Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet including a tin-plated steel sheet having a tin plating on a steel sheet; a tin oxide layer formed on the tin-plated steel sheet and containing tin oxide as a main component; a composite oxide layer formed on the tin oxide layer and containing phosphoric acid and aluminum as main components; and an aluminum-oxygen compound layer formed on the composite oxide layer and containing an aluminum-oxygen compound as a main component, wherein the tin oxide layer has a thickness of 8 to 20 nm.

Abstract: It is intended to conveniently determine the pharmacokinetics of axitinib and to predict the therapeutic effect of axitinib. The present invention provides a method for determining the pharmacokinetics of axitinib, comprising the step of calculating a predicted pharmacokinetic parameter of axitinib using specific gene polymorphisms and background factors regarding a test subject.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a thermoplastic resin film excellent in impact resistance, formability and trimmability when forming a container, productivity, and the like, and a thermoplastic resin-coated metal sheet. [Solution] A thermoplastic resin film contains 70 to 97 wt % of a thermoplastic polyester resin component and 3 to 30 wt % of a polyolefin resin component. The polyolefin resin component contains one or more polyolefin resins selected from the group consisting of nonpolar polyolefin resins and polyolefin resins having ester-containing functional groups in side chains thereof. The polyolefin resin component is dispersed, in the thermoplastic polyester resin component, in a fibrous form having an average length of 5 to 300 ?m in a machine direction of the film, an average length of 0.2 to 5 ?m in a thickness direction of the film, and an aspect ratio of 8 or greater.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can (1), having a nickel layer with a nickel amount of 4.4 to 26.7 g/m2 on a steel sheet (11), wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured along the depth direction from the surface of the nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can, by using a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the difference (D2-D1) between the depth (D1) at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth (D2) at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is less than 0.04 ?m.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a substrate for epitaxial growth having a metal base material laminated with a copper layer. On a surface of the copper layer, an area occupied by crystal grains having crystal orientations other than a (200) plane present within 3 ?m from the surface can be less than 1.5%. A surface roughness along a same direction as a rolling direction per unit length of 60 ?m when measured by AFM can be Ra1<10 nm.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide: a roll-bonded body which is able to be suppressed in waviness in the surface; and a method for producing this roll-bonded body. [Solution] A roll-bonded body according to the present invention is obtained by bonding a first metal layer and a second metal layer with each other by means of rolling, and is characterized in that the surface of the first metal layer has an arithmetic average waviness (Wa1) 0.01-0.96 and a maximum waviness height (Wz1) of 0.2-5.0 ?m.

Abstract: A roughened nickel-plated sheet including a roughened nickel layer on at least one surface of a metal substrate as the outermost layer thereof, the roughened nickel layer being formed of a plurality of nickel protrusions. When the structure of the roughened nickel-plated sheet is observed at height positions with a focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM), the absolute value of the change rate of the nickel occupancy is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and the nickel occupancy and the number of nickel protrusions present at a height position located 2.0 ?m from the base position of the roughened nickel layer toward the surface in the height direction are equal to or more than predetermined values, respectively.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a method for producing a substrate for epitaxial growth having a higher degree of biaxial crystal orientation without forming an irregular part a3. The method for producing a substrate for epitaxial growth comprising a step of laminating a metal base material and a copper layer having an fcc rolling texture by surface-activated bonding, a step of applying mechanical polishing to the copper layer, and a step of carrying out orientation heat treatment of the copper layer, wherein the copper layer is laminated in such a way that, when ratios of the (200) plane of the copper layer before laminated and of the copper layer after laminated when measured by XRD are I0Cu and I0CLAD, respectively and ratios of the (220) plane of the copper layer before laminated and of the copper layer after laminated are I2Cu and I2CLAD, respectively, I0Cu<20%, I2Cu=70 to 90%, and I0CLAD<20%, I2CLAD=70 to 90% and I0CLAD?I0Cu<13%.

Abstract: This invention is intended to accurately determine the presence or absence of a plurality of types of gene mutations in CALR or JAK2 among gene mutations related to myeloproliferative neoplasms. A CALR mutation probe reacts with any of the type 1, type 3, type 4, or the type 5 mutation related to myeloproliferative neoplasms and has a mismatch resulting from artificial deletion. Probes for JAK2 mutation encompass a V617F mutation probe and an exon 12 mutation probe.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a polyester resin-coated metal sheet which has excellent coating material adhesion capable of withstanding severe forming processing while retaining high decorative property and photoluminescence property and a container using the same. [Solution] The polyester resin-coated metal sheet of the present invention includes a metal sheet, and a non-oriented polyester resin formed of a plurality of layers provided on at least one surface of the metal sheet. A surface layer and an adjacent layer in contact with the surface layer, of the plurality of layers, have a difference therebetween in melting temperature of not less than 10° C., and a difference in tensile stress at an elongation of 250% under an environmental temperature of 70° C. of less than 3 MPa in tensile tests in a single-layer film state corresponding to each layer, and the surface layer contains fine particles.

Abstract: This invention provides a roll-bonded laminate composed of a hard copper layer and a stainless steel layer, which is sufficient both in radiation performance and strength. A roll-bonded laminate 1A is composed of a copper layer 10A and a stainless steel layer 20A, in which thickness of the roll-bonded laminate 1A is 0.02 mm to 0.4 mm, hardness of the copper layer 10A is 70 Hv or higher, and 180° peel strength of the roll-bonded laminate 1A is 6 N/20 mm or more.

Abstract: Provided is a roughened plated sheet comprising a roughened plated layer having a roughened nickel plated layer and a zinc plated layer famed on at least one surface of a metal substrate in this order from the metal substrate side, wherein a ten-point average roughness Rzjis of a surface of the roughened plated layer, according to laser microscope measurement, is 3 ?m or more.

Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet including: a steel sheet; and a nickel-cobalt-iron diffusion layer formed on the steel sheet as an outermost layer. When the intensities for Ni, Co and Fe are consecutively measured from a surface of the nickel-cobalt-iron diffusion layer in the depth direction by radio frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, and the concentration of Ni, Co and Fe at each of depth positions are determined based on the intensities for Ni, Co, and Fe, a Co concentration gradient APco ranging from a depth position Dco MAX to a depth position DCo_15% is 33% by mass/0.1 ?m or less.

Abstract: A therapeutic effect of irinotecan is predicted using a predetermined genetic polymorphism. A genetic polymorphism identified by rs1980576 in APCDD1L gene, or a genetic polymorphism in linkage disequilibrium with the above genetic polymorphism is analyzed, and determination is performed based on the genotype of the genetic polymorphism.

Abstract: Provided is a resin film for laminating a metal plate comprising a resin composition including a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer and a thermoplastic polyester having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 70° C. or more and 90° C. or less where the thermoplastic elastomer is dispersed in the thermoplastic polyester, wherein a content of the thermoplastic elastomer in the film is 2 to 50 wt %, and an absolute value ?Tg of a difference between a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic polyester and a glass transition temperature of the film satisfies the following Expression (1): ?Tg<0.5×W??(1) wherein W represents the thermoplastic elastomer content (wt %) in the film.

Abstract: This invention provides a roll-bonded laminate that is excellent in press workability and/or a roll-bonded laminate with improved performance and ease of handling at the time of production. More specifically, this invention relates to a roll-bonded laminate composed of a stainless steel layer and an aluminum alloy layer with the peel strength of 60 N/20 mm or higher, a roll-bonded laminate composed of a stainless steel layer and a pure aluminum layer with the peel strength of 160 N/20 mm or higher, and a roll-bonded laminate composed of a pure titanium or titanium alloy layer and an aluminum alloy layer with the peel strength of 40 N/20 mm or higher.

Abstract: This invention provides a roll-bonded laminate that is excellent in press workability and/or a roll-bonded laminate with improved performance and ease of handling at the time of production. More specifically, this invention relates to a roll-bonded laminate composed of a stainless steel layer and an aluminum alloy layer with the peel strength of 60 N/20 mm or higher, a roll-bonded laminate composed of a stainless steel layer and a pure aluminum layer with the peel strength of 160 N/20 mm or higher, and a roll-bonded laminate composed of a pure titanium or titanium alloy layer and an aluminum alloy layer with the peel strength of 40 N/20 mm or higher.

Abstract: A surface-treated metal plate including: a metal plate; and a nickel-cobalt binary alloy layer formed on the metal plate. When a part having a content ratio of oxygen atoms of 5 atomic % or more as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis is an oxide coating film, the nickel-cobalt binary alloy layer contains the oxide coating film with a thickness of 0.5 to 30 nm on a surface thereof, and when a pressure cooker test including temperature increasing, retention for 72 hours under a water-vapor atmosphere at a temperature of 105° C. and a relative humidity of 100% RH, and temperature decreasing is performed, the amount of increase in the thickness of the oxide coating film is 28 nm or less.

Abstract: Provided is a sulfide all-solid battery having an anode current collector of powerful adhesiveness which is difficult to be sulfurized. The sulfide all-solid-state battery including: a cathode layer; an anode layer; and a sulfide solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the anode layer has an anode mixture layer, and an anode current collector on a face of the anode mixture layer, the face being on an opposite side of the sulfide solid electrolyte layer, the anode current collector is electrolytic iron foil that does not substantially contain other elements, and the anode current collector has surface roughness Ra of 0.2 ?m to 0.6 ?m, and surface roughness Rz of 2 ?m to 6 ?m.

Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for battery cases is provided which comprises a nickel-cobalt alloy layer formed at the outermost surface of a plane to be an inner surface of a battery case, wherein a Co/Ni value at the surface of the nickel-cobalt alloy layer is within a range of 0.1 to 1.5 as determined by Auger electron spectroscopy analysis.