Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous antimicrobial composition which exhibits excellent antibacterial and antifungal activities even at a low concentration and has high safety, low skin irritation, and excellent long-term stability. [Solution] Aqueous antimicrobial compositions comprising two or more compounds selected from (a) benzoic acid or a salt thereof, (b) ?-gluconolactone, (c) ketonic acid or a salt thereof, and (d) sorbic acid or a salt thereof; and at least one or more dicarboxylic acid represented by General Formula (I) or a salt thereof.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous antimicrobial composition which exhibits excellent antibacterial and antifungal activities even at a low concentration and has high safety, low skin irritation, and excellent long-term stability. [Solution] Aqueous antimicrobial compositions comprising two or more compounds selected from (a) benzoic acid or a salt thereof, (b) ?-gluconolactone, (c) ketonic acid or a salt thereof, and (d) sorbic acid or a salt thereof; and at least one or more dicarboxylic acid represented by General Formula (I) or a salt thereof.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a liquid laundry detergent composition for clothing which can remove bacteria from the clothing effectively during washing and also impart an excellent antibacterial effect to the clothing after washing.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a liquid laundry detergent composition for clothing which can remove bacteria from the clothing effectively during washing and also impart an excellent antibacterial effect to the clothing after washing.

Abstract: A coating apparatus for conducting coating by discharging liquid droplets onto a substrate, is provided with a discharging head having an external terminal to receive control signals and a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid droplets in response to the control signals; a drive control board to output the control signals to the discharging head; a cable to transmit the control signals from the drive control board to the discharging head; a relay board having a first terminal to form a first joint section to joint with the external terminal of the discharging head and a second terminal to form a second joint section to joint with the cable; and an intercepting member to intercept contact between the first joint section and outside air and to intercept contact between the second joint section and outside air.

Abstract: A coating apparatus for conducting coating by discharging liquid droplets onto a substrate, is provided with a discharging head having an external terminal to receive control signals and a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid droplets in response to the control signals; a drive control board to output the control signals to the discharging head; a cable to transmit the control signals from the drive control board to the discharging head; a relay board having a first terminal to form a first joint section to joint with the external terminal of the discharging head and a second terminal to form a second joint section to joint with the cable; and an intercepting member to intercept contact between the first joint section and outside air and to intercept contact between the second joint section and outside air.

Abstract: The invention provides a coating method by which plural coating solutions of a coating solution formed from organic EL material for formation of an organic EL layer in an organic EL element and another coating solution formed from organic photoelectric conversion element material for formation of an organic photoelectric conversion element layer can be coated to prepare a multilayer film with no damage of the organic EL layer and organic photoelectric conversion element layer, and also provides a coating apparatus with the coating method. It is a feature in the coating method that plural coating units each facing a backup roll and sandwiching a long length support with the backup roll are provided, and plural coating solutions are coated onto the support by the plural coating units to form a multilayer coating film, wherein the moving support is wound up by the continuously moving backup roll supporting the support.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying and detecting multiple types of target substances contained in a specimen, comprising the steps of: contacting the target substances immobilized and/or nonimmobilized on a support with labeled binders capable of identifying corresponding types of target substances so as to form complexes between the target substances and the binders; and detecting the labels in the binders forming the complexes.

Abstract: A coating apparatus which produces ink jet recording media by conveying a substrate and by spraying droplets of a coating solution across the substrate's coating width perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the substrate, to form a layer of the coating solution on the substrate by means of a spray coating device, and which has a first casing containing the spray coating device and a pressure reducing means to maintain a reduced pressure condition in the first casing and conducts coating while maintaining reduced pressure value Ps of ?50 to ?3,000 Pa in the first casing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved living body variable measuring apparatus equipped with a display capable of presenting a time-related graphic representation. The graphic representation is composed of crosswise arrangement of rectangles relative to abscissa and ordinate representing time and measured quantity respectively. Each time-related column has a selected rectangle representing the quantity of a measured living body variable. The horizontal time-related arrangement of narrow rectangles facilitates survey of graphic representation. The living body variable measuring apparatus permits the user to select desired data among those measured for record, preventing so selected data from invading locations allotted to others' data and vice versa.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a user with a bio-characteristic index in an easily realizable manner by controlling and displaying said index in a long-term viewpoint, and, in particular, to display a transition of user's body fat in an easily sensible manner and to provide a body fat meter employing such display system which allows the user to execute a preferable dieting and to exercise a management of his (her) body weight and body fat. The body fat meter of the present invention graphically displays on a display section simultaneously a daily, a weekly and a monthly variations of past body fat mass stored in a storage section. Further, variation of body weight values is displayed together with that of the body fat mass simultaneously in the same manner thereto. This allows the user to detect an unreasonable dieting where only the fat free tissue decreases but the body fat doesn't decrease, and provides the user with a safe and healthy weight and body fat management system.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring basal metabolism includes a device to input individual data, for example an age of a subject; a device to measure bioelectrical impedance of the subject; a device for calculation of fat-free mass on the basis of the individual data and the impedance;, and a device for calculation of basal metabolism of the subject on the basis of a reciprocal of the age and the fat-free mass. The basal metabolism can be calculated using the formula represented by BMR=A×FFM+B×(1/age)+C, in which BMR is basal metabolism (kcal/day), FFM is fat-free mass (kg), and A, B, and C are constants.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring basal metabolism includes a device to input individual data, for example an age of a subject; a device to measure bioelectrical impedance of the subject; a device for calculation of fat-free mass on the basis of the individual data and the impedance; and a device for calculation of basal metabolism of the subject on the basis of a reciprocal of the age and the fat-free mass. The basal metabolism can be calculated using the formula represented by BMR=A×FFM+B×(1/age)+C, in which BMR is basal metabolism (kcal/day), FFM is fat-free mass (kg), and A, B, and C are constants.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved living body variable measuring apparatus equipped with a display capable of presenting a time-related graphic representation. The graphic representation is composed of crosswise arrangement of rectangles relative to abscissa and ordinate representing time and measured quantity respectively. Each time-related column has a selected rectangle representing the quantity of a measured living body variable. The horizontal time-related arrangement of narrow rectangles facilitates survey of graphic representation. The living body variable measuring apparatus permits the user to select desired data among those measured for record, preventing so selected data from invading locations allotted to others' data and vice versa.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printing dyesheet comprising a sheet substrate having at least a thermal transfer dyecoat on one face and a heat resisting slipping layer on the other face, is characterised in that the heat resisting slipping layer comprises a silicone resin powder having silsesquioxane structure, and at least one of a metal salt powder of a higher fatty acid and a metal salt powder of a higher fatty acid phosphate. This dyesheet showed a superior travelling, has an outstanding freedom from scratching, does not develop creases and moreover its storage stability was an excellent one having no adverse effect on the dyecoat.

Abstract: A dyesheet is provided for thermal transfer printing, comprising a base sheet having a thermal transfer dye layer on one surface, and on the other a heat resistant backcoat comprising a crosslinked reaction product of radically polymerising a compound having a plurality of polymerisable unsaturated groups per molecule, wherein the backcoat is formulated to minimise scratching of the print during printing. The formulation comprises a) a compound having a single radically polymerisable unsaturated group which is copolymerised with the compound having a plurality of polymerisable unsaturated groups per molecule, and b) a multivalent metal salt of a long chain alkyl or alkylphenyl phosphate ester as slip agent. These two factors (a & b) work together, and if either is omitted, relief from scratching does not generally occur.

Abstract: A highly sensitive thermal transfer printing ink sheet is provided giving very little low temperature thermal transfer and irregularity of picture, even when printed in high temperature and high humidity conditions, and has an excellent long term storage stability, by using as dye-binder polycarbonate resin selected from:(a) a polycarbonate resin of which the diol component is at least one bis(hydroxyaryl) cycloalkane,(b) a polycarbonate resin of which the diol component is a mixture of bis(hydroxyaryl) cycloalkane and at least one compound of formula I below, or(c) a mixture of polycarbonate resins of (a) or (b), or a mixed polycarbonate resin of (a) and (b), and a polycarbonate resin of which the diol component is at least one compound of formula I below,HO-.PHI.-A-.PHI.-OH Iwherein .PHI. represents an aryl group and A is O, S or --CR.sub.1 R.sub.2 --, where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or alkyl group.

Abstract: A dyesheet is provided for thermal transfer printing, comprising a base sheet having a dyecoat containing a thermal transfer dye layer on one surface, and on the other a croselinked heat resistant backcoat formulated to minimize dye migration from the dyecoat to the backcoat during storage. The backcoat comprises the reaction product of radically copolymerising in a layer of coating composition, a) at least one organic compound having a plurality of radically polymerisable unsaturated groups per molecule, and b) at least one organic compound having per molecule a single unsaturated group radically copolymerisable with constituent a, and having at least one alicyclic group per molecule. Preferred additional constituents include slip agents, especially a multivalent metal salt of a long chain alkyl or alkylphenyl phosphate ester.

Abstract: A printed transfer paper for decorating a pottery having a base paper, a decorating ink layer and a cover coat layer characterized in that a binder of a decorating ink layer and/or a cover coat agent of a cover coat layer comprise:(I) a polymer or/and copolymer of a compound having a general formula (A):(II) a photopolymerizable compound having a general formula (B):(III) a photopolymerizable compound having a polymerizable double bond(s) in the molecular other than the compound having the general formula (B), and(IV) a photoinitiator.