Abstract: An on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor including a support, and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2) (in Formula (1) and (2), Ra1 and Ra2 represent an alkyl group, Rb1 and Rb3 represent an alkyl group, Rb2 and Rb4 represent an alkyl group, and EDG's each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an electron-donating group, provided that at least one of the four EDG's in Formula (1) represents an electron-donating group).

Abstract: An endoscope include an image sensor having an imaging surface and a lens adhered to the imaging surface by an adhesive and imaging light on the image sensor. The lens includes a light incident surface extending in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction of the lens, a back surface parallel to the light incident surface and facing the imaging surface, a recess having an opening disposed in the back surface and an in-lens space disposed between the opening and the light incident surface, the recess being recessed from the opening toward the light incident surface, an emission portion disposed in the in-lens space and emitting light from the light incident surface to the imaging surface, a frame portion disposed around the opening in the back surface, and a protrusion protruding from the frame portion in the optical axis direction and abutting on the imaging surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coated particles in which vegetable wax is provided on the surface of starch particles. The coated particles have an average particle diameter d1 of 0.5 to 20 ?m and a maximum particle diameter d2 being less than 30 ?m and less than 4.0 times the average particle diameter d1. The vegetable wax is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 wt % in the coated particles. Accordingly, particles having excellent feel characteristics and water repellency can be achieved with a natural material having excellent biodegradability. A method for producing coated particles includes: a step of preparing a dispersion that contains 1 to 20 wt % of starch particles; a step of adding vegetable wax to the dispersion and heating and cooling the mixture to precipitate the vegetable wax on the surface of the starch particles; and a step of subjecting this dispersion to solid-liquid separation to obtain coated particles as a solid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coated particles in which vegetable wax is provided on the surface of starch particles. The coated particles have an average particle diameter d1 of 0.5 to 20 ?m and a maximum particle diameter d2 being less than 30 ?m and less than 4.0 times the average particle diameter d1. The vegetable wax is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 wt % in the coated particles. Accordingly, particles having excellent feel characteristics and water repellency can be achieved with a natural material having excellent biodegradability. A method for producing coated particles includes: a step of preparing a dispersion that contains 1 to 20 wt % of starch particles; a step of adding vegetable wax to the dispersion and heating and cooling the mixture to precipitate the vegetable wax on the surface of the starch particles; and a step of subjecting this dispersion to solid-liquid separation to obtain coated particles as a solid.

Abstract: The porous-cellulose particles according to the present invention are constituted by gathered crystalline celluloses having a type I crystal form including a glucose molecule as a constitutional unit. That is, porous-cellulose particles having high sphericity have been achieved from a natural raw material. The porous-cellulose particles have an average particle diameter of 0.5 to less than 50 ?m, a specific surface area of 50 to 1000 m2/g, and a sphericity of 0.85 or more. Cosmetic products containing such porous-cellulose particles have excellent texture properties.

Abstract: There is provided a spherical organic-inorganic composite particle having good biodegradability. The organic-inorganic composite particle according to the present invention includes 1 to 79% by weight of a silica component and 21 to 99% by weight of a biodegradable plastic. The organic-inorganic composite particle has an average particle diameter d1 of 0.5 to 25 ?m, a true density of 1.03 to 2.00 g/cm3, and a sphericity of 0.80 or more. A cosmetic product including the organic-inorganic composite particle having such properties has excellent texture properties.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a zirconia-coated titanium oxide fine particle dispersion which includes (1) a step of preparing a dispersion (1) of titanium oxide fine particles, (2) a step of adding, to the dispersion (1), 1 to 50 parts by mass of an aqueous peroxozirconic acid solution in terms of the mass of ZrO2 per 100 parts by mass of the titanium oxide fine particles, and then aging reaction fine particles (2a) obtained as a result of a reaction between the titanium oxide fine particles and the peroxozirconic acid to thereby obtain a dispersion (2) of a zirconia-coated titanium oxide fine particle precursor (2b), and (3) a step of adjusting the dispersion (2) to have a solid concentration of 0.01 to 10 mass % and then hydrothermally treating the resulting dispersion (2).

Abstract: Particles having excellent touch properties are achieved with a water-soluble material having excellent biodegradability. Particles according to the present invention contain a starch having an amylopectin content of 90% by weight or more. The average particle diameter d1 of the panicles is 0.5 to 20 ?m, and the maximum particle diameter d2 is less than 30 ?m while being within 3.0 times the average particle diameter.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory storing, in an associated form, part identification information and information on at least one drawing; and a processor configured to receive an image of a drawing, read part identification information from the image, retrieve from the memory the information on the at least one drawing associated with the part identification information read from the image, extract a feature from the image, evaluate a quality of the received drawing by inputting the extracted information on the at least one drawing and the feature to artificial intelligence that has learned to evaluate drawings through machine learning, and display evaluation results of the received drawing on a display.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to analyze an obtained document, the processor being configured to: obtain plural documents where information to be shared by plural participants is recorded; calculate a degree of similarity in details in units of blocks between different documents, the blocks being blocks of sentences included in the documents; determine an execution order of executing work of sharing details of each of the blocks on the basis of the degree of similarity; and allocate work time for performing the work of sharing details of each of the blocks on the basis of a number of characters in each of the blocks.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive a first process result as a result of a character recognition process performed on a first document and a second process result as a result of the character recognition process performed on a second document, calculate a cosine similarity in accordance with first position information on multiple specific characters present in the first document and detected in the first process result and second position information on the multiple specific characters present in the second document and detected in the second process result, and if the calculated cosine similarity is equal to or above a predetermined threshold, determine that the first document is identical in format to the second document.

Abstract: Provided is a repellent material capable of maintaining a stable repelling effect for a long period of time. A pest repellent material of the present invention includes porous particles including primary particles forming pores and aggregating, and an insect repellent component present in the pores. The primary particles contain silica as a component, and in an infrared absorption spectrum of the pest repellent material, a ratio (I1/I2) of the maximum absorbance (I1) at 3730 to 3750 cm?1 to the maximum absorbance (I2) at 1160 to 1260 cm?1 is 0.005 or less. A contact angle of the porous particles with water is greater than 90°, and the contact angle of the porous particles with the insect repellent component is 1° to 90°. It is preferred that 2 to 5 ml of the insect repellent component is contained based on 1 gram of the porous particles.

Abstract: The porous-cellulose particles according to the present invention are constituted by gathered crystalline celluloses having a type I crystal form including a glucose molecule as a constitutional unit. That is, porous-cellulose particles having high sphericity have been achieved from a natural raw material. The porous-cellulose particles have an average particle diameter of 0.5 to less than 50 ?m, a specific surface area of 50 to 1000 m2/g, and a sphericity of 0.85 or more. Cosmetic products containing such porous-cellulose particles have excellent texture properties.

Abstract: The hollow particles according to the present invention has a balloon structure which includes a cavity inside a shell, and include convex portions with a size of 3 to 100 nm on the surface. The particles have a true specific gravity of 0.3 to 3.0 g/cm3, a specific surface area (m2/cm3) per unit volume calculated by a BET method of not less than 0.5 and less than 60, and an average particle diameter (d1) of 1 to 20 ?m. Cosmetics containing such hollow particles have a soft texture property similar to plastic beads.

Abstract: Provided is a repellent material capable of maintaining a stable repelling effect for a long period of time. A pest repellent material of the present invention includes porous particles including primary particles forming pores and aggregating, and an insect repellent component present in the pores. The primary particles contain silica as a component, and in an infrared absorption spectrum of the pest repellent material, a ratio (I1/I2) of the maximum absorbance (I1) at 3730 to 3750 cm?1 to the maximum absorbance (I2) at 1160 to 1260 cm?1 is 0.005 or less. A contact angle of the porous particles with water is greater than 90°, and the contact angle of the porous particles with the insect repellent component is 1° to 90°. It is preferred that 2 to 5 ml of the insect repellent component is contained based on 1 gram of the porous particles.

Abstract: A document checking system includes a processor configured to analyze a result of checking a document, and a memory configured to store a database that holds the analyzed check result. The processor is configured to: acquire checked documents that are generated by plural checkers individually checking the document; extract (i) notes added by the checkers to the checked documents and (ii) marks specifying descriptions related to the notes in the checked documents; when check information including information on the note and the mark on each extracted checked document satisfies a predetermined condition, determine a check result and register the determined check result in the database; and when the check information does not satisfy the condition, notify an administrator of the check result, determine the check result based on a determination result made by the administrator and register the determined check result in the database.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to analyze an obtained document, the processor being configured to: obtain plural documents where information to be shared by plural participants is recorded; calculate a degree of similarity in details in units of blocks between different documents, the blocks being blocks of sentences included in the documents; determine an execution order of executing work of sharing details of each of the blocks on the basis of the degree of similarity; and allocate work time for performing the work of sharing details of each of the blocks on the basis of a number of characters in each of the blocks.

Abstract: There is provided a pest repellent composition which enables stable repellent effects to persist for an extended period. The pest repellent composition includes a pest repellent component, a solvent, and a porous particle. The porous particle is formed with primary particles aggregated to define pores. The primary particle contains silica component. In an infrared absorption spectrum of the porous particle, a ratio (I1/I2) between a maximum absorbance I1 at 3730 to 3750 cm?1 and a maximum absorbance I2 at 1160 to 1260 cm?1 is 0.005 or less. Furthermore, the porous particle preferably has a pore volume PV ranging from more than 1.0 to 5.0 mL/g and an average pore diameter PD ranging from 0.005 to 0.5 ?m.

Abstract: There is provided a spherical organic-inorganic composite particle having good biodegradability. The organic-inorganic composite particle according to the present invention includes 1 to 79% by weight of a silica component and 21 to 99% by weight of a biodegradable plastic. The organic-inorganic composite particle has an average particle diameter d1 of 0.5 to 25 ?m, a true density of 1.03 to 2.00 g/cm3, and a sphericity of 0.80 or more. A cosmetic product including the organic-inorganic composite particle having such properties has excellent texture properties.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit that generates plural candidates having different relationships of allocation to plural groups in a case where a relationship in which all prospective participants are allocated to the plural groups is set as a single candidate, a calculation unit that calculates the extent of being similar to plural groups used in each execution of the past group activity for each execution of group activity with respect to each of the plural generated candidates, and a determination unit that determines a candidate used in the present group activity from among the plural generated candidates except a candidate having the highest extent of being similar to each execution of group activity.