Abstract: A computer of a prediction-rule generating system includes an input unit configured to input time series data of an abundance proportion of microorganisms or nucleotide sequences included in activated sludge in which a water treatment is performed and water quality information indicating water quality after a water treatment associated with data at each time constituting the time series data, a principal component analyzing unit configured to perform principal component analysis on the input time series data and calculate principal component scores of data at each time constituting time series data, and a prediction rule generating unit configured to generate a prediction rule for predicting water quality after a water treatment from an abundance proportion of microorganisms or nucleotide sequences on the basis of the calculated principal component scores and the input water quality information indicating water quality after a water treatment.

Abstract: A computer of a prediction-rule generating system includes an input unit configured to input time series data of an abundance proportion of microorganisms or nucleotide sequences included in activated sludge in which a water treatment is performed and water quality information indicating water quality after a water treatment associated with data at each time constituting the time series data, a principal component analyzing unit configured to perform principal component analysis on the input time series data and calculate principal component scores of data at each time constituting time series data, and a prediction rule generating unit configured to generate a prediction rule for predicting water quality after a water treatment from an abundance proportion of microorganisms or nucleotide sequences on the basis of the calculated principal component scores and the input water quality information indicating water quality after a water treatment.

Abstract: A silicone resin which is a condensation product of a silane compound is provided. The condensation product of the silane compound contains a constitutional unit derived from a fluorine atom-containing silane compound, in which a fluoroalkyl group having at least one fluorine atom is bonded to a silicon atom.

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor composition capable of forming an organic film having high carrier transportability. A preferable organic semiconductor composition contains a lower molecular weight compound and a higher molecular weight compound having carrier transportability, and the solubility parameter of the higher molecular weight compound and the solubility parameter of the lower molecular weight compound differ by 0.6 to 1.5.

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor composition capable of forming an organic film having high carrier transportability. A preferable organic semiconductor composition contains a lower molecular weight compound and a higher molecular weight compound having carrier transportability, and the solubility parameter of the higher molecular weight compound and the solubility parameter of the lower molecular weight compound differ by 0.6 to 1.5.

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a unit cell durability evaluation method for evaluating a unit cell of a fuel cell including a polymer electrolyte membrane, two plate-like electrodes installed on both sides of the polymer electrolyte membrane, two plate-like separators having groove-like gas channels for supplying gases to the electrodes, and a seal component for sealing side faces of the electrodes, in a information-processing equipment, and the method involves a reception step (S01), a model production step (S02, S03), a water distribution calculation step (S04), a strain/stress calculation step (S05), an equivalent stress calculation step (S06), an evaluation value lead-out step (S07, S08), and an output step (S09).

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (1), wherein, A1 represents a divalent group in which the bond distance ratio (bond distance of C(?)-A1/bond distance of C(?)-C(?)) is 1.10 or more; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, each independently represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkyloxy group, aryloxy group, arylalkyloxy group, etc. The polymer is useful as a light-emitting material, a charge transporting material, etc.

Abstract: A polymer compound having a conjugated polymer main chain and at least one side chain selected from the following (a), (b) and (c): (a) side chain having electron transportability, wherein the value of LUMO energy of the side chain and the value of LUMO energy of the conjugated polymer main chain are mutually different, and the absolute value of the difference thereof is 0.3 eV or less, (b) side chain having hole transportability, wherein the value of HOMO energy of the side chain and the value of HOMO energy of the conjugated polymer main chain are mutually different, and the absolute value of the difference thereof is 0.3 eV or less, (c) side chain having electron transportability and hole transportability, wherein the value of LUMO energy of the side chain and the value of LUMO energy of the conjugated polymer main chain are mutually different, and the absolute value of the difference thereof is 0.

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (1) and which is useful as a light emitting material or charge transporting material and excellent in heat resistance, fluorescent intensity and the like: (wherein, ring A and ring B represent each independently an aromatic hydrocarbon ring optionally having a substituent, at least one of ring A and ring B is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring composed of a plurality of condensed benzene rings, Rw and Rx represent each independently a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkoxy group or the like, and Rw and Rx may mutually bond to form a ring).

Abstract: Provided is a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (1), wherein, A1 represents a divalent group in which the bond distance ratio (bond distance of C(?)-A1/bond distance of C(?)-C(?)) is 1.10 or more; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, each independently represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkyloxy group, aryloxy group, arylalkyloxy group, etc. The polymer is useful as a light-emitting material, a charge transporting material, etc.

Abstract: A liquid-crystalline polyester production method with a shortened reaction time and improved productivity per unit time by using an organic basic compound containing one nitrogen atom in a molecule is achieved by a liquid-crystalline polyester production method comprising carrying out acylation reaction and/or ester-exchange in the presence of an organic basic compound containing one nitrogen atom in one molecule and satisfying the following inequality (1): 0<A+0.4×B ??(1) wherein, A and B satisfy A={(Ech+?Ec)/(Eph+?Ep)}?1 and B=(?f/?fp)?1; Ec denotes the heat of formation of the organic basic compound; Ech+ denotes the heat of formation of a compound coordinated by proton; Ep denotes the heat of formation of pyridine; and Eph+ denotes the heat of formation of pyridine coordinated by proton to the nitrogen atom; ?f and ?fp independently denote parameters relevant to the steric angles.

Abstract: A liquid-crystalline polyester production method with a shortened reaction time and improved productivity per unit time by using an organic basic compound containing one nitrogen atom in a molecule is achieved by a liquid-crystalline polyester production method comprising carrying out acylation reaction and/or ester-exchange in the presence of an organic basic compound containing one nitrogen atom in one molecule and satisfying the following inequality (1): 0<A+0.4×B ??(1) wherein, A and B satisfy A={(Ech+?Ec)/(Eph+?Ep)}?1 and B=(?f/?fp)?1; Ec denotes the heat of formation of the organic basic compound; Ech+ denotes the heat of formation of a compound coordinated by proton; Ep denotes the heat of formation of pyridine; and Eph+ denotes the heat of formation of pyridine coordinated by proton to the nitrogen atom; ?f and ?fp independently denote parameters relevant to the steric angles.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (1), wherein, A1 represents a divalent group in which the bond distance ratio (bond distance of C(?)-A1/bond distance of C(?)-C(?)) is 1.10 or more; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, each independently represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkyloxy group, aryloxy group, arylalkyloxy group, etc. The polymer is useful as a light-emitting material, a charge transporting material, etc.

Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), 1

Abstract: Provided is a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (1), 1