Abstract: An analysis apparatus includes a light emission unit configured to emit measurement light including light in a 900 nm wavelength band to a sample, a light detection unit configured to acquire spectrum data of reflected light in the sample, a data processing unit configured to perform a noise removing process on the spectrum data, a first determination unit configured to store a PLS regression model associated with prediction of an amount of triglyceride in the sample and to determine an amount of triglyceride in the sample by applying the spectrum data subjected to the noise removing process to the PLS regression model, and a second determination unit configured to store data indicating a correlation with an amount of triglyceride in the sample and to determine an amount of brown adipose tissue or beige fat in the sample based on the data and the amount of triglyceride determined by the first determination unit.

Abstract: A sealing composition for a photonic crystal fiber which comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (I), a compound represented by the following general formula (II) and a photo-polymerization initiator: Tf1-(O)a—(CH2)b—(CF2)m—(CH2)b—(O)a-Tf1 (I) Tf2-(O)a—(CH2)b—(CF2)m—(CH2)b—(O)a-Tf2 (II) wherein a represents 0 or 1, b represents 0 or 1, m represents an integer of 4 to 12, Tf1 represents a glycidyl group, and Tf2 represents CH2?CH—C(O)—; and a method for producing an optical fiber comprising filling air holes with above sealing composition and polishing and end surface; and an optical fiber having air holes in the inside which is produced by the method. The above sealing composition can achieve a low refractive index, and also is excellent in the low viscosity and heat resistance, and exhibits good filling characteristics and good polishing processability.

Abstract: A sealing composition for a photonic crystal fiber which comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (I), a compound represented by the following general formula (II) and a photo-polymerization initiator: Tf1-(O)a—(CH2)b—(CF2)m—(CH2)b—(O)a-Tf1 (I) Tf2-(O)a—(CH2)b—(CF2)m—(CH2)b—(O)a-Tf2 (II) wherein a represents 0 or 1, b represents 0 or 1, m represents an integer of 4 to 12, Tf1 represents a glycidyl group, and Tf2 represents CH2?CH—C(O)—; and a method for producing an optical fiber comprising filling air holes with above sealing composition and polishing and end surface; and an optical fiber having air holes in the inside which is produced by the method. The above sealing composition can achieve a low refractive index, and also is excellent in the low viscosity and heat resistance, and exhibits good filling characteristics and good polishing processability.

Abstract: An adhesive composition for sealing containing spacer particles of diameter as large as 110 to 400 ?m, which adhesive composition realizes manufacturing of an organic EL apparatus having a desiccant sheet disposed thereinside through a simple process with the use of a tabular sealing material; and a process for manufacturing an organic EL apparatus with the use of the adhesive composition. There is provided an adhesive composition for electronic component sealing comprising a resin of 1.1 to 1.3 specific gravity and, incorporated therein, spherical plastic spacers of 0.9 to 1.4 specific gravity and 110 to 400 ?m particle diameter and having a viscosity of 200 to 1000 Pa s at 25° C. Further, there is provided a process for manufacturing an organic EL apparatus, comprising adhering a substrate with a tabular sealing material while ensuring a clearance of 110 to 400 ?m therebetween with the use of the above adhesive composition.

Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable adhesive having an excellent moisture resistance and suitable for bonding optical disks having an information recording layer (vapor deposition layer), particularly optical disks having a thick vapor deposition layer, which contains, as essential components, (A) N-vinylpyrrolidone, (B) a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer derived from a caprolactone-based polyol, an alicyclic diisocyanate and (meth)acrylic acid, and (C) a photopolymerization initiator containing (C-1) a photopolymerization initiator composed of only a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom and an oxygen atom without containing a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom and a phosphorus atom and (C-2) a photopolymerization initiator containing a nitrogen atom and/or a sulfur atom in a (C-1)/(C-2) ratio of 70/30 to 100/0 by weight.

Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable adhesive for bonding optical disks, which comprises (A) a radical-polymerizable vinyl compound, (B) an &agr;-hydroxyalkylphenone compound as a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) 2-methyl-1-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]-2-morpholino-propane-1-one, and which can provide optical disk products which are small in warping of disks, retain sufficient performances even under high temperature and high humidity and have a good appearance.

Abstract: An adhesive composition including (a) a polymerizable (meth)acrylate compound having a phosphate group, (b) a thiol compound, (c) a polymerizable compound having a double bond and having no phosphate group, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator. The adhesive composition is suitably used for fabrication of optical discs.

Abstract: An agent for inhibiting the binding of 5.alpha.-dihydrotestosterone with androgen receptor, which comprises at least one extract from herbs or one of specific xanthone compounds, and a process for obtaining the agent.

Abstract: Some of antineoplastic agents, for instance, adriamycin and daunorubicin, have a positive charge at physiological pH. Such drugs possess high affinity for binding to steroidal sulfate by means of electrostatic force. The invention utilizes this property to prepare steroidal sulfate liposomes having a net negative charge and encapsulating the antineoplastic agent.

Abstract: A novel resolution method of a racemic mixture, wherein four kinds of salts are dissolved in a resolving solvent to fractionally crystallize a desired optically active isomer through an exchange reaction between counter ions.

Abstract: A novel polymer-metal complex containing quaternary nitrogen atoms, which is obtained by subjecting polyethylenepolyamine or polyethyleneimine to a reaction with a bifunctional compound represented by the formulaY--A--Zwherein Y and Z are same or different and are --CH.sub.2 X, --CH(OH)CH.sub.2 X or ##STR1## group, respectively, A is a single bond, --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --, --CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 --O--(CH.sub.2).sub.k --O--CH.sub.2 -- group, X is chlorine, bromine or iodine atom, m is an integral of 1 to 3, and k is an integral of 1 to 4, and then subjecting the resulting cross-linked polymer to a coordination of a polyvalent metal ion, a salt thereof, a process for the preparation thereof and a pharmaceutical agent comprising the same.