Abstract: Provided are a functional film capable of efficiently adsorbing and decomposing ethylene, a functional container, and a method for retaining freshness of a plant or a food. The functional film of the present invention is obtained in the following manner: a substance having a catalytic capability of decomposing ethylene is added in a plastic film material having an ethylene adsorption effect, or applied to or deposited on a surface of the plastic film material. The functional container of the present invention is obtained in the following manner: a substance having a catalytic capability of decomposing ethylene is added in a plastic material having an ethylene adsorption effect, or applied to or deposited on a surface of the plastic material.

Abstract: The present invention provides cured article reinforcing fibers having a shape advantageous in physically bonding the fibers to a hardening material or bringing the fibers into engagement with the hardening material, and also provides a cured article using the fibers. The cured article reinforcing fiber of the present invention has a multilobal cross section with three or more projections. At least one of the projections has a substantially curved end part, and a base part situated toward the center of the fiber has a width smaller than the largest width of the end part. Thus, the fiber particularly has high bending strength. Further, the cured article of the present invention includes a mixture of the cured article reinforcing fiber and a hardening material, and the hardening material has been cured.

Abstract: A cement reinforcing fiber of the present invention is a cement reinforcing fiber made of a polyolefin fiber, wherein a fiber treating agent is adhered to a surface of the polyolefin fiber, and the fiber treating agent is a polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphoric ester salt. One preferred polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphoric ester salt is a compound represented by chemical formula (2) below. A cured cement of the present invention contains the above-described cement reinforcing fiber. In the chemical formula (2) above, R is an alkyl group with a carbon number of 2 to 20, A is an alkali metal element, and n is 1 to 20.

Abstract: A heat extensible fiber comprises a conjugate fiber including a first resin component having an orientation index of 30% to 70% and a second resin component having a lower melting point or softening point than the melting point of the first resin component and an orientation index of 40% or more, the second resin component being present on at least part of the surface of the conjugate fiber in a lengthwise continuous configuration. The conjugate fiber is a heat-treated or crimped fiber and being configured to thermally extend when heated at a temperature lower than the melting point of the first resin component. The heat extensible fiber has higher heat self-extensibility than conventional extensible fibers.

Abstract: A cement reinforcing fiber of the present invention is a cement reinforcing fiber made of a polyolefin fiber, wherein a fiber treating agent is adhered to a surface of the polyolefin fiber, and the fiber treating agent is a polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphoric ester salt. One preferred polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphoric ester salt is a compound represented by chemical formula (2) below. A cured cement of the present invention contains the above-described cement reinforcing fiber. In the chemical formula (2) above, R is an alkyl group with a carbon number of 2 to 20, A is an alkali metal element, and n is 1 to 20.

Abstract: There is provided an electrode structure to be electrically connected to a connection conductor by being bonded thereto with an anisotropic conductive adhesive mainly composed of a thermosetting resin, the electrode structure including an electrode for connection using an adhesive, the electrode being arranged on a base material, and an organic film serving as an oxidation preventing film configured to cover a surface of the electrode for connection using an adhesive, in which the organic film has a higher decomposition temperature than the maximum temperature of heat treatment to be performed. A wiring body and a connecting structure using an adhesive are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides cured article reinforcing fibers having a shape advantageous in physically bonding the fibers to a hardening material or bringing the fibers into engagement with the hardening material, and also provides a cured article using the fibers. The cured article reinforcing fiber of the present invention has a multilobal cross section with three or more projections. At least one of the projections has a substantially curved end part, and a base part situated toward the center of the fiber has a width smaller than the largest width of the end part. Thus, the fiber particularly has high bending strength. Further, the cured article of the present invention includes a mixture of the cured article reinforcing fiber and a hardening material, and the hardening material has been cured.

Abstract: [Object] Provided are a connection method and an electronic device, in which the manufacturing process can be simplified, and a connection structure using an adhesive can be produced at low cost. [Solution] A connection method according to the present invention includes a step (a1) of preparing base materials 10 and 21 each including an electrode for connection using an adhesive, a step (b1) of covering electrodes 12 and 22 for connection using an adhesive with organic films 15 configured to prevent oxidation, the electrodes 12 and 22 being located on the base materials, a step (c1) of removing or thinning the organic films, and after the step (c1), a step (d1) of bonding the electrodes for connection using an adhesive to each other with an adhesive 30 mainly containing a thermosetting resin to establish electrical connection.

Abstract: There is provided an electrode structure to be electrically connected to a connection conductor by being bonded thereto with an anisotropic conductive adhesive mainly composed of a thermosetting resin, the electrode structure including an electrode for connection using an adhesive, the electrode being arranged on a base material, and an organic film serving as an oxidation preventing film configured to cover a surface of the electrode for connection using an adhesive, in which the organic film has a higher decomposition temperature than the maximum temperature of heat treatment to be performed. A wiring body and a connecting structure using an adhesive are also provided.

Abstract: A latently crimpable conjugate fiber is constructed using a first component containing an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer polymerized with a metallocene catalyst and a second component formed from a thermal plastic polymer having a melting point T2 higher than a melting point T1 of the first component, such that the first component is exposed with an exposed length of at least 20% relative to a peripheral length of the fiber, and which fiber has a single fiber dry heat shrinkage percentage of at least 50%, which is determined according to JIS-L-1015 (dry heat shrinkage percentage) at 100° C. under an initial tension of 0.018mn/dtex (2mg/d) for 15 minutes and a single fiber dry heat shrinkage percentage of at least 15%, which is determined under the same condition under an initial tension of 0.450mN/dtex (50mg/dtex) for 15 minutes. The latently crimpable conjugate fiber develops crimps and has thermal adhesiveness at a low temperature.

Abstract: A heat extensible fiber comprises a conjugate fiber including a first resin component having an orientation index of 30% to 70% and a second resin component having a lower melting point or softening point than the melting point of the first resin component and an orientation index of 40% or more, the second resin component being present on at least part of the surface of the conjugate fiber in a lengthwise continuous configuration. The conjugate fiber is a heat-treated or crimped fiber and being configured to thermally extend when heated at a temperature lower than the melting point of the first resin component. The heat extensible fiber has higher heat self-extensibility than conventional extensible fibers.

Abstract: A latently crimpable conjugate fiber is constructed using a first component containing an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer polymerized with a metallocene catalyst and a second component formed from a thermal plastic polymer having a melting point T2 higher than a melting point T1 of the first component, such that the first component is exposed with an exposed length of at least 20% relative to a peripheral length of the fiber, and which fiber has a single fiber dry heat shrinkage percentage of at least 50%, which is determined according to JIS-L-1015 (dry heat shrinkage percentage) at 100° C. under an initial tension of 0.018 mN/dtex (2 mg/d) for 15 minutes and a single fiber dry heat shrinkage percentage of at least 15%, which is determined under the same condition under an initial tension of 0.450 mN/dtex (50 mg/dtex) for 15 minutes. The latently crimpable conjugate fiber develops crimps and has thermal adhesiveness at a low temperature.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises an image data obtaining section that obtains image data, an image analyzing section that analyzes an image represented by the image data obtained by the image data obtaining section, an image processing section that applies image processing to the image data obtained by the image data obtaining section in accordance with an analyzing result analyzed by the image analyzing section and a processing parameter for introducing processing contents from the analyzing result, and a parameter adjusting section that adjusts, prior to the image processing by the image processing section, the processing parameter in accordance with an operation.

Abstract: There are provided an image recognition apparatus that is useful for identifying an image, an image recognition program that causes a computer to operate as the image recognition apparatus, and an image data file that is useful for identifying an image. The image recognition apparatus includes an image acquiring section that acquires image data representing a set of pixel values constituting an image; an identification data creating section that creates identification data for identifying image data by processing a set of pixel values using a predetermined algorithm; a character-string attaching section that creates character-string attached image data representing a character-string attached image in which a character string that describes identification data is aligned alongside the image; and a character-string attached image outputting section that sends character-string attached image data to an output apparatus to print the character-string attached image.

Abstract: A color conversion apparatus has an input section for inputting page information having both image information including color data and character information including color data, a color conversion section for practicing mutually different color conversions for both the image information and the character information of the entered page information, and an output section for outputting page information, which has both image information after the color conversion and character information after the color conversion.

Abstract: A color chart comprises: at least one reference patch formed with at least one color material, the reference patch having a predetermined reference color; a first adjacent patch adjacent to the reference patch; and a second adjacent patch adjacent to the reference patch. The first adjacent patch is formed in such a manner that the reference color is reproduced with a plurality of colors of color materials including a color material different from the color material of the reference patch. The second adjacent patch is formed with same color material as the color materials of the first adjacent patch and use level of color material of a balance that is different from a balance of use level of the color material of the first adjacent patch.

Abstract: This invention provides a color conversion system, a color conversion apparatus and color conversion program storage medium which include a correction defining section that defines a range correction to correct a brightness range of a color according to an operation and a range correcting section that performs a range correction defined by the correction defining section to multiple conversion subjects to which the color conversion is performed, or include a gain defining section that defines a gain adjustment in at least one of a first device color space and a second device color space according to an operation apart from a first color conversion definition and a second color conversion definition and a gain adjustment section that performs the gain adjustment defined by the gain defining section to the multiple conversion subjects to which the color conversion is performed.

Abstract: A data conversion apparatus comprises an image recognition section for recognizing individual images in a page represented by page description language, an image analyzing section performing an image analysis to extract the features on the individual images recognized by the image recognition section, and an image correction section that applies an image correction processing according to an analysis result analyzed by the image analyzing section to an associated image of the page.

Abstract: In an image processing method, for object drawing areas 210 and 220 on a printing sheet 200 and a paper color area 230 in which a paper color for the printing sheet is simulated, mutually different drawing ways (dot types and the number of lines of dots) are designated, so that a data conversion is performed in accordance with the designated drawing ways for the object drawing areas 210 and 220 and the paper color area 230 to create output image data.

Abstract: A color conversion apparatus has an input section for inputting page information having both image information including color data and character information including color data, a color conversion section for practicing mutually different color conversions for both the image information and the character information of the entered page information, and an output section for outputting page information, which has both image information after the color conversion and character information after the color conversion.