Abstract: A primer composition may include an olefin-based resin (A), and a flaky pigment (B), and satisfy: (1) the primer composition contains a water-immiscible organic solvent, the pigment (B) has an average particle size of?25 ?m and is present in 17+wt. %, based on total primer composition solids; (2) the primer composition contains a water-immiscible organic solvent, the pigment (B) has an average particle size of<25 ?m is present in 42+wt. %, based on total primer composition solids, or (3): the primer composition contains water, the resin (A) is a water-based resin, and a pigment (B) content is 50 wt. % or higher based on total primer composition solids. Such a primer composition can be used in a primer coating film, a layered antifouling coating film, a method for producing a primer coated substrate, or a method for producing a layered antifouling coated substrate.

Abstract: The electric vehicle according to the present disclosure calculates motor torque using an MT vehicle model simulating an MT vehicle having a manual transmission and an internal combustion engine. In the first operation mode, an operation amount of a pseudo-clutch pedal and a shift position of a pseudo-gearshift are input to the MT vehicle model to reflect operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal and operation of the pseudo-gearshift in electric motor control. In the second operation mode where the operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal is not needed, an operation amount of a clutch pedal calculated by a driver model is input to the MT vehicle model instead of the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal.

Abstract: A method for producing a lithium compound, by which a high purity lithium compound can be produced from low-grade lithium carbonate containing impurities, such as salt water. The method includes: mixing lithium carbonate, an acid containing an organic acid, and water in a reaction tank 1 to produce an aqueous organic acid lithium solution containing an organic acid lithium; mixing the organic acid lithium and a metal hydroxide in a reaction tank 2 to produce an aqueous lithium hydroxide solution; and returning an organic acid, which is regenerated by using an electrochemical device from an organic acid metal by-produced by producing the aqueous lithium hydroxide solution to the reaction tank 1 and using the regenerated organic acid as the organic acid. An apparatus for producing a lithium compound, including the reaction tank 1, the reaction tank 2, the electrochemical device, and a return pipe, which each have a specific function.

Abstract: Provided is a hexagonal boron nitride powder that can achieve higher thermal conductivity when added as a filler to resin. A plasma treatment method of plasma-treating a hexagonal boron nitride powder under reduced pressure comprises: storing the hexagonal boron nitride powder in a treatment container; supplying a plasma generating gas into the treatment container and maintaining inside of the treatment container at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure; applying high frequency waves to an electrode installed outside the treatment container while rotating the treatment container about a central axis of the treatment container as a rotation axis in a state in which the rotation axis of the treatment container is inclined with respect to horizontal, to plasma-treat the hexagonal boron nitride powder in the treatment container; and cooling one or both of the treatment container and the electrode during the plasma treatment.

Abstract: A water dispersion of a vinyl halide copolymer is synthesized by a method including at least one of each of: an emulsion polymerization step A in which a monomer group used as a raw material has an n-octanol/water partition coefficient (log Pow) with an average value of 2.2 or less; and an emulsion polymerization step B in which a monomer group used as a raw material includes a vinyl halide monomer and a copolymerization monomer having a reactivity ratio r1 with vinylidene chloride of less than 0.7 and in which a mass proportion of the vinyl halide monomer among 100 mass % of the monomer group is 60 mass % or more. A mass proportion of structural units derived from the copolymerization monomer having a reactivity ratio r1 of less than 0.7 is 4 mass % or more relative to 100 mass % of total mass of a polymer synthesized in step B.

Abstract: A plate member joint structure formed in a tubular shape includes: a first plate member including a pair of flange portions and having a hat-shaped cross section; and a second plate member in contact with and joined to the pair of flange portions of the first plate member, wherein each of the pair of flange portions of the first plate member has a first surface in contact with the second plate member and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface of each of the flange portions is integrally provided with a reinforcing portion protruding opposite to the second plate member, and the reinforcing portion has a closed cross-sectional space. The closed cross-sectional space has a closed cross section when viewed in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction and a plate thickness direction of the flange portions.

Abstract: A composition for forming a resist underlayer film that enables the formation of a resist pattern; and resist pattern production and semiconductor device manufacturing methods, which use the composition for forming a resist underlayer film. The composition for forming a resist underlayer film has a basic organic group substituted with a protecting group in the repeating unit structure of a polymer containing a heterocycle, or at a terminal thereof, and further includes a solvent. The polymer may include a heterocycle containing an alkenyl group having 2-10 carbon atoms. The polymer may have, in a main chain thereof, at least one structural unit represented by Formula (3). (In Formula (3), A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, and A6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group, and Q1 represents a divalent organic group including a heterocycle, and m1 and m2 each independently represent 0 or 1.

Abstract: A metal oxide powder in which the metal is other than uranium, iron and titanium, and, in the metal oxide powder, the content rate of uranium is 1.0 ppb by mass or less, the content rate of iron is 100 ppm by mass or less in terms of Fe2O3, the content rate of titanium in terms of TiO2 oxide is 8 ppm by mass or less. Included is a method of producing a metal oxide powder which removes impurities from a metal oxide powder so that a metal oxide powder having a high purity can be obtained, and a metal oxide powder produced according to the method.

Abstract: A filtration member 110 including pores having a pore diameter through which microorganisms may pass and configured to have a positive charge or a negative charge upon application of a voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a bismaleimide compound where the compound itself has a superior solubility in various solvents; a resin composition containing this compound has a superior flexibility; and a cured product of such composition has a low relative permittivity and dielectric tangent, a low thermal expansion coefficient, and a superior heat resistance due to a high glass-transition temperature. The bismaleimide compound is represented by the following formula (1): wherein A independently represents a cyclic structure-containing tetravalent organic group; B independently represents a dimer acid frame-derived divalent hydrocarbon group; Q independently represents an aromatic ring-containing divalent group that has a fluorene frame or indene frame; W is B or Q; n is 1 to 100; m is 1 to 100; no restrictions are imposed on an order of each repeating unit identified by n and m, and a bonding pattern thereof may be alternate, block or random.

Abstract: An optical path control device includes a swing unit including an optical unit on which light is made incident, a first swing unit that supports the optical unit, and a second swing unit that swingably supports the first swing unit, a first actuator that swings the swing unit centering on a first swing axis, a second actuator that swings the swing unit centering on a second swing axis that intersects the first swing axis, and a drive unit that applies a drive signal of a current value to the first actuator and the second actuator.

Abstract: A deposition mask according to the present invention is formed by a non-magnetic body. The deposition mask includes openings for a substrate, at a surface of the deposition mask facing the substrate, and structures including a magnetic body are provided, between the openings, at the surface of the deposition mask facing the substrate.

Abstract: A door opening and closing control device includes: one sensor configured to sense an entire detection region, the sensor including one or more transmitting elements configured to transmit a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) type transmitted electromagnetic wave, two or more receiving elements configured to receive a reflected electromagnetic wave obtained by the transmitted electromagnetic wave being reflected by a target, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a distance to the target, a moving speed of the target, and an angle of the target with respect to the sensor using the transmitted electromagnetic wave and the reflected electromagnetic wave; a moving direction calculation unit configured to calculate a moving direction of the target detected by the sensor; and a door opening and closing control unit configured to control opening and closing of a door using the moving direction and the moving speed of the target.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a polycrystalline SiC molded article that has a small volume resistivity despite having a small crystal grain size; and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a polycrystalline SiC molded body in which the average crystal grain size of 5 ?m or less, a nitrogen concentration of 2.7×1019 to 5.4×1020 (pcs./cm3), and the product of the carrier density×Hall mobility of 4.0×1020 to 6.0×1021 (pcs./cmVsec).

Abstract: A hot dip galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a hot dip galvanized layer on at least one surface of the base metal steel sheet, wherein the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and contains, by volume fraction, ferrite: 0% to 50%, retained austenite: 0% to 30%, tempered martensite: 5% or more, fresh martensite: 0% to 10%, and pearlite and cementite in total: 0% to 5%, when there are remaining structures, the remaining structures consist of bainite, a concentration of B atoms at prior austenite grain boundaries is 2.0 atm % or more, and an average effective crystal grain size is 7.0 ?m or less, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A tire management apparatus (10) configured to manage a tire mounted on a vehicle, comprises: a data acquisition section (131) configured to acquire data related to a running distance of the vehicle and a wear amount of the tire in a first period; a wear state calculator (132) configured to calculate a wear state value that is a wear rate of the tire or a runnable distance until an end of a wear life of the tire, based on the acquired data; and an evaluation value calculator (133) configured to calculate an evaluation value for the tire, based on comparison between the calculated wear state value and a reference value of the wear state value.

Abstract: Provided are: a drainage device with which the timing of drainage can be controlled; and a drainage system equipped with the same. The drainage device is characterized by comprising a siphon mechanism 2 that is provided inside a water tank 1, and is constituted from a siphon pipe 20 and a cylindrical part 30.

Abstract: A result acquisition unit (130) obtains, for each candidate setting, a simulation result of a case where a candidate setting is applied to the one or more units of equipment. A satisfaction level calculation unit (140) calculates, for each candidate setting, a satisfaction level on a basis of the simulation result. A constraint level calculation unit (150) calculates, for each candidate setting, a constraint level on a basis of the simulation result. A candidate optimization unit (160) judges superiority/inferiority of a plurality of candidate settings on a basis of the satisfaction level of each candidate setting and the constraint level of each candidate setting, and optimizes the plurality of candidate settings on a basis of a judgment result, thereby generating a plurality of new candidate settings. A selection unit selects an applicable setting from the plurality of new candidate settings. A control unit applies the applicable setting to equipment.

Abstract: A curable perfluoropolyether adhesive composition including: (A) a linear perfluoropolyether compound having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and having a perfluoropolyether structure containing a repeating unit represented by —CaF2aO— in a main chain, wherein “a” represents an integer of 1 to 6: 100 parts by mass; (B) a fluorine-containing organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule: an effective curing amount; and (C) a hydrosilylation-reaction catalyst: a catalytic amount. The curable perfluoropolyether adhesive composition does not contain any organic solvent in the composition. This provides a curable perfluoropolyether adhesive composition that produces a cured product with excellent heat resistance, weather resistance, water repellency, oil repellency, chemical resistance, solvent resistance, etc.

Abstract: A porous body containing a liquid crystal polymer powder that has liquid crystal polymer fibers, wherein an average size of the liquid crystal polymer fibers is 2 ?m or less, the porous body has an average pore size of 10 ?m or less as measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, and the porous body has a tensile strength of 25 N/mm2 or more.