Abstract: A mining riser pipe is extended from above water toward a water bottom containing water bottom resources, and a lower portion of an insertion pipe connected to a lower portion of the mining riser pipe is inserted into the water bottom. A liquid is supplied into the insertion pipe and a rotation shaft extends axially inside both of pipes is rotated to rotate stirring blades attached to a lower portion of the rotation shaft inside the insertion pipe, thereby drilling and dissolving mud S inside the insertion pipe into a slurry form is raised to an upper portion of the insertion pipe by a stirring flow generated by the rotation of the stirring blades, and the raised mud is lifted above the water through the mining riser pipe by lifting force.

Abstract: A floating caliper brake device for a railroad vehicle includes: a support pin that is supported by a cylindrical portion of a support frame in such a manner as to be slidable in a direction X; a caliper; a first and second brake shoe; a pressurizing device that moves the first brake shoe back and forth; an elastic member that is expandable and contractible in the direction X; a stopper member that is immovable relatively to the cylindrical portion in the direction X; and a moving member that is frictionally engaged with the support pin so as to be slidable in the direction X.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of purifying highly pure retinal pigment epithelial cells from a cell population obtained by induction of differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into retinal pigment epithelial cells, by a simple and easy operation in a short period. The purification method of the present invention includes a step of introducing a cell population containing retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained by differentiation induction of pluripotent stem cells on laminin or a fragment thereof on a filter, and obtaining a cell population that passed the filter.

Abstract: Provided is a barrier film which is less likely to undergo deterioration of gas barrier properties even after the Gelbo Flex test. The barrier film according to the present invention includes a barrier coat layer, an inorganic oxide vapor deposition layer, and a substrate layer in this order, the barrier coat layer being a cured film of a barrier coat composition containing: a hydrolyzed product of an alkoxysilane represented by the following General Formula (I): Si(OR1)4 . . . (I), wherein R1 represents an organic functional group; a water-soluble polymer; and a hydrolyzed product of a silane coupling agent represented by the following General Formula (II): R2nSi(OR3)4-n . . . (II), wherein R2 and R3 each independently represent an organic functional group, and n is 2 or 3.

Abstract: A floating caliper brake device for a railroad vehicle 100 includes: a support frame 1 that has a cylindrical portion 1a; a support pin 2 that is supported by the cylindrical portion 1a in such a manner as to be slidable in a direction X; a caliper 3 that includes a first arm portion 3a and a second arm portion 3b; a first brake shoe 4; a second brake shoe 5 that is opposite to the first brake shoe 4; a pressurizing device 6 that moves the first brake shoe 4 back and forth; an elastic member 7 that is expandable and contractible in the direction X; a stopper member 8 that is immovable relatively to the cylindrical portion 1a in the direction X; and a moving member 9 that is frictionally engaged with the support pin 2 in such a manner as to be slidable in the direction X, wherein end portions on an L side of the elastic member 7 and the stopper member 8 are each supported by the cylindrical portion 1a, at least a portion of an end portion on an R side of the stopper member 8 overlaps the moving member 9 when v

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a metal particle dispersion which has low viscosity and excellent dispersibility and dispersion stability, and in which the precipitation of the metal particles is inhibited.

Abstract: A bogie frame for railway vehicles includes a pair of left and right side frames disposed along a direction of rails and a cross frame that connects the side frames to each other, and the cross frame includes a top plate member, a bottom plate member, and a pair of front and rear side plate members that are disposed between these plate members and welded thereto, wherein the cross frame has mounting bracket support portions that extend from front and rear edges of the top plate member and the bottom plate member, correspondingly to locations where mounting brackets for mounting a traction motor and mounting brackets for mounting a gearbox are disposed, and the mounting brackets are welded to the mounting bracket support portions. This makes it possible to achieve good welding workability for assembling the bogie frame.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of purifying highly pure retinal pigment epithelial cells from a cell population obtained by induction of differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into retinal pigment epithelial cells, by a simple and easy operation in a short period. The purification method of the present invention includes a step of introducing a cell population containing retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained by differentiation induction of pluripotent stem cells on laminin or a fragment thereof on a filter, and obtaining a cell population that passed the filter.

Abstract: Provided are a production method of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells that improves differentiation induction efficiency of pluripotent stem cells into RPE cells, and can provide highly pure RPE cells by a simple and easy operation in a short period, a culture method of RPE cells that can stably grow and culture a cell, a toxicity/efficacy evaluation method using RPE cells useful for transplantation therapy, and a therapeutic drug for a retinal disease. The invention relates to a production method of RPE cells, comprising adhesion culture of human pluripotent stem cells using a culture substrate coated with a laminin-E8 fragment, a culture method of RPE cells, comprising adhesion culture of RPE cells using a culture substrate coated with a laminin-E8 fragment, a toxicity or efficacy evaluation method using RPE cells obtained by producing or culturing by the method, and a therapeutic drug for a retinal disease, containing the RPE cells.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a metal particle dispersion which has low viscosity and excellent dispersibility and dispersion stability, and in which the precipitation of the metal particles is inhibited.

Abstract: A bogie frame for railway vehicles includes a pair of left and right side frames disposed along a direction of rails and a cross frame that connects the side frames to each other, and the cross frame includes a top plate member, a bottom plate member, and a pair of front and rear side plate members that are disposed between these plate members and welded thereto, wherein the cross frame has mounting bracket support portions that extend from front and rear edges of the top plate member and the bottom plate member, correspondingly to locations where mounting brackets for mounting a traction motor and mounting brackets for mounting a gearbox are disposed, and the mounting brackets are welded to the mounting bracket support portions. This makes it possible to achieve good welding workability for assembling the bogie frame.

Abstract: An object is to provide a photosensitive resin composition for color filters, configured to be able to form a high-luminance color layer with excellent heat resistance and light resistance. Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition for color filters including the dye dispersion liquid, the dye dispersion liquid including a dye dispersed by a dispersant in a solvent, wherein the dye is a dye having a sulfonic acid group; the dispersant is a graft copolymer having an amine number of 30 mg KOH/g or more and including copolymerizable components that contain a specific monomer having a tertiary amine and a specific polymerizable oligomer; the solvent is a solvent having a solubility of the dye of 0.2 g/100 g solvent or less at 23° C.; and the tertiary amine of the dispersant and the sulfonic acid group of the dye form a micelle.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising a dye (A), a dispersant (B), a solvent (C), and a photosensitive binder component (D), the dye (A) being dispersed in the solvent (C) by the dispersant (B), wherein the dye (A) is a dye having a sulfonic acid group; the dispersant (B) is a block polymer that contains a block portion comprising a repeating unit having a tertiary amine; the solvent (C) is a solvent having a solubility of the dye (A) of 0.2 (g/100 g solvent) or less at 23° C.; and a micelle is formed by an acid-base interaction between the tertiary amine of the dispersant (B) and the sulfonic acid group of the dye (A).

Abstract: An object is to provide a photosensitive resin composition for color filters, configured to be able to form a high-luminance color layer with excellent heat resistance and light resistance. Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition for color filters including the dye dispersion liquid, the dye dispersion liquid including a dye dispersed by a dispersant in a solvent, wherein the dye is a dye having a sulfonic acid group; the dispersant is a graft copolymer having an amine number of 30 mg KOH/g or more and including copolymerizable components that contain a specific monomer having a tertiary amine and a specific polymerizable oligomer; the solvent is a solvent having a solubility of the dye of 0.2 g/100 g solvent or less at 23° C.; and the tertiary amine of the dispersant and the sulfonic acid group of the dye form a micelle.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising a dye (A), a dispersant (B), a solvent (C), and a photosensitive binder component (D), the dye (A) being dispersed in the solvent (C) by the dispersant (B), wherein the dye (A) is a dye having a sulfonic acid group; the dispersant (B) is a block polymer that contains a block portion comprising a repeating unit having a tertiary amine; the solvent (C) is a solvent having a solubility of the dye (A) of 0.2 (g/100 g solvent) or less at 23° C.; and a micelle is formed by an acid-base interaction between the tertiary amine of the dispersant (B) and the sulfonic acid group of the dye (A).

Abstract: A method of quickly measuring a characteristic impedance of an ESD protecting circuit by applying a discharge voltage to the ESD protecting circuit, includes the steps of measuring a variation in discharge voltage applied to and a variation in discharge current caused to flow through the ESD protecting circuit with time; simultaneously detecting a state when both the discharge voltage and discharge current corresponding to each other are attenuated, after both the discharge voltage and discharge current sequentially rise to arrive individually to respective peak values based on an input to or an output from a computer; and taking a ratio of the variation of discharge voltage to the variation of discharge current during the attenuation as an impedance value when the ratio is nearly constant as well as an apparatus for realizing the same.

Abstract: A method of quickly measuring a characteristic impedance of an ESD protecting circuit by applying a discharge voltage to the ESD protecting circuit, includes the steps of measuring a variation in discharge voltage applied to and a variation in discharge current caused to flow through the ESD protecting circuit with time, grasping a state until both the discharge voltage and discharge current corresponding to each other whenever a predetermined common time elapses comes to an attenuation process after both the discharge voltage and discharge current sequentially rise to come individually to respective peak values based on an input to or an output from a computer; and taking a ratio of the variation of discharge voltage to the variation of discharge current in the attenuation process as an impedance value when the ratio is nearly constant as well as an apparatus for realizing the same.