Abstract: A resin granule mass including a plurality of resin granules, and a proportion of resin granules to which a magnetic foreign matter of 50 ?m or greater is adhered in the plurality of resin granules is 30% or less.

Abstract: A multilayer tube is provided which includes a layer including a specific aliphatic polyamide composition and a layer including a semi-aromatic polyamide composition including a semi-aromatic polyamide with a specific structure, these layers being adjacent to each other, wherein the aliphatic polyamide composition includes an aliphatic polyamide having a specific ratio of the number of methylene groups to the number of amide groups, a polyamide having a specific difference in absolute value of solubility parameter SP from the aliphatic polyamide, and an elastomer polymer including a structural unit derived from an unsaturated compound having a carboxyl group and/or an acid anhydride group.

Abstract: This is to provide a multilayer tube excellent in interlayer adhesiveness and durability thereof while maintaining various characteristics such as low temperature impact resistance, bursting pressure strength and flexibility. In a multilayer tube having at least two kinds of layers and the both layers are adjacent to each other, an aliphatic polyamide composition constituting one of the layers contains an aliphatic polyamide having a ratio of a number of methylene groups to a number of amide groups of a specific value or more and a copolymerized polyamide having a specific unit, and an elastomeric polymer which may contain a constitutional unit derived from an unsaturated compound having a carboxyl group(s) and/or an acid anhydride group(s).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition that has excellent mechanical properties and shows excellent results in a UL94 combustion test, and that comprises an aliphatic polyamide (A), a phosphinic acid salt (B) and a phosphazene compound (C), wherein the aliphatic polyamide (A) is contained in an amount of 60 mass % or more and 85 mass % or less in the polyamide resin composition, and the phosphazene compound (C) is contained in an amount of 3 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less in the polyamide resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound that is highly safe and useful in the prevention, alleviation, and/or treatment of various diseases involving enteropeptidase inhibition and/or trypsin inhibition, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, a method for producing the compound, and the like. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (I): [wherein: A1 and A2 each independently represent an inhibitor residue having at least one activity selected from an enteropeptidase inhibitory activity and a trypsin inhibitory activity; and Z represents a spacer that links A1 to A2] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having Keap1 inhibitory effects and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (I): [wherein the symbols have the same meanings as those described in the description] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.

Abstract: A method for producing an aqueous polyimide precursor solution composition includes forming a polyamic acid by the reaction of a tetracarboxylic acid component and a diamine component in an aqueous solvent together with an imidazole in an amount of 1.6 mole or more per mole of the tetracarboxylic acid component of the polyamic acid.

Abstract: A method for producing an aqueous polyimide precursor solution includes forming a polyamic acid by the reaction of a tetracarboxylic acid component and a diamine component in water without organic solvent together with an imidazole in an amount of 1.6 mole or more per mole of the tetracarboxylic acid component of the polyamic acid.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition including a compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof wherein two R moieties each independently are a C1-3 alkyl group or are groups bonded to each other to form a C2-5 alkylene group; A is an optionally substituted C6-10 aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group; and R1, R2 and R3 each independently are an optionally substituted linear or branched C1-4 alkyl group, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered in combination with an immunotherapeutic agent.

Abstract: A method for producing an aqueous polyimide precursor solution composition includes reacting a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a diamine in the presence of an imidazole, using water as a reaction solvent to provide an aqueous polyimide precursor solution composition. The polyamic acid and the imidazole are dissolved in the water. A concentration of the polyamic acid is 5 to 45 wt %, The imidazole is an imidazole having two or more alkyl groups as substituents. An amount of the imidazole is 1.6 moles or more per mole of the tetracarboxylic dianhydride, and a concentration of the imidazole compound based on a sum of the imidazole compound and the water is 9.47 wt % or less. The diamine component includes a diamine having a solubility in water at 25° C. of 0.1 g/L or more.

Abstract: A biomass solid fuel is provided which, when exposed to rain water, has a reduced COD in discharged water and has low disintegration-property, while suppressing an increase in cost. The present invention relates to a biomass solid fuel obtained by molding pulverized biomass, having a fuel ratio (fixed carbon/volatile matter) of 0.2 to 0.8, dry-basis higher heating value of 4800 to 7000 (kcal/kg), a molar ratio of oxygen O to carbon C (O/C) of 0.1 to 0.7, and a molar ratio of hydrogen H to carbon C (H/C) is 0.8 to 1.3.

Abstract: A biomass solid fuel which, when exposed to rain water, has a reduced COD in discharged water and has low disintegration-property, while suppressing an increase in cost. The biomass solid fuel obtained by molding pulverized biomass particles, such that mutual bonding or adhesion between pulverized biomass particles is maintained after immersion in water.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate that has excellent low-temperature impact resistance and bursting pressure strength at high temperatures despite having a thick modified polyolefin layer. The laminate has two or more layers including an (a) layer and a (b) layer, the (a) layer includes an aliphatic polyamide composition (A), and the (b) layer includes a modified polyolefin (B). The modified polyolefin (B) includes a unit derived from a monomer based on an ?-olefin having 2-10 carbon atoms, and a unit derived from an unsaturated compound having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of: unsaturated compounds having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, an amino group, an amide group, an imide group, a nitrile group, a thiol group, and an isocyanate group; and derivatives of unsaturated compounds having a carboxyl group. The Shore hardness (D scale) of the modified polyolefin (B) as measured according to ASTM D2240 is 30-61.

Abstract: A polyolefin micro porous film includes at least one of polyethylene and polypropylene, in which the compressive elastic modulus is 95 MPa or more and 150 MPa or less, the surface roughness (Ra) of a film surface is measured for a front surface and a rear surface, and the average value (Ra(ave)) thereof is 0.01 ?m to 0.30 ?m.

Abstract: This polyolefin micro-porous film includes a multilayered structure, wherein the multilayered structure contains a first layer composed of polypropylene resin, a second layer composed of polyethylene resin and provided on the first layer, and a third layer composed of polypropylene resin and provided on the second layer. Furthermore, a thickness of the first layer is thinner than a thickness of the second layer, a thickness of the third layer is thinner than the thickness of the second layer, and in the multilayered structure, a thickness is 16 ?m or less, a porosity is 40 to 70%, and a surface opening ratio is 10 to 30%.

Abstract: This is to provide a multilayer tube excellent in interlayer adhesiveness and durability thereof while maintaining various characteristics such as low temperature impact resistance, bursting pressure strength and flexibility. In a multilayer tube having at least two kinds of layers and the both layers are adjacent to each other, an aliphatic polyamide composition constituting one of the layers contains an aliphatic polyamide having a ratio of a number of methylene groups to a number of amide groups of a specific value or more and a copolymerized polyamide having a specific unit, and an elastomeric polymer which may contain a constitutional unit derived from an unsaturated compound having a carboxyl group(s) and/or an acid anhydride group(s).

Abstract: The present invention is a multi-layer tube comprising at least two layers having an (a) layer containing an aliphatic polyamide composition (A) and a (b) layer containing a semi-aromatic polyamide composition (B) containing a specific semi-aromatic polyamide (B1), wherein the aliphatic polyamide composition (A) contains a specific amount of an aliphatic polyamide (A1) and a specific amount of an elastomer polymer (A2) containing an unsaturated compound having a carboxyl group and/or acid anhydride group, and the product of the terminal amino group concentration [X] of the aliphatic polyamide (A1) per g of the aliphatic polyamide composition (A) and the total concentration [Y] of the carboxyl group and acid anhydride group of the elastomer polymer (A2) per g of the aliphatic polyamide composition (A) is a specific amount.

Abstract: A biomass solid fuel with reduced self-heating. An apparatus for manufacturing a biomass solid fuel including a carbonization furnace for carbonizing a biomass molded block to obtain a biomass solid fuel; a yield calculator for calculating a yield of the biomass solid fuel and/or a temperature detector for measuring a temperature of the carbonization furnace; and a controller for controlling a heat source of the carbonization furnace; in which the controller controls the heat source based on a correlation between (i) a self-heating property of the biomass solid fuel and (ii) the yield and/or the temperature of the carbonization furnace.

Abstract: A polyamide resin composition is provided which can be blow molded while concurrently satisfying blow moldability and uniform wall thickness of the molten resin, exhibits excellent thermal stability when the resin composition is accumulated as a melt and thereby gives molded articles with a good surface appearance, and is further excellent in impact resistance at room and low temperatures. The polyamide resin composition includes, based on 100 mass % of the polyamide resin composition, 40 to 84 mass % of a polyamide resin (A), not less than 15 mass % of an olefin-based ionomer (B), 0 to 10 mass % of an impact modifier (C), and 0.1 to 3 mass % of heat resistant agents (D). The polyamide resin (A) includes at least one selected from the group consisting of aliphatic copolyamides (A-1) and aromatic copolyamides (A-2). The heat resistant agents (D) include two or more kinds of organic hindered phenol heat resistant agents (D-1).

Abstract: A polyolefin micro-porous film containing a polypropylene resin, in which a meltdown temperature of the polyolefin micro-porous film is 195° C. to 230° C. A weight-average molecular weight of the polypropylene resin is 500,000 to 800,000. Furthermore, a molecular weight distribution of the polypropylene resin is 7.5 to 16.