Abstract: The orthodontic appliance includes a spread plate for spreading location of right and left molars of an upper dentition portion by spreading right and left plate portions, and the right and left plate portions include plate body portions arranged respectively on the sides of the molars of the upper dentition portion and the engagement portions extending from the plate body portions to the positions each facing the vicinity of the front teeth of the upper dentition portion, and the engagement portions are configured to be engaged with the lower front teeth when the upper dentition portion and a lower dentition portion are engaged with each other.

Abstract: The orthodontic appliance includes a spread plate for spreading location of right and left molars of an upper dentition portion by spreading right and left plate portions, and the right and left plate portions include plate body portions arranged respectively on the sides of the molars of the upper dentition portion and the engagement portions extending from the plate body portions to the positions each facing the vicinity of the front teeth of the upper dentition portion, and the engagement portions are configured to be engaged with the lower front teeth when the upper dentition portion and a lower dentition portion are engaged with each other.

Abstract: A solar cell module includes a front surface protective layer formed from a resin, a first resin layer arranged under the front surface protective layer, and a second resin layer arranged under the first resin layer. The solar cell module further includes a third resin layer arranged under the second resin layer, a rear surface sealing layer arranged under the third resin layer, and a rear surface protective layer arranged under the rear surface sealing layer and formed from a resin. The solar cell module further includes a photoelectric converter arranged between the third resin layer and the rear surface sealing layer. The front surface protective layer has a greater tensile modulus of elasticity than the first resin layer and the third resin layer. The second resin layer has a smaller tensile modulus of elasticity than the first resin layer and the third resin layer.

Abstract: A solar cell module that is one example of an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of solar cells; a wiring member for connecting adjacent solar cells together; a first protection substrate provided on the light-receiving-surface side of the solar cells; a second protection substrate provided on the rear-surface side of the solar cells; and an encapsulant layer for sealing the solar cells and provided between the first protection substrate and the second protection substrate. The first protection substrate is a resin substrate, and the linear expansion coefficient (?) of the encapsulant layer is 10-250 (10?6/K), and the tensile modulus of elasticity (E) thereof satisfies the condition in Formula 1: 140×exp(0.005?) MPa<E??(Formula 1).

Abstract: A solar cell module includes a front surface substrate, a seal layer arranged under the front surface substrate to seal a photoelectric converter, a low thermal expansion-contraction layer arranged under the seal layer, and a rear surface substrate arranged under the low thermal expansion-contraction layer. The solar cell module further includes a stress-reducing resin layer arranged between the low thermal expansion-contraction layer and the rear surface substrate. The low thermal expansion-contraction layer has a smaller coefficient of linear expansion than the rear surface substrate, and the stress-reducing resin layer has a smaller tensile modulus of elasticity than the low thermal expansion-contraction layer and the rear surface substrate.

Abstract: A solar cell module includes a front surface protective substrate including transparent resin, a rear surface protective substrate, and a photoelectric converter including at least one solar cell connected via a tab lead and arranged between the front surface protective substrate and the rear surface protective substrate. The solar cell module further includes at least one reinforcing layer, at least one seal layer, and a gel polymer layer, which are arranged between the photoelectric converter and the front surface protective substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for manufacturing an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid, which is prepared by a method in which a molybdenum component raw material is composed of only an ammonium molybdate, the weight of water for dissolution is 8.5 times or less relative to the weight of molybdenum contained in the ammonium molybdate; and a bismuth component raw material is composed of only bismuth nitrate, the weight of a nitric acid aqueous solution for dissolution is 2.3 times or more relative to the weight of bismuth contained in the bismuth nitrate, and a nitric acid concentration in the nitric acid aqueous solution for dissolving the bismuth nitrate is 10% by weight or more.

Abstract: A solar cell module includes a resin substrate, a first resin layer, photoelectric converters, and a second resin layer. The first resin layer is provided under the resin substrate. The photoelectric converters are provided under the first resin layer. The second resin layer is provided under the first resin layer to penetrate the first resin layer or cover the first resin layer from outside to be glued to the resin substrate. Adjacent photoelectric converters are electrically connected to each other by a connecting member. A tensile modulus of elasticity of the first resin layer is lower than that a tensile modulus of elasticity of the resin substrate and a tensile modulus of elasticity of the second resin layer.

Abstract: A solar cell module includes a first resin substrate, a first resin layer provided over the first resin substrate, a second resin layer provided over the first resin layer, a photoelectric converter provided over the second resin layer, and a third resin layer provided over the photoelectric converter and the second resin layer, wherein a tensile modulus of elasticity of the first resin layer is smaller than a tensile modulus of elasticity of each of the resin substrate, the second resin layer, and the third resin layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid, which enables one to achieve an operation stably over a long period of time while improving an effective yield, even in a high-load reaction, and in the method for producing an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid, multilayer filling of stacking two or more catalyst layers each containing a complex metal oxide catalyst in the axial direction of the tube under specified conditions is performed, and the catalyst layer on the most gas outlet side in the tube axis contains a catalyst containing a compound represented by a specified formulation formula.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for manufacturing an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid, which is prepared by a method in which a molybdenum component raw material is composed of only an ammonium molybdate, the weight of water for dissolution is 8.5 times or less relative to the weight of molybdenum contained in the ammonium molybdate; and a bismuth component raw material is composed of only bismuth nitrate, the weight of a nitric acid aqueous solution for dissolution is 2.3 times or more relative to the weight of bismuth contained in the bismuth nitrate, and a nitric acid concentration in the nitric acid aqueous solution for dissolving the bismuth nitrate is 10% by weight or more.

Abstract: Provided is a method of subjecting an alkene to partial oxidation by using a fixed bed multitubular reactor, thereby producing an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid each corresponding to the alkene, wherein a plurality of catalyst layers formed by N division (N is N?2) with respect to a gas flow direction of a reaction tube are provided, and when a change (° C.) of hot spot temperature per 1° C. change of reaction bath temperature in the catalyst layer is designated as Sn, at least one of the plurality of catalyst layers is regulated to Sn?6.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a shaped catalyst for a fixed bed oxidation reaction or a fixed bed oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the catalyst having both of sufficient mechanical strength and catalyst performance, and the catalyst is produced by supporting a catalyst powder containing a complex metal oxide having molybdenum as an essential ingredient on an inert support by a tumbling granulation method at a relative centrifugal force of 1 to 35 G.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a shaped catalyst for a fixed bed oxidation reaction or a fixed bed oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the catalyst having both of sufficient mechanical strength and catalyst performance, and the catalyst is produced by supporting a catalyst powder containing a complex metal oxide having molybdenum as an essential ingredient on an inert support by a tumbling granulation method at a relative centrifugal force of 1 to 35 G.

Abstract: Provided is a method of subjecting an alkene to partial oxidation by using a fixed bed multitubular reactor, thereby producing an unsaturated aldehyde and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid each corresponding to the alkene, wherein a plurality of catalyst layers formed by N division (N is N?2) with respect to a gas flow direction of a reaction tube are provided, and when a change (° C.) of hot spot temperature per 1° C. change of reaction bath temperature in the catalyst layer is designated as Sn, at least one of the plurality of catalyst layers is regulated to Sn?6.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a shaped catalyst for a fixed bed oxidation reaction or a fixed bed oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the catalyst having both of sufficient mechanical strength and catalyst performance, and the catalyst is produced by supporting a catalyst powder containing a complex metal oxide having molybdenum as an essential ingredient on an inert support by a tumbling granulation method at a relative centrifugal force of 1 to 35G.