Abstract: To identify a domain in HIF-1? protein, which participates in stabilization of a fused protein, DNA encoding the following polypeptide (A) or (B) is provided: (A) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 (B) a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence comprising at least 16 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and imparting stability dependent on an oxygen concentration to other protein in a cell harboring a fused protein, when the polypeptide is fused with a nuclear localization signal and the other protein to form the fused protein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid-crystalline polyester resin composition, the method comprising providing a twin-screw extrusion granulator that comprises a cylinder provided with at least one supply port and two screws installed in the cylinder; supplying (A) a liquid-crystalline polyester and (B) a titanium oxide filler into the cylinder through one of the at least one supply port; and melt-kneading the components (A) and (B), wherein a cylinder setting temperature is set at a temperature of (Tm?10)° C. or lower wherein Tm is a fluidization temperature of the component (A).

Abstract: There is provided a method for continuous production of a functional membrane whereby a functional membrane in which a functional polymer is filled into the micropores of a porous resin sheet can be obtained both continuously and efficiently. The method for continuous production of a functional membrane of the present invention comprises a step for impregnating and depositing a polymer precursor having a functional group on a continuously conveyed porous resin sheet; a polymerization step for continuously feeding and bringing into contact first and second resin films to one side and the other side, respectively, of the precursor-impregnated/deposited sheet comprising the porous resin sheet into which the polymer precursor is impregnated and deposited, and polymerizing the polymer precursor in a state in which the sheet is sandwiched between the two resin films; a film peeling step; and a polymer removal step.

Abstract: The present inventions provides a liquid-crystalline polyester resin mixture comprising a liquid-crystalline polyester, a particulate titanium oxide and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid amide and a fatty acid metal salt, wherein the resin mixture contains the particulate titanium oxide in an amount of 40 to 80 parts by weight and the at least one compound in an amount of 0.005 to parts by weight, both the amounts being based on 100 parts by weight of the component (A) in the resin mixture.

Abstract: A Ni-base superalloy of the present invention essentially includes, by weight %, Co: 9 to 11%, Cr: 9 to 12%, Mo: up to 1%, W: 6 to 9%, Al: 4 to 5%, Ti: 4 to 5%, Nb: up to 1%, Ta: up to 3%, Hf: 0.5 to 2.5%, Re: up to 3%, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, B: 0.005 to 0.015%, Zr: up to 0.05%, and the balance of Ni and inevitable impurities. This alloy, as a component material of an industrial gas turbine, has an excellent resistance to corrosion at high temperatures to deal with low-quality fuel and a resistance to oxidation at high temperatures and high-temperature strength to deal with improvement in thermal efficiency due to high-temperature demands and can ensure a high yield at a casting process.

Abstract: Non-oriented electrical steel sheet superior in core loss characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.01% or less, Si: 0.1% to 7.0%, Al: 0.1% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 2.0%, N: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.02% or less, REM: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, O: 0.005% or less, and a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities and having a mass % of S shown by [S], a mass % of O shown by [O], a mass % of REM shown by [REM], a mass % of Ti shown by [Ti], and a mass % of N shown by [N] satisfying [Formula 1] and [Formula 2]: [REM]2×[O]2×[S]?1×10?15??[Formula 1] ([REM]2×[O]2×[S])÷([Ti]×[N])?1×10?10??[Formula 2].

Abstract: To provide a technology with which a large number of wireless communication networks can be efficiently used while the size of a device operated by a user is reduced and power is saved by providing a communication terminal whose connection with a different wireless communication network can be dynamically reconfigured. A communication terminal 20 whose connection method or the like with a plurality of wireless communication networks can be dynamically reconfigured is provided with a data communication aggregation device 21, a communication application executing device 22, and a local communication path 23 for connecting the data communication aggregation device and the communication application executing device.

Abstract: The applicants provide a process for producing an aqueous pigment liquid dispersion that is formed by mixing a solid kneaded mixture containing a pigment (a) containing mainly an azo-type pigment, a styrene-acrylic acid copolymer (b), a basic compound (c), and a wetting agent (d1), with an aqueous medium, the process including a liquefaction step of adding water (e) and a wetting agent (d2) while continuing the kneading of the solid kneaded mixture, thereby generating a liquid state, wherein the total quantity of the wetting agent (d2) added in the liquefaction step is within a range from 0.5 to 40 mass % of the solid kneaded mixture at the point of initiation of the liquefaction step.

Abstract: A Ni-base superalloy having a chemical composition comprising Al: 4.5-7.0 wt %, Ta+Nb+Ti: 0.1-4.0 wt %, with Ta being less than 4.0 wt %, Mo: 1.0-8.0 wt %, W: 0.0-10.0 wt %, Re: 2.0-8.0 wt %, Hf: 0.0-1.0 wt %, Cr: 2.0-10.0 wt %, Co: 0.0-15.0 wt %, Ru: 0.0-5.0 wt %, and the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, and a method for producing the same are disclosed. The Ni-base superalloy has excellent creep property at high temperature and is suitable for use as a member at high temperature under high stress.

Abstract: The present invention provides high strength hot rolled steel plate superior in stretch flange formability and fatigue characteristics comprising steel plate containing C: 0.03 to 0.20%, Si: 0.08 to 1.5%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.0005% or more, N: 0.0005 to 0.01%, acid soluble Al: 0.01% or less, acid soluble Ti: less than 0.008%, and a total of one or both of Ce or La: 0.0005 to 0.04%, having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities and having a number ratio of stretched inclusions present in the steel plate having a circle equivalent diameter of 1 ?m or more and a long axis/short axis of 5 or more of 20% or less.

Abstract: A shock absorbing device for a watercraft propeller is provided that can include an outer tube unitarily formed with blades of a propeller. An inner tube can be coupled with a propeller shaft. An intermediate tube can be positioned between the outer tube and the inner tube. A first damping means can be placed between the intermediate tube and the outer tube. A second damping means can be placed between the intermediate tube and the inner tube. One of the damping means can include a rubber damper interposed between the inner tube and the intermediate tube, and an engaging means for limiting an angle range in which the inner tube and the intermediate tube can be rotatable relative to each other to a predetermined angle range. The rubber damper can have a spring constant with which elastic deformation thereof begins at a moment that the propeller shaft initiates its rotation.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a liquid-crystalline polymer composition comprising a nanostructured hollow-carbon material and a liquid-crystalline polymer. The nanostructured hollow-carbon material may comprises particles, each particle of which is selected from the group consisting of a particle which is composed of a carbon part and a hollow part and has a structure that the hollow part is entirely enclosed by the carbon part; and a particle which is composed of a carbon part and a hollow part and has a structure that the hollow part is partly enclosed by the carbon part.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plated film by bringing a film having a conductive surface into electrical contact with a cathode roll with a liquid film interposed between the film and the cathode and forming a metal plating on the conductive surface of the film, characterized in that the relation E0>[(I/Cs)×d]/? where E0 is the reduction potential of the metal forming the plating, I is the value of the current flowing through the cathode roll for plating, Cs is the area of the conductive surface of the film in electrical contact with the cathode roll with a liquid film interposed therebetween, d is the thickness of the gap between the cathode roll and the conductive film, and ? is the conductivity of the liquid forming the liquid film present in the gap. A cathode roll having a surface roughness Rmax of 1 ?m or less is also disclosed. Further a cathode roll having a Vickers hardness of the surface of 200 or more is disclosed.

Abstract: A heat-resistant member is provided that includes a Ni-base superalloy substrate coated with at least one substance. The substrate and the substance are formed of materials that are substantially in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, or in a state similar to a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, so that interdiffusion is suppressed. The heat-resistant member therefore inhibits interdiffusion of elements at the substrate/coating interface even at elevated temperatures of 1,100° C. and higher.

Abstract: To obtain a porous membrane for a fuel cell electrolyte membrane, having mechanical property which is equal in the longitudinal and lateral directions. A porous membrane 10 is formed in such a way that porous resin sheets 1a and 1b which are obtained by uniaxially stretching a polytetrafluoroethylene thin membrane and which have strength anisotropy in orthogonal two directions, are mutually laminated in a state where the directions in which the strength of the porous resin sheets is large are made to cross each other, and that the laminated porous resin sheets are integrally bonded by means of heat fusion, or the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising (A) a thermoplastic resin, (B) alumina fine particles and (C) a plate-like filler, wherein the component (B) is contained in the larger amount than the amount of the component (C) in the composition, and the resin composition has a specific volume resistance of 1×1010 ?m or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reflection plate made of a resin composition comprising a liquid crystalline polyester, a titanium oxide filler and a silica-based filler containing 85% by weight or more of silicon oxide, wherein the resin composition contains the titanium oxide filler in the amount of from 5 to 80 parts by weight and the silica-based filler in the amount of from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystalline polyester. The reflection plate has an excellent reflectance, especially to light in a visible range, while maintaining excellent heat resistance of the liquid crystalline polyester.

Abstract: A nickel-base superalloy having excellent oxidation resistance is provided. It is useful as high-temperature members such as turbine blades and turbine vanes for jet engines or gas turbines. The nickel-base superalloy has a composition containing Co: 0.1 to 15% by weight, Cr: 0.1 to 10% by weight, Mo: 0.1 to 4.5% by weight, W: 0.1 to 15% by weight, Al: 2 to 8% by weight, Ta+Nb+Ti: 0 to 16% by weight, Hf: 0 to 5% by weight, Re: 0.1 to 16% by weight, Ru: 0.1 to 16% by weight, Si: 0.2 to 5% by weight and a balance made of Ni and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a porous material for a fuel cell electrolyte membrane, wherein at least one strength auxiliary layer is provided inside and/or on the surface of a high porosity layer, the high porosity layer and the strength auxiliary layer constitute a multilayer structure, and the average diameter of pores of the high porosity layer is different from the average diameter of pores of the strength auxiliary layer, is provided. Also, a porous material having high porosity and high strength, which is suitable as a base material for an electrolyte membrane of a solid polymer fuel cell, is provided and a high-performance fuel cell using such material is realized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystalline polyester composition comprising (A) a liquid crystalline polyester having a solubility parameter ?A of from 13 (cal/cm3)1/2 to 13.5 (cal/cm3)1/2 and (B) a polyhydric alcohol fatty acid ester having a solubility parameter ?B of from 9 (cal/cm3)1/2 to 9.5 (cal/cm3)1/2, wherein the component (B) is contained in the amount of from 0.1 to 1 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the component (A). The composition has a good mold releasing property to dies in a melt molding at the time of producing a molded article by melt molding the composition and providing a molded article with sufficiently reduced blisters.