Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition that can cure rapidly without using a tin-based curing catalyst and that can form a cured product having excellent mechanical properties, such as elongation at break and breaking strength, and provides a curable composition with high adhesion. A curable composition of the present invention is a curable composition containing a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) which is a polymer of a polymerizable monomer component containing 20% by mass or more of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (a1) having an alkyl group with 8 to 12 carbon atoms. The (meth)acrylic polymer (A) is a polymer that has a group represented by a specified formula, that contains 1,500 ppm or more of a silicon element, and that has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of more than 10,000.

Abstract: Provided is a curable composition which can form a cured product having good balance between mechanical properties, such as elongation at break and breaking strength, and weatherability, and which has excellent storage stability. A curable composition contains a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) which is a polymer of starting components including a polymerizable monomer containing 20% by mass or more of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (a1) having an alkyl group with 8 to 12 carbon atoms, and a mercapto group-containing compound (a10) having a group represented by a specific formula (1) in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable monomer; and a polymer (B) having a group represented by a specific formula (2) and having a polyether skeleton in the main chain thereof.

Abstract: Parallel laser light beams are irradiated from different positions into a telescope. Beams of laser light are incident on a secondary minor attitude detection minor from different locations. Laser light detectors detect each beam of laser light reflected by the secondary minor attitude detection minor. A first attitude calculator determines an amount of attitude variation of a secondary minor based on a result detected by the laser light detectors. The laser light detectors detect each beam of the laser light reflected by the primary minor and the secondary minor after entering the telescope. A second attitude calculator determines an amount of attitude variation of the primary minor based on a result detected by the laser light detectors and the result detected by the laser light detectors.

Abstract: A pointing axis estimation apparatus capable of removing pointing axis variations caused by factors other than pointing axis variations of a telescope, thereby estimating true pointing axis variations of the telescope. The pointing axis estimation apparatus includes: a laser light source-unit attitude detector for calculating translational and rotational displacements of a laser light source unit; an optical axis detection-unit attitude detector for calculating translational and rotational displacements of an optical axis detection unit; a pointing axis calculator for calculating a pointing axis based on information from an optical axis variation detector; and a pointing axis variation estimator for calculating a true pointing axis variation of a telescope based on displacement data output from the detectors and the calculator.

Abstract: Parallel laser light beams are irradiated from different positions into a telescope. Beams of laser light are incident on a secondary mirror attitude detection mirror from different locations. Laser light detectors detect each beam of laser light reflected by the secondary mirror attitude detection mirror. A first attitude calculator determines an amount of attitude variation of a secondary mirror based on a result detected by the laser light detectors. The laser light detectors detect each beam of the laser light reflected by the primary mirror and the secondary mirror after entering the telescope. A second attitude calculator determines an amount of attitude variation of the primary mirror based on a result detected by the laser light detectors and the result detected by the laser light detectors.

Abstract: The laminate of an embodiment is a laminate including an antireflection film and a protection film bonded onto the antireflection film, wherein the surface of the antireflection film includes a plurality of protrusions; the protection film includes a supporting film and an adhesive layer; the adhesive layer includes an adhesive agent, a copolymer, and a carboxyl group-containing monomer; the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is 1000000 or more and 2000000 or less; the copolymer includes the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester with the alkyl group having 4 or less carbon atoms in the largest weight proportion among the monomer components; the acid number of the copolymer is 16 mg KOH/g or more and 120 mg KOH/g or less; and the mixing amount of the epoxy cross-linking agent in relation to 100 parts by weight of the copolymer is 1.5 parts by weight or more.

Abstract: A pointing axis estimation apparatus capable of removing pointing axis variations caused by factors other than pointing axis variations of a telescope, thereby estimating true pointing axis variations of the telescope. The pointing axis estimation apparatus includes: a laser light source-unit attitude detector for calculating translational and rotational displacements of a laser light source unit; an optical axis detection-unit attitude detector for calculating translational and rotational displacements of an optical axis detection unit; a pointing axis calculator for calculating a pointing axis based on information from an optical axis variation detector; and a pointing axis variation estimator for calculating a true pointing axis variation of a telescope based on displacement data output from the detectors and the calculator.

Abstract: The laminate of an embodiment is a laminate including an antireflection film and a protection film bonded onto the antireflection film, wherein the surface of the antireflection film includes a plurality of protrusions; the protection film includes a supporting film and an adhesive layer; the adhesive layer includes an adhesive agent, a copolymer, and a carboxyl group-containing monomer; the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is 1000000 or more and 2000000 or less; the copolymer includes the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester with the alkyl group having 4 or less carbon atoms in the largest weight proportion among the monomer components; the acid number of the copolymer is 16 mg KOH/g or more and 120 mg KOH/g or less; and the mixing amount of the epoxy cross-linking agent in relation to 100 parts by weight of the copolymer is 1.5 parts by weight or more.

Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising a daidzein-containing substrate and a strain of micro-organism capable of metabolizing daidzein to equol as essential ingredients. This composition is effective in the prevention and alleviation of unidentified clinical syndrome inclusive of menopausal syndrome in middle-aged to elderly women for which no effective means of prevention or alleviation has heretofore been available.

Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising a daidzein-containing substrate and a strain of micro-organism capable of metabolizing daidzein to equol as essential ingredients. This composition is effective in the prevention and alleviation of unidentified clinical syndrome inclusive of menopausal syndrome in middle-aged to elderly women for which no effective means of prevention or alleviation has heretofore been available.

Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising a daidzein-containing substrate and a strain of micro-organism capable of metabolizing daidzein to equol as essential ingredients. This composition is effective in the prevention and alleviation of unidentified clinical syndrome inclusive of menopausal syndrome in middle-aged to elderly women for which no effective means of prevention or alleviation has heretofore been available.

Abstract: The antioxidation food product of the present invention is produced by fermenting a food product containing bacteria having catalase activity, such as Lactobacillus plantarum, in the presence of a manganese-containing natural material. The antioxidation food product has antioxidation activity in viva, including the digestive tract, by simultaneously expressing a superoxide dismutase-like activity and a catalase activity, and is effective for preventing disease caused by active oxygen.

Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising a daidzein-containing substrate and a strain of micro-organism capable of metabolizing daidzein to equol as essential ingredients. This composition is effective in the prevention and alleviation of unidentified clinical syndrome inclusive of menopausal syndrome in middle-aged to elderly women for which no effective means of prevention or alleviation has heretofore been avai lable.

Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising a daidzein-containing substrate and a strain of micro-organism capable of metabolizing daidzein to equol as essential ingredients. This composition is effective in the prevention and alleviation of unidentified clinical syndrome inclusive of menopausal syndrome in middle-aged to elderly woman for which no effective means of prevention or alleviation has heretofore been available.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting liver fat accumulation which comprises administering a conjugated linoleic acid homolog to a mammal or making the mammal ingest it; and a liver fat accumulation inhibitory composition characterized by containing an effective amount of a conjugated linoleic acid homolog together with a support for medicinal preparations or foods. The administration or ingestion of CLA inhibits the total lipid content and the triglyceride content in the liver from increasing, and hence can effectively prevent diseases attributable to fatty liver, such as chronic hepatitis and hepatic cirrhosis.

Abstract: The antioxidation food product of the present invention is a fermented product produced by adding a manganese-containing natural material such as tea and fermenting with bacteria having a catalase activity (e.g. Lactobacillus plantarum). The antioxidation food product has an antioxidation action in the living body including the interior of a digestive tract by expressing a superoxide dismutase-like activity and a catalase activity, simultaneously, and is effective for preventing diseases caused by active oxygen.

Abstract: The antioxidation food product of the present invention is produced by fermenting a food product containing bacteria having catalase activity, such as Lactobacillus plantarum, in the presence of a manganese-containing natural material. The antioxidation food product has antioxidation activity in vivo, including the digestive tract, by simultaneously expressing a superoxide dismutase-like activity and a catalase activity, and is effective for preventing diseases caused by active oxygen.

Abstract: A body fat percentage-lowering, body composition-improving food composition comprising 10-65 weight % of protein, 5-25 weight % of fat, and 15-70 weight % of carbohydrate, all on a dry weight basis, which composition is to be taken before, during, and/or after exercise, particularly after exercise preceding a resting period, and a method for lowering body fat percentage and improving body composition through utilization of the above food composition.

Abstract: A magenta toner, a yellow toner, a cyan toner, and a black toner each for development of an electrostatic latent image ad a combination of the four color toners for obtaining a full color image are disclosed, the magenta toner containing a naphthol type organic pigment represented by formula (I): ##STR1## the yellow toner containing a disazo type organic pigment represented by formula (II): ##STR2## the cyan toner containing a .beta. type copper phthalocyanine pigment and a polychlorocopper phthalocyanine pigment, and the black toner containing at least one of an isoindolinone type yellow pigment and a tetrachloroisoindolinone type yellow pigment, at least one of a quinacridone type red pigment and a perylene type red pigment, and a phthalocyanine type blue pigment. The color toners are unaffected by environmental changes and capable of providing color images having stable characteristics.

Abstract: A color toner composition for an electrostatic developer is disclosed, comprising a cyan pigment, a magenta pigment or a yellow pigment, a binder resin and a negative charging-controlling agent, wherein the binder resin is a vinyl-modified polyester resin as obtained by graft polymerizing.(b) a vinyl monomer component containing an aromatic vinyl monomer and an amino group-containing vinyl monomer to(a) an unsaturated polyester component containing at least aliphatic unsaturated dibasic acid and polyhydric alcohol, said component (a) constituting at least 50% by weight of the vinyl-modified polyester resin and said amino group-containing vinyl monomer constitutes 0.1 to 2% by weight of the vinyl-modified polyester resin.