Abstract: This external stimulus application system is structured so as to comprise: an external stimulus unit that applies an external stimulus to a target area of a user's body; a detection unit that detects changes in a detected area of the user's body during an action of the user; a control unit that causes the external stimulus unit to produce a stimulus if a detected value detected by the detection unit satisfies a prescribed condition; and a storage unit that stores the detected value.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition including a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic filler, which can easily undergo molding processing and has flexibility and a sense of massiveness, and a molded article thereof. A resin composition, including 15 to 50 parts by mass of a specific 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A), 10 to 50 parts by mass of an inorganic filler (B), and 5 to 49 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (C) (a total amount of 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A), inorganic filler (B), and thermoplastic elastomer (C) is 100 parts by mass), wherein the thermoplastic elastomer (C) is at least one selected from the group consisting of an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer (C1) and a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer (C2); and a molded article including the resin composition.

Abstract: A resin composition containing a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A-1) satisfying (a) to (b), a 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A-2) satisfying (c) to (d), and a thermoplastic resin (B) other than these, wherein a total content of (A-1) and (A-2) is 2 to 50% by mass, and a content of (B) is 50 to 98% by mass, based on 100% by mass of a total of (A-1), (A-2), and (B): (a) 65 to 80 mol % of a structural unit (i) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene and 20 to 35 mol % of a structural unit (ii) derived from ?-olefin; (b) a melting point observed by DSC is lower than 110° C. or not observed; (c) 80 to 90 mol % of the structural unit (i) and 10 to 20 mol % of the structural unit (ii) are contained; and (d) a melting point observed by DSC is 110 to 160° C.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition and a molded article each having suppressed surface stickiness while having high stress-relaxing ability and vibration-absorbing ability at room temperature. A resin composition (X) containing 10 to 50 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A) and 50 to 90 parts by mass of an inorganic substance (B), wherein a tan ? peak temperature and tan ? peak value, obtained by performing dynamic viscoelastic measurement at a frequency of 10 rad/s (1.6 Hz) in the temperature range of ?40 to 150° C., are 0° C. or higher and 60° C. or lower, and 0.8 or more and 5.0 or less, respectively.

Abstract: An adhesive resin composition including a propylene polymer (A), an ethylene polymer (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C) including a copolymer containing not less than 60 mol % and not more than 99 mol % of structural units derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, and not less than 1 mol % and not more than 40 mol % of structural units derived from a C2-C20 ?-olefin other than 4-methyl-1-pentene, these structural units representing total 100 mol % of the copolymer, the thermoplastic resin (C) showing a melting point Tm of not more than 199° C. or showing substantially no melting point as analyzed with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The total of the components (A), (B) and (C) includes 45 to 75 parts by mass of the component (A), 5 to 20 parts by mass of the component (B), and 15 to 45 parts by mass of the component (C).

Abstract: This external stimulus application system is structured so as to comprise: an external stimulus unit that applies an external stimulus to a target area of a user's body; a detection unit that detects changes in a detected area of the user's body during an action of the user; a control unit that causes the external stimulus unit to produce a stimulus if a detected value detected by the detection unit satisfies a prescribed condition; and a storage unit that stores the detected value.

Abstract: A knee supporter, including a tubular supporter main body including: a knee anterior surface part; a knee posterior surface part; a femoral side anterior surface part; a femoral side posterior surface part; a tibial side anterior surface part; and a tibial side posterior surface part, wherein elastic moduli, in an axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, when stretched by 80% in the axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, satisfy the following Formula (1) to (3): Formula (1): 0.7?knee posterior surface part/knee anterior surface part; Formula (2): 1<femoral side anterior surface part/femoral side posterior surface part; and Formula (3): 1<tibial side anterior surface part/tibial side posterior surface part.

Abstract: A garment, containing a tubular joint supporter section, the section including: a central region in an axial direction of the tubular joint supporter section, which includes a wear pressure applying region for applying wear pressure to a joint site of a body, a one-end side region positioned at one end, and an other-end side region positioned at another end side, in which the wear pressure of the wear pressure applying region is higher than an average wear pressure of the one-end and other-end side regions, and regions other than the wear pressure applying region in the section include a concave-convex structure region formed from a concave-convex structure; and a knee supporter, in which an average wear pressure A of the knee support section is higher than an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section.

Abstract: A knee supporter, including a tubular supporter main body including: a knee anterior surface part; a knee posterior surface part; a femoral side anterior surface part; a femoral side posterior surface part; a tibial side anterior surface part; and a tibial side posterior surface part, wherein elastic moduli, in an axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, when stretched by 80% in the axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, satisfy the following Formula (1) to (3): Formula (1): 0.7?knee posterior surface part/knee anterior surface part; Formula (2): 1<femoral side anterior surface part/femoral side posterior surface part; and Formula (3): 1<tibial side anterior surface part/tibial side posterior surface part.

Abstract: A garment, containing a tubular joint supporter section, the section including: a central region in an axial direction of the tubular joint supporter section, which includes a wear pressure applying region for applying wear pressure to a joint site of a body, a one-end side region positioned at one end, and an other-end side region positioned at another end side, in which the wear pressure of the wear pressure applying region is higher than an average wear pressure of the one-end and other-end side regions, and regions other than the wear pressure applying region in the section include a concave-convex structure region formed from a concave-convex structure; and a knee supporter, in which an average wear pressure A of the knee support section is higher than an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section.

Abstract: There are provided a polyolefin resin composition having excellent mechanical properties and thermal resistance; a film formed of the polyolefin resin composition, which has excellent mechanical properties and thermal resistance and which is less likely to suffer from fisheyes; a microporous membrane having excellent permeability and shutdown properties in addition to the above-mentioned physical properties; and applications thereof. Such objects are accomplished by a polyolefin resin composition containing an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene polymer (A), a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer or 3-methyl-1-pentene polymer (B), and a polymer of an olefin having 2 to 12 carbon atoms (C) at an intended ratio.

Abstract: There are provided a polyolefin resin composition having excellent mechanical properties and thermal resistance; a film formed of the polyolefin resin composition, which has excellent mechanical properties and thermal resistance and which is less likely to suffer from fisheyes; a microporous membrane having excellent permeability and shutdown properties in addition to the above-mentioned physical properties; and applications thereof. Such objects are accomplished by a polyolefin resin composition containing an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene polymer (A), a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer or 3-methyl-1-pentene polymer (B), and a polymer of an olefin having 2 to 12 carbon atoms (C) at an intended ratio.

Abstract: Laminating resin compositions of the invention enable excellent productivity in the lamination processes, and are free from deterioration in optical characteristics such as transparency or surface properties inherent to resins such as polypropylenes. Multilayer structures obtained by laminating the composition on a substrate have tear strength which is as high as that of multilayer structures obtained by simply laminating a polyolefin resin such as polypropylene on a substrate. The laminating resin composition includes a polyolefin resin and a polyethylene wax having a density in the range of 890 to 955 kg/m3 as measured by a density gradient tube method in accordance with JIS K 7112 and a number average molecular weight (Mn) in terms of polyethylene in the range of 500 to 2900 as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC).

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a thermoplastic resin composition comprising a polyolefin wax having good dispersibility for a thermoplastic resin, a molded product, which is excellent in physical properties such as blocking property and mechanical properties, from the thermoplastic resin composition and a process for producing the molded product. Specifically, a process for producing a thermoplastic resin composition comprises melt-kneading a mixture of a polyolefin wax (A) which has a passing ratio through a mesh having a sieve opening of 5.66 mm? of 95% by weight or more, and a non-passing ratio through a mesh having a sieve opening of 2.00 mm? of 95% by weight or more, and is in the particle form, and a thermoplastic resin (B), a molded product, which is excellent in physical properties such as blocking property and mechanical properties, obtained from the thermoplastic resin composition and a process for producing the molded product are provided.

Abstract: [Object] Disclosed is to provide a process for producing a molded article of polyethylene excellent in mechanical properties while the productivity at the time of T-die molding is improved, and a process for producing a secondary molded article by vacuum molding of the molded article with high formability. [Means to Solve the Problems] A process for producing a molded article by T-die molding of a mixture comprising a polyolefinic resin and a polyethylene wax, the polyethylene wax having a density of 880 to 980 (kg/m3) as measured by a density gradient tube method in accordance with JIS K7112 and a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 to 4,000 in terms of polyethylene as determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and satisfying the relationship shown by the following expression (I): B?0.

Abstract: [Object]Disclosed is to provide a process for producing a film by using a raw material comprising a polyethylene having a density of 900 to 980 kg/m3 or a polypropylene, whereby improving the productivity at the time of producing the film by a stretch molding. Further the film is obtained without impairing the optical characteristics and mechanical characteristics, which are intrinsic characteristics of polyethylene or polypropylene. [Solving Means]A process for producing a film by a stretch molding of a mixture comprising a polyethylene and a polyethylene wax, the polyethylene having a density of 900 to 980 kg/m3 and an MI of 0.01 to 100 g/10-minutes as measured at 190° C. and a testing load of 21.18 N in accordance with JIS K7210 or a polypropylene, and the polyethylene wax having a density of 890 to 980 kg/m3 and a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 to 4,000 as measured by the gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and satisfying the relationship shown by the following equation (I). B?0.

Abstract: A process for producing a molded product by inflation molding, which is improved in productivity in molding and can give a molded product not impaired in properties inherent in polyethylene, wherein a molded product is produced by inflation molding using a mixture comprising polyethylene having a density of 900 to 980 (kg/m3) and a polyethylene wax having a density of 890 to 980 (kg/m3) and a number-average molecular weight (Mn), as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), of 500 to 4,000 in terms of polyethylene and satisfying a relationship represented by the following formula (I): B?0.0075×K??(I) wherein B is a content (% by weight) of a component having a molecular weight, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, of not less than 20,000 in terms of polyethylene, in the polyethylene wax, and K is a melt viscosity (mPa·s) of the polyethylene wax at 140° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing an injection molded product comprising injection molding a mixture containing a thermoplastic resin (A) and a polyolefin wax (B), wherein the mixture has L/L0?1.05, the L being a flow length in the case where the mixture contains the polyolefin wax and the L0 being a flow length in the case where the mixture contains no polyolefin wax, the L and L0 being measured under the conditions of a mold temperature of 40° C. and a resin temperature, Tr, as determined by the following expression: Tr=3/4×Tm+100 (wherein Tm represents a melting temperature (° C.) of the thermoplastic resin), using a spiral flow mold having a thickness of 1 mm and a width of 10 mm.