Abstract: The present invention provides a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, wherein the Mooney stress-relaxation rate measured at 110° C. is 0.45 or less, and the modification percentage is 75% by mass or more.

Abstract: A sensing transistor is provided to supply a detection current in proportion to a current flowing to an output transistor. A shunt resistor is connected between a source of the sensing transistor and the ground. A voltage follower circuit receives a terminal voltage of the shunt resistor and have a base-emitter path of each of transistors in a path between its input and its output. An output voltage of the voltage follower circuit is applied to a current generation resistor. A current drawing circuit draws a control current, which corresponds to a current flowing in the current generation resistor, from a gate control line extending from a gate control circuit to a gate of the output transistor.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing machine motor serving as a drive source for driving the vertical movement of a needle bar, a control part for controlling the sewing machine motor such that a sewing pitch coincides with a set value, and imaging part for imaging a seam formed in a workpiece at a needle drop position. The control part obtains the length of the most recent seam from an image of the most recent seam imaged by the imaging part and also compares the length of the most recent seam with the set value of the sewing pitch to thereby correct the number of rotations of the sewing machine motor.

Abstract: Self-injection tool includes a base and a shroud member. The base includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a barrel engagement portion. The barrel engagement portion defines a cavity to receive at least a portion a syringe barrel such that the distal end of a needle extends a first distance from the distal end of the base. The shroud member includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is movably coupled to the base. The shroud member is movable between a fully-extended position and a fully-retracted position. In the fully-extended position the shroud member is an extended distance from the distal end of the base. In the fully-retracted position the shroud member is a retracted distance from the distal end of the base. The extended distance is greater or equal to the first distance; the retracted distance is less than the first distance.

Abstract: A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a good balance between the hysteresis loss properties and the wet skid resistance, practically sufficient abrasion resistance and breaking strength, and high processability when formed into a vulcanized product is provided. A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, comprising: a polymerization step of polymerizing a conjugated diene compound, copolymerizing conjugated diene compounds, or copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound with an aromatic vinyl compound using an alkali metal compound or an alkaline earth metal compound as a polymerization initiator to obtain a conjugated diene-based polymer having an active end, and a modifying step of reacting a compound represented by following formula (1) with the active end of the conjugated diene-based copolymer.

Abstract: A capacitor that includes a conductive porous base material with a porous part; an upper electrode opposite the porous part, the upper electrode having, as its main constituent, a material selected from one of ruthenium, platinum, and an alloy of ruthenium and platinum; and a dielectric layer between the upper electrode and the conductive porous base material.

Abstract: A method for producing a fluorine-containing substituted compound, the method including: introducing an organofluorine compound and an organolithium compound into a microreactor provided with a flow path capable of mixing a plurality of liquids, to thereby obtain a reaction product; and introducing, into the microreactor, the reaction product and an electrophile exhibiting electrophilic effect on the reaction product, to thereby obtain a fluorine-containing substituted compound.

Abstract: An optical sensor configured to irradiate an object area with light and receive reflected light, amplify a voltage in accordance with the reflected light by an amplifier circuit and a resulting voltage, the optical sensor comprising a recording medium recorded with information indicating a noise component calculated, based on characteristics of an input voltage and an output voltage of the amplifier circuit.

Abstract: A method for producing a fluorine-containing substituted compound, the method including: introducing an organofluorine compound and an organolithium compound into a microreactor provided with a flow path capable of mixing a plurality of liquids, to thereby obtain a reaction product; and introducing, into the microreactor, the reaction product and an electrophile exhibiting electrophilic effect on the reaction product, to thereby obtain a fluorine-containing substituted compound.

Abstract: A method for producing a modified conjugated diene polymer comprising a polymerization step of obtaining a conjugated diene polymer containing a nitrogen atom in a polymer chain and an active end by copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound and a nitrogen atom-containing vinyl compound, or a conjugated diene compound, an aromatic vinyl compound and a nitrogen atom-containing vinyl compound by use of an alkali metal compound and/or an alkaline earth metal compound as a polymerization initiator, and a modification step of reacting a modifier.

Abstract: A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a good balance between the hysteresis loss properties and the wet skid resistance, practically sufficient abrasion resistance and breaking strength, and high processability when formed into a vulcanized product is provided. A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, comprising: a polymerization step of polymerizing a conjugated diene compound, copolymerizing conjugated diene compounds, or copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound with an aromatic vinyl compound using an alkali metal compound or an alkaline earth metal compound as a polymerization initiator to obtain a conjugated diene-based polymer having an active end, and a modifying step of reacting a compound represented by following formula (1) with the active end of the conjugated diene-based copolymer.

Abstract: A method for producing a fluorine-containing substituted compound, the method including: introducing an organofluorine compound and an organolithium compound into a microreactor provided with a flow path capable of mixing a plurality of liquids, to thereby obtain a reaction product; and introducing, into the microreactor, the reaction product and an electrophile exhibiting electrophilic effect on the reaction product, to thereby obtain a fluorine-containing substituted compound.

Abstract: A compressor wheel that can more effectively and accurately detect its rotational unbalance than before is provided. The compressor wheel is disposed in a compressor assembly, the compressor wheel including a boss portion mounted on a rotation shaft, a rear plate portion disposed on an opposite side of a tip end portion disposed on one end side of the boss portion, the rear plate portion extending perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotation shaft, and a sensor detection surface formed on a circumferential surface of the tip end portion of the boss portion or on a circumferential surface of the rear plate portion, the sensor detection surface being inclined to the circumferential surface of the end portion or the circumferential surface of the rear plate portion, the sensor detection surface being detectable by an optical sensor that irradiates the sensor detection surface with light and detects light reflected therefrom.

Abstract: A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a good balance between the hysteresis loss properties and the wet skid resistance, practically sufficient abrasion resistance and breaking strength, and high processability when formed into a vulcanized product is provided. A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, comprising: a polymerization step of polymerizing a conjugated diene compound, copolymerizing conjugated diene compounds, or copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound with an aromatic vinyl compound using an alkali metal compound or an alkaline earth metal compound as a polymerization initiator to obtain a conjugated diene-based polymer having an active end, and a modifying step of reacting a compound represented by following formula (1) with the active end of the conjugated diene-based copolymer.

Abstract: A sensing transistor is provided to supply a detection current in proportion to a current flowing to an output transistor. A shunt resistor is connected between a source of the sensing transistor and the ground. A voltage follower circuit receives a terminal voltage of the shunt resistor and have a base-emitter path of each of transistors in a path between its input and its output. An output voltage of the voltage follower circuit is applied to a current generation resistor. A current drawing circuit draws a control current, which corresponds to a current flowing in the current generation resistor, from a gate control line extending from a gate control circuit to a gate of the output transistor.

Abstract: A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including a polymerization step of obtaining a conjugated diene-based polymer having an active end by use of a polymerization initiator containing a compound having at least one nitrogen atom in a molecule and an organic lithium compound; and a modification step of reacting a modifier represented by the following chemical formula (6) with the active end of the conjugated diene-based polymer: wherein R4 to R7 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; R8 represents an alkylene group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; R9 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; m is an integer of 1 or 2; and n is an integer of 2 or 3.

Abstract: An electrode active material for a power storage device of the invention includes an organic compound having, in the molecule, a plurality of electrode reaction sites and a linker site. The electrode reaction sites are residues of a 9,10-phenanthrenequinone compound that contributes to an electrochemical redox reaction. The linker site is disposed between the plurality of electrode reaction sites, does not contain any ketone group, and does not contribute to the electrochemical redox reaction. The electrode active material for a power storage device of the present invention is inhibited from being dissolved in an electrolyte and has a high energy density. By using the electrode active material, it is possible to obtain a power storage device having a high energy density and excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics.

Abstract: When it is detected that electronic paper is mounted on an electronic pad, the electronic paper, on which content is displayed, is transmitted to an electronic paper management server on a cloud system and registered to correspond to a pad ID of the electronic pad, a paper ID of the electronic paper and content display data that is being displayed. Then, when it is detected that electronic paper is newly mounted, if the combination of the pad ID of the electronic pad and the paper ID of the electronic paper is registered in the electronic paper management server, the content display data that is registered to correspond to the combination of the electronic pad ID and the electronic paper ID is redisplayed on the electronic paper received from the management server.