Abstract: The present invention relates to a polar group-containing olefin copolymer (A?) which is produced through polymerization using a transition metal catalyst, which has a weight-average molecular weight falling within a specific range and which contains a polar group-containing monomer within a specific range; a multinary polar olefin copolymer (A?) indispensably containing a polar monomer component that has a norbornene skeleton and a carboxyl group or an acid anhydride group and having three or more types of monomer units; and a resin composition (C) containing a specific amount of a polar group-containing olefin copolymer (A) and a specific amount of an olefin resin (B).

Abstract: Provided are a wavelength conversion member having high light extraction efficiency and excellent luminescence intensity and a light emitting device using the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member 1 containing a phosphor and having a plate-like shape includes a light entrance surface 1a and a light exit surface 1b opposite to the light entrance surface 1a, wherein Rain is 0.01 to 0.05 ?m and Raout?Rain is 0.01 to 0.2 ?m where Rain represents a surface roughness of the light entrance surface la and Raout represents a surface roughness of the light exit surface 1b.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a thin phosphor glass plate by which a thin phosphor glass plate can be more certainly produced. A manufacturing method includes the steps of: preparing a phosphor glass base material 21 having a first principal surface 21a and a second principal surface 21b opposed to each other; placing the phosphor glass base material 21 on a stage 22 and fixing the second principal surface 21b onto the stage 22; and polishing the first principal surface 21a of the phosphor glass base material 21 with a polishing member 23 including an abrasive layer 24.

Abstract: A press-molding material includes discontinuous reinforcing fibers having an average fiber length of 3 mm to 100 mm, and a thermoplastic resin as a matrix. The press-molding material has a certain reference plane; at least one standable plane; and at least one self-laminatable region. A portion of the standable plane is included in the self-laminatable region.

Abstract: A multilayer piezoelectric ceramic is constituted by: piezoelectric ceramic layers which do not contain lead as a constituent element, have a perovskite compound expressed by the composition formula LixNayK1?x?yNbO3 (where 0.02<x?0.1, 0.02<x+y?1) as the primary component, and contain 0.2 to 3.0 mol of Li relative to 100 mol of the primary component; and internal electrode layers which are constituted by a metal that contains silver by 80 percent by mass or more; wherein the multilayer piezoelectric ceramic is such that Li compounds other than the primary component are localized therein. The multilayer piezoelectric element can offer excellent insulating property.

Abstract: A modified protein of a herpes simplex virus (HSV) envelope glycoprotein B (gB), in which at least one non-neutralizing antibody-inducing epitope (non-neutralizing epitope) present in domain IV and domain I of wild-type HSV gB is inactivated (de-epitoped).

Abstract: A multilayer piezoelectric ceramic is such that: its piezoelectric ceramic layers do not contain lead as a constituent element, and have a perovskite compound expressed by the composition formula LixNayK1-x-yNbO3 (where 0.02<?0.1, 0.02<x+y?1), as the primary component; and the internal electrode layers are constituted by a metal containing silver by 80 percent by mass or more, and contain ceramic grains containing the same elements found in the primary component. The multilayer piezoelectric element has a long lifespan, and whose internal electrode layers have a high content percentage of silver.

Abstract: A press-molding material includes discontinuous reinforcing fibers having an average fiber length of 3 mm to 100 mm, and a thermoplastic resin as a matrix. The press-molding material has a certain reference plane; at least one standable plane; and at least one self-laminatable region. A portion of the standable plane is included in the self-laminatable region.

Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic, which does not contain lead as a constituent element, is characterized in that: its primary component is a perovskite compound expressed by the composition formula (Bi0.5?x/2Na0.5?x/2Bax)(Ti1?yMny)O3 (where 0.01?x?0.25, 0.001?y?0.020); and the coefficient of variation (CV) in grain size among the grains contained therein is 35 percent or lower. The piezoelectric ceramic presents an improved dielectric loss tangent tan ?.

Abstract: An anti-HSV monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof is an anti-HSV gB monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to herpes simplex virus (HSV) envelope glycoprotein B (gB), comprising: a heavy chain variable region comprising a heavy chain CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, a heavy chain CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4, and a heavy chain CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5; and a light chain variable region comprising a light chain CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6, a light chain CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 7, and a light chain CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 8.

Abstract: Proposed are: a wavelength conversion member having an excellent aesthetic appearance when not irradiated with excitation light and having an excellent luminescence intensity; and a light emitting device using the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member 10 includes: a first wavelength conversion layer 1 containing a phosphor; and a second wavelength conversion layer 2 formed on a surface of the first wavelength conversion layer 1 and containing phosphor nanoparticles 2a.

Abstract: A multilayer pyroelectric element includes: a laminate body constituted by multiple pyroelectric body layers laminated in their thickness direction; internal electrode layers which are provided between the pyroelectric body layers, and one ends of which extend to the outer peripheries of the adjoining pyroelectric body layers; and external electrodes that connect the alternate internal electrode layers together at the one ends, wherein “x1>x3 AND x2>x3” are satisfied wherein x1 is a distance between a pair of first faces crossing at right angles with the laminating direction of the pyroelectric body layers, x2 is a distance between a pair of second faces crossing at right angles with the first faces and running parallel with the laminating direction of the pyroelectric body layers, and x3a is a distance between a pair of third faces crossing at right angles with the first faces and also with the second faces.

Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion member that can be adjusted in chromaticity with high accuracy and a production method therefor. A wavelength conversion member 1 having a first principal surface 1a and a second principal surface 1b opposed to each other includes a glass matrix 2 and phosphor particles 3 disposed in the glass matrix 2, wherein concentrations of the phosphor particles 3 in the first principal surface 1a and in the second principal surface 1b are lower than concentrations of the phosphor particles 3 in surface layer bottom planes 1c and 1d located 20 ?m inward from the first principal surface 1a and 20 ?m inward from the second principal surface 1b, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a human anti-human IL-18 antibody which reacts with human interleukin-18 (human IL-18) and does not react with a K53A variant of human IL-18.

Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion member that can be adjusted in chromaticity readily and with high accuracy and a production method for the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member 1 having a first principal surface 1a and a second principal surface 1b opposed to each other includes a glass matrix 2 and phosphor particles 3 disposed in the glass matrix 2, wherein a concentration of the phosphor particles 3 in the first principal surface 1a is higher than a concentration of the phosphor particles 3 in a portion 20 ?m inward from the first principal surface 1a, a concentration of the phosphor particles 3 in the second principal surface 1b is lower than a concentration of the phosphor particles 3 in a portion 20 ?m inward from the second principal surface 1b, and the concentration of the phosphor particles 3 in the first principal surface 1a is higher than the concentration of the phosphor particles 3 in the second principal surface 1b.

Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion member that can be adjusted in chromaticity with high accuracy and a production method therefor. A wavelength conversion member 1 having a first principal surface 1a and a second principal surface 1b opposed to each other includes a glass matrix 2 and phosphor particles 3 disposed in the glass matrix 2, wherein concentrations of the phosphor particles 3 in the first principal surface 1a and in the second principal surface 1b are lower than concentrations of the phosphor particles 3 in surface layer bottom planes 1c and 1d located 20 ?m inward from the first principal surface 1a and 20 ?m inward from the second principal surface 1b, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a copolymer of ethylene and a polar group-containing olefin using as a catalyst a metal complex of group 10 elements having a structure represented by formula (C4) and (C5) (in the formula, “Men” represents a menthyl group and “Me” represents a methyl group). The method of the present invention makes it possible to produce a polar group-containing olefin polymer available for various applications, as being a high molecular weight body, which has been difficult to produce, and to produce the polymer in a molecular weight range such that the polymer has good moldability.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member by which unevenness in luminescent color are less likely to occur. A method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member includes the steps of: preparing a slurry containing glass particles to be a glass matrix 2 and phosphor particles 3; forming a green sheet by applying the slurry onto a support substrate and moving a doctor blade relative to the slurry, the doctor blade being spaced a predetermined distance away from the support substrate; forming a green sheet laminate by applying heat and pressure to a plurality of the green sheets overlaid one upon another; and sintering the green sheet laminate to obtain a wavelength conversion member, wherein in the step of forming a green sheet laminate, the plurality of green sheets are overlaid one upon another so that, as for at least two of the plurality of green sheets, respective directions of movement of the doctor blade in the step of forming a green sheet intersect each other.

Abstract: A method of producing a multi-layer piezoelectric ceramic component includes: laminating ceramic green sheets to form a laminate, each of the ceramic green sheets being made of a piezoelectric ceramic material and including an electrically conductive pattern, the electrically conductive pattern including a base metal, being to be an internal electrode, and being formed on an inner side of an outer edge of the ceramic green sheet; sintering the laminate; and cutting the sintered laminate and causing the internal electrodes to be exposed.

Abstract: A multi-layer piezoelectric ceramic component includes: a piezoelectric ceramic body having a cuboid shape, having upper and lower surfaces facing in a thickness direction, first and second end surfaces facing in a length direction, and a pair of side surfaces facing in a width direction, and including first and second regions; first internal electrodes in the first region; second internal electrodes in the second region; third internal electrodes in the first and second regions; a first terminal electrode formed on the first end surface and electrically connected to the first internal electrodes; a second terminal electrode formed on the first end surface and electrically connected to the second internal electrodes; and a third terminal electrode formed on the second end surface and electrically connected to the third internal electrodes, the first, second, and third internal electrodes each having a width equal to a distance between the pair of side surfaces.