Abstract: A question generation device includes: generating means which uses a query and a relevant document including an answer to the query as input and, using a machine learning model having been learned in advance, generates a revised query in which a potentially defective portion of the query is supplemented with a word included in a prescribed lexical set.

Abstract: A text generation apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to execute acquiring a reference text based on an input text and information different from the input text; and generating a text based on the input text and the reference text, wherein the acquiring and the generating are implemented as neural networks based on learned parameters.

Abstract: An easily tearable film with excellent linear cuttability, as well as a multilayer film, a packaging material, and a container are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer container including a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X), and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y), a yellowing inhibitor (A), and an oxidation accelerator (B). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass % relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. The yellowing inhibitor (A) is a dye, and the content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 1 to 30 ppm relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers.

Abstract: Provided is a single-layer container containing a polyester resin (X), a polyamide resin (Y), a blue colorant (A), and a red colorant (B). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass%, and the content of the blue colorant (A) is from 1 to 40 ppm.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer container having a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X), and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y) and a yellowing inhibitor (A). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass % relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. The yellowing inhibitor (A) is a dye. The content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 400 to 800 ppm relative to the polyamide layer. An L* of the multilayer container is 87.5 or greater.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer container including: a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X); and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y) and a yellowing inhibitor (A). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass % relative to a total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers, and the content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 1 to 30 ppm relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. Also provided are a method for manufacturing the multilayer container, and a method for manufacturing a recycled polyester, the method thereof including a step of recovering polyester from the multilayer container.

Abstract: Provided are a polyamide resin with a high melting point and a high glass transition temperature, a polyamide resin composition, and a molded article. The polyamide resin includes diamine-derived structural units and dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units, in which 50 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural units are structural units derived from p-benzenediethanamine, and 65 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units are structural units derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin having a low mass loss at a temperature slightly higher than the melting point. The polyamide resin includes diamine-derived structural units and dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units, and of the diamine-derived structural units, from 70 to 97 mol % are derived from p-benzenediethanamine and from 3 to 30 mol % are derived from a diamine represented by formula (1). 50 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units are derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin having a high glass transition temperature and a low water absorption rate and from which a molded article that exhibits minimal deformation after water absorption is obtained. The polyamide resin includes diamine-derived structural units and dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units.

Abstract: Provided are a polyamide resin having high crystallinity, a high glass transition temperature, and a low mass loss rate, and a polyamide resin composition and a molded article in which the polyamide resin is used. The polyamide resin includes a diamine-derived structural unit and a dicarboxylic acid-derived structural unit, in which 50 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural units are structural unit derived from p-benzenediethanamine, and of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units, from not less than 20 mol % to less than 95 mol % are structural units derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and from more than 5 mol % to not more than 80 mol % are structural units derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 15 carbons.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer container including: a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X); and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y) and a yellowing inhibitor (A). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass % relative to a total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers, and the content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 1 to 30 ppm relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. Also provided are a method for manufacturing the multilayer container, and a method for manufacturing a recycled polyester, the method thereof including a step of recovering polyester from the multilayer container.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer container including a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X), and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y), a yellowing inhibitor (A), and an oxidation accelerator (B). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass% relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. The yellowing inhibitor (A) is a dye, and the content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 1 to 30 ppm relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer container including: a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X); and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y) and a yellowing inhibitor (A). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass % relative to a total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers, and the content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 1 to 30 ppm relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. Also provided are a method for manufacturing the multilayer container, and a method for manufacturing a recycled polyester, the method thereof including a step of recovering polyester from the multilayer container.

Abstract: An easily tearable film includes polyamide resin components including more than 20 parts by mass and 70 parts by mass or less of a semi-aromatic polyamide resin A and less than 80 parts by mass and 30 parts by mass or more of an aliphatic polyamide resin B; wherein the semi-aromatic polyamide resin A is constituted of a diamine-derived constituent unit and a dicarboxylic acid-derived constituent unit; 60 mol % or more of the diamine-derived constituent units are derived from metaxylylenediamine; 60 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived constituent units are derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 10 carbons; and the molar concentration of phosphorus atoms, the total molar concentration of alkali metal atoms and the total molar concentration of alkaline earth metal atoms, and Mn of the semi-aromatic polyamide resin satisfy predetermined relationships.

Abstract: Provided are a resin composition having excellent oxygen barrier property under high humidity as a novel resin material, a molded body, a method for producing a molded body, and a method for producing a pellet using the resin composition. The resin composition includes a resin component and a plate-shaped talc having an aspect ratio of more than 18, 80 mass % of the resin component comprising a barrier resin having an oxygen transmission coefficient of 5.0 cc·mm/(m2·day·atm) or less as measured according to ASTM D3985 at a relative humidity of 60% and a temperature of 23° C., and a content of the plate-shaped talc being from 3.0 to 55.0 mass % when a total of the barrier resin and the plate-shaped talc is 100 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a stretched body having a high barrier property under high humidity, a PET bottle, and a method for producing a container. The stretched body of a composition containing a semi-aromatic polyamide resin and plate-shaped talc having an aspect ratio of more than 18, a content of the plate-shaped talc having an aspect ratio of more than 18 in the composition is from 3.0 to 55.0 mass % when a total content of the semi-aromatic polyamide resin and the plate-shaped talc having an aspect ratio of more than 18 is 100 mass %.

Abstract: An easily tearable film with excellent linear cuttability, as well as a multilayer film, a packaging material, and a container are provided.

Abstract: An easily tearable film includes polyamide resin components including more than 20 parts by mass and 70 parts by mass or less of a semi-aromatic polyamide resin A and less than 80 parts by mass and 30 parts by mass or more of an aliphatic polyamide resin B; wherein the semi-aromatic polyamide resin A is constituted of a diamine-derived constituent unit and a dicarboxylic acid-derived constituent unit; 60 mol % or more of the diamine-derived constituent units are derived from metaxylylenediamine; 60 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived constituent units are derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 10 carbons; and the molar concentration of phosphorus atoms, the total molar concentration of alkali metal atoms and the total molar concentration of alkaline earth metal atoms, and Mn of the semi-aromatic polyamide resin satisfy predetermined relationships.

Abstract: Provided is a stretched film stretched stretchable to a high draw ratio a method for manufacturing the stretched film, and, a polyamide resin composition used for manufacturing the stretched film. The stretched film containing 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of a compound represented by Formula (1) per 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin, wherein the polyamide resin is composed of a structural unit derived from diamine and a structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid; 50% by mole or more of the structural unit derived from diamine is derived from xylylenediamine, and 50% by mole or more of the structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid is derived from a straight-chain aliphatic am-dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 20 carbon atoms: wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.