Abstract: A honeycomb filter including a catalyst-carrying article, and an outer peripheral coat layer disposed on an outer peripheral face of the catalyst carrying article, wherein an amount of the catalyst loaded in the outer peripheral coat layer at a position 50 ?m or more apart from a boundary face between the catalyst-carrying article and the outer peripheral coat layer is 5 mass % or less when a measurement piece having a cross section where a boundary portion between the catalyst-carrying article and the outer peripheral coat layer can be observed and being obtained by embedding a resin in the boundary portion in the cross section is measured by an energy dispersive fluorescent X-ray analysis using a scanning electron microscope.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a compound useful as an agent for the treatment of circulatory diseases, nervous system diseases, metabolic diseases, reproductive system diseases, and digestive tract diseases. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The compound, which is for use as an active ingredient, is represented by the formula (I): [wherein R1 represents optionally halogenated C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R2 represents, e.g., a group represented by the formula (II-1) or (II-4) (wherein W represents C1-6 alkylene, etc. and R represents C1-6 alkyl, etc.); R3 represents hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; X represents —O—, —NH—, etc.; and Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 each independently represents —CH—, —N—, etc.].

Abstract: The honeycomb structure comprising a plurality of columnar honeycomb segments in which two kinds of plural through-holes different in end face area are formed side by side by being surrounded by partition walls, each honeycomb segment having, at one end face, an inlet side of high opening ratio, wherein through-holes of smaller end face area are plugged and, at other end face, an outlet side of low opening ratio and wherein through-holes of larger end face area are plugged, the plurality of honeycomb segments being bonded to each other via a bonding material in the longitudinal direction of each honeycomb segment. The bonded width of the bonding material is larger at the inlet side end face of the honeycomb structure than at the outlet side end face is presented.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a partition portion having a thickness tp of 150 ?m or more and 460 ?m or less and a trapping layer having an average thickness tAve of 5 ?m or more and 80 ?m or less, wherein a film thickness ratio Y1 of a downstream thickness tl to an up- and mid-stream thickness thm satisfies a relationship according to formula (1), wherein a film thickness ratio Y2 of the maximum thickness tmax of a trapping layer to the average thickness tAve of the trapping layer satisfies a relationship according to formula (2), and wherein a cell has a hydraulic diameter HDin satisfying a relationship according to formula (3): ?4/375·tAve+2.05?Y1??17/375·tAve+10.23??(1); Y2??1/15·tAve+8.33??(2); and 0.95?HDin?2.0??(3).

Abstract: A honeycomb filter 20 includes a plurality of porous partition portions 22 forming a plurality of cells 23 serving as channels of fluid and trapping layers 24 that are formed on the partition portions and configured to trap a solid component contained in the fluid. In the honeycomb filter 20, a predetermined trapping region present on the partition portions 22 satisfies that, in an inscribed-circle-diameter distribution obtained by dividing an image of the partition portions captured with an electron microscope into a material region and a plurality of pore regions and by drawing maximum inscribed circles individually inscribed in the pore regions, a median pore diameter D50 is 1 ?m or more and 6 ?m or less and a median pore diameter D80 is 1 ?m or more and 7 ?m or less, and an inscribed-circle porosity determined from the inscribed-circle-diameter distribution is 35% or more and 60% or less.

Abstract: In a honeycomb filter 20, partition portions and trapping layers are formed such that a pore volume difference that is obtained from pore distributions measured by mercury porosimetry and is a difference in volume of pores having a diameter of 10 ?m or less between the downstream portion and the upstream portion of the honeycomb filter, is in the range of 0.01 cm3/g or more and 0.08 cm3/g or less. In the honeycomb filter, in the downstream portion, a first pore volume peak is present in a first pore diameter range of 2 ?m or more and 9 ?m or less and a second pore volume peak that is higher than the first pore volume peak is present in a second pore diameter range of 10 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter including a catalyst-carrying article, and an outer peripheral coat layer disposed on an outer peripheral face of the catalyst carrying article, wherein an amount of the catalyst loaded in the outer peripheral coat layer at a position 50 ?m or more apart from a boundary face between the catalyst-carrying article and the outer peripheral coat layer is 5 mass % or less when a measurement piece having a cross section where a boundary portion between the catalyst-carrying article and the outer peripheral coat layer can be observed and being obtained by embedding a resin in the boundary portion in the cross section is measured by an energy dispersive fluorescent X-ray analysis using a scanning electron microscope.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure comprising a plurality of columnar honeycomb segments in which two kinds of plural through-holes different in end face area are formed side by side by being surrounded by partition walls, each honeycomb segment having, at one end face, an inlet side of high opening ratio, wherein through-holes of smaller end face area are plugged and, at other end face, an outlet side of low opening ratio, and wherein through-holes of larger end face area are plugged, the plurality of honeycomb segments being bonded to each other via a bonding material in the longitudinal direction of each honeycomb segment. The Young's modulus of the bonding material when sintered is smaller than that of each honeycomb segment when sintered, and the bonded width of the bonding material is larger at the outlet side of honeycomb structure than at the inlet side is presented.

Abstract: A frame image acquiring unit acquires a captured image of an input device that is provided with an illuminator. A device information deriving unit derives position information of the input device from the captured image. An input receiving unit acquires attitude information of the input device. An operation object control unit controls the motion of an operation object in accordance with the position information and the attitude information of the input device. A non-operation object control unit controls the motion of a non-operation object. A collision control unit determines the motion of at least one of the operation object and the non-operation object in accordance with a collision mode for the collision between the operation object and the non-operation object.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the formula (I) below and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This compound is useful for treatment of obesity, diabetes and the like. [In the formula (I), Ar represents a benzene ring or the like; X1 represents a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or the like; R1 represents an aryl group or the like; X2 represents a group represented by the following formula (II): (wherein R4 and R5 respectively represent a lower alkyl group or the like, and m represents a number of 2-4) or the like; one of X and Y represents an oxygen atom and the other represents a sulfanyl group or the like; and X3-X6 respectively represent —CH—, a nitrogen atom or the like.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a partition portion having a thickness tp of 150 ?m or more and 460 ?m or less and a trapping layer having an average thickness tAve of 5 ?m or more and 80 ?m or less, wherein a film thickness ratio Y1 of a downstream thickness t1 to an up- and mid-stream thickness thm satisfies a relationship according to formula (1), wherein a film thickness ratio Y2 of the maximum thickness tmax of a trapping layer to the average thickness tAve of the trapping layer satisfies a relationship according to formula (2), and wherein a cell has a hydraulic diameter HDin satisfying a relationship according to formula (3): ?4/375·tAve+2.05?Y1??17/375·tAve+10.23??(1) Y2??1/15·tAve+8.33??(2); and 0.95?HDin?2.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a cell having one open end and another closed end that serves as a fluid flow path and a cell having one closed end and another open end, wherein the cells are alternately disposed. The honeycomb filter includes an undeposited region in an upstream region of a partition portion, which has no trapping layer and has a length of 5% or more and 30% or less of the length of the inlet cell. The upstream region of the partition portion includes an undeposited region having an area of 10% or more of that of the cell in a cross-section perpendicular to the exhaust gas flow direction. The undeposited region with no trapping layer in the upstream region decreases the permeation resistance of the partition portion in the upstream region and facilitates fluid passage through the partition portion in the upstream region.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a plurality of porous partition portions each forming a cell, which is open at one end and closed at the other end and serves as an exhaust gas flow path, and a trapping layer, for trapping and removing solid components contained in the exhaust gas, formed on each of the partition portions. At least part of each of the partition portions is loaded with a catalyst. The amount of catalyst a (g/L) in an upstream partition portion and the amount of catalyst b (g/L) in a downstream partition portion satisfy 1.05?a/b?3.00. A method for, limiting a/b to this range includes the entire honeycomb structure, including the partition portions, into contact with a catalyst component to form a catalyst, and subsequently bringing only an upstream region of the honeycomb structure into contact with a catalyst component to form a catalyst.

Abstract: There is provided a ceramic filter capable of controlling extraordinary rise of the internal temperature upon regeneration by reducing an amount of deposited soot (particulates) by increasing a passage flow rate in the through-cells and realizing improvement of the regeneration limit and correspondence of PM emission and a method for manufacturing a ceramic filter. A plurality of through channels 7 are formed in the honeycomb segment 2, and the cells are constituted as inlets and/or outlets of the through channels 7 and contain a plurality of honeycomb segments 2 bonded to one another. Each honeycomb segment 2 includes a first inflow port 8, a second inflow port 9, and as a part at least through-cells 10 formed to extend there through in such a manner that fluid can be discharged from the inlet to the outlet of the cells without being plugged at the inlet and the outlet of the cell.

Abstract: A 3-aryl or heteroaryl-substituted indole derivative which is effective as a preventive or remedy for various diseases is provided. [Means for Resolution] A compound represented by a formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided. In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl et al; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl et al; Z represents aryl or heteroaryl (with the proviso that imidazolyl is excluded); and W represents a group represented by the formula (w-1) or (w-2). In the formula, R3 represents C1-6 alkyl et al; Yl and Y2 both represent a hydrogen atom or Y1 and Y2 together form —CH2-CH2-; Q represents CH or N; Ar represents phenyl, furyl et al; R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom form pyrrolidine et al.

Abstract: In honeycomb filter 20, capturing layers 24 which are layers that capture and remove solid components in a fluid are formed on a porous partition portion 22 that forms a plurality of cells 23 each having one end open and the other end sealed and functioning as a channel of a fluid. The capturing layers 24 are formed so that the thickness has a tendency to decrease from a central region of the honeycomb filter toward an outer peripheral region of the honeycomb filter, the central region and the outer peripheral region being included in an orthogonal plane orthogonal to the cells 23. Accordingly, the fluid is led to flow at the outer peripheral side and more solid components can be captured and removed at the outer peripheral side.

Abstract: In honeycomb filter 20, capturing layers 24 which are layers that capture and remove solid components in a fluid are formed on a porous partition portion 22 that forms a plurality of cells 23 each having one end open and the other end sealed and functioning as a channel of a fluid. The capturing layers 24 are formed so that the thickness has a tendency to decrease from an outer peripheral region of the honeycomb filter toward a central region of the honeycomb filter, the central region and the outer peripheral region being included in an orthogonal plane orthogonal to the cells 23. In this manner, the outer side, which is less likely to burn and remove the solid components, is made less likely to capture the solid components, and a central side, which is easy to burn and remove the solid components, is easy to capture more solid components.

Abstract: There is provided a honeycomb filter wherein particles having an average particle diameter smaller than the average pore diameter of partition walls are deposited at least in open pores formed in the surface layer of the partition wall and in the pores of the partition wall in a surface layer portion of the partition walls on the exhaust gas inflow side, thereby forming a composite region. The average pore diameter of the partition walls is 5 to 40 ?m, and the porosity of the partition wall is 35 to 75%. The particles to be deposited have an average particle diameter of 1 to 15 ?m, and the height of the composite region is not more than 80 ?m in the direction from the outermost contour line of the partition walls to the surface of the partition walls.

Abstract: There is provided a honeycomb filter wherein particles having an average particle diameter smaller that of the particles constituting partition walls are deposited at least in open pores formed by the particles constituting the partition walls and/or gaps between the particles in a surface layer portion of the partition walls on the exhaust gas inflow side, thereby forming a composite region. The average pore diameter of the partition walls is 5 to 40 ?m, and the porosity of the partition wall is 35 to 75%. The particles to be deposited have an average particle diameter of 1 to 15 ?m, and the height of the composite region is not more than 80 ?m in the direction from the outermost contour line of the partition walls to the surface of the partition walls.

Abstract: There is provided a honeycomb structure where a catalyst is loaded on surfaces of inner pores of the surface layer and on a surface of the surface layer; a relation between a catalyst area proportion A of the catalyst to a gap area proportion B of a gap in a cross-section of the surface layer on the inlet side is 1%<A/B<90%; and a relation between an average catalyst area proportion, A1, from the surface to a point having a depth of one third of the thickness of the surface layer including the surface of the surface layer on the inlet side and a catalyst area proportion A2 in a central portion of the surface layer is A1/A2>1.5.