Abstract: A resist composition including: a base material component (A), a compound (B1) represented by Formula (b1-1), and a fluorine additive component (F) which contains a fluororesin component (F1) having a constitutional unit (f1) represented by Formula (f-1) and a constitutional unit (f2) represented by Formula (f-2); in Formula (b1-1), Vb01 represents a fluorinated alkylene group, Rb02 represents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom, a total number of fluorine atoms as Vb01 and Rb02 is 2 or 3; in Formula (f-1), Rf1 represents a monovalent organic group having a fluorine atom; in Formula (f-2), Rf2 represents a group represented by Formula (f2-r-1), which is a group containing a polycyclic aliphatic cyclic group.

Abstract: A resist composition which generates an acid when the resist composition is exposed and whose solubility with respect to a developing liquid varies by action of the acid. The resist composition contains a base material component whose solubility with respect to a developing liquid is varied by action of an acid and an acid generator component that generates an acid when the acid generator component is exposed. The base material component contains a polymer compound that includes a constituent represented by a general formula (a-1) described in the specification and a constituent (a2) represented by a general formula (a-2) described in the specification. The acid generator component contains a compound represented by a general formula (b1) described in the specification.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition having excellent emulsion stability. The object is achieved by an emulsion composition comprising an oily component, gum arabic having a molecular weight of not less than 1 million, and a salt, the salt content being 90 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the gum arabic.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition having excellent emulsion stability. The object is achieved by an emulsion composition comprising an oily component, gum arabic having a molecular weight of not less than 1 million, and a salt, the salt content being 90 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the gum arabic.

Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body and external electrodes. The ceramic body includes ceramic layers laminated in a first direction, first and second internal electrodes between the ceramic layers, a facing portion in which the internal electrodes face in the first direction, and a cover that covers the facing portion in the first direction. The facing portion includes a first region including at least one element of manganese, a rare-earth element, or magnesium and having a flat distribution of a concentration of the element along the first direction, and a second region disposed between the cover and the first region and having an increasing concentration of the element from the first region toward the cover. The ceramic layers include a capacitance forming layer between the first and second internal electrodes, and a dummy layer between the first or second internal electrodes and across the first and second regions.

Abstract: A resist composition including: a base material component (A), a compound (B1) represented by Formula (b1-1), and a fluorine additive component (F) which contains a fluororesin component (F1) having a constitutional unit (f1) represented by Formula (f-1) and a constitutional unit (f2) represented by Formula (f-2); in Formula (b1-1), Vb01 represents a fluorinated alkylene group, Rb02 represents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom, a total number of fluorine atoms as Vb01 and Rb02 is 2 or 3; in Formula (f-1), Rf1 represents a monovalent organic group having a fluorine atom; in Formula (f-2), Rf2 represents a group represented by Formula (f2-r-1), which is a group containing a polycyclic aliphatic cyclic group.

Abstract: A resist composition including a base material component (A), a compound (BD1) formed of an anion moiety and a cation moiety which is represented by Formula (bd1), and a fluorine additive (F) which includes a fluororesin component (F1) having a constitutional unit (f1) represented by Formula (f-1) and a constitutional unit (f2) represented by Formula (f-2); in Formula (bd1), Rbd1 represents an aryl group containing at least one polycyclic hydrocarbon group as a substituent, and Rbd2 and Rbd3 represent an aryl group or the like; in Formula (f-1), Rf1 represents a monovalent organic group having a fluorine atom; in Formula (f-2), Rf2 represents a group represented by Formula (f2-r-1), which is a group containing a polycyclic aliphatic cyclic group.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition having excellent stability. The above object can be achieved by an emulsion composition comprising water, an oily component, gum ghatti, and a salt of an element belonging to group 1 or 2 of the periodic table.

Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body and external electrodes. The ceramic body includes ceramic layers laminated in a first direction, first and second internal electrodes between the ceramic layers, a facing portion in which the internal electrodes face in the first direction, and a cover that covers the facing portion in the first direction. The facing portion includes a first region including at least one element of manganese, a rare-earth element, or magnesium and having a flat distribution of a concentration of the element along the first direction, and a second region disposed between the cover and the first region and having an increasing concentration of the element from the first region toward the cover. The ceramic layers include a capacitance forming layer between the first and second internal electrodes, and a dummy layer between the first or second internal electrodes and across the first and second regions.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition having excellent emulsion stability. The object is achieved by an emulsion composition comprising an oily component, gum arabic having a molecular weight of not less than 1 million, and a salt, the salt content being 90 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the gum arabic.

Abstract: The present invention provides a curcumin-containing composition in which aggregation upon storage is suppressed or prevented. The object can be attained by a composition comprising curcumin, gum arabic, modified starch, and water, and having a median diameter of 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention solves the problem of providing a method for stabilizing a solid pigment. The problem is solved by a method for stabilizing at least one solid pigment selected from the group consisting of solid carotenoid pigments and solid curcumin pigments, the method comprising the step of mixing the solid pigment with a lipophilic liquid in an amount of 200 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the solid pigment.

Abstract: The present invention provides an emulsion composition that ensures excellent emulsion stability and excellent solubility in water, as well as excellent transparency and storage stability of a solution prepared by adding the emulsion composition to water. The present invention also provides an aqueous composition, in particular, a solution aqueous composition (aqueous liquid composition), preferably food or a beverage, containing the emulsion composition. The emulsion composition is an emulsion composition prepared by emulsifying an oil phase component and an aqueous phase component using gum ghatti, wherein the emulsion composition comprises gum ghatti in a proportion of more than 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight, i.e., the total amount, of the oil phase component; and the gum ghatti has a viscosity of 50 to 3000 mPa·s, which is measured by preparing a 15 wt % aqueous solution of the gum ghatti and measuring its viscosity for 1 minute at 20° C. and 30 rpm using a Brookfield viscometer.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for efficiently improving emulsifying ability of gum arabic, in other words, a method for producing gum arabic with excellent emulsifying ability. Further, the present invention provides a method by which a gum arabic modified so as to have a high emulsifying ability can be obtained without involving the problem of forming syrupy masses or sticking to the vessel or the trouble of excessive dehydration or charring. The above-described methods can be carried out by heating gum arabic (unmodified) under dry conditions. Preferably, the method is carried out by heating gum arabic in such a manner that the loss-on-drying is not more than 3%.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for enhancing the emulsification ability of gum arabic. The present invention can provide a modified gum arabic having an excellent emulsification ability without coloration and/or unpleasant odor, by a method which has a step of making unheated gum arabic into an aqueous solution having a concentration of not higher than 50 mass %, and a step of maintaining the aqueous solution below 60° C. for at least 6 hours. The gum arabic modified by the method of the present invention can be used as an emulsifier for use with beverages, confectioneries, chewing gums, oil-soluble flavors, oil-soluble colors, oil-soluble vitamins, etc.

Abstract: A driving-force distribution control device includes a distributing mechanism, a distribution controller, an anti-skid brake system, an acceleration detector, a synthesized acceleration calculator and a control coefficient controller. The distributing mechanism is operable to variably distribute a driving force from an engine to individual drive wheels of a vehicle. The distribution controller is operable to control the distributing mechanism based on a running state of the vehicle. The acceleration detector is operable to detect a first acceleration in a front-rear direction and a second acceleration in a left-right direction of the vehicle. The synthesized acceleration calculator is operable to calculate a synthesized acceleration of the first acceleration and the second acceleration.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Hybrid GA (HGA) in which local optimization operation is performed to only a few individual with lower fitness selected from each population of widely distributed generations in genetic algorithm (GA). Since this HGA shows very powerful global searching ability even in a vast multi-dimensional parameter space with strong multi-peak feature, the present invention may efficiently determine a number of structural parameters from a little information included in X-ray diffraction circles. As a result, the present invention may determine a complicated material structure from powder specimen even though it is hard to make a single crystal specimen. Thus, the development of new materials would be highly accelerated in the field of medicines or materials, etc.

Abstract: A driving-force distribution control device includes a distributing mechanism, a distribution controller, an anti-skid brake system, an acceleration detector, a synthesized acceleration calculator and a control coefficient controller. The distributing mechanism is operable to variably distribute a driving force from an engine to individual drive wheels of a vehicle. The distribution controller is operable to control the distributing mechanism based on a running state of the vehicle. The acceleration detector is operable to detect a first acceleration in a front-rear direction and a second acceleration in a left-right direction of the vehicle. The synthesized acceleration calculator is operable to calculate a synthesized acceleration of the first acceleration and the second acceleration.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for enhancing the emulsification ability of gum arabic. The present invention can provide a modified gum arabic having an excellent emulsification ability without coloration and/or unpleasant odor, by a method which has a step of making unheated gum arabic into an aqueous solution having a concentration of not higher than 50 mass %, and a step of maintaining the aqueous solution below 60° C. for at least 6 hours. The gum arabic modified by the method of the present invention can be used as an emulsifier for use with beverages, confectioneries, chewing gums, oil-soluble flavors, oil-soluble colors, oil-soluble vitamins, etc.

Abstract: The invention provides a cochineal color, a colorant product containing the cochineal color and the method of its production, wherein the cochineal color is free of allergenic proteins and contaminants derived from the raw material Coccus cacti L. insect and can be added with safety to products taken by mouth, such as foods, pharmaceutical products, etc. The invention relates to a cochineal color substantially free of proteins of molecular weight not less than 6000. The invention also relates to a process for producing a cochineal color which comprises subjecting a cochineal extract solution to proteolysis and then to at least one treatment selected from the group consisting of adsorption treatment, ion exchange treatment, acid treatment, extraction treatment and membrane treatment.