Abstract: A display device includes multiple scan lines arranged in a display region; a first scan line driving circuit outside the display region that is connected to multiple scan lines at one end in an extending direction and supplies voltages to multiple scan lines; a second scan line driving circuit outside the display region that is connected to multiple scan lines at the other end in the extending direction and supplies voltages to multiple scan lines; and a control circuit. The control circuit alternately drives either the first scan line driving circuit or the second scan line driving circuit for each predetermined frame when a refresh rate of an image displayed according to a video signal is a first refresh rate, and drives both the first scan line driving circuit and the second scan line driving circuit at a second refresh rate higher than the first refresh rate.

Abstract: A nobiletin composition having high water solubility and a method for easily producing the same are provided. A method for producing a solid dispersion comprising nobiletin, comprising the step of mixing nobiletin or a nobiletin-containing product with a water-soluble hesperidin derivative, and then melting the mixture by heating; and the step of solidifying the melted product by cooling. A nobiletin-containing composition produced by the method.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a solid dispersion that can improve solubility of a hardly soluble polyphenol in water. Specifically, provided is a method of producing a solid dispersion containing an amorphous hardly soluble polyphenol, the method including the steps of: mixing (A) a hardly soluble polyphenol, (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of a plant-derived polysaccharide, a seaweed-derived polysaccharide, and a microorganism-derived polysaccharide, a plant-derived polypeptide, and a microorganism-derived polypeptide, and (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide and a disaccharide, followed by melting of the mixture by heating; and solidifying the molten product by cooling.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a precipitate obtained by adding ?-cyclodextrin to a liquid containing a stilbene compound. The precipitate according to the present invention is used as the precipitate obtained by adding ?-cyclodextrin to the liquid containing a stilbene compound.

Abstract: A nobiletin composition having high water solubility and a method for easily producing the same are provided. A method for producing a solid dispersion comprising nobiletin, comprising the step of mixing nobiletin or a nobiletin-containing product with a water-soluble hesperidin derivative, and then melting the mixture by heating; and the step of solidifying the melted product by cooling. A nobiletin-containing composition produced by the method.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a solid dispersion that can improve solubility of a hardly soluble polyphenol in water. Specifically, provided is a method of producing a solid dispersion containing an amorphous hardly soluble polyphenol, the method including the steps of: mixing (A) a hardly soluble polyphenol, (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of a plant-derived polysaccharide, a seaweed-derived polysaccharide, and a microorganism-derived polysaccharide, a plant-derived polypeptide, and a microorganism-derived polypeptide, and (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide and a disaccharide, followed by melting of the mixture by heating; and solidifying the molten product by cooling.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a precipitate obtained by adding ?-cyclodextrin to a liquid containing a stilbene compound. The precipitate according to the present invention is used as the precipitate obtained by adding ?-cyclodextrin to the liquid containing a stilbene compound.

Abstract: Provided are a cosmetic composition which is an O1/W/O2 emulsion composition and contains, in the oil phases O1 and O2 thereof, fine metal oxide particles having ultraviolet screening ability; and a preparation process of the cosmetic composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a decrystallized cellulose having a reduced cellulose I-type crystallinity from a cellulose-containing raw material in an efficient manner with an excellent productivity. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for producing a decrystallized cellulose from a raw material comprising at least 20% by weight, based on the weight of the raw material excluding water contained therein, of a cellulose having a cellulose I-type crystallinity of more than 33% as calculated from the following formula: Cellulose I-type Crystallinity (%)=[(I22.6?I18.5)/I22.6]×100 wherein I22.6 is a diffraction intensity of a lattice plane (002 plane) as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 22.6° in X-ray diffraction analysis; and I18.5 is a diffraction intensity of an amorphous moiety as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 18.

Abstract: Provided is an O/W emulsion cosmetic composition, which contains the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) a polymer which is either a nonionic or cationic polymer composed of a hydrophobic monomer unit and a hydrophilic monomer unit and contains from 40 to 80 wt. % of a hydrophilic group; (B) a dispersion containing the following components (a), (b), (c) and (d): (a) powders having ultraviolet screening ability and having a surface subjected to hydrophobic treatment, (b) a polymer composed of a hydrophobic monomer unit and a hydrophilic monomer unit, (c) a silicone oil, and (d) an alcohol having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, at an (a):(b):(c):(d) weight ratio of (from 25 to 65):(from 0.1 to 5):(from 10 to 50):(from 10 to 50); and (C) water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a highly productive process for producing decrystallized cellulose which includes treating a cellulose-containing raw material by means of a mill, wherein the cellulose-containing raw material has a cellulose content of a residue obtained by removing water from the cellulose-containing raw material of 20 mass % or more, has a cellulose I-type crystallinity of cellulose more than 33% as calculated from the following formula (1): Cellulose I-type Crystallinity (%)=[(I22.6?I18.5)/I22.6]×100??(1), wherein I22.6 is a diffraction intensity of a lattice plane (002 plane) as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 22.6° in X-ray diffraction analysis; and I18.5 is a diffraction intensity of an amorphous moiety as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 18.5° in X-ray diffraction analysis, and has a water content of 1.8 mass % or less, to thereby reduce the cellulose I-type crystallinity to 33% or less.

Abstract: A process for producing saccharide, including saccharifying decrystallized cellulose prepared from a raw material containing cellulose having cellulose I-type crystallinity of more than 33%, the process including: treating the cellulose-containing raw material by means of a mill to reduce the cellulose I-type crystallinity of the cellulose to 33% or less, wherein the cellulose-containing raw material has a cellulose content of a residue obtained by removing water from the cellulose-containing raw material of 20% by weight or more, to thereby prepare decrystallized cellulose, and causing a cellulase and/or a hemicellulase to act on the decrystallized cellulose.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a cellulose ether derivative in an industrially convenient and efficient manner by reacting a low-crystalline powdery cellulose with an epoxy compound in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a decrystallized cellulose having a reduced cellulose I-type crystallinity from a cellulose-containing raw material in an efficient manner with an excellent productivity. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for producing a decrystallized cellulose from a raw material containing a cellulose having a cellulose I-type crystallinity of more than 33% as calculated from the following formula: Cellulose I-type Crystallinity (%)=[(I22.6?I18.5)/I22.6]×100 wherein I22.6 is a diffraction intensity of a lattice plane (002 plane) as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 22.6° in X-ray diffraction analysis; and I18.5 is a diffraction intensity of an amorphous moiety as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 18.

Abstract: Provided are a cosmetic composition which is an O1/W/O2 emulsion composition and contains, in the oil phases O1 and O2 thereof, fine metal oxide particles having ultraviolet screening ability; and a preparation process of the cosmetic composition.

Abstract: Provided is an O/W emulsion cosmetic composition, which contains the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) a polymer which is either a nonionic or cationic polymer composed of a hydrophobic monomer unit and a hydrophilic monomer unit and contains from 40 to 80 wt. % of a hydrophilic group; (B) a dispersion containing the following components (a), (b), (c) and (d): (a) powders having ultraviolet screening ability and having a surface subjected to hydrophobic treatment, (b) a polymer composed of a hydrophobic monomer unit and a hydrophilic monomer unit, (c) a silicone oil, and (d) an alcohol having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, at an (a):(b):(c):(d) weight ratio of (from 25 to 65):(from 0.1 to 5):(from 10 to 50):(from 10 to 50); and (C) water.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing a granular anionic surfactant, including the steps of carrying out drying and granulation simultaneously while adding an anionic surfactant paste to a powder raw material under reduced pressure in a granulator provided with a stirring blade and a cracking blade to obtain granules.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing a granular anionic surfactant, including the steps of carrying out drying and granulation simultaneously while adding an anionic surfactant paste to a powder raw material under reduced pressure in a granulator provided with a stirring blade and a cracking blade to obtain granules.

Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of pigment-containing polymer particles, comprising the steps of (A) removing an organic solvent from a mixture (I) comprising an organic solvent solution of a polymer, water and optionally a neutralizing agent to give a solvent-removed product; and (B) subjecting the solvent-removed product obtained in step (A) to a dispersion treatment, wherein a pigment is added to the mixture (I) or the solvent-removed product. The aqueous dispersion of pigment-containing polymer particles can be suitably used for a water-based ink for inkjet printing.

Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of pigment-containing polymer particles, comprising the steps of (A) removing an organic solvent from a mixture (I) comprising an organic solvent solution of a polymer, water and optionally a neutralizing agent to give a solvent-removed product; and (B) subjecting the solvent-removed product obtained in step (A) to a dispersion treatment, wherein a pigment is added to the mixture (I) or the solvent-removed product. The aqueous dispersion of pigment-containing polymer particles can be suitably used for a water-based ink for inkjet printing.