Abstract: A water-barrier laminate having a water-trapping layer (1) in which a hygroscopic agent is dispersed, wherein a hygroscopic agent has such a hygroscopic property that the ratio (Ax/Ay) of a hygroscopic amount Ax at a relative humidity of 80% and a hygroscopic amount Ay at a relative humidity of 30% is not less than 3, and the water-trapping layer is positioned between the two inorganic barrier layers (3a) and (3b). The water-barrier laminate exhibits barrier property against the water over extended periods of time.

Abstract: A gas-barrier multilayered container having (i) a layer of a propylene type polymer which chiefly includes a homopolypropylene having an isotactic index of not less than 93%, and (ii) a layer of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having not less than two crystal melting peak temperatures. Also disclosed is a lustrous and shock-resistant multilayered container having at least (i) an outermost layer of a propylene type polymer A which chiefly includes a homopolypropylene having a melt flow rate of 2.0 to 10.0 g/10 min., and (ii) an inner layer of a propylene type polymer B which chiefly includes a homopolypropylene having a melt flow rate of not more than 1.0 g/10 min.

Abstract: Provided is a polygonal in which a decoration effect equivalent to that of a cylindrical base-can is obtained without causing folding or deformation in a can body-part. Bottom-part outer-peripheral parts (A-2) of a cylindrical base-can that are expected to form linear parts (B-2) of a polygonal can (B) are moved inward in a radial direction, while bottom-part outer-peripheral parts (A-1) of the cylindrical base-can that are expected to form corner parts (B-1) of the polygonal can are moved outward in the radial direction. Thus, the polygonal can is molded such that the body-part cross-section peripheral length of the cylindrical base-can and the body-part cross-section peripheral length of the molded polygonal can have a substantially isometric relationship.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a molded paper body in which the outer peripheral portion of a blank primarily of paper is formed in a raised shape using draw processing, wherein the molded paper body eliminates the occurrence of wrinkles causing leaking or instability of adhesion when used as the bottom member of a paper cup or similar paper container and a forming method thereof. The method for manufacturing this molded paper body is to draw-process, with a punch and die, a single blank primarily of paper, and is characterized by use of a holding mechanism to press the outer peripheral portion of the blank between a wrinkle pressing member and the die upper surface, and setting the force applied by the wrinkle pressing member within an appropriate range.

Abstract: A structured body including: a formed body, the surface of which being formed of an underlying resin layer (1); and fine particles distributed on the underlying resin layer (1) on the surface of the formed body, wherein the structured body is characterized in that wax (3) is distributed on the surface of the underlying resin layer (1) together with fine particles (7), and the wax (3) is partly absorbed into the underlying resin layer (1).

Abstract: A hollow molded container of the present invention has a resin layer forming its inner surface, and droplets of an oily liquid are distributed on the surface of the resin layer. In the hollow molded container, slipperiness to a less flowable liquid is enhanced remarkably and the slipperiness is exhibited for a long period of time.

Abstract: An organic resin-covered surface-treated metal sheet having formed on at least one surface of a metal sheet a surface-treatment coating and an organic resin film on the coating. The surface-treatment coating contains a polyvalent metal compound and a poly-carboxylic acid type polymer containing not less than 60 mol % constituent units derived from at least one polymerizable monomer selected from acrylic acid, maleic acid, methacrylic acid, and itaconic acid. The surface-treatment coating measured for its infrared-ray absorption spectra has a peak height ratio (?/?) of a maximum absorption peak height (?) in a wave number range of 1660 to 1760 cm?1 and a maximum absorption peak height (?) in a wave number range of 1490 to 1659 cm?1 is from 0.37 to 2.35. Also disclosed is a can body made from the organic resin-covered surface-treated metal sheet and a can lid made from the organic resin-covered surface-treated metal sheet.

Abstract: A water-absorbing laminated protection film (1) including a hygroscopic resin layer 3 in which a desiccant is dispersed and a surface protection resin layer (5) provided on one surface of the hygroscopic resin layer (3). The surface protection resin layer (5) has a coefficient of moisture permeability of not more than 40 g/m2·day at 40° C. 90% RH, and the other surface of the hygroscopic resin layer (3) is a hygroscopically working surface (7).

Abstract: A package for low temperature storage includes a container accommodating fluid contents, and is stored under a low temperature environment at 10° C. or lower. A lubricating layer derived from a slip improving agent is formed on the inner surface of the container. The fluid contents are in contact with the lubricating layer. When the storage environment temperature of the package is t° C. and the cloud point of the slip improving agent is c° C., the following condition: t<c+30 is satisfied.

Abstract: A method of extracting the underground resources by pressurizing a fluid filled in an ore chute in which cracks are formed and by, further, forming or growing the cracks, the underground resources being extracted through the cracks, wherein a hydrolysis-blocking agent is introduced with pressure into the fluid to block a diverting agent that works to temporarily close the cracks.

Abstract: A dispersion solution including a solvent which contains fine particles of a copper compound, a stabilizer, a fatty acid, a fatty acid ester of the fatty acid, and a polycarboxylic acid. The fine particles of the copper compound having antiviral property are homogeneously dispersed in the dispersion medium maintaining stability over extended periods of time.

Abstract: A chromium-free surface-treated metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a surface-treatment coating that contains a polycarboxylic acid type polymer and a zirconium compound and that is formed on at least one surface of the metal sheet, and a coating that contains a polyester resin, a phenol resin and an acid catalyst and that is formed on the surface-treatment coating. The surface-treated metal sheet can be used for producing cans and can lids maintaining excellent dent resistance even for acidic beverages, without permitting the organic resin film formed on the coating to be peeled even under high-temperature and wet environments during a sterilization treatment or the like, and maintaining excellent hot water-resistant adhering property.

Abstract: A cell culture apparatus including cell culture units U and a measurement part (5). The measurement part (5) is provided with an imaging part (51) and is disposed so as to be capable of moving up and down between a back panel part (21) of a casing (2) and a culture container accommodating shelf (32). When the measurement unit (5) reaches a measurement position of each cell culture unit U which is a measurement subject, the culture container accommodating shelf (32) slides toward the measurement unit (5) so that portions to be measured of culture containers U20, U30 in each cell culture unit U come in an imaging range of the imaging part (51).

Abstract: A structure including a sliding layer that is formed on a roughened surface of a substrate and that has an excellent slidability, and a method for producing the structure. The sliding layer is formed of a powder of a carbon-composition-containing resin composition filled in at least concavities of roughness on the roughened surface.

Abstract: An adhesive for polyolefin used for an extrusion-formed multilayered structure that includes, at least, a propylene type resin layer and an ethylene type resin layer, the adhesive for polyolefin comprising an olefin resin that has methyl branches at a ratio of 10 to 200 per 1000 carbon atoms on a main chain thereof.

Abstract: An organic resin-covered surface-treated metal sheet having formed on at least one surface of a metal sheet a surface-treatment coating and an organic resin film on the surface-treatment coating. The surface-treatment coating contains a poly-carboxylic acid type polymer and a polyvalent metal compound. The surface-treatment coating measured for its infrared-ray absorption spectra has a peak height ratio (?/?) of a maximum absorption peak height (?) in a wave number range of 1660 to 1760 cm?1 and a maximum absorption peak height (?) in a wave number range of 1490 to 1659 cm?1 of from 0.05 to 2.35.

Abstract: A foamed and stretched plastic bottle having, in the body portion thereof, a foamed region in which foamed cells are distributed, wherein, in at least a portion of the foamed region, the lengths of the foamed cells in the axial direction of the bottle are so distributed as to gradually decrease as the positions of the foamed cells shift from the outer surface side of the body portion toward the central portion thereof and then gradually increase as their positions shift from the central portion thereof toward the inner surface side thereof. The foamed and stretched plastic bottle of the invention exhibits excellent light-shielding property.

Abstract: A hydroponic system (1) is provided with a light-collecting apparatus (3) having a pair of reflecting plates (31a) that are vertically arranged in parallel with a culture surface (23) of a culture panel (21) of a hydroponic unit (2). During a process in which natural light taken from a light-collecting opening (30) propagates while repeatedly reflected by opposing reflecting surfaces of a reflecting plates (31a), by allowing seedlings p that are transplanted into the culture panel (21) to be irradiated with the light through a light-emitting hole (32) bored in the reflecting plate (31a), a culture object can be grown efficiently at a low cost by taking natural light from the outside.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced polyimide resin molded article and a production process therefor. After a prepolymer of an addition reaction type polyimide resin and functional fibers are dispersed and kneaded together, the kneaded product is kept at a temperature not lower than the heat curing start temperature of the reaction type polyimide resin for a fixed amount of time or mixed with a thickener to increase its viscosity, and shaped at a temperature not lower than the heat curing start temperature of the reaction type polyimide resin to obtain a molded article having excellent sliding performance with a limit PV value of not less than 3,000 kPa·m/s and excellent shape stability during molding and containing the functional fibers dispersed in the polyimide resin.

Abstract: A formed body having a multilayered structure including inner and outer layers of a first ethylene terephthalate type polyester resin, and an oxygen-absorbing intermediate layer containing a non-polymer type organic oxygen absorber. The oxygen-absorbing intermediate layer, further, contains a second ethylene terephthalate type polyester resin that has relatively more copolymerizable units than the first ethylene terephthalate type polyester resin, the non-polymer type organic oxygen absorber being contained therein in an amount of not less than 5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the second ethylene terephthalate type polyester resin.