Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet for laminating on a base having a thermal conductivity of less than 0.1 W/(m·K) on a side to which the decorative sheet is bonded, wherein (1) the decorative sheet comprises non-halogen-based thermoplastic resin-containing layers, (2) at least one of the non-halogen-based thermoplastic resin-containing layers is a layer containing a non-halogen-based flame retardant, (3) the total thickness (?m) of the non-halogen-based thermoplastic resin-containing layers is referred to as x, and the percentage (mass %) of the total mass of the non-halogen-based flame retardant in the non-halogen-based thermoplastic resin-containing layers in 100 mass % of the total mass of the non-halogen-based thermoplastic resin-containing layers is referred to as y, and x and y satisfy the following equation (I), y?0.00008x2+0.016x?2.51??(I), (4) the content of the non-halogen-based flame retardant in each of the layers containing a non-halogen-based flame retardant is 8 mass % or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mirror surface decorative sheet having excellent specularity, excellent surface properties, and excellent processability in which neither springback nor cracking occurs during the processing steps, and a mirror surface decorative plate using this mirror surface decorative sheet. The present invention relates to a mirror surface decorative sheet comprising at least a base sheet and a surface-protecting layer, and having a crack elongation as measured by a predetermined method of 10 to 20%, the base sheet being formed of a polypropylene resin, the base sheet having a thickness of 150 to 500 ?m, and the base sheet having a ten-point mean roughness (Rzjis) of a surface as measured according to JIS B 0601: 2001 of 5 ?m or less, the surface-protecting layer being a cured product of an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition, the surface-protecting layer having a thickness of 7 to 17 ?m.

Abstract: A radio frequency power amplifier includes: a transistor configured to amplify a signal at a selected signal frequency; a first line connected to an output of the transistor and disposed on a printed circuit board; and a second line and a third line branched from a rear stage of the first line and disposed on the printed circuit board. The second line is configured to set impedance for the selected signal frequency or a double-wave frequency of the selected signal frequency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mirror surface decorative sheet having excellent specularity, excellent surface properties, and excellent processability in which neither springback nor cracking occurs during the processing steps, and a mirror surface decorative plate using this mirror surface decorative sheet. The present invention relates to a mirror surface decorative sheet comprising at least a base sheet and a surface-protecting layer, and having a crack elongation as measured by a predetermined method of 10 to 20%, the base sheet being formed of a polypropylene resin, the base sheet having a thickness of 150 to 500 ?m, and the base sheet having a ten-point mean roughness (Rzjis) of a surface as measured according to JIS B 0601: 2001 of 5 ?m or less, the surface-protecting layer being a cured product of an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition, the surface-protecting layer having a thickness of 7 to 17 ?m.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation catalyst for naphthenic hydrocarbons excellent in dehydrogenation activity is provided. One aspect of a dehydrogenation catalyst for naphthenic hydrocarbons according to the present invention comprises a carrier containing aluminum oxide; platinum; and a group 3 metal.

Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst for an aromatic hydrocarbon capable of inhibiting generation of a byproduct is provided. A hydrogenation catalyst for an aromatic hydrocarbon according to one aspect of the present invention comprises an active component containing an active metal element and an additional element, the active metal element is one selected from the group consisting of nickel, palladium and platinum, the additional element is one selected from the group consisting of tin, germanium, gallium, copper and iron, and an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the active component has a local maximum value at a diffraction angle da different from the diffraction angle dm, where a diffraction angle of diffracted X-ray derived from a crystal structure of a simple substance m of the active metal element is dm.

Abstract: Cetane improver for diesel fuels, characterized in that it comprises at least one ester of stearic acid, selected from the esters of linear or branched monoalcohols containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms: a) added in the pure state to a mixture of at least one vegetable or animal oil ester in crude or partially hydrogenated form b) or else included in a mixture of esters of one or more vegetable and/or animal oils, in crude or partially hydrogenated form, the mixtures of saturated or unsaturated esters being such that the ratio by mass of the amount of stearic ester(s) to the total sum of the amounts of unsaturated esters present in the vegetable or animal oil esters varies from 1% to 12%, and the unsaturated fatty acid esters being esters of mono or polyunsaturated acids containing at least 18 carbon atoms with monoalcohols.

Abstract: A high-strength composition iron powder is prepared by mixing an iron base powder with 0.5 to 3.0 mass % of an Fe—Mn powder having a particle diameter of 45 ?m or less and a Mn content in the range of 60 to 90 mass %, 1.0 to 3.0 mass % of a Cu powder, 0.3 to 1.0 mass % of a graphite powder, and 0.4 to 1.2 mass % of a powder lubricant for die-forming while adjusting the ratio of the amount of Mn contained in the Fe—Mn powder to the amount of the Cu powder in the range of 0.1 to 1. The high-strength composition iron powder is press-formed and sintered at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of Cu to produce a high-strength sintered part having a tensile strength of 580 MPa or higher without using expensive alloying elements such as Ni and Mo.

Abstract: Cetane improver for diesel fuels, characterized in that it comprises at least one ester of stearic acid, selected from the esters of linear or branched monoalcohols containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms: a) added in the pure state to a mixture of at least one vegetable or animal oil ester in crude or partially hydrogenated form b) or else included in a mixture of esters of one or more vegetable and/or animal oils, in crude or partially hydrogenated form, the mixtures of saturated or unsaturated esters being such that the ratio by mass of the amount of stearic ester(s) to the total sum of the amounts of unsaturated esters present in the vegetable or animal oil esters varies from 1% to 12%, and the unsaturated fatty acid esters being esters of mono or polyunsaturated acids containing at least 18 carbon atoms with monoalcohols.

Abstract: A high-strength composition iron powder is prepared by mixing an iron base powder with 0.5 to 3.0 mass % of an Fe—Mn powder having a particle diameter of 45 ?m or less and a Mn content in the range of 60 to 90 mass %, 1.0 to 3.0 mass % of a Cu powder, 0.3 to 1.0 mass % of a graphite powder, and 0.4 to 1.2 mass % of a powder lubricant for die-forming while adjusting the ratio of the amount of Mn contained in the Fe—Mn powder to the amount of the Cu powder in the range of 0.1 to 1. The high-strength composition iron powder is press-formed and sintered at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of Cu to produce a high-strength sintered part having a tensile strength of 580 MPa or higher without using expensive alloying elements such as Ni and Mo.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of an ester by transesterification allows the transesterification reaction to proceed within a short reaction time and under a pressure of the order of normal pressure. It was found that transesterification proceeds when a starting material ester and an alcohol are brought into contact with a catalyst comprising (A) an amorphous zirconium oxide and (B) an oxide of a Group II element, an oxide of a Group V element, and/or an oxide of a Group IV element other than zirconium and hafnium. In this method, it is preferred that the starting material ester in a liquid-phase state and the alcohol in a vapor-phase state be brought into contact with a solid acid catalyst comprising the above components (A) and (B), the starting material ester be an oil or fat, and the alcohol be methanol or ethanol. An oxide of titanium, silicon, germanium, or tin is the preferred oxide of the Group IV element other than zirconium and hafnium.

Abstract: An amplifier apparatus for providing a pre-distortion to perform a distortion compensation, wherein even if the frequency of occurrence of levels around the input signal peak is small, a distortion compensation table is efficiently updated so as to improve the performance of the distortion compensation. The compensation values of a distortion compensation table (2) are divided into a first group of compensation values corresponding to large input levels that lead to large output distortions and a second group of compensation values corresponding to the other small input levels. If a level detected by a level detecting part (1) exceeds a threshold value, a control part (5) updates the first group of compensation values. Otherwise, the control part (5) updates the second group of compensation values.

Abstract: Cetane improver for diesel fuels, characterized in that it comprises at least one ester of stearic acid, selected from the esters of linear or branched monoalcohols containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms: a) added in the pure state to a mixture of at least one vegetable or animal oil ester in crude or partially hydrogenated form b) or else included in a mixture of esters of one or more vegetable and/or animal oils, in crude or partially hydrogenated form, the mixtures of saturated or unsaturated esters being such that the ratio by mass of the amount of stearic ester(s) to the total sum of the amounts of unsaturated esters present in the vegetable or animal oil esters varies from 1% to 12%, and the unsaturated fatty acid esters being esters of mono or polyunsaturated acids containing at least 18 carbon atoms with monoalcohols.

Abstract: An object is to provide a sulfated tin oxide catalyst with strong catalytic activity, and a method for preparation thereof. It was discovered that in the preparation of a solid acid catalyst containing tin, stronger solid acid properties than before could be achieved by preparing a support comprising a crystalline tin oxide, preferably metastannic acid, bringing this support into contact with organic acid ions, then bringing it into contact with a sulfate group-containing compound, and then calcining it. The solid acid catalyst of the present invention has a tin content of 30% or more by weight as metal in the catalyst, a sulfate group supported thereon and an argon adsorption heat of more than 30 kJ/mol, and is used in acid-catalytic reactions.

Abstract: In an amplifying apparatus performing distortion compensation by imparting pre-distortion, a table for distortion compensation is efficiently updated for improving the accuracy of distortion compensation even when the frequency of occurrences of levels near a peak of an input signal is low. Compensation values in a distortion compensation table 2 are divided into a first group of compensation values associated with great input levels resulting in great distortion of output and a second group of compensation values associated with other small input levels. A control unit 5 updates the first group of compensation values when a level detected by a level detecting unit 1 is equal to or greater than a threshold and updates the second group of compensation values when the level is equal to or smaller than the threshold.

Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a method for producing an ester by a transesterification reaction in which the reaction can be stably performed in a short time at a pressure approximately equal to normal pressure. The ester is produced by a transesterification reaction in which a starting material ester and an alcohol are brought into contact with a solid acid catalyst that displays the characteristics of a very strong acid in terms of the absolute value of argon adsorption heat ranging from 15 to 22 kJ/mol. In particular, it is preferable that the starting material ester in a liquid phase and alcohol in a vapor phase be brought into contact with the solid acid catalyst, and that the starting material ester be oil or fat, and the alcohol be methanol or ethanol.

Abstract: An information recording and reproduction apparatus has a turbo decoder that decodes turbo encoded data. The turbo decoder has a number of likelihood ratio calculation units, forward direction path probability calculation units the number of which is less than the number of the likelihood ratio calculation units, and backward direction path probability calculation units the number of which is less than the number of the likelihood ratio calculation units. The likelihood ratio calculation units calculate in parallel the likelihood ratio for each of a plurality of data blocks. The forward direction path probability calculation units time-divisionally calculate probabilities of the forward direction paths for the data blocks. The backward direction path probability calculation units time-divisionally calculate probabilities of the backward direction paths for the data blocks.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for the manufacture of an ester by transesterification, this method allowing the transesterification to proceed within a short reaction time and under a pressure of the order of normal pressure. It was found that transesterification proceeds when a starting material ester and an alcohol are brought into contact with a catalyst comprising (A) an amorphous zirconium oxide and (B) an oxide of Group III element, an oxide of Group V element, and/or an oxide of Group IV element other than zirconium and hafnium. In this method, it is preferred that the starting material ester in a liquid-phase state and the alcohol in a vapor-phase state be brought into contact with a solid acid catalyst comprising the above components (A) and (B), the starting material ester be an oil or fat, and the alcohol be methanol or ethanol. An oxide of titanium, silicon., germanium, or tin is the preferred oxide of Group IV element other than zirconium and hafnium.

Abstract: An object is to provide a sulfated tin oxide catalyst with strong catalytic activity, and a method for preparation thereof. It was discovered that in the preparation of a solid acid catalyst containing tin, stronger solid acid properties than before could be achieved by preparing a support comprising a crystalline tin oxide, preferably metastannic acid, bringing this support into contact with organic acid ions, then bringing it into contact with a sulfate group-containing compound, and then calcining it. The solid acid catalyst of the present invention has a tin content of 30% or more by weight as metal in the catalyst, a sulfate group supported thereon and an argon adsorption heat of more than 30 kJ/mol, and is used in acid-catalytic reactions.

Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a method for producing an ester by a transesterification reaction in which the reaction can be stably performed in a short time at a pressure approximately equal to normal pressure. The ester is produced by a transesterification reaction in which a starting material ester and an alcohol are brought into contact with a solid acid catalyst that displays the characteristics of a very strong acid in terms of the absolute value of argon adsorption heat ranging from 15 to 22 kJ/mol. In particular, it is preferable that the starting material ester in a liquid phase and alcohol in a vapor phase be brought into contact with the solid acid catalyst, and that the starting material ester be oil or fat, and the alcohol be methanol or ethanol.