Abstract: The purpose is to provide a resin composition and a film for lid material which excel in sealability and adhesiveness to plastic containers, especially containers made of polyethylene terephthalate, polylactic acid, polystyrene, or polypropylene, and are suitably usable as sealant layers of lid materials for containers. Provided is a resin composition including: an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A) by 60-95 parts by weight, the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A) having a vinyl acetate content (VA) of 3-13% by weight, and having a ratio Qw between a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) and a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 1.5-4.5; and a tackifier resin (B) by 5-40 parts by weight, where a total amount of (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight.

Abstract: There is provided at least one of a sintered body having both excellent mechanical strength and translucency and a method for producing the sintered body. The sintered body comprises a matrix of zirconia in which a stabilizing element and lanthanum are dissolved to form a solid solution, the zirconia having a cubic phase fraction of 95% or more, and in which the amount of the stabilizing element is 8% or more by mole and 12% or less by mole.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a multilayer film structure which has high crystallinity and planarity; and a method for producing this multilayer film structure. This multilayer film structure is provided with: an Si (111) substrate; a first thin film that is arranged on the Si (111) substrate, while being formed of a nitride material and/or aluminum; and a second thin film that is arranged on the first thin film, while being formed of a nitride material. An amorphous layer having a thickness of 0 nm or more but less than 1.0 nm are present on the Si (111) substrate; and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of a rocking curve of the (0002) plane at the surface of this multilayer film structure is 1.50° or less.

Abstract: To provide a manganese-iridium composite oxide, a manganese-iridium composite oxide and a manganese-iridium composite oxide electrode material, having high catalytic activity produced at low cost, to be used as an anode catalyst for oxygen evolution in water electrolysis, and their production methods. A manganese-iridium composite oxide, which has an iridium metal content ratio (iridium/(manganese+iridium)) of 0.1 atomic % or more and 30 atomic % or less, and has interplanar spacings of at least 0.243±0.002 nm, 0.214±0.002 nm, 0.165±0.002 nm, 0.140±0.002 nm, and a manganese-iridium composite oxide electrode material comprising an electrically conductive substrate constituted by fibers at least part of which are covered with the above manganese-iridium composite oxide.

Abstract: A silicide-based alloy material and a device in which the silicide-based alloy material is used are disclosed. The silicide-based alloy material can reduce environmental impact and provide high thermoelectric FIGURE of merit at room temperature. Provided is a silicide-based alloy material comprising, as major components, silver, barium and silicon, wherein atomic ratios of elements that constitute the alloy material are as follows: 9 at %?Ag/(Ag+Ba+Si)?27 at %, 20 at %?Ba/(Ag+Ba+Si)?53 at %, and 37 at %?Si/(Ag+Ba+Si)?65 at %, where Ag represents a content of the silver, Ba represents a content of the barium and Si represents a content of the silicon, and the silicide-based alloy material has an average grain size of less than or equal to 20 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is at least one of a zirconia sintered body, a raw material powder for the zirconia sintered body, a calcined body and a method for producing the sintered body. The zirconia sintered body does not exhibit a color derived from ceria and exhibits high impact resistance. The sintered body comprises zirconia and germanium oxide, the zirconia containing a stabilizing element, wherein Y/X is 0.35 or greater, and X+Y is 4.0 or less, where X is an amount of the stabilizing element in the zirconia expressed in mol %, and Y is an amount of the germanium oxide in the zirconia expressed in mol %.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a method for efficiently producing an N-alkylmaleimide-based polymer that has an excellent optical characteristic, excellent heat resistance, and excellent mechanical strength. A method for producing an N-alkylmaleimide-based polymer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes using an oil-soluble radical polymerization initiator to carry out suspension polymerization, in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one dispersant selected from the group consisting of a nonionic compound having no hydrogen bonded to oxygen or nitrogen, a polyacrylate salt, and a polyalkylene glycol, with respect to a monomer mixture consisting of 20% by weight to 100% by weight of N-alkylmaleimide and 0% by weight to 80% by weight of other copolymerizable monomers, the N-alkylmaleimide being represented by the following general formula (1): where R represents a C1-C12 linear alkyl group, a C3-C12 branched alkyl group, or a C3-C6 cyclic alkyl group.

Abstract: Provided is an yttrium ingot from which an yttrium sputtering target that produces a reduced number of particles can be obtained, and an yttrium sputtering target that has high plasma resistance and a low resistance that enables realization of a high film deposition rate can be obtained. An yttrium ingot, wherein the yttrium ingot has a fluorine atom content of less than or equal to 10 wt %; in an instance where the yttrium ingot constitutes a target, a sputtering surface of the target has a surface roughness of 10 nm or greater and 2 ?m or less; in the yttrium ingot, the number of pores having a diameter of greater than or equal to 100 ?m is fewer than or equal to 0.1/cm2; and the yttrium ingot has a relative density of greater than or equal to 96%.

Abstract: Disclosed a molded body including: a plurality of cavity portions formed inside a molding material; and a plurality of neck portions provided in each of the plurality of cavity portions and configured to communicate with the cavity portions, wherein some of the plurality of neck portions communicate with a surface and/or the cavity portion exposed on the surface, wherein at least some of the plurality of neck portions cause the plurality of cavity portions to communicate with each other, and wherein an inner surface of the neck portion is formed by the molding material itself.

Abstract: Provided are a diamantane compound with which an organic electroluminescent device that can exhibit excellent luminous efficiency characteristics, more preferably excellent drive voltage characteristics and excellent luminous efficiency characteristics, can be produced, and an organic electroluminescent device material containing the diamantane compound. Also provided is an organic electroluminescent device that can achieve luminous efficiency characteristics, more preferably drive voltage characteristics and luminous efficiency characteristics, at high levels. A diamantane compound has a group represented by formula (1) below and a group represented by formula (2) below. (In formula (1), carbon atoms of a diamantane ring are optionally substituted with an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms. In formula (1), * represents a bond, and a represents an integer of 1 to 6.

Abstract: At least one of a composition including silver and crystalline silicotitanate to which cesium and strontium ions can be adsorbed and to which an iodide ion can also be adsorbed simultaneously and a method for producing the composition.

Abstract: An antibody separation method including a step of applying a solution containing an antibody to a column filled with an antibody adsorption material containing an insoluble porous carrier and an Fc-binding protein immobilized on the carrier and adsorbing the antibody onto the antibody adsorption material; and a step of applying a buffer solution to the column and eluting the antibody adsorbed onto the antibody adsorption material with a pH gradient, wherein the pH gradient is a step gradient in which a pH of the buffer solution is lowered in steps, and wherein the magnitude of pH decrease is 0.1 or more and less than 1.

Abstract: There has been a demand for an optical film having excellent glass-range photoelastic coefficient and a polarizing plate which uses this optical film. The present invention provides an optical film which is characterized by containing an ester-based resin that contains 50% by mole or more of a fumaric acid ester residue unit represented by formula (1) and having a negative birefringence, and a photoelasticity regulator having a positive birefringence, and which is also characterized in that the absolute value of the glass-range photoelastic coefficient thereof is 5×10?12 Pa?1 or less. (In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a linear alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, or a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An immunoglobulin-binding protein has an improved chemical stability, especially having an improved alkaline stability, or an immunoglobulin-binding protein capable of allowing antibody elution under mild pH conditions, and an adsorbent on which the protein is immobilized. The alkaline stability or the antibody elution property is improved by including an amino acid sequence which is the same as an amino acid sequence of an immunoglobulin-binding domain of protein L derived from a bacterium belonging to the genus Finegoldia except that the amino acid residue(s) at a particular position(s) of the domain in the amino acid sequence is/are substituted with another particular amino acid residues(s).

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin which enables the production of an organic field effect transistor element which has excellent resistance to bias stress by being used as a gate insulating film layer for an organic field effect transistor. The present invention provides a resin which comprises a repeating unit represented by Formula (1) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (2), wherein: the repeating unit represented by Formula (2) has a HOMO level of ?6.4 eV or less; and 20% by mole or more of the repeating unit represented by Formula (2) is contained relative to the total amount of the repeating unit represented by Formula (1) and the repeating unit represented by Formula (2).

Abstract: A method of collecting and detecting a tumor cell contained in a sample in distinction from a contaminant cell is provided. The tumor cell contained in the sample are collected and detected in distinction from the contaminant cell by detecting any of the following polypeptides or a gene encoding the polypeptide present in the sample: (i) a polypeptide containing at least the amino acid sequence of any of six sequences such as TM4SF1 (GenBank No. NP_055035.1) and TNFRSF12A (GenBank No. NP_057723.1); (ii) a polypeptide containing at least an amino acid sequence having a homology of not less than 70% to the amino acid sequence described above; and (iii) a polypeptide containing at least a splicing variant of the amino acid sequence (the amino acid sequence of (i) or (ii) described above).

Abstract: A Cr—Si sintered body contains Cr and Si. The Cr—Si sintered body contains a crystalline CrSi2 phase and a crystalline Si phase. A content of the Si phase in the Cr—Si sintered body is 40% by mass or more. A relative density of the Cr—Si sintered body relative to a true density of the Cr—Si sintered body is 95% or more. The CrSi2 phase has an average crystal grain size of 40 ?m or less, and the Si phase has an average crystal grain size of 30 ?m or less. A total content of impurities in the Cr—Si sintered body is 200 ppm by mass or less, and the impurities are composed of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba.

Abstract: A zirconia powder including 2% by mole or more and 8% by mole or less of a stabilizing element and 50 ppm or less of titanium (Ti) and having an activation energy of 225 kJ/mol or more and 300 kJ/mol or less, which provides a zirconia powder capable of producing a sintered body with high translucency even by pressureless sintering and suitable for industrial production, a method for producing the zirconia powder, a method for producing a calcined body using the zirconia powder, and a method for producing a sintered body using the zirconia powder. Such a powder is produced by a method including adjusting a pH of a raw material solution containing a zirconium source and a stabilizing element source to 3.5 or more and 5.5 or less; heating the raw material solution to produce a zirconia sol solution; mixing the zirconia solution and an alkaline solution; and heat-treating.

Abstract: There are provided a polyarylene sulfide composition that contains a post-consumer recycled polyamide and a fibrous filler without compromising the intrinsic heat resistance, chemical resistance, flowability and other characteristics of a polyarylene sulfide and a method for producing it. The polyarylene sulfide composition comprises a polyarylene sulfide (A) having a melt viscosity of 100 to 3000 poises as measured under the conditions of a measuring temperature of 315° C. and a load of 10 kg using a capillary rheometer flow tester fitted with a 1-mm diameter and 2-mm long die, 10 to 90 parts by weight of a post-consumer recycled polyamide (B) per 100 parts by weight of the polyarylene sulfide (A) and 20 to 110 parts by weight of a fibrous filler (C) per a total of 100 parts by weight of the polyarylene sulfide (A) and the post-consumer recycled polyamide (B).

Abstract: Provided are a material for a light receiving element having excellent hole transport characteristics, and an organic light receiving element using the same. A material for a light receiving element is used that includes a compound represented by general formula (1) or general formula (2). Ar2 and Ar3 are preferably cyano groups. Ar and Ar5 are preferably cyano groups.