Abstract: A developing solution is disclosed with which it is possible to develop a photoresist disposed on a substrate including a conductive polymer. Also disclosed is a method for forming a resist pattern using the developing solution. The developing solution contains one or more acids and/or salts thereof, the acids being selected from inorganic acids, amino acids having an isoelectric point less than 7, and carboxylic acids having two or more carboxy groups. Use of this developing solution hence inhibits the phenomenon in which a substrate including a conductive polymer suffers an increase in surface resistivity due to a developing solution, and makes it possible to obtain a fine resist pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transforming human or non-human mammalian stem cells by introducing a desired peptide motif into the stem cells. The stem cell transformation method disclosed herein uses a synthesized peptide having an amino acid sequence which constitutes the desired peptide motif on the N-terminal end or C-terminal end of a cell membrane-permeable nucleolar localization signal sequence defined by the amino acid sequence KKRTLRKNDRKKR (SEQ ID NO:1).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a low thermal expansion filler for low thermal expansion glasses which has a low coefficient of thermal expansion and exhibits superior flowability in a molten state, and a glass composition containing the same. It has been found that a low thermal expansion filler composed of a hexagonal zirconium phosphate powder where a specific particle size of 0.8 ?m to 50 ?m is 95% or more on a volume basis has excellent low thermal expansion property and excellent flowability, and a glass composition containing the filler has been accomplished.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an organosilicon compound having an oxetanyl group, which has a high proportion of an inorganic part in the structure, which, after production thereof, is stable with no gelling, and which has excellent storage stability when it is formed into a composition, and a production method thereof and a curable composition. The organosilicon compound is a compound having an oxetanyl group obtained by a method including a process in which a silicon compound A represented by the formula (1) and a silicon compound B having four siloxane bond-forming groups are subjected to hydrolysis and condensation at a ratio of 0.3 to 2.8 mol of silicon compound B based on 1 mol of silicon compound A.

Abstract: A silicon-containing polymer which is represented by general formula (5) below and has a weight-average molecular weight in the range from 500 to 500,000: (In the formula, A2 is an organic group of 2-10 carbons, having a carbon-carbon unsaturated group; R3 is an alkylene group of 1-20 carbons, a bivalent aromatic group of 6-20 carbons, or a bivalent alicyclic group of 3-20 carbons; n is 0 or 1; R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1-10 carbons (R4 in one molecule may be the same type or a combination of two or more different types.); each of x and y is a positive number; each of w and z is 0 or a positive number; 0?z/(w+x+y)?2; and 0.01?y/(w+x)?5), and the heat-resistant resin composition comprising the silicon-containing polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent which exhibits superior heat resistance, chemical resistance, processability and long-lasting waterproofness. The present invention was completed based on the finding that the problems can be solved by a silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent represented by the following Formula (1) containing zirconium pyrophosphate (ZrP2O7). AgaMbZrcHfd(PO4)3.nH2O??(1) (In Formula (1), M is at least one ion selected from an alkali metal ion, an ammonium ion, a hydrogen ion and an oxonium ion, a, b, c and d are positive numbers satisfying 1.75<(c+d)<2.2 and a+b+4(c+d)=9, and n is 2 or less).

Abstract: An etching liquid for a conductive polymer is disclosed which comprises greater than 0.5 wt % but no greater than 30 wt % of (NH4)4Ce(S04)4.

Abstract: A process for producing high-quality polymer microparticles having uniform particle size of the order of several micrometers to tens of micrometers by inverse suspension polymerization at high productivity while keeping excellent dispersion stability without causing aggregation among particles. The inverse suspension polymerization involves a vinyl monomer and is performed in at least two steps. A water-soluble oxidizing agent and a water-soluble reducing agent are used as a polymerization initiator, and the water-soluble reducing agent is fed after the water-soluble oxidizing agent is fed.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a polymer for detecting a fingerprint, which can be easily handled in a scene of the fingerprint detection as a substitute for conventionally employed 2-cyanoacrylate (a monomer), and a composition for detecting a fingerprint. It is also intended to provide a method of detecting a fingerprint whereby a fingerprint can be detected at a high sensitivity regardless of the color or conditions of a specimen and wherein the specimen can be well restored. The present polymer and composition for detecting a fingerprint and method of detecting a fingerprint using the same make it possible to definitely detect a fingerprint by using fluorescence even from an almost white specimen such as a shopping bag or an aluminum foil from which a fingerprint can be hardly detected by the existing methods.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pest repellent that has excellent heat resistance and solvent resistance, that can be kneaded into a resin molded article or a synthetic fiber, and that has excellent durability and persistence for which a pest repellent effect is sustained for a long period even when it is used for a long period or washed. A durable pest repellent that has both high heat resistance and persistence has been accomplished by supporting on a specific layered silicate a pest repellent chemical containing as an essential component at least one selected from N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, 1-piperidinecarboxylic acid-2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-methylpropyl ester, and N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and 1-piperidinecarboxylic acid-2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-methylpropyl ester.

Abstract: A process for producing 2-acrylamide-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid (ATBS) which comprises reacting acrylonitrile, fuming sulfuric acid, and isobutylene. During the reaction, the concentration of 2-methyl-2-propenyl-1-sulfonic acid (IBSA) and/or that of 2-methylidene-1,3-propylenedisulfonic acid (IBDSA) in the reaction system are determined. When the IBSA concentration exceeds 12,000 mass ppm and/or the IBDSA concentration exceeds 6,000 mass ppm, then the concentration of sulfur trioxide in the reaction system is reduced. Thus, ATBS having an IBSA content of 100 mass ppm or lower and an IBDSA content of 100 mass ppm or lower is produced.

Abstract: A cell proliferation promoter includes, as an active ingredient, an artificially synthesized peptide that includes (A) an amino acid sequence constituting a membrane-permeable peptide and (B) an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 19 to 103 or an amino acid sequence formed by substituting, deleting and/or adding one or several amino acid residues in the selected amino acid sequence.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curable coating agent composition which exhibits excellent wear resistance and weather resistance when applied as a coating agent to plastic or other substrates to be used outdoors. The curable coating agent composition comprises 95 to 65 parts by mass of a component (A) comprising an urethane adduct compound having weather resistance, 5 to 35 parts by mass of a component (B) comprising a specific organosilicon compound, 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a component (C) which is a radical polymerization initiator, 1 to 12 parts by mass of a component (D) which is an ultraviolet ray absorber, and 10 to 1,000 parts by mass of a component (E) which is an organic solvent, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the components (A) and (B) in total.

Abstract: An aldehyde gas deodorant dispersion composed of a mixture of an aminoguanidine salt that has a pH of 1 to 7 when dissolved in purified water and an acidic silica sol, the dispersion having a pH of 1 to 7, wherein a content of the aminoguannidine salt is 0.01 to 100 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of a silica (SiO2) content of the acidic silica sol. The deodorant dispersion can provide excellent deodorizing performance for an aldehyde gas, such as acetaldehyde or formaldehyde, and can further provide excellent deodorizing performance for various types of odors other than aldehyde gases. In addition, the deodorant dispersion can provide deodorizing performance over a wide range of temperatures.

Abstract: Disclosed are a powder of a silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent with superior dispersability or water permeability, composed of silver-supporting hexagonal zirconium phosphate, and an antimicrobial product and a water processing material using the silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent powder. The silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent containing hexagonal zirconium phosphate crystals, which has a particle size distribution to enable easy handling as a powder and contribute to exhibition of antimicrobial properties, can be prepared by a preparation method including wet-heating zirconium carbonate. When the silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent wherein particles with a size of 10 ?m to 100 ?m are 90% or more on a volume basis is kneaded into resin products, since aggregation or the like may not occur and the silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent can be easily exposed on the surface of molded articles, antimicrobial effects are thus readily exhibited on the surface.

Abstract: Provided is a gas diffusion electrode equipped ion exchange membrane electrolyzer including an anode, an ion exchange membrane, and a cathode chamber in which a gas diffusion electrode is disposed, wherein the ion exchange membrane and a cathode chamber inner space in which the gas diffusion electrode is disposed are separated by a liquid retaining member, the outer periphery of the liquid retaining member is held in a void formed in a gasket or a cathode chamber frame constituting the cathode chamber, or the outer periphery and the end face of the outer periphery of the liquid retaining member are sealed, or the outer periphery of the liquid retaining member is joined to and integrated with the gasket.

Abstract: A method for transferring a foreign substance includes the steps of: preparing a construct for transferring a foreign substance that contains a carrier peptide fragment including any amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, or an amino acid sequence formed by the substitution, deletion, and/or addition (insertion) of 1, 2, or 3 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of the selected sequence identification number, and a foreign substance of interest that is bonded to the N-terminus and/or C-terminus of the carrier peptide fragment; supplying the construct for transferring a foreign substance to a test sample that contains a target eukaryotic cell; and incubating the test sample that has been supplied with the construct for transferring a foreign substance to thereby transfer the construct into the eukaryotic cell in the test sample.

Abstract: [Problems] The liquid pressure of an anode chamber in a two-chamber ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell using a gas diffusion electrode are different among one another depending on depths so that the liquid pressures are applied on an anode or an ion exchange membrane, thereby introducing damage or deformation of the elements. [Means for Solving] A cushion material 10 is accommodated between a cathode gas chamber back plate 9 and a gas diffusion electrode 7 of an ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell 1 such that a repulsive force of the cushion material at the bottom part of the cathode gas chamber is larger than that at the top part. The excessive pressure applied to an ion exchange membrane is suppressed to prevent the generation of scratches or the like by decreasing the repulsive force of the cushion material toward the top in accordance with a differential pressure between an anode chamber pressure and a cathode gas chamber pressure.

Abstract: Provided is a gas diffusion electrode equipped ion exchange membrane electrolyzer including an anode, an ion-exchange membrane, and a cathode chamber in which a gas diffusion electrode is disposed, wherein in a cathode gas chamber formed between a back plate of the cathode chamber and one side of the gas diffusion electrode opposite to the electrolytic surface, a gas-permeable elastic member is disposed between the gas diffusion electrode and the back plate, and the elastic member forms a conductive connection between the gas diffusion electrode and the back plate by making contact with corrosion-resistant conductive layers formed on the surfaces of a plurality of conductive members which are joined to the back plate.

Abstract: [Object] The object of the invention is to provide a granular antimicrobial agent for water processing which has sufficient water permeability and antimicrobial effect, and the effective duration of which can be readily ascertained when used as a water-processing antimicrobial agent in the home. [Means for Solving the Problems] A granular antimicrobial agent for water processing which has a solubility at 25° C. of preferably 0.1 mg/g·L·hour to 1 mg/g·L·hour, comprises 0.5 wt % to 4 wt % of Ag2O, 2 wt % to 10 wt % of K2O, 35 wt % to 50 wt % of SiO2, and 40 wt % to 55 wt % of B2O3, and has a semispherical or conical shape in part was found. In addition, the inventors found that the antimicrobial agent is highly suitable for use in various kinds of water processing, particularly, the antimicrobial treatment of water used for washing, and completed the invention.