Abstract: A forming simulation method of an elastic-plastic material, which includes: calculating an element equivalent nodal force vector from stress tensor using a finite element method for one or a plurality of finite elements of a target configuration of the elastic-plastic material; and calculating the total equivalent nodal force vector of areas by integrating the element equivalent nodal force vector for the calculated one or more finite elements over all the areas or specified areas of the elastic-plastic material.

Abstract: Methods may include methods of producing polyester resin composition and methods of producing a polyester resin formed article that make it possible to improve thermal resistance, and to provide the polyester resin composition and the polyester resin formed article. Methods of producing a polyester resin composition may include: a step (I-a) of obtaining a polylactic acid composition (X) containing a polylactic acid (A), pentaerythritol (C), and a silicate (D); and a step (II-a) of mixing the polylactic acid composition (X) with a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (B).

Abstract: A breather chamber for an internal combustion engine wherein the breather chamber has a large size that is formed while an increase in the size of the internal combustion engine is suppressed. The breather chamber of an internal combustion engine includes looped cam chains for transmitting the power of a horizontally disposed crankshaft to camshafts provided in cylinder heads and includes cam chain chambers disposed alongside portions of cylinder block portions which intersect the direction of the crankshaft. The breather chamber is located on a side of a plane formed by a rotation locus of the cam chain in the direction of the crankshaft in the cam chain chamber.

Abstract: A disassembling apparatus that shatters an object by means of pulsed discharge includes a container that can be filled with a liquid, an anode that is disposed within the container, a cathode that is disposed such that the object can be placed so as to straddle the anode and the cathode, object scattering prevention means that encloses an object disassembling region above the anode and the cathode, and a pulsed power supply that applies a high voltage pulse between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition includes: a polylactic acid; a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate); pentaerythritol; and a silicate. In the polyester resin composition, an amount of the polylactic acid is from 55 to 75 parts by weight, and an amount of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (B) is from 25 to 45 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of a total amount of the polylactic acid and the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate); an amount of the pentaerythritol is from 0.05 to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the polylactic acid and the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate); and an amount of the silicate is from 10 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the polylactic acid and the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for assessing embryotoxicity of a chemical comprising: (1) a first step of measuring the expression level of one or more genes selected from among genes each comprising any of the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 78 and 101 to 230 and orthologous genes thereof in a sample from a non-human mammal or mammalian cell which has come into contact with a test chemical; and (2) a second step of comparing the measured value of the expression level of the gene in the sample obtained in the first step with a control value of the expression level of the gene and based on the difference assessing the level of the embryotoxicity of the test chemical in the sample; and so on.

Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotating electrical machine includes a stator, a rotor core having first and second magnet inserting holes, and permanent magnets. A partition wall is defined between a first end of each of the first magnet inserting holes and a second end of the associated one of the second magnet inserting holes. In a section radially outward of the first and second ends, a bulging portion is arranged between a surface extending along the permanent magnet in the magnet inserting hole and a surface of the partition wall. The bulging portion has a first curved surface continuous with the surface of the partition wall and a second curved surface continuous with the surface extending along the permanent magnet in the first magnet inserting hole or the second magnet inserting hole. The curvature of the first curved surface is smaller than the curvature of the second curved surface.

Abstract: A first angle portion where part of a bearing cap side wall portion is cut out and a second angle portion where part of a bearing cap bottom surface portion is cut out are formed in a region (an angle region of a bearing cap) including a part where respective extension portions of the bearing cap side wall portion and the bearing cap bottom surface portion intersect each other, and a gap is provided between the crankcase side wall portion of a journal wall and the first angle portion and between a crankcase bottom surface portion and the second angle portion.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition excellent in processability and productivity, which improves low crystallization rate and improves processability in forming such as injection molding or sheet forming. Provided is a polyester resin composition including a polyester resin (A), a crystallization promoter (B), and pentaerythritol (C).

Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotating electric machine includes a stator, a rotor core, and permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core. The permanent magnets include N-pole magnets, having N-poles opposed to the stator, and S-pole magnets, having S-poles opposed to the stator. The N-pole magnets are arranged adjacent to each other, and the S-pole magnets are arranged adjacent to each other. The outer circumferential portion of the rotor core includes a first N-pole corresponding section corresponding to an N-pole magnet that is not adjacent to an S-pole magnet and is partially wider in the radial direction than a second N-pole corresponding section that corresponds to an N-pole magnet that is adjacent to one of the S-pole magnets.

Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotating electric machine includes a stator, a rotor core including magnet insertion holes, and permanent magnets inserted into the magnet insertion holes and fixed to the rotor core. The permanent magnets include N-pole magnets and S-pole magnets. The N-pole magnets are arranged adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction and form a first set. The S-pole magnets are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction and form a second set. The first set and the second set are arranged along the same circumference. The rotor core includes an outer circumferential portion that includes a groove at a location corresponding to a position between the N-pole magnets and a groove at a location corresponding to a position between the S-pole magnets.

Abstract: There is provided a detection device, including: a non-contact sensor unit that detects a shape of a finger; and a mounting unit that mounts the non-contact sensor unit on a hand at a more distal position than a carpal area. Generation of occlusions may be prevented and operations that utilize a shape of user's fingers may be detected more reliably, while a mounted component and an operating procedure may also be simplified.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve spinnability, productivity, and tensile strength of a polyester fiber containing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate). By spinning the polyester resin containing the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) at a high spinning velocity, the spinnability, productivity, and tensile strength of the polyester fiber can be improved.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve processability in the melt-molding by improving the slowness of crystallization that is a disadvantage of polyhydroxyalkanoate, which is slow to crystallize, and to improve processing speed. Provided is a polyester resin composition including a first polyhydroxyalkanoate and a second polyhydroxyalkanoate, wherein the melting point of the second polyhydroxyalkanoate in the polyester resin composition is observed at a temperature lower than the melting point measured for the second polyhydroxyalkanoate alone.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aliphatic polyester resin composition that simultaneously improves slow crystallization, low impact strength, and low tensile elongation that are the drawbacks of a polyhydroxyalkanoate. The aliphatic polyester resin composition comprises: a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A); a graft copolymer (B); and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the graft copolymer (B) is obtained by graft polymerization of a vinyl-based monomer onto at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of a composite rubber (b1) comprising a polyorganosiloxane component and a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate component, an acrylic rubber (b2), and a diene-based rubber (b3) comprising a diene-based monomer.

Abstract: An object is to improve both slow crystallization and brittleness that are drawbacks of polyhydroxyalkanoates, so that processability in mold processing, such as injection molding, is improved, processing speed is increased, and ductility is imparted to a resulting molded article. Provided is an aliphatic polyester resin composition including a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin (B), and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin (B) has a vinyl acetate content of 65 to 95 wt %, and the polyhydroxyalkanoate (A) and the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin (B) are compatible.

Abstract: A resin composition, which can achieve the crystallization effect of pentaerythritol, is provided with good workability. The resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and pentaerythritol particles (B), wherein 70% or more of the pentaerythritol particles (B) have a particle diameter of 100 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a spot welded joint (10) which includes at least one thin steel plate with a tensile strength of 750 MPa to 1850 MPa and a carbon equivalent Ceq of equal to or more than 0.22 mass % to 0.55 mass % and in which a nugget (3) is formed in an interface of the thin steel plates (1A, 1B). In a nugget outer layer zone, a microstructure consists of a dendrite structure in which an average value of arm intervals is equal to or less than 12 ?m, an average grain diameter of carbides contained in the microstructure is 5 nm to 100 nm, and a number density of carbides is equal to or more than 2×106/mm2.

Abstract: A cover set includes a first cover and a second cover. The first cover and the second cover have device fitting parts that have the same shape and size. A peripheral device is fitted in the device fitting parts. The first cover and the second cover have terminal fitting parts that have different shapes and sizes. A first mobile information terminal having a large size is fitted in the terminal fitting part of the first cover. Another mobile information terminal having a small size is fitted in the terminal fitting part of the second cover. This allows a user to select a mobile information terminal that is used together with the peripheral device as appropriate.

Abstract: A cover set includes a first cover and a second cover. The first cover and the second cover have device fitting parts that have the same shape and size. A peripheral device is fitted in the device fitting parts. The first cover and the second cover have terminal fitting parts that have different shapes and sizes. A first mobile information terminal having a large size is fitted in the terminal fitting part of the first cover. Another mobile information terminal having a small size is fitted in the terminal fitting part of the second cover. This allows a user to select a mobile information terminal that is used together with the peripheral device as appropriate.