Abstract: This invention provides a tread for retread tire capable of lowering a running temperature to suppress deterioration of peel strength at a retreading face between a tread and a base tire and further obtaining a good peel strength without sacrificing a tear resistance. In a tread 1 for retread tire comprising a cap rubber 2 located side a front surface of the tread and a base rubber 3 located side a bottom surface of the tread, a loss tangent (tan ?) of the base rubber 3 at 25° C. and 2% strain is not more than 0.10 and an elongation at break (Eb) of the base rubber 3 is not less than 460%. Also, this invention provides a retread tire comprising such a tread for retread tire.

Abstract: A weighting factor calculation unit (1903) calculates a weighting factor using characteristics respectively corresponding to a picture to be predicted and a selected reference picture in accordance with a weighting factor equation derived from a fade effect generation principle. For each picture, an intra-picture characteristic calculation unit (1901) calculates the characteristics as characteristics closed in the picture. The weighting factor of a fade picture can be obtained with a small calculation amount at high accuracy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a skin test method for predicting the formation of spots in the skin. This method is characterized by judging skin to be susceptible to spot formation in the case expression of genes consisting of MLSTD1, MOGAT1, FADS2, FADS1, HSD3B1, ELOVL3, BG1, PECR, FABP7, FA2H, HAO2, ALOX15B, PDE6A, LZTS1, SEC14L4, BAMBI, CIDEA, TERE1, GAL, THRSP, INSIG1 or CUTL2 in the epidermis is accelerated, or the expression of genes consisting of RBBP6, MSMB, WIF1, ANKRD12, FLG, SYNE2, SCEL, NKTR or AMBP in the epidermis is decreased as compared with normal expression in the epidermis.

Abstract: There is provided a heavy duty tire made by using as a tread rubber a rubber composition obtained by compounding 100 parts by mass of a rubber component consisting of 90-30% by mass of (a) natural rubber and 10-70% by mass of (b) a solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber containing tin in at least one of a middle of a polymer molecular chain and a terminal of the molecular chain and having a bound styrene content of 28-45% by mass and a vinyl bond content in a butadiene portion of less than 30 mol % with 40-60 parts by mass in total of (c) carbon black and (d) silica, provided that an amount of (d) silica as a filler is 5-20 parts by mass. In the heavy duty tire, the resistance to uneven wear is considerably improved without damaging the heat buildup and wear resistance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a skin test method for predicting the formation of spots in the skin. This method judges skin to be susceptible to the formation of spots in the case expression in the epidermis of MCP-2 gene, a polynucleotide capable of hybridizing under highly stringent conditions to mouse AK012157 gene, human FLJ21763 gene or rat S74257 gene, or Mcp9, Mcp10, Isg15, Usp18, Oas12, Gbp2, Gtpi, Ifi47, Igtp, Tgtp, Sprr2A, Krt2-6b, Cdk5rap2, Mef2C, Gsta4, Osf2, Tnc, Igfbp6, Ppicap or Mm. 74656 gene, is increased as compared with normal expression in the epidermis.

Abstract: There is provided a heavy duty tire made by using as a tread rubber a rubber composition obtained by compounding 100 parts by mass of a rubber component consisting of 90-30% by mass of (a) natural rubber and 10-70% by mass of (b) a solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber containing tin in at least one of a middle of a polymer molecular chain and a terminal of the molecular chain and having a bound styrene content of 28-45% by mass and a vinyl bond content in a butadiene portion of less than 30 mol % with 40-60 parts by mass in total of (c) carbon black and (d) silica, provided that an amount of (d) silica as a filler is 5-20 parts by mass. In the heavy duty tire, the resistance to uneven wear is considerably improved without damaging the heat buildup and wear resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tire characterized by using as a member, a rubber composition comprising (a) a rubber component comprising at least one selected from a natural rubber and a diene base synthetic rubber, (b) silica having a nitrogen-absorbing specific surface area (N2SA) of 180 to 270 m2/g and 0.1 to 10.0 mass parts of (c) a partial ester compound of maleic anhydride and a (poly)oxypropylene derivative per 100 mass parts of the rubber component described above. Further, the present invention relates to a tire characterized by using as a tread rubber, a rubber composition comprising (A) a rubber component comprising a conjugate diene base rubber, (B) a filler comprising 10 mass % or more of a white filler based on the whole fillers and (C) a partial ester compound of maleic anhydride and a (poly)oxypropylene derivative.

Abstract: The invention provides a screening method for active ingredients which exhibit effects of ameliorating pruritus, rough skin or sensitive skin, or effects of skin whitening, by inhibiting production and/or release of stem cell factor (SCF), as well as medicaments for pruritus, rough skin, sensitive skin and/or skin whitening which contain the active ingredients.

Abstract: An endermic liniment which characteristically contains an extract from a plant of the Solanaceae family (Solanaceae), genus Withania (Withania). A whitening endermic liniment with a superior whitening effect can be provided.

Abstract: The specification relates to a gene which is involved in the control of melanin production in human melanocytes. Human homologs of rat rKr2 gene and their fragments, and a method for evaluating melanin production ability in human melanocytes using such fragments are also disclosed. These subject matters are useful mainly in the cosmetic and dermatological fields.

Abstract: A rubber composition which comprises natural rubber and diene synthetic rubbers and carbon black having a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide surface area, a dibutyl phthalate absorption amount, a most frequent value of aggregate diameter distribution, a ratio of a half value width of aggregate diameter distribution to a most frequent value of aggregate diameter distribution, a ratio of a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area to an iodine adsorption amount, and a ratio of a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide surface area to an iodine adsorption amount in respective specific ranges, and a pneumatic tire prepared by using the rubber composition for a tread. The rubber composition and the pneumatic tire are excellent in all of abrasion resistance, resistance to tearing, and low heat buildup.

Abstract: An upper mounting structure for a wheel suspension includes a coil spring and a strut assembly each of which is adapted to be connected at its lower end with a wheel, while an upper end of the coil spring is coupled with a vehicle body through a spring insulator of high stiffness and an upper end of the strut assembly is coupled with the vehicle body through a strut mounting insulator of low stiffness. The structure further includes an additional insulator connecting between the upper ends of the coil spring and the strut assembly, which additional insulator has higher stiffness than the spring insulator within higher frequency range. Therefore, the strut assembly is capable of absorbing a surge vibration of the coil spring within the higher frequency range in spite of low stiffness of the strut mounting insulator.

Abstract: A power unit mounting device for a motor vehicle includes a first plate, a second plate secured to the vehicle body and a bracket member having a flat plate portion which is disposed between the first and second plates. A first active damping actuator is intimately disposed between the first plate and the flat plate portion and a second active damping actuator is intimately disposed between the flat plate portion and the second plate. Each of the first and second active damping actuators selectively expands and contracts in accordance with an electric power applied thereto. Connecting bolts are used for connecting the first and second plates to tighten the first and second active damping actuators therebetween. A controller is employed for controlling the electric power in such a manner that the expanding and contracting vibrations of the first and second active damping actuators are equal in amplitude but different in phase by 180 degrees.

Abstract: An active noise control system includes a plurality of vibration pickups for detecting of physical quantities of noise sources, such as vibrations of suspension members of a vehicle, and a plurality of microphones for detecting residual noises transmitted to observing positions. The output signals of the vibration pickups are added up by means of an adder to be input to a controller. The active noise control system also includes a plurality of delay circuits for applying delay times to the respective output signals of the vibration pickups so as to essentially equalize transmitting time of one of the output signals with that of the other output signals. The output signals of the microphones are input to the controller independently of each other.

Abstract: In order to attenuate vibration which tends to be transmitted from a power unit to a vehicle passenger during the idling mode of engine operation, ERF filled engine mounts are arranged so that when neither of two orifice passages are restricted by impressing a voltage on ERF viscosity control electrodes included therein, the frequency at which the dynamic spring constant exhibits a minimum value is the same as the frequency at which the vibration transmission phase maximizes while one of the two orifice passages is restricted by the application of a voltage on the set of electrodes disposed therein. Rapid cyclic control of the dynamic spring constant and the vibration transmission phase for each mount used to support a power unit is carried out. This enables a desirable compromise in the control of the two different parameters.

Abstract: A vibration sensor is disposed at an evaluation point on the vehicle floor proximate the driver's seat. This sensor, in combination with one disposed on a electrically controllable engine mount, is used to determine the magnitude and orientation of a vector of vibration which reaches the evaluation point and which combines with other vibrational vectors in a manner which results in the generation of vibration at the evaluation point. A mount control signal is controlled in a manner which modifies the vibration vector and attenuates the vibration at the evaluation point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a size composition which shows an excellent sizing effect in neutral to weakly acidic papermaking.Alkanol tertiary amine and fortified rosin, incorporated in the size composition of the present invention, even when prepared as dispersions using a dispersant, are extremely poor in sizing performance in the neutral pH range, whereas the size composition obtained by mixing these components in a ratio according to the present invention and dispersing them using a surfactant specified by the present invention offers an excellent sizing in the neutral to weakly acidic pH range.

Abstract: In order to detect cooling system malfunction, the operation of a pump which recycles the liquid coolant from a radiator (or condensor) to the coolant jacket of a vapor cooled type engine, is monitored. In the event that the pump operation period and frequency (viz., the time between changes in pump operation) fail to fall within a predetermined time schedule, a malfunction indicating signal is issued. The schedule can be varied in accordance with a signal indicative of the amount of fuel being combusted in the engine (viz., the amount of heat being produced by the engine) so as to take into the account the increased amount of coolant circulation which occurs under high engine load operation and the accompanying changes in pump operation characteristics.