Abstract: The purposes of the present invention are: to provide an epoxy resin composition having excellent impregnation into reinforcing fibers, excellent shapability under low-temperature conditions after thickening, and excellent heat resistance after curing; to provide a molding material for a fiber-reinforced composite material, said molding material having excellent shapability during handling and excellent fluidity during press molding; and to provide a fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent heat resistance and bending strength. To achieve the abovementioned purposes, the present invention provides an epoxy resin composition containing all of the following components (A)-(D), wherein: the content of the component (A), in terms of 100 mass % of the total mass of the epoxy resin composition, is 30-95 mass %; and the ratio Wc/Wd of the content We of the component (C) to the content Wd of the component (D) is 0.01-10.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode substrate that maintains electrical conductivity and achieves both a high drainage performance and any one of a high gas diffusivity and spring property. To achieve the above-described object, an electrode substrate according to the present invention is an electrode substrate including a carbon fiber sheet having pores filled with a fluoropolymer and carbon fine powder, wherein, in terms of a fluorine/carbon ratio (F/C), the ratio of the smallest value (F/Cmin) to the largest value (F/Cmax) of the average value (F/C-1) in one surface of the electrode substrate, the average value (F/C-2) in the central plane in the thickness direction, and the average value (F/C-3) in the other surface is 0.80 or more, and wherein, in a pore size distribution, the electrode substrate has at least a first peak present in the range of pore size of 0.5 ?m or more and less than 120 ?m and a second peak present in the range of pore size of 10 nm or more and less than 0.

Abstract: Provided is a method for removing a coating film from a coated film including a coating film containing a water-soluble resin on at least one side of a base film. The method includes: supplying a cleaning liquid in a form of droplets to a surface of the coating film, and retaining the cleaning liquid in the form of droplets on the surface of the coating film; and subsequently removing the coating film containing the cleaning liquid from the coated film.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sandwich structure that achieves both excellent heat radiation and excellent mechanical characteristics. To this end, the sandwich structure according to the present invention has the following configuration. That is, the sandwich structure has a core material (I) and fiber-reinforced materials (II) arranged on both surfaces of the core material (I), wherein at least one of the fiber-reinforced materials (II) includes a sheet-shaped heat conduction material (III) having an in-plane heat conduction ratio of 300 W/m·K or more.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a spunbond nonwoven fabric having low pressure loss, high collecting performance, and excellent processability and an air filter fabricated using the spunbond nonwoven fabric, the spunbond nonwoven fabric including fibers formed of a polyolefin-based resin, in which an average single fiber diameter of the fibers is 6.5 ?m or more and 22.0 ?m or less, a hindered amine-based compound represented by Formula (1) is contained at 0.1% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less, a melt flow rate (MFR) of the nonwoven fabric is 32 g/10 minutes or more and 850 g/10 minutes or less, and the nonwoven fabric is processed into an electret.

Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid colored oil and a colored polyamide fiber. The liquid colored oil contains a colorant and a base oil agent. The base oil agent is a liquid at normal temperature and normal pressure, and a solubility parameter (SP) value thereof is 7.5 to 15.0. The colored polyamide fiber contains the aforementioned liquid colored oil. The liquid color oil can be stably added into polymers and dye them during the spinning process. The colored polyamide fiber has excellent spinning and dyeing properties.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coated medical device allowed to have not only sufficient hydrophilicity and lubricity but also a lipid adhesion inhibiting capability, and to provide a simple method for manufacturing the device. The present invention provides a coated medical device and a method for manufacturing the same, the coated medical device including a medical device and a hydrophilic polymer layer coating the surface of the medical device; wherein the hydrophilic polymer layer contains a hydrophilic polymer A, the hydrophilic polymer A containing, as monomer units, a compound a1 having a specific structure and a compound a2 having an amide group; and wherein the copolymerization ratio of the compound a1 to the compound a2 is 1/99 to 99/1 by mass.

Abstract: This invention provides a kit or device for detection of prostate cancer and a method for detecting prostate cancer. This invention provides a kit or device for detection of prostate cancer comprising a nucleic acid capable of specifically binding to an miRNA in a sample from a subject or a complementary strand thereof and a method for detecting prostate cancer comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.

Abstract: In order to provide artificial leather having both strength (in particular, tensile strength and tear strength), surface appearance, and a dense feeling in artificial leather including a fiber-entangled body containing a nonwoven fabric made of ultrafine fibers containing a large amount of inorganic particles (in particular, metal compounds) as a constituent element, and an elastic polymer, the artificial leather of the present invention is artificial leather including a fiber-entangled body containing a nonwoven fabric made of ultrafine fibers having an average single fiber diameter of 1.0 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less as a constituent element and an elastic polymer, and satisfies the following requirements: (1) the ultrafine fibers include a polyester-based resin containing a manganese-based compound; (2) an average particle diameter of the manganese-based compound is 0.01 ?m or more and 0.20 ?m or less; and (3) the ultrafine fibers contain a manganese element in an amount of 0.1 ppm or more and 50.

Abstract: A laminated electrolyte membrane including a first layer including a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte as a major component, and a second layer including a fluoropolymer electrolyte and polyvinylidene fluoride as major components laminated on at least one side of the first layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer are laminated via a region in which components constituting both layers are mixed in a mixed region.

Abstract: A laminate includes a core obtained by impregnating a mat of fibers with a thermoplastic resin (B); and a skin obtained by impregnating continuous fiber(s) with a thermoplastic resin (A), wherein sheet-form intermediate substrates in the laminate have a thermal expansibility, the usable temperature region of said thermoplastic resin (A) and that of said thermoplastic resin (B) overlap over a temperature range of at least 5° C., said thermoplastic resin (A) has a temperature region that does not melt at a lower limit of said usable temperature region, said fibers contained in said mat penetrate through interface layers formed by said thermoplastic resin (A) and said thermoplastic resin (B), and said thermoplastic resin (A) and said thermoplastic resin (B) form interface layers each with a concave-convex shape having a maximum height Ry of not less than 50 ?m and an average roughness Rz of not less than 30 ?m.

Abstract: To provide a carbon fiber bundle capable of suppressing winding due to ring-shaped fuzzes, which occurs when the carbon fiber bundle is rolled out for advanced processing, and a production method for producing the same. Disclosed is a carbon fiber bundle wherein an average single-fiber diameter B is 6.9 to 11.0 ?m, a tensile modulus E of resin-impregnated strands is 230 to 310 GPa, the number of fuzzes inherent in the carbon fiber bundle is 40 fuzzes/m or less, and a proportion of fuzzes with a structure having a difference between skin and core is 1 to 25% of fuzzes inherent in the carbon fiber bundle. Such a carbon fiber bundle is preferably obtained by a method including, in a process of heat-treating a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber bundle with a single-fiber fineness of 0.9 to 2.2 dtex in an oxidizing atmosphere at 200 to 300° C.

Abstract: The microRNA detection level decreases when a microRNA-containing biological sample is preserved after being collected. Further, a relatively long period of time is required for dissolving a hydrochloride of a neutral amino acid, which is in the form of crystals, in water. Since a hydrochloride of a neutral amino acid is an acidic substance, and causes skin irritation and mucosal irritation, the handling of the hydrochloride requires safety precautions. The present invention provides a method of detecting a microRNA in a biological sample, the method including the steps of: mixing an acid with the biological sample, preserving the resulting mixture for a predetermined period of time, collecting the microRNA in the biological sample, and detecting the microRNA. Further, the present invention provides a homogeneous semi-solid composition composed of a hydrochloride of a neutral amino acid, water and an alcohol.

Abstract: A polymer including, as the main chain, a metal-oxygen-metal bond including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1): wherein M represents a metal atom selected from the group consisting of Al, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn, Sb, Hf, Ta, W, and Bi; R1 is selected from a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C1-C8 alkylcarbonyl group, a C6-C12 aryl group, a C7-C13 aralkyl group, a (R53Si-group, a (R6R7N—) group, a 4-oxopent-2-en-2-yl group, a C5-C12 4-alkoxy-4-oxobuta-2-en-2-yl group, and a C10-C16 4-aryloxy-4-oxobuta-2-en-2-yl group; R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C8 alkyl group; R4 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 alkyl group, or a C1-C8 alkylcarbonyl group; R5 is a hydroxy group, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C5-C12 alicyclic alkyl group, a C1-C12 alkoxy group, a C6-C12 aryl group, a C7-C13 aralkyl group, or a group having a siloxane bond; a plurality of R5 may be the same or different; R6 and R7 are each independently a hydrogen

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing a halogenated structure in a composite semipermeable membrane. The method for analyzing a composite semipermeable membrane according to the present invention includes: a step A for immersing the composite semipermeable membrane in a solution containing alkali and at least one of nicotinamide and a derivative thereof; and a step B for performing fluorescence analysis on the solution obtained in step A.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow structure having a low acid ion content and low wiring corrosion when stored in high-temperature, high-humidity conditions. The present invention relates to a hollow structure in which an organic film (I) having a film thickness of 5-30 ?m as a hollow structure support material and an organic film (II) having a film thickness of 5-30 ?m as a hollow structure roof material are layered in said order from the upper surface of a substrate having a metal wiring, wherein, when the organic film (I) and the organic film (II) are independently evaluated by the following method for evaluating ion elution amounts, the total of the ion elution amount of the organic film (I) and the ion elution amount of the organic film (II) is no more than 4,000 ppm. (Ion elution amount evaluation method) An organic film is placed in pure water having a mass 10 times that of the organic film and is extracted in hot water for 10-20 hours at 100-121° C.

Abstract: This polypropylene film has a polypropylene-based resin as a main component, and is configured such that the value (strength X) obtained by multiplying the film thickness by the F5 value in a direction perpendicular to the principal orientation axis is 400 N/m or more and 2000 N/m or less. As measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA), when: the thermal shrinkage (%) at 100° C. in a direction perpendicular to the principal orientation axis is SMD, 100° C.; the thermal shrinkage at 130° C. in a direction perpendicular to the principal orientation axis is SMD, 130° C.; the thermal shrinkage at 100° C. in the principal orientation axis direction is STD, 100° C.; and the thermal shrinkage at 130° C. in the principal orientation axis direction is STD, 130° C., the propropylene film satisfies |SMD, 100° C.?SMD, 130° C.|?2.00 and |STD, 100° C.?STD, 130° C.|?2.50.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hollow-fiber membrane module including: a hollow-fiber membrane bundle including a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes bundled in a potting part; a housing enclosing the hollow-fiber membrane bundle; and a protective member contacting with an outer surface of the potting part and continuously covering the outer surface, in which the protective member has a notched part through which one end of the protective member communicates with another end in a longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane bundle.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit or a device for the detection of prostate cancer and a method for detecting prostate cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of prostate cancer, comprising a nucleic acid capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting prostate cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.

Abstract: A blood treatment material has both the water permeability to allow removal of water from the blood and the ability to highly efficiently adsorb and remove, for example, inflammatory cells and inflammatory cytokines. The blood treatment material includes a hollow fiber membrane having a surface modified with a ligand containing an amino group(s), wherein the arithmetic mean roughness (RaA) of the blood-contacting surface of the hollow fiber membrane in the radial direction calculated by using a laser microscope is 0.10 ?m to 0.80 ?m.