Abstract: A preparation composition that is easy to produce and enables a preparation with high hardness to be easily obtained, a preparation comprising the composition, and a method for producing the preparation composition are provided. The preparation composition comprises particles containing an active ingredient and a binder. The particles contain the active ingredient in an amount of 80 mass % or more based on the total mass of the active ingredient and the binder, and the coverage of the binder at the surface of the particles is 20% or more. The method for producing the preparation composition includes step 1 of kneading and granulating a mixture containing an active ingredient and a binder in barrels by a twin-screw extrusion method, the temperature in each barrel being 130° C. or less, the binder having a mass average molecular weight of 1,000,000 g/mol or less, and the mixture containing the active ingredient in an amount of 80 mass % or more based on the total mass of the active ingredient and the binder.

Abstract: The pigment composition is an inorganic pigment coated with lauroyl lysine, in which a contact angle with respect to water is 95 degrees or greater, and a nitrogen specific surface area ratio between before and after coating is 0.70 or less. Further, the pigment composition of the present invention is an organic pigment coated with lauroyl lysine, in which a contact angle with respect to water is 95 degrees or greater, and a nitrogen specific surface area ratio between before and after coating is 0.90 or less. The cosmetic material, the ink, the coating material, the toner, or the molded article of the present invention contains the pigment composition described above.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip in a rectangular shape having longer sides extending in a first direction and shorter sides extending in a second direction. The semiconductor chip includes: a first vertical MOS transistor that includes a first gate pad and a plurality of first source pads, and a second vertical MOS transistor that includes a second gate pad and a plurality of second source pads. A plurality of first linear disposition regions in each of which source pads are linearly aligned in the first direction and a plurality of second linear disposition regions in each of which source pads are linearly aligned in the second direction are provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of ball-shaped bump electrodes connected to the first gate pad, the first source pads, the second gate pad, and the second source pads.

Abstract: A connector includes a contact connected to a flexible conductor, a housing that is attached to a flexible substrate and retains the contact, and a protection sheet that is constituted of an insulating film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface thereof and is disposed between the housing and the flexible substrate such that the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer faces the flexible substrate, the protection sheet being disposed so as to cover at least a front surface part of the flexible substrate on which the flexible conductor is formed, and is adhered to the flexible substrate with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the housing having a flat surface facing the flexible substrate, an adhesive layer bonding the housing to the protection sheet being disposed between the flat surface and the protection sheet.

Abstract: A contact is accommodated in a contact accommodating portion of a second insulator, an end portion of an electric wire is accommodated in an opened electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion of a projection of a first insulator, the projection is accommodated in a projection accommodating portion of a contact with a flexible conductor being sandwiched therebetween and such that the opened electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion is opposed to an electric-wire connection piece of the contact, the electric wire extends from the electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion and makes contact with an electric-wire contact portion of the electric-wire connection piece of the contact, and a part of the flexible conductor is sandwiched between an outer surface of the projection and a conductor contact piece of the contact and makes contact with the conductor contact piece of the contact, whereby the electric wire is electrically connected to the flexible conductor via the contact.

Abstract: A polyalkylene oxide that can be suitably used to easily control a drug dissolution rate, a solid dosage form composition comprising the polyalkylene oxide and a method for producing the same, and a sustained-release dosage form composition are provided. The polyalkylene oxide has a polydispersity of 3 to 5, a gel strength of 22,500 Pa or more, and an erosion of 40 to 48%. The solid dosage form composition includes at least the polyalkylene oxide, an active component, and an excipient.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a transistor provided in a first region of a semiconductor layer in a plan view; a transistor provided in a second region adjacent to the first region of the semiconductor layer in the plan view; and a drain pad provided in a third region not overlapping the first region and the second region in the plan view. In the plan view, the first region and the second region are one region and an other region that divide an area of the semiconductor layer excluding the third region in half. In the plan view, the transistors are arranged in a first direction. The center of the third region is located on a straight center line that divides the semiconductor layer in half in the first direction and is orthogonal to the first direction. In the plan view, the drain pad is contained in the third region.

Abstract: A method for producing a polyalkylene oxide includes step 1 of performing a polymerization reaction of an alkylene oxide in the presence or absence of a chain transfer agent to obtain a high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide; and step 2 of irradiating the high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide obtained in step 1 with radiation to obtain a polyalkylene oxide, wherein the amount of the chain transfer agent when used is less than 300 mass ppm relative to the alkylene oxide, and the high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide obtained in step 1 has a viscosity at 25° C. in a 1 mass % aqueous solution of 7500 mPa·s or more.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector fitted together along a fitting direction, the first connector having a conductive first contact with a first contact portion and a first retention member joined to the first contact, the second connector having a second insulator, a conductive second contact with a second contact portion retained by the second insulator, and a second retention member retained by the second insulator attracted to the first retention member by a magnetic force, one of the first contact portion and the second contact portion having a flat shape extending in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the fitting direction, one of the first retention member and the second retention member having a lock portion and the other having a lock receiving portion.

Abstract: In a connecting method, when a flexible conductor is exposed on a top surface of a connection object, a contact is disposed on the top surface of the connection object at the predetermined position in a state where the connection object is kept as it is, and when the flexible conductor is exposed on a bottom surface of the connection object, the contact is disposed on the top surface of the connection object at the predetermined position in a state where a part of the connection object where the connection part is disposed is inverted such that the connection part faces a top surface side of the connection object while being retained at the predetermined position.

Abstract: A multi-piece solid golf ball includes a core, an intermediate layer, and a cover, in which the core is formed of a rubber composition, the intermediate layer and the cover are formed of a single-layer resin composition, and a relationship among an initial velocity of the core, an initial velocity of an intermediate layer-encased sphere, and an initial velocity of a sphere (ball) obtained by encasing the intermediate layer-encased sphere with the cover satisfies (ball initial velocity)<(initial velocity of intermediate layer-encased sphere) and 0.60?(initial velocity of intermediate layer-encased sphere)?(core initial velocity)?0.90 (m/s). When each sphere of the core and the ball is compressed under a specific load and deflections are denoted by C (mm) and B (mm), respectively, a value of C?B is not more than 1.10 mm, and 0.024?(intermediate layer thickness)/(ball diameter)?0.034 is satisfied.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a transistor provided in a first region of a semiconductor layer in a plan view; a transistor provided in a second region adjacent to the first region of the semiconductor layer in the plan view; and a drain pad provided in a third region not overlapping the first region and the second region in the plan view. In the plan view, the first region and the second region are one region and an other region that divide an area of the semiconductor layer excluding the third region in half. In the plan view, the transistors are arranged in a first direction. The center of the third region is located on a straight center line that divides the semiconductor layer in half in the first direction and is orthogonal to the first direction. In the plan view, the drain pad is contained in the third region.

Abstract: A connector is mateable with a mating connector. The connector comprises a housing and a terminal. The terminal has an arm, a contact portion and a held portion held by a holding portion of the housing. The arm couples the held portion and the contact portion to each other and supports the contact portion so that the contact portion is movable. The contact portion has a bottom portion, a first support portion, a second support portion, a first contact point and a second contact point. Each of the first support portion and the second support portion extends upward from the bottom portion. The first contact point is supported by the first support portion. The second contact point is supported by the second support portion. Under a mated state, a mating terminal of the mating connector is sandwiched and held between the first contact point and the second contact point.

Abstract: A connecting method includes disposing a wire along a surface of a mounting object, disposing a first insulator having a pair of outer lateral surfaces separately facing in opposite directions from each other between the surface of the mounting object and a middle part of the wire, bending the middle part of the wire to extend along the pair of outer lateral surfaces of the first insulator, fitting a second insulator to the first insulator such that the middle part of the wire that is bent and part of the first insulator pass through and protrude from a through hole of the second insulator, and cutting and removing the middle part of the wire and the part of the first insulator protruding from the through hole of the second insulator.

Abstract: A method for producing a polyalkylene oxide includes a step of irradiating a high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide with radiation in the presence or absence of an antioxidant to obtain a polyalkylene oxide, wherein the high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide before irradiation has a viscosity at 25° C. in a 1 mass % aqueous solution of 1500 to 16000 mPa·s, when the antioxidant is present, the antioxidant is present in an amount of less than 2000 mass ppm relative to the total mass of the high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide, and the following formula (1): 0?C3×I×10?8<30??(1), wherein C is the concentration of the antioxidant used in the step, and represents the proportion (mass ppm) of the antioxidant relative to the total mass of the polyalkylene oxide, and I represents the irradiation dose (kGy) of the radiation emitted in the above step, is satisfied.

Abstract: A connector includes a contact retained in a housing selectively in one of a first posture and a second posture inverted 180 degrees around a fitting direction, the contact including a contact portion to be contacted with a contact of a counter connector and a connection portion to be connected to a flexible conductor of a connection object, between a case where the contact is retained in the housing in the first posture and a case where the contact is retained in the housing in the second posture, the contact portion is situated at a same position with respect to the housing and the connection portion is situated at a different position with respect to the housing, the contact being retained in the housing in, of the first posture and the second posture, a posture corresponding to an orientation of a flexible conductor exposed surface of the connection object.

Abstract: In a golf ball for professional golfers and skilled amateurs which has a single-layer core, a cover and at least one intermediate layer therebetween, the core is molded from a rubber composition that includes a base rubber, an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or metal salt thereof, an organic peroxide and, in a specific weight ratio, water and sulfur, and has a hardness profile which satisfies certain specific conditions. The ball achieves an excellent distance on full shots with a driver (W #1) and a middle iron, and is designed for high controllability in the short game.

Abstract: The connector assembly includes a first connector having a first insulator and a first contact, a second connector having a second insulator and a second contact and being fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction, a contact spring member attached to the second contact and pressing the first contact against the second contact, a lever member held by the second insulator and being rotatable about a rotational axis between a first rotational position and a second rotational position, a rotational shaft member held by the second insulator to rotate about the rotational axis with rotation of the lever member and having a cam surface configured to elastically deform the contact spring member, and a fitting cam mechanism moving the first insulator and the second insulator relatively along the fitting direction in conjunction with rotation of the lever member.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pigment composition that is suitable as an IJ ink and has high dispersion stability and excellent storage stability, a coloring agent containing the pigment composition, and, in particular, an IJ ink. The pigment composition of the present invention contains a quinacridone pigment and a compound represented by formula (I) below. In formula (I), n represents an integer of 1 to 8. At least C.I. Pigment Red 122 is preferably contained as the quinacridone pigment.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pigment composition and an ink (in particular, a waterborne ink) that can reduce a viscosity increase over time when an azo lake pigment is used as a pigment and also have excellent color strength and gloss in printed products. The pigment composition according to the present invention includes a divalent metal lake azo pigment, and 0.1% by weight to 20% by weight of a divalent metal salt of a mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound. The divalent metal of the divalent metal salt is preferably an alkaline earth metal ion. The mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound is preferably a mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 4 to 20.