Abstract: The present invention provides: a microcapsule composition for electrophoretic displays; a production process for the microcapsule composition for the electrophoretic displays; a production process for a sheet for the electrophoretic displays; and a handling method for microcapsules for the electrophoretic displays; wherein the microcapsule composition contains microcapsules and, when used for the electrophoretic displays, can make them as excellent as conventional in various performances (e.g. longtime stability of displaying, respondability of displaying, contrast, and number of times of display rewritability) and, particularly above all, can make the electrophoretic displays exhibit a very high performance as to the contrast.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface treatment method for a water-absorbing resin comprising three steps of: 1) a humidifying and mixing step for mixing a base polymer and a surface cross-linking agent solution to obtain a “humidified substance”; 2) a pretreatment step for raising temperature of said humidified substance to obtain a “pretreated substance”; and 3) a surface cross-linking reaction step for cross-linking said pretreated substance to obtain a surface cross-linked “water-absorbing resin”; wherein dew point in the pretreatment step of the above 2) is from 50° C. to 95° C., and temperature of said humidified substance is raised from temperature below the dew point up to a temperature of 10° C. higher than the dew point.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a method for surface-treatment of a water absorbent resin excelling in water absorption properties. This invention relates to a method for the surface-treatment of a water absorbent resin, which comprises: a) mixing 100 parts by weight of a water absorbent resin, 0.01-20 parts by weight of at least one radical polymerization initiator selected from the group consisting of persulfates, hydrogen peroxide, and azo compounds, and a radically polymerizing compound and b) irradiating the resultant mixture with active energy rays. The treatment particularly exalts the absorption ratio against pressure and the saline flow conductivity.

Abstract: An absorbent member and a method for making such an absorbent member. The absorbent member includes a modified water absorbent resin having good production efficiency, absorbency against pressure, absorption speed, gel strength, and liquid permeability. The modified water absorbent resin may be made by mixing a water absorbent resin, water, and a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator without addition of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer to obtain a water absorbent resin composition, and irradiating the water absorbent resin composition with active energy rays. During irradiation, the surface water content of the water absorbent resin is at least 3.0 wt %.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a microcapsule composition for electrophoretic displays; a production process for the microcapsule composition for the electrophoretic displays; a production process for a sheet for the electrophoretic displays; and a handling method for microcapsules for the electrophoretic displays; wherein the microcapsule composition contains microcapsules and, when used for the electrophoretic displays, can make them as excellent as conventional in various performances (e.g. longtime stability of displaying, respondability of displaying, contrast, and number of times of display rewritability) and, particularly above all, can make the electrophoretic displays exhibit a very high performance as to the contrast.

Abstract: An absorbent member and a method for making such an absorbent member. The absorbent member includes a modified water absorbent resin having good production efficiency, absorbency against pressure, absorption speed, gel strength, and liquid permeability. The modified water absorbent resin may be made by mixing a water absorbent resin, water, and a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator without addition of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer to obtain a water absorbent resin composition, and irradiating the water absorbent resin composition with active energy rays. During irradiation, the surface water content of the water absorbent resin is at least 3.0 wt %.

Abstract: An electric motor stator according to the present invention includes two resin insulation components, each resin insulation component including a long side portion, facing a side face of the teeth section, and two short side portions, extending from respective ends of the long side portion and facing respective end faces of the laminated core in a lamination direction. The laminated core is clamped by the two resin insulation components from a direction along surfaces of the electromagnetic steel plates, and fitting portions of the two short side portions of each of the two resin insulation components are used to fit the two resin insulation components to each other.

Abstract: Provided is a surface treatment method for a water-absorbent resin having excellent production efficiency, absorption capacity against pressure, fluid permeability or the like. Provided is a method for the surface treatment of a water-absorbent resin which comprises a) a step for mixing 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an acid group-containing radically polymerizable compound and 5 to 20 parts by weight of water, relative to 100 parts by weight of a water-absorbent resin; and b) a step for polymerizing the acid group-containing radically polymerizable compound, wherein neutralization ratio of the acid group-containing radically polymerizable compound is 0 to 60% by mol, and is lower than neutralization ratio of the water-absorbent resin.

Abstract: Drying is performed in a continuous fluidized bed having at least two drying rooms. Drying is performed after pulverization is performed between drying in a first drying room and drying in a second or subsequent room. Drying is performed in a continuous fluidized bed whose fluidized bed contains a heat transfer tube. The second or subsequent drying room has a higher drying temperature than the first drying room. Drying is performed with the drying temperature of the first drying room falling within a range of not less than 80° C. to not more than 200° C. and with the drying temperature of the second or subsequent drying room falling within a range of not less than 100° C. to not more than 220° C.

Abstract: A recombinant transfer vector capable of expressing a foreign gene fused to a viral gene under the control of dual promoters and a recombinant baculovirus, and methods for production thereof, as well as pharmaceuticals comprising the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A packing package includes a gusseted container formed from laminated films and having opposite side walls and gussets extending between the opposite side walls, and a spout attached to an opening in the gusseted container. The laminated film forming either the two opposite side walls or the gussets is provided with a heat insulating barrier. The laminated film forming the gussets is not provided with any heat insulating barrier when the two opposite side walls are formed from the laminated film provided with a heat insulating barrier. The laminated film forming the two opposite side walls is not provided with any heat insulating barrier when the gussets are formed from the laminated film provided with a heat insulating barrier.

Abstract: This invention is to provide an absorbent member and a method for making such an absorbent member. The absorbent member comprises modified water absorbent having good production efficiency, good absorbency against pressure, good absorption speed, gel strength, good liquid permeability, and the like. The modified water absorbent resin is made by a method, which comprises (i) a mixing step comprising mixing a water absorbent resin, water, and a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator without addition of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, to obtain a water absorbent resin composition, and (ii) an irradiating step comprising irradiating said water absorbent resin composition obtained in the mixing step with active energy rays, wherein the surface water content of said water absorbent resin in said water absorbent resin composition at least at any point of time in the irradiating step (ii) is controlled to a level of not lower than 3.0% by weight based on 100% by weight of the water absorbent resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel transfer vector and a recombinant baculovirus; methods for the production thereof; pharmaceuticals containing the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient, which are useful as preventive or therapeutic drugs for infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza; and methods for preventing and treating infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza. More specifically, the invention provides a recombinant transfer vector capable of expressing a foreign gene fused to a virus gene under the control of a dual promoter; a recombinant baculovirus; methods for the production thereof; pharmaceuticals containing the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient; and methods for preventing and treating infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza comprising administrating the recombinant baculovirus to patients.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pseudorandom number generating system, an encryption system, and a decryption system. The pseudorandom number generating system of the present invention repeatedly performs simple transformation of a non-secure pseudorandom number sequence that may be generated quickly, and thus may quickly generate a highly secure pseudorandom number sequence having a long period. In addition, the encryption system and the decryption system of the present invention do not generate a large encryption function difficult to be deciphered based on a shared key 122, but prepare multiple functions 126, which perform fast, different types of transformation, and select a combination of functions determined based on information of the shared key 122, and make the selected functions transform a text multiple times, thereby encrypt the text. Each of the functions is basically fast, and thus transformation by the entire combination is also fast.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a method for producing a modified water absorbent resin excelling in water absorbing properties. This invention relates to a method for producing a modified water absorbent resin, which comprises a) mixing a water absorbent resin and a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator or a heat-degradable radical polymerization initiator without addition of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and b) irradiating the resultant mixture with active energy rays. The method is particularly capable of exalting the absorbency against pressure and the saline flow conductivity.

Abstract: The present invention provides antituberculous therapeutic drugs with a higher potency. The present invention provides also antituberculous therapeutic drugs containing oxazole compounds represented by (I) general formula (1): [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0-6, and R2 represents general formula (A) or the like, wherein R3 represents a phenoxy group (at least one group selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an optionally halogen-substituted C1-6 alkyl group and an optionally halogen-substituted C1-6 alkoxy group may be substituted on the phenyl ring) or the like], optically active forms thereof or salts thereof, and drugs (II) such as primary antituberculous drugs.

Abstract: An electric motor stator according to the present invention includes two resin insulation components, each resin insulation component including a long side portion, facing a side face of the teeth section, and two short side portions, extending from respective ends of the long side portion and facing respective end faces of the laminated core in a lamination direction. The laminated core is clamped by the two resin insulation components from a direction along surfaces of the electromagnetic steel plates, and fitting portions of the two short side portions of each of the two resin insulation components are used to fit the two resin insulation components to each other.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a method for surface-treatment of a water absorbent resin excelling in water absorption properties. This invention relates to a method for the surface-treatment of a water absorbent resin, which comprises: a) mixing 100 parts by weight of a water absorbent resin, 0.01-20 parts by weight of at least one radical polymerization initiator selected from the group-consisting of persulfates, hydrogen peroxide, and azo compounds, and a radically polymerizing compound and b) irradiating the resultant mixture with active energy rays. The treatment particularly exalts the absorption ratio against pressure and the saline flow conductivity.

Abstract: A drive control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a follow-up control device; a stop hold device that is capable of holding the vehicle in a stopped state by controlling a brake pressure; and a driving operation detection device that detects at least one of a brake operation and a shift operation to a reverse or neutral position, wherein the follow-up control device cancels the holding of the vehicle in the stopped state by making the stop hold device cancel the holding of the vehicle in the stopped state after holding the vehicle in the stopped state for a predetermined time period or by making the stop hold device gradually reduce the brake pressure when the driving operation detection device detects at least one of the brake operation and the shift operation to the reverse or neutral position while the vehicle is held in the stopped state.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a microcapsule composition for electrophoretic displays; a production process for the microcapsule composition for the electrophoretic displays; a production process for a sheet for the electrophoretic displays; and a handling method for microcapsules for the electrophoretic displays; wherein the microcapsule composition contains microcapsules and, when used for the electrophoretic displays, can make them as excellent as conventional in various performances (e.g. longtime stability of displaying, respondability of displaying, contrast, and number of times of display rewritability) and, particularly above all, can make the electrophoretic displays exhibit a very high performance as to the contrast.