Abstract: A 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone composition includes 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone, and 3 to 30 parts by weight of ?-hydromuconic acid with respect to 100 parts by weight of the 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone; and a method produces a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone composition, the method including a step of heating 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone to obtain the 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle lighting device intended to improve convenience and safety. A vehicle lighting device includes a light disposed in a vehicle interior, a controller controlling the light, and a detecting unit detecting position or motion of a detecting object by detecting a detection object at a plurality of positions, and the controller controls the light when the position or motion of the detection object is detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a genetically modified microorganism that can produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid and/or ?-hydromuconic acid in high yields, and the genetically modified microorganism. The genetically modified microorganism is a microorganism having an ability to produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid and/or ?-hydromuconic acid, in which the reaction to generate acetyl-CoA from pyruvic acid is enhanced and function of pyruvate kinase and/or phosphotransferase system is reduced.

Abstract: A method relates to producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone, the method including the following steps (A) and (B): (A) a step of adding an acid to a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-containing aqueous solution to obtain a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone-containing aqueous solution; and (B) a step of obtaining a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone extract by bringing the 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone-containing aqueous solution obtained in step (A) into contact with an extraction solvent that is phase-separated from the solution.

Abstract: A method of producing 3-oxoadipic acid from an aliphatic compound easily utilizable by a microorganism, such as a saccharide, by utilization of a metabolic pathway of the microorganism is disclosed.

Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of 1320 MPa or more and excellent workability. The high-strength steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.20% or more and 0.40% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: more than 2.4% and 5.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less, N: 0.010% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities. A microstructure of the steel sheet includes, in terms of area fraction with respect to the whole steel sheet microstructure, lower bainite in an amount of 40% or more and less than 85%, martensite including tempered martensite in an amount of 5% or more and less than 40%, retained austenite in an amount of 10% or more and 30% or less, and polygonal ferrite in an amount of 10% or less (including 0%).

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle lighting device intended to improve convenience and safety. A vehicle lighting device includes a light disposed in a vehicle interior, a controller controlling the light, and a detecting unit detecting position or motion of a detecting object by detecting a detection object at a plurality of positions, and the controller controls the light when the position or motion of the detection object is detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle lighting device intended to improve convenience and safety. A vehicle lighting device includes a light disposed in a vehicle interior, a controller controlling the light, and a detecting unit detecting position or motion of a detecting object by detecting a detection object at a plurality of positions, and the controller controls the light when the position or motion of the detection object is detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: A genetically modified microorganism that can produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid and/or ?-hydromuconic acid with a high yield; and a method of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid and/or ?-hydromuconic acid using the genetically modified microorganism, are disclosed. The genetically modified microorganism has an ability to produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid and/or ?-hydromuconic acid, and has an enhanced enzymatic activity to catalyze a reaction to reduce 3-oxoadipyl-CoA to 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA, wherein, in the genetically modified microorganism, a dicarboxylic acid excretion carrier function is deleted or decreased.

Abstract: Lactic acid is obtained by a method including (A) a step of continuous fermentation wherein a fermentation culture medium of a microorganism having an ability of lactic acid fermentation is filtered through a porous membrane having an average pore size of not less than 0.01 ?m and less than 1 ?m with a transmembrane pressure difference within the range of 0.1 to 20 kPa, and the permeate is collected, while retaining the non-permeated liquid in or returning the non-permeated liquid to the culture, and adding a fermentation feedstock to the culture; (B) a step of filtering the permeate obtained in Step (A) through a nanofiltration membrane; and (C) a step of distilling the permeate obtained in Step (B) under a pressure of not less than 1 Pa and not more than atmospheric pressure, at 25° C. to 200° C. to recover lactic acid.

Abstract: A bag processing system includes: a conveyance mechanism which includes: a plurality of support devices being able to support and release bags; and a conveyance drive device moving the plurality of support devices intermittently; a liquid introduction device which introduces a liquid into the bags supported by the plurality of support devices; and a conveyance control device which controls the conveyance drive device, wherein: the conveyance drive device moves the plurality of support devices in such a manner that the plurality of support devices exhibit same acceleration-deceleration behavior between each other, and the conveyance control device controls the conveyance drive device to accelerate or decelerate the plurality of support devices in such a manner that shaking of the liquid in the bags is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing ?-caprolactam, the method including the following steps (A) and (B): (A) a step of reacting 5-cyanovaleramide with hydrogen in an aqueous solvent in a presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to obtain a 5-cyanovaleramide hydrogenation reaction mixture; (B) a step of heating the 5-cyanovaleramide hydrogenation reaction mixture at a temperature of 180° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower in an aqueous solvent to obtain ?-caprolactam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing adipic acid, including a step (hydrogenation step) of reacting 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone with hydrogen in an aqueous solvent in a presence of a hydrogenation catalyst. The hydrogenation catalyst preferably includes one kind or two or more kinds of transition metal elements selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, rhenium, nickel, cobalt, iron, iridium, osmium, copper, and chromium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle lighting device intended to improve convenience and safety. A vehicle lighting device includes a light disposed in a vehicle interior, a controller controlling the light, and a detecting unit detecting position or motion of a detecting object by detecting a detection object at a plurality of positions, and the controller controls the light when the position or motion of the detection object is detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle lighting device intended to improve convenience and safety. A vehicle lighting device includes a light disposed in a vehicle interior, a controller controlling the light, and a detecting unit detecting position or motion of a detecting object by detecting a detection object at a plurality of positions, and the controller controls the light when the position or motion of the detection object is detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a genetically modified microorganism with an ability to produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid, ?-hydromuconic acid, and/or adipic acid in high yield, and a method of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid, ?-hydromuconic acid, and/or adipic acid by using the genetically modified microorganism. The genetically modified microorganism has an ability to produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid, ?-hydromuconic acid, and/or adipic acid and is deficient in the function of pyruvate kinase, in which the activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and of an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of reducing 3-oxoadipyl-CoA to 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA are enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a genetically modified microorganism that produces 3-hydroxyadipic acid, ?-hydromuconic acid. or adipic acid in high yield. A nucleic acid encoding any one of the polypeptides described in (a) to (c) below is introduced or the expression of the polypeptide is enhanced and the function of pyruvate kinase is impaired in the genetically modified microorganism: (a) a polypeptide composed of an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 7; (b) a polypeptide having the same amino acid sequence as any one of those amino acid sequences, except that one or several amino acids are substituted, deleted, inserted, andor added, and having an enzymatic activity that catalyzes a reaction to reduce 3-oxoadipyl-CoA to 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA; (c) a polypeptide composed of an amino acid sequence with a sequence identity of not less than 70% to any one of those amino acid sequences and having an enzymatic activity that catalyzes a reaction to reduce 3-oxoadipyl-CoA to 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA.

Abstract: A method relates to producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone, the method including the following steps (A) and (B): (A) a step of adding an acid to a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-containing aqueous solution to obtain a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone-containing aqueous solution; and (B) a step of obtaining a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone extract by bringing the 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone-containing aqueous solution obtained in step (A) into contact with an extraction solvent that is phase-separated from the solution.

Abstract: A method of producing an ?,?-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid ester exemplified by an ?-hydromuconic acid ester from a carboxylic acid ester exemplified by a 3-hydroxyadipic acid ester or a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone ester, in which the selectivity for the ?,?-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid ester can be increased by subjecting the carboxylic acid ester to a basic condition of pH 8.5 to less than 13 in an organic solvent or a mixed solvent of an organic solvent and water.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing ?-hydromuconic acid, the method including the step of culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Serratia capable of producing ?-hydromuconic acid.