Abstract: A polymerizable compound has a practical low melting point, excellent solubility in a general-purpose solvent, and can produce an optical film at low cost, exhibits low reflected luminance, and achieves uniform conversion of polarized light over a wide wavelength band, an optically anisotropic article.

Abstract: An electric wire conductor having both flexibility and a space-saving property. Also provided are a covered electric wire and a wiring harness containing the electric wire conductor. An electric wire conductor contains a wire strand containing a plurality of elemental wires twisted together. The electric wire conductor has a flat portion in which a cross section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a flat shape. Assuming a conductor cross-sectional area of the flat portion as s mm2 and a vacancy ratio defined as a ratio of vacancies not occupied by the elemental wires in a cross section of the flat portion as v %, the conductor cross-sectional area and the vacancy ratio satisfies v>0.29 s+2.0. The covered electric wire contains electric wire conductor and an insulator covering the conductor. The wiring harness contains the covered electric wire.

Abstract: A covered electrical wire including a conductor and an insulating coating layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor, in which the conductor is a twisted wire obtained by concentrically twisting together a plurality of elemental wires constituted by a copper alloy, the copper alloy contains one or more elements selected from Fe, Ti, Mg, Sn, Ag, Ni, In, Zn, Cr, Al, and P in a total amount of 0.01 mass % to 5.5 mass % inclusive, and the remaining portion includes Cu and inevitable impurities, and an amount of oil adhering to a surface of a central elemental wire disposed at a central portion of the twisted wire is 10 ?g/g or less with respect to the mass of the central elemental wire.

Abstract: An electric wire conductor having both flexibility and a space-saving property. Also provided are a covered electric wire and a wiring harness containing the electric wire conductor. An electric wire conductor contains a wire strand containing a plurality of elemental wires twisted together. The electric wire conductor has a flat portion in which a cross section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a flat shape. Assuming a conductor cross-sectional area of the flat portion as s mm2 and a vacancy ratio defined as a ratio of vacancies not occupied by the elemental wires in a cross section of the flat portion as v %, the conductor cross-sectional area and the vacancy ratio satisfies v>0.29s+2.0. The covered electric wire contains electric wire conductor and an insulator covering the conductor. The wiring harness contains the covered electric wire.

Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a plurality of copper alloy wires composed of a copper alloy and twisted together, and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and further including one or more elements selected from Zr, Ti and B in an amount of 1000 ppm by mass or less in total, with a balance being Cu and impurities.

Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a plurality of copper alloy wires composed of a copper alloy and twisted together, and has a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy containing Ni, or Ni and Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less in total, and P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with a balance being Cu and impurities, in the copper alloy, a ratio of precipitation of P to solid solution of P being 1.1 or more.

Abstract: A covered electrical wire including a conductor and an insulating coating layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor, in which the conductor is a twisted wire obtained by concentrically twisting together a plurality of elemental wires constituted by a copper alloy, the copper alloy contains one or more elements selected from Fe, Ti, Mg, Sn, Ag, Ni, In, Zn, Cr, Al, and P in a total amount of 0.01 mass % to 5.5 mass % inclusive, and the remaining portion includes Cu and inevitable impurities, and an amount of oil adhering to a surface of a central elemental wire disposed at a central portion of the twisted wire is 10 ?g/g or less with respect to the mass of the central elemental wire.

Abstract: A covered electric wire comprises an insulating coating layer on the outer side of a conductor. The conductor comprises a copper alloy consisting of: not less than 0.05% by mass and not more than 2.0% by mass of Fe; not less than 0.02% by mass and not more than 1.0% by mass of Ti; not less than 0% by mass and not more than 0.6% by mass of Mg; and the balance being Cu and impurities. The covered electric wire is a stranded wire comprising a plurality of copper alloy wires stranded together. The plurality of copper alloy wires each have a work hardening coefficient of not less than 0.1 and a wire diameter of not more than 0.5 mm.

Abstract: A covered electrical wire including a conductor and an insulating coating layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor, in which the conductor is a twisted wire obtained by concentrically twisting together a plurality of elemental wires constituted by a copper alloy, the copper alloy contains one or more elements selected from Fe, Ti, Mg, Sn, Ag, Ni, In, Zn, Cr, Al, and P in a total amount of 0.01 mass % to 5.5 mass % inclusive, and the remaining portion includes Cu and inevitable impurities, and an amount of oil adhering to a surface of a central elemental wire disposed at a central portion of the twisted wire is 10 ?g/g or less with respect to the mass of the central elemental wire.

Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by the following formula: Y1 to Y8 each represent a chemical single bond, —O—, —S—, —O—C(?O)—, —C(?O)—O—, —O—C(?O)—O—, —NR1—C(?O)—, —C(?O)—NR1—, —O—C(?O)—NR1—, —NR1—C(?O)—O—, —NR1—C(?O)—NR1—, —O—NR1—, or —NR1—O—, R1 being a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. G1 and G2 each represent a divalent linear aliphatic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. that optionally includes —O—, —S—, —O—C(?O)—, —C(?O)—O—, —O—C(?O)—O—, —NR3—C(?O)—, —C(?O—NR3—, —NR3—, or —C(?O)—. Z1 and Z2 each represent an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms. A1 represents a trivalent aromatic group. A2 and A3 each represent a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms. A4 and A5 each represents a divalent aromatic group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms. Q1 represents a alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an organic group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms that includes at least one of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring and a heteroaromatic ring, or a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: A covered electrical wire including a conductor and an insulating coating layer covering the outer periphery of the conductor, in which the conductor is a twisted wire obtained by twisting together a plurality of elemental wires constituted by copper or a copper alloy, and the covered electrical wire includes a metallically bonded portion where the elemental wires that are adjacent to each other are metallically bonded to each other.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted gateway apparatus according to an embodiment includes a communication device including an external communication interface for connection to the network outside the mobile body with each of a plurality of different external communication schemes and an internal communication interface for connection to each of the plurality of data sources within the mobile body; and a control device configured to transmit data collected from each of the data sources through the internal communication interface to the network outside the mobile body. The control device includes a communication channel selection section configured to select a communication channel from the plurality of external communication schemes for each of the data sources, and a monitoring control section configured to monitor data output from each of the data sources and to transmit the data to the network outside the mobile body over a selected one of the communication channels associated with the data source.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mixture containing compound (I) and polymerizable compound (II) wherein compound (I) accounts for 50 mol % or more of the entire mixture and 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid accounts for less than 5 mol % of the entire mixture; a method of producing the mixture which includes reacting in a water-immiscible organic solvent 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dichloride with compound (IV) in the presence of a base, and washing the obtained reaction solution with a weakly acidic buffer solution; etc. The disclosure provides mixtures useful for low-cost production of polymerizable compounds which have low melting points suitable for practical use, show superior solubility to general-purpose solvents, can be produced at low costs, and allow for provision of optical films capable of uniform polarized light conversion over a wide wavelength range, and methods of producing the mixtures. where A represents hydrogen, methyl group or chlorine, and n represents an integer of 1 to 20.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having general formula I for use in the activation of AMPK. A composition comprising said compound for use in the activation of AMPK is also provided. Said compounds are 9,10 dihydrophenanthrenes, in particular selected from the group consisting of: (i) Lusianthridin i.e. 7-Methoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-2,5-diol, (ii) 7-Methoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-2,3,5-triol, (iii) 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-2,5-diol, (iv) 9,10-Dihydrophenanthrene-2,4,7-triol (v) 9,10-Dihydro-7-methoxy-3,5-phenanthrenediol, and the activation of AMPK improves the condition, disorder, or disease related to cardiometabolic health, obesity, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.

Abstract: An electric wire conductor having both flexibility and a space-saving property, a covered electric wire, and a wiring harness containing such an electric wire conductor. The electric wire conductor contains a plurality of elemental wires twisted together, and has a non-circular portion in which a cross section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a non-circular shape. The cross section of the non-circular portion has a continuous vacancy capable of accommodating two or more of the elemental wires. Further, a covered electric wire contains the electric wire conductor and an insulator covering the electric wire conductor. Furthermore, a wiring harness contains the covered electric wire.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polymerizable liquid crystal material wherein an amount of a salt represented by the following formula (I) is less than 0.01 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, and an amount of a nitrogen-containing compound represented by the following formula (II) is 0.01 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. 10 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C7 alkyl group, R6 and R7 represents a hydrogen atom, and X represents F?, Br?, Cl?, I?, HSO4?, 1/2(HPO42?), H2PO4?, R—C(?O)—O?, 1/2(?O—(C?O)—R?—(C?O)—O?) or R—SO3?, where R represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and R? represents a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: An electric wire conductor having both flexibility and a space-saving property, a covered electric wire, and a wiring harness containing such an electric wire conductor. The electric wire conductor contains a plurality of elemental wires twisted together, and has a non-circular portion in which a cross section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a non-circular shape. The cross section of the non-circular portion has a continuous vacancy capable of accommodating two or more of the elemental wires. Further, a covered electric wire contains the electric wire conductor and an insulator covering the electric wire conductor. Furthermore, a wiring harness contains the covered electric wire.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a polymerizable compound that enables production of, in high yield, a polymerizable compound used for producing an optical film or the like. The disclosed method of producing a polymerizable compound comprises reacting a compound represented by formula (I) with a compound represented by formula (II) in an organic solvent in which a base having a pKa from 6.1 to 9.5 is present, so as to obtain a reaction solution containing a polymerizable compound represented by formula (III).

Abstract: Disclosed is a polymerizable compound useful in the preparation of a polymer which is capable of producing, for example, an optical film having excellent in-plane thickness uniformity and improved in-plane uniformity in optical properties.

Abstract: A compound which is represented by a formula (IIa), wherein each of Y1 to Y8 independently represents a chemical single bond, —O—, —S—, —O—C(?O)—, —C(?O)—O—, —O—C(?O)—O—, —NR1—C(?O)—, —C(?O)—NR1—, —O—C(?O)—NR1—, —NR1—C(?O)—O—, —NR1—C(?O)—NR1—, —O—NR1—, or —NR1—O—, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; each of G1 and G2 independently represents a divalent linear aliphatic group; each of Z1 and Z2 independently represents an alkenyl group; Ax represents a group represented by a formula (II), wherein X represents —NR2—, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; D represents an alkylene group or a cycloalkanediyl group; A1 represents a trivalent aromatic group; each of A2 and A3 independently represents a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group; each of A4 and A5 independently represents a divalent aromatic group; Q1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group.