

Abstract: Systems and methods receive first data associated with first launch conditions of a first golf ball after the first golf ball moves from a first initial position. The systems and methods determine a simulated landing position of the first golf ball, the simulated landing position determined based at least in part on the launch conditions. The systems and methods receive an actual landing position of the first golf ball, determine second data associated with an error between the simulated landing position and the actual landing position, and train a machine learning model using the error between the simulated landing position and the actual landing position. The systems and methods receive third data associated with second launch conditions of a second golf ball after the second golf ball moves from a second initial position, and determine, based at least in part on inputting the third data into the trained machine learning model, a predicted landing position of the second golf ball.

Abstract: A determining method for determining a state of a road surface includes: sequentially acquiring a rotational speed of tires mounted on the vehicle, sequentially acquiring a driving force of the vehicle, calculating a slip ratio based on the sequentially acquired rotational speed of the tires, calculating a regression equation and a confidence interval width for a relationship between the slip ratio and the driving force, based on data sets of the slip ratio and the driving force in a predetermined zone, and determining a state of the road surface on which the vehicle travels, based on the confidence interval width calculated for the predetermined zone.

Abstract: A correlated set of golf club heads comprises a first and second golf club head. Each club head has a striking face, a rear surface, a top portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, and a loft. The striking face has a first plurality of scorelines defining a scoreline heel-ward extent and a scoreline toe-ward extent. The plurality of scorelines comprises a scoreline length LS1 being the lateral distance between the heel-ward extent and the toe-ward extent. The loft of the second golf club head is greater than that of the first golf club head. The scoreline length LS2 of the second golf club head differs from that of the first scoreline length LS1.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide rubber compositions and tires which provide improved overall performance in terms of wet grip performance and dry grip performance. The present invention relates to a rubber composition having a dynamic modulus E* that reversibly changes with water and satisfying the following relationship (1): Dynamic modulus E*when water-wet/Dynamic modulus E*when dry×100%?90%??(1).

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball from which stain such as mud or grass juice can be wiped off when the stain is adhered to the golf ball while the spin performance of the golf ball on approach shots is not substantially lowered. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film composed of at least one layer and formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein at least one layer of the paint film contains a polyurethane as a resin component, and the polyurethane has a structural unit derived from a polyether polycarbonate diol.