Abstract: An object of present invention is to provide a compound or a salt thereof constituting lipid particles that can achieve a high nucleic acid encapsulation rate and excellent delivery of nucleic acids, and to provide lipid particles and pharmaceutical composition using the compound or a salt thereof, which can achieve a high nucleic acid encapsulation rate and excellent delivery of nucleic acids. According to an aspect of the present invention, a compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof is provided. In the formula, each symbol has a meaning defined in the present specification.

Abstract: An adenosine-containing composition contains (A) adenosine, (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid and salts thereof, glycyrrhizic acid and salts thereof, and plant extracts, and (C) water. The amount of ethanol is less than 20% by mass relative to the mass of the adenosine-containing composition.

Abstract: A device to prevent feces from a pet from touching the ground, comprising an extendable rod that extends freely to a fully extended position when the rod is pointed approximately 30 degrees downwardly. A catch ring is rotatably attached to the rod and can be frictionally fixed at a selected catch ring angle, so that the catch ring can rotate from a closed position parallel to and abutting against the rod, to a plurality of open positions and frictionally fixed in a selected one of the open positions. A bag can be draped across the catch ring to be retained on said catch ring. The user can extend the rod to the fully extended position and place said catch ring retaining said bag in an open position against the ground, and then press the catch ring against the ground to adjust the catch ring angle so that the catch ring (retaining the bag) is approximately flat on the ground. The bag retained in the catch ring can be slid along the ground to be under the pet before the feces is dropped.

Abstract: An ink composition is provided for detecting plasma treatment, the composition containing a colorant and a nonionic surfactant, wherein (1) the colorant is at least one member selected from the group consisting of anthraquinone colorants, methine colorants, azo colorants, and phthalocyanine colorants; and (2) the nonionic surfactant is at least one of the surfactants represented by formulae (I) to (V): (wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrogen or a straight-chain or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; X is oxygen or an ester bond; AO is a repeating unit derived from an alkylene oxide; n is an integer of 1 to 200; the sum of a, b, and c is an integer of 3 to 200; and the sum of p and q is an integer of 0 to 20).

Abstract: A device to prevent feces from a pet from touching the ground, comprising an extendable rod that extends freely to a fully extended position when the rod is pointed approximately 30 degrees downwardly. A catch ring is rotatably attached to the rod and can be frictionally fixed at a selected catch ring angle, so that the catch ring can rotate from a closed position parallel to and abutting against the rod, to a plurality of open positions and frictionally fixed in a selected one of the open positions. A bag can be draped across the catch ring to be retained on said catch ring. The user can extend the rod to the fully extended position and place said catch ring retaining said bag in an open position against the ground, and then press the catch ring against the ground to adjust the catch ring angle so that the catch ring (retaining the bag) is approximately flat on the ground. The bag retained in the catch ring can be slid along the ground to be under the pet before the feces is dropped.

Abstract: A new hair cosmetic composition containing (a) a 40-90 wt % volatile oil component, (b) 0.1-20 wt % a combination of polyoxyethylene, polyoxypropylene, butylene, dimethylpolysiloxane copolymers, and (c) 0.1-30 wt % ethanol. This hair cosmetic composition may be mainly used in a hair oil for superior sensation during use and superior stability over time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hair cosmetic comprising the following ingredients (a) through (c): (a) A Volatile oil component: 40-90 wt % (b) A Polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene/butylene/dimethylpolysiloxane copolymer: 0.1-20 wt % (c) Ethanol: 0.1-30 wt % The object of the present invention is to provide a hair cosmetic mainly used as a hair oil that exhibits a superior sensation during use and superior stability over time.

Abstract: In this offset printing apparatus, a plate table (4) and a substrate table (6) are provided in a manner capable of traveling on guide rails (2) that are provided on a trestle (1). A transfer mechanism portion (9) that is provided with a blanket roll (10), lift actuators (13) of the blanket roll, a height sensor (14) of the blanket roll, and a pressure sensor (15) that detects the contact pressure of the blanket roll with respect to the plate (3) and the substrate (5) is provided at a position corresponding to the middle portion in the longitudinal direction of the guide rails (2). Also, a controller controls the lift actuators (13) so that the contact pressure that is detected by the pressure sensor (15) when the blanket roll (10) is brought into contact with the plate (3) and the substrate (5) becomes a predetermined value.

Abstract: This object of the invention is to provide an oil-in water emulsion cosmetic composition having fine sense of use and excellent dispersion stability, and does not occur twisting upon drying. In advance, a hydrophobicized powder is dispersed in an oil phase and processed with wet type disperser such as beads mill, dispersing solution is obtained. And then said dispersing solution and a water phase are processed with homomixer, an oil-in water emulsion composition having excellent sense of use and dispersibility of powder after applying to skin can be obtained. The dispersing stability of powder is extremely good by using a particular dispersant and a particular oil component. The dispersion stability of powder is further improved, and the precipitation and creaming of the emulsion particle can be solved by blending thickener having salt tolerance. Sticky feeling is solved by using succinoglycan as a thickener, and twisting is solved by plasticizing said succinoglycan.

Abstract: A water base erasable ink composition for use in marking pens which comprises 0.05-20% by weight of a colorant and 1-20% by weight of an oily material which is nonvolatile at normal temperatures (25° C.) and is dispersed in water, wherein the oily material has a viscosity of 5-40 mPa·s at 20° C. and is dispersed in water in the form of emulsion, and wherein the colorant is dispersed in the water with the aid of a polyvinyl alcohol resin as a dispersing agent which has a saponification degree of 70-85 mol % and of which aqueous solution of 4% concentration has a viscosity of 2-30 mPa·s at 20° C. in a weight ratio of the resin to the colorant of 0.5 to 5 and in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight based on the ink composition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a first solid drawing material comprising water, a coloring agent, a solidifying agent that is a fatty acid alkali metal salt, and an O/W type emulsion of a separating agent that is an oily material which hardly volatilizes at room temperature. The first solid drawing material preferably contains silicone oil. A second solid drawing material is also disclosed, which comprises an organic solvent, a coloring agent, a solidifying agent that is at least one selected from the group consisting of dibenzylidene sorbitol, tribenylidene sorbitol, and derivatives thereof, a separating agent that is an oily material which hardly volatilizes at room temperature, and a resin soluble in the organic solvent. In these solid drawing materials, the separating agent is evenly dispersed, and therefore they have stable drawing properties and erasability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a first solid drawing material comprising water, a coloring agent, a solidifying agent that is a fatty acid alkali metal salt, and an O/W type emulsion of a separating agent that is an oily material which hardly volatilizes at room temperature. The first solid drawing material preferably contains silicone oil. A second solid drawing material is also disclosed, which comprises an organic solvent, a coloring agent, a solidifying agent that is at least one selected from the group consisting of dibenzylidene sorbitol, tribenylidene sorbitol, and derivatives thereof, a separating agent that is an oily material which hardly volatilizes at room temperature, and a resin soluble in the organic solvent. In these solid drawing materials, the separating agent is evenly dispersed, and therefore they have stable drawing properties and erasability.

Abstract: The present invention is a water-in-oil emulsified composition comprising (a) 0.1-20 wt % organophilic clay mineral, (b) 10-70 wt % oil component, (c) 0.01-10 wt % emulsifier having an HLB value of not more than 7, and (d) 0.1-90 wt % microgel having an average particle size of 0.1-1,000 micrometers obtained by dissolving a hydrophilic compound having a gelation ability in water or an aqueous component, letting it cool down and solidify to form a gel, and pulverizing said gel, as well as an emulsified cosmetic that uses this composition. The present invention provides a water-in-oil emulsified composition that exhibits good emulsified states, does not change over different temperatures and/or time, has superior stability, and gives a non-sticky, fresh, and good tactile sensation during use, as well as an emulsified cosmetic using this composition.

Abstract: A water base erasable ink composition for use in marking pens which comprises 0.05-20% by weight of a colorant and 1-20% by weight of an oily material which is nonvolatile at normal temperatures (25° C.) and is dispersed in water, wherein the oily material has a viscosity of 5-40 mPa·s at 20° C. and is dispersed in water in the form of emulsion, and wherein the colorant is dispersed in the water with the aid of a polyvinyl alcohol resin as a dispersing agent which has a saponification degree of 70-85 mol % and of which aqueous solution of 4% concentration has a viscosity of 2-30 mPa·s at 20° C. in a weight ratio of the resin to the colorant of 0.5 to 5 and in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight based on the ink composition.

Abstract: There is disclosed a home care system in which a center terminal and a patient terminal are detachably connected to each other through communication lines, such as a public telephone line, an ISDN (integrated services digital network), a CATV (cable television), a radio and the like, and further to center terminals and patient terminals which constitute such a home care system. The patient terminal has an urgency transmitter device for transmitting a predetermined urgency code to the center terminal, and the center terminal comprises an urgency receiver device for receiving, while connected to a first patient terminal, the urgency code transmitted from a second patient terminal, and an urgency alarm device for informing of the fact that the urgency code has been received.

Abstract: There is disclosed a home care system in which a center terminal and a patient terminal are detachably connected to each other through communication lines, such as a public telephone line, an ISDN (integrated services digital network), a CATV (cable television), a radio and the like, and further to center terminals and patient terminals which constitute such a home care system. The patient terminal has an urgency transmitter device for transmitting a predetermined urgency code to the center terminal, and the center terminal comprises an urgency receiver device for receiving, while connected to a first patient terminal, the urgency code transmitted from a second patient terminal, and an urgency alarm device for informing of the fact that the urgency code has been received.

Abstract: A method of producing a metal salt of 2,4-oxazolidinedione of the general formula (III) wherein a 2-hydroxycarboxylate of the general formula (I), urea and a metal alkoxide of the formula (II) are reacted in an aromatic hydrocarbon; or a 2-hydroxycarboxylate of the general formula (I) and a metal alkoxide of the formula (II) are added to urea, and, then, they are reacted is provided: 1

Abstract: A method of producing a metal salt of 2,4-oxazolidinedione of the general formula (III) wherein a 2hydroxycarboxylate fo the general formula (I), urea and a metal alkoxide of the formula (II) are reacted in an aromatic hydrocarbon; or a 2-hydroxycarboxylate of the general formula (I) and a metal alkoxide of the formula (II) are added to urea, and, then, they are reacted is provided: wherein, R1 and R2 are each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R3 represents a lower alkyl group, R4 represents a lower alkyl group, and M represents an alkali metal atom; and also provided is a method of producing a 2,4-oxazolidinedione of the general formula (IV) wherein a metal salt of 2,4-oxazolidinedione of the general formula (III) is added to an aqueous solution of an acid.

Abstract: There is disclosed a home care system in which a center terminal and a patient terminal are detachably connected to each other through communication lines, such as a public telephone line, an ISDN (integrated services digital network), a CATV (cable television), a radio and the like, and further to center terminals and patient terminals which constitute such a home care system. The patient terminal has an urgency transmitter device for transmitting a predetermined urgency code to the center terminal, and the center terminal comprises an urgency receiver device for receiving, while connected to a first patient terminal, the urgency code transmitted from a second patient terminal, and an urgency alarm device for informing of the fact that the urgency code has been received.