Abstract: The invention provides an ink set including an ink containing at least a coloring material, and a treatment liquid including at least one first aggregating agent selected from the following group (A) and at least one second aggregating agent selected from the following group (B), which is different from the group (A): (A) orthophosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, hypophosphorous acid, pyrophosphoric acid, tartaric acid and salts thereof; and (B) an organic acid having a first dissociation constant pKa of 3.2 or less, or a salt thereof (b-1), an inorganic acid or a salt thereof (b-2), and a polyvalent metal salt (b-3).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a note PC has a disk drive connected to a system board via a connector. A power receive coil is attached to the disk drive. Power produced by the power receive coil as a result of excitation of a power feed coil is fed to a power supply control circuit via an unused pin of the connector.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a note PC has a disk drive connected to a system board via a connector. A power receive coil is attached to the disk drive. Power produced by the power receive coil as a result of excitation of a power feed coil is fed to a power supply control circuit via an unused pin of the connector.

Abstract: Breather mechanism includes a breather passage opening into a crankcase, a breather chamber communicating with the crankcase via the breather passage, and a valve provided in the breather chamber and openable to allow blow-by gas to flow from the crankcase into the breather chamber once inner pressure of the crankcase exceeds a predetermined value. When the engine is placed in a laterally laid-down position, entry, into the breather chamber, of lubricating oil is prevented by the breather passage. When the engine is placed in a vertically upright position, an outlet end portion of the breather passage is located above an inlet end portion of the breather passage.

Abstract: The invention provides a maintenance liquid, containing water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and at least one of a water-soluble silicate represented by Formula (1) or colloidal silica: xM2O.ySiO2,??Formula (1) wherein, in Formula (1), M represents K or Na, x represents 1 or 2, and y represents an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: An ink composition, includes: water-insoluble polymer particles comprising a colorant and a water-insoluble polymer; and a compound represented by the following Formula (A), wherein the content of free polymer derived from the water-insoluble polymer is 1.0% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the ink composition: wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms; R3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 may be the same as or different from each other, but R1 and R2 do not both represent a hydrogen atom at the same time; R1 to R3 may each have a substituent; m and n each independently represent an average addition mole number of AO of from 0 to 30; and AO represents an alkylene oxy group.

Abstract: An ink composition includes a wetting agent and water-insoluble polymer particles including a colorant and a water-insoluble polymer, wherein the content of free polymer derived from the water-insoluble polymer is 1.0% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the ink composition, and the wetting agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of urea, a urea derivative, a pyrrolidone derivative, an alkyl glycine represented by the following Formula 1, glycyl betaine and a sugar: (Formula 1) R1R2NCH2COOM wherein in Formula 1, R1 and R2 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom or an alkaline earth metal atom.

Abstract: A nonaqueous ink, having: colorant particles, the colorant particles having an average particle diameter of 1 nm or more and less than 50 nm, and the value (D90?D10) of being 100 nm or less, a dispersant; and a cationically-polymerizable compound; wherein D90?D10 is a value obtained by subtracting D10 from D90; D90 and D10 represent respectively the particle diameters at cumulative colorant particle numbers of 0.9 (90 number %) and 0.1 (10 number %) in an integral value of the distribution function dG=F(D)dD; and G represents the number of the pigment particles; and D represents the diameter of the particles.

Abstract: A water-insoluble colorant dispersion, containing water; a polymer having at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units represented by the following formula (1) or (2); and water-insoluble colorant particles, each of the particles containing at least two kinds of pigments; wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; any one of R2 to R5 represents a single bond to bind to W, and the others each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; J represents —CO—, —COO—, —CONR10, —OCO—, or a methylene group, a phenylene group, or —C6H4CO—; R10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; W represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; A1 represents a heterocyclic group; Q1 represents a group of atoms which is necessary for forming a ring together with a carbon atom.

Abstract: A water-insoluble colorant dispersion, having: fine particles of a water-insoluble colorant, each of the fine particles containing at least two kinds of colorant; and a polymer compound having at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of repeating units represented by the following Formula (1) and (2); wherein, R6 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X? is an anion group balancing with the cation electric charge on the nitrogen atom; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; J represents a specific divalent linking, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; W represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; R9 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Q2 represents a group of atoms which is necessary for forming an unsaturated ring together with a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom.

Abstract: A nonaqueous ink, having: colorant particles, the colorant particles having an average particle diameter of 1 nm or more and less than 50 nm, and the value (D90-D10) of being 100 nm or less, a dispersant; and a radical-polymerization compound; wherein D90-D10 is a value obtained by subtracting D10 from D90; D90 and D10 represent respectively the particle diameters at cumulative colorant particle numbers of 0.9 (90 number %) and 0.1 (10 number %) in an integral value of the distribution function dG=F(D)dD; and G represents the number of the pigment particles; and D represents the diameter of the particles.

Abstract: A dispersion of a water-insoluble colorant, having: fine particles of at least one kind of water-insoluble colorant dispersed in a water-containing medium; and a polymer compound or surfactant having a structural unit represented by formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; one of R2 to R5 represents a single bond which bonds to W, and the others each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Q represents a group of atoms necessary for forming, with the carbon atoms, a ring; J represents —CO—, —COO—, —CONR6—, ?OCO—, a methylene group, a phenylene group, or —C6H4CO—; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; W represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for the prevention or treatment of a thrombus- or embolus-associated disease, which comprises, as active ingredients to be applied in combination, at least one selected from the group consisting of clopidogrel and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and at least one selected from the group consisting of icosapentaenoic acid as well as its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters.

Abstract: A water-insoluble colorant dispersion, containing fine particles of a water-insoluble colorant, a polymer dispersant having a cationic group and an acid group, an aqueous medium and a phase transfer base.

Abstract: A dispersion of a water-insoluble colorant containing: a medium containing water; fine particles of the water-insoluble colorant; and a polymer compound or a surfactant that includes at least one kind of electron-withdrawing group or group of atoms represented by any one of formulae (I) to (IV) as its hydrophilic part: wherein at least one of X1 and X2 represents an electron-withdrawing linking group on the condition that when at least one of X1 and X2 is not the linking group, the at least one of X1 and X2 represents an electron-withdrawing substituent; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and M represents a hydrogen atom or a metal atom.

Abstract: An ink for ink-jet recording is provided. The ink for ink-jet recording includes colorant particles containing a colorant and a dispersing agent, and a polymer compound capable of forming a crosslinking bond by application of an active energy ray, wherein the dispersion average particle diameter of the colorant particles is from 1 nm to 50 nm, and a value represented by a formula (D90-D10) is 100 nm or less. In the formula (D90-D10), D90 and D10 represent, respectively, a particle diameter at which an integrated value of a particle diameter distribution function of the colorant particles which is represented by a formula dG=F(D)dD is 0.9 of the total number of colorant particles (90% by number), and 0.1 of the total number of colorant particles (10% by number), wherein G represents the number of particles, and D represents a particle diameter.

Abstract: A recording liquid is provided. The recording liquid includes particles A including a water-insoluble colorant and a compound containing a hydrophilic group, the particles A having a dispersion average particle diameter from 5 to 50 nm; and a self-dispersible polymer particles B including a constituent unit derived from an aromatic group-containing acrylate monomer.

Abstract: A water-insoluble colorant dispersion prepared by a production method including a step of codissolving a water-insoluble colorant and a polymer compound having one or more acid groups selected from carboxylic acid group, sulfonic acid group and phosphoric acid group as hydrophilic group in an organic solvent in the presence of a phase-transfer base represented by the Formula (I) or (II), and mixing the obtained solution with an aqueous medium; characterized by containing water-insoluble colorant fine particles, a polymer compound having one or more acid groups selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid group, sulfonic acid group and phosphoric acid group as hydrophilic group, an aqueous medium, and a phase-transfer base represented by the Formula (I) or (II): wherein R1 to R5 each independently represents a methyl, ethyl or propyl group, n represents an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: In order to suppress freezing of a water content within a breather tube, a heater (13) is arranged within a breather tube (11) joining a cylinder head cover (10) and an air cleaner (8). A main body of the breather tube (11) is constituted by a joint tube (18) arranged in a middle, and partial tubes (22, 23) connected to both ends thereof. The heater (13) has a heating element (14) corresponding to a heating element, and has a heater case (21) accommodating the heating element (14) in a state of being pinched by electrodes (15), and is arranged in a center portion of the joint 18. A slot (18a) for inserting the heater (13) is formed in the joint tube 18. A heat radiating body (20) extended along the breather tube (11) is joined to the heater case (21). An outer peripheral portion of the breather tube (11) is covered by an insulative outer tube (24).

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion, having particles of a water-insoluble colorant containing at least one pigment, with the particles being dispersed in a medium containing therein both water and a dispersing agent, wherein the water-insoluble colorant has a crystalline structure, and an average particle diameter of the particles is in the range of from 5 nm to 40 nm, and a monodispersity of the particles is 1.5 or less.