Abstract: The thermosetting composition of the present invention comprises 100 parts by mass of an organosilicon compound represented by a general formula (1) and 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a polymerization initiator having a 10-hour half-life temperature in a range from 80° C. to 130° C. (In the formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each, independently, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloaralkyl group having 9 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or a group having an ethylenically unsaturated group; at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 is a group having an ethylenically unsaturated group; R6 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; v, w, x, y and z represent number of moles and are 0 or a positive number; at least one of w and x is a positive number; 0?w/(v+x+y+z)?10 is satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention provides a latent fingerprint detection method that is easy to handle and is capable of clearly detecting a latent fingerprint and a heating evaporation device for detecting a latent fingerprint and a latent fingerprint detection apparatus which are capable of detecting a clear latent fingerprint by a one-time operation by heating a chemical agent at high temperatures in a short time, as well as a composition for detecting a latent fingerprint. This latent fingerprint detection method includes a heating step of heating a chemical agent to be gasified by heating so as to attach to a latent fingerprint on a specimen, and an exposure step of exposing the specimen having the latent fingerprint attached thereto to the atmosphere of the gasified chemical agent. The chemical agent is a mixture of a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester polymer and a dye.

Abstract: There is provided a mite repellent having a high mite repellent effect and excellent formability. Further, there is provided a mite repellent product obtained by using the mite repellent and various resins in which the product is a fiber, sheet, or molded product exhibiting excellent mite repellency. The mite repellent of the present invention comprises a chemical supported on an inorganic porous substance, in which the chemical is aliphatic dibasic acid dialkyl ester having a specific structure, the inorganic porous substance has a BET specific surface area of from 550 to 1000 m2/g and a pore size of from 0.8 to 15 nm, and a supported amount of the chemical is from 0.007 to 0.09 ml with respect to 100 m2 of the BET specific surface area of the inorganic porous substance.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode is obtained by coating and drying a slurry including an active material, a crosslinking water-absorbing resin particle, a binder, and water, on a current collector surface to form a mixture layer and then compressing the mixture layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes the electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: The deodorizing mask of the present invention has a main body part that includes a deodorizing fiber layer containing a composite fiber having a chemical adsorption type deodorizer bonded to the surface of a fiber with an adhesive composition. The chemical adsorption type deodorizer is a component having at least one type selected from copper and zinc elements. The adhesive composition includes at least one type selected from polyester, poly vinyl alcohol, cellulose, starch, poly acrylamide, poly alkylene oxide and poly vinyl pyrrolidone.

Abstract: An acrylic acid-based polymer composition of the present invention is obtained using a hypophosphorous acid compound in an amount of 0.5 to 4.5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total of monomers for forming structural units of the acrylic acid-based polymer and adding 1% to 500 by mass of a total amount of the hypophosphorous acid compound to a reactor before supplying the monomer. The phosphorous acid ion is contained in an amount of 20 to 1,000 ppm by mass based on a solid content of the acrylic acid-based polymer.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided which exhibits an excellent adhesion rate on metals and low-polarity thermoplastic elastomers, and is excellent in appearance with no clouding of hardened bodies and is good in storage stability. It is a 2-cyanoacrylate-based adhesive composition which includes (a) a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester and (b) an onium salt represented by the general formula: C+A?(1) where, in formula (1), C+ represents an onium cation, and A? represents a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide anion.

Abstract: The composition for producing neural stem cells provided by the present invention contains an artificially synthesized synthetic peptide having a neural stem cell-inducing peptide sequence that induces neural stem cells from fibroblasts, and one or two or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. The neural stem cell-inducing peptide sequence is any of (i) an amino acid sequence constituting a signal peptide of any protein belonging to the amyloid precursor protein (APP) family, (ii) a partial amino acid sequence of the amino acid sequence of (i), and (iii) a modified amino acid sequence of the amino acid sequence of (i) or (ii).

Abstract: An inorganic ion adsorbent represents by Formula (1) below, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? radiation, the diffraction intensity of tetragonal tin oxide is at least 3% relative to the diffraction intensity of antimony pentoxide (Sb2O5·2H2O), and the diffraction intensity of cubic antimony pentoxide is no greater than 40% relative to the diffraction intensity of antimony pentoxide (Sb2O5·2H2O), SnO2·aSb2O5·nH2O??(1) wherein in the Formula, a denotes a number that satisfies 0.2?a?4 and n denotes hydration number and is 0 or a positive number.

Abstract: To provide a transparent aldehyde-gas-adsorbing liquid that has high adsorption performance for an aldehyde gas and excellent processability and storage stability. To also provide an aldehyde-gas-adsorbing processed product such as a paper or a nonwoven fabric or fiber exhibiting excellent adsorption performance using the gas-adsorbing liquid. An aldehyde-gas-adsorbing liquid that contains a dihydrazide compound and a metal oxide sol, the content of the dihydrazide compound being 1.3 to 6 mass % relative to the total amount of gas-adsorbing liquid, and the total content of the dihydrazide compound and the metal oxide sol solids content being 18 to 45 mass % relative to the total amount of gas-adsorbing liquid.

Abstract: Provided are a synthetic peptide that increases the radiosensitivity of tumor cells and a pharmaceutical composition containing that synthetic peptide. The peptide provided by the present invention is a synthetic peptide having a radiosensitizing peptide sequence including the following amino acid sequence: CX2X3KX5X6X7X8C (wherein, X2 represents K or R, X3 represents S or A, X5 represents S or A, X6 represents R or G, X7 represents R or D and X8 represents S or P); or, a modified amino acid sequence in which one, two or three amino acid residues are substituted, deleted and/or added in that amino acid sequence. In addition, the pharmaceutical composition provided by the present invention is a composition used to increase the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiation in tumor radiation therapy, and contains the synthetic peptide described above.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method to obtain an antibody for a hydrophobic peptide, which can be used for general purposes easily and with great reliability. Also provided is a method for preparing an antigen characterized in that a hydrophobic peptide, which is unbound to carrier protein, is used as high-molecular-weight aggregates in an aqueous solution containing a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: A synthetic peptide having a stem cell differentiation-inducing activity to induce differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into endodermal cells, a stem cell differentiation inducer having this peptide as an active ingredient, and a method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells using these. The synthetic peptide provided by the present invention contains a stem cell differentiation-inducing peptide sequence, and this stem cell differentiation-inducing peptide sequence is selected from an amino acid sequence constituting a signal peptide in any of amyloid precursor proteins (APP), amyloid precursor-like protein (APLP) 1 and APLP2, which are known as proteins belonging to the APP family, a partial amino acid sequence an amino acid sequence constituting this signal peptide, or a modified amino acid sequence formed by substitution, deletion and/or addition of 1, 2 or 3 amino acid residues in these amino acid sequences.

Abstract: A method for promoting expression of calreticulin in at least one kind of eukaryotic cell, and a synthetic peptide useful in this method are provided. In the method provided by the present invention, a culture of target cells is prepared, and a calreticulin expression-promoting peptide having calreticulin expression-promoting activity is supplied at least once to that culture.

Abstract: This invention provides an artificially synthesized peptide having an activity to inhibit the expression of type 2 TNF receptor (TNF-R2), and a TNF-R2 expression-inhibiting composition including the peptide as an active ingredient. Also provided is a method for inhibiting the expression of TNF-R2 in cells capable of expressing TNF-R2, by using the peptide. The expression of TNF-R2 in the cells is inhibited, by supplying the cells capable of expressing TNF-R2 with a synthetic peptide essentially including of an amino acid sequence constituting a signal peptide in an amyloid precursor protein (APP) or an amino acid sequence formed by substituting, deleting and/or adding one or several amino acid residues in/from/to the amino acid sequence of the signal peptide.

Abstract: A filler that can suppress thermal expansion of a glass composition with a small amount thereof added and is also excellent in terms of flowability when the glass composition is melted, and a glass composition containing the filler are provided. There is also provided a process for producing a hexagonal phosphate-based compound that can be suitably used as the filler using a simple, industrially advantageous method. The filler of the present invention contains a hexagonal phosphate-based compound that has a purity of 90% or higher and is represented by the following Formula 1, the filler having a content of an ionic compound that is no greater than 1.0 wt %, KaZrb(PO4)3 ??(1) wherein, in Formula 1, a is a positive number of from 0.8 to 1.2 and b is a positive number satisfying a+4b=9.

Abstract: An curable adhesive composition that can form a cured product exhibiting high shear adhesion strength, peel adhesion strength and impact adhesion strength and exhibiting, in particular, excellent cold/hot cycle resistance of adhesion strength, includes (a) a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester, (b) a high molecular-weight component, such as a polymer, compatible with the 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester, (c) a multifunctional 2-cyano-3-vinylacrylic acid ester, and (d) an onium salt represented by the following general formula (1): C+A???(1) wherein C+ represents an onium cation, A? represents an anion such provided that the anion does not substantially initiate polymerization of the 2-cyanoacrylic acid, in which the curable adhesive contains components (b)-(d) in predetermined amounts relative to 100 parts by mass of the component (a).

Abstract: The deodorizing filter 1 of the present invention is provided with a deodorizing fiber layer 10 which contains a fiber 11 and a chemical adsorption type deodorant 13 bonded to a surface of the fiber 11, and a thickness of the deodorizing fiber layer 10 is 0.3 mm or more, a basis weight of the deodorizing fiber layer 10 is in a range from 30 to 100 g/m2, and a permeability measured by fragile form method is in a range from 50 to 350 cm3/(cm2·s).

Abstract: A synthetic peptide having nestin expression inducing ability which allows induction of expression of nestin in astrocytes; an agent for inducing nestin expression including the peptide as an active ingredient; and a method for producing high nestin expressing cells derived from astrocytes, the method being characterized in that the agent for inducing nestin expression is supplied. The agent for inducing nestin expression provided by the present invention includes, as an active ingredient, a synthetic peptide including a nestin-inducing peptide sequence consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence formed by conservative replacement of 1, 2 or 3 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence. The method for producing high nestin expressing cells derived from astrocytes provided by the present invention includes preparing an astrocyte culture, and supplying, at least once, the agent for inducing nestin expression to the astrocyte culture.