Abstract: A metal powder for additive manufacturing includes: not less than 0.2 mass % and not more than 1.3 mass % of aluminum; and a balance including copper and an incidental impurity.

Abstract: A propylene-based polymer composition having good thermal stability and yielding a molded product have a favorable appearance is provided. The composition contains a propylene-based polymer (A) selected from a propylene homopolymer (A-1) and a heterophasic propylene-based polymer (A-2), carbon black (D), and optionally ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (B). The content of (D) is 0.001 to 1.7 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of (A). The primary particle size of the carbon black is 15 nm to 39 nm, and x defined by the following formula (1) is 1 to 430. x=a×S??(1) In formula (1), a is the concentration (unit: atom %) of oxygen double-bonded to carbon on the surface of the carbon black, and S is the nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (unit: m2/g) of the carbon black.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing machine motor, a control device and a wearable sensor. The sewing machine motor is a vertical movement driving source of a needle bar. The control device controls the sewing machine motor such that a sewing pitch is set to be a predetermined value. The wearable sensor is attached on a body of an operator of the sewing machine to detect a moving amount of an attached portion of the wearable sensor. The control device controls the sewing machine motor based on the moving amount of the attached portion detected by the wearable sensor such that the sewing pitch is set to be the predetermined value.

Abstract: A metal powder for additive manufacturing includes: not less than 0.2 mass % and not more than 1.3 mass % of aluminum; and a balance including copper and an incidental impurity.

Abstract: A superheated steam generator, capable of generating superheated steam which exceeds about 400° C. even if a litz wire is adopted as an induction heating coil, is generally described. The generator may include induction heating elements that can generate heat by electromagnetic induction and that are housed in a heat-resistant container. The generator may also include a hose that allows cooling water to pass therethrough and which is wound around an outer peripheral surface of the heat-resistant container. A water supply unit for the cooling water is connected to one end of the hose, and the other end of the hose is connected to a steam inlet of the heat-resistant container. An induction heating coil is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hose, and a high-frequency power supply unit is connected to the induction heating coil.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agrochemically active microbial formulation comprising a combination of an agrochemically active microbe with a specified ester compound and a surfactant, the formulation exhibiting a stable pest controlling effect with no harmful effect on a plant and having highly stable viability of the agrochemically active microbe.

Abstract: Provided are a polypropylene resin composition which produces only a little mold staining at the time of molding, which is excellent in the stability against light and the molding processability, which has good balance between high rigidity and impact resistance, and which can give a molded article excellent in flow mark appearance and weld appearance when being processed into a molded article, and a molded article produced therefrom. The polypropylene resin composition of the present invention contains 99 to 60 parts by weight of propylene-based polymer (A), 1 to 40 parts by weight of inorganic filler (B) having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 100 ?m, and 0.05 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the resin composition (I), of an hindered amine-type light stabilizer (C) which satisfies the specified requirements (a), (b) and (c), provided that the combined amount of the propylene-based polymer (A) and the inorganic filler (B) is 100 parts by weight.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a game server that can simulate the sensation of competing in a game against an actually existing specific person. The game server of the present invention offers a plurality of options for the actions that gamer A can select in game scenes that change along with the progress of a soccer game. The options include dribble (long), dribble (short), pass in front of the player, pass to the foot of the player, wait, and shoot. The action patterns of gamer A are stored for each game scene by counting the number of times each option is selected. The game server refers to the stored action patterns when playing against another gamer B. This configuration makes it possible for the gamer B to have a virtual experience as if he were competing with the gamer A.

Abstract: Provided are a polypropylene resin composition which produces only a little mold staining at the time of molding, which is excellent in the stability against light and the molding processability, which has good balance between high rigidity and impact resistance, and which can give a molded article excellent in flow mark appearance and weld appearance when being processed into a molded article, and a molded article produced therefrom. The polypropylene resin composition of the present invention contains 99 to 60 parts by weight of propylene-based polymer (A), 1 to 40 parts by weight of inorganic filler (B) having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 100 ?m, and 0.05 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the resin composition (I), of an hindered amine-type light stabilizer (C) which satisfies the specified requirements (a), (b) and (c), provided that the combined amount of the propylene-based polymer (A) and the inorganic filler (B) is 100 parts by weight.

Abstract: There are provided a polypropylene resin composition having a melt flow rate of 5 to 200 g/10 minutes measured at 230° C., and a molded article comprising the same, wherein the polypropylene resin composition does not easily emit a volatile organic compound contained therein, and is superior in its heat stability, light stability and molding processability, and comprises 100 parts by weight of a propylene block copolymer (A), and 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of a hindered amine light stabilizer (B) having (a) a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl group, (b) an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of less than 8, and (c) a rate of decrease in its weight of less than 10% by heating in a nitrogen gas from 25° C. to 300° C. at a temperature increasing rate of 10° C./minute.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a game server that can simulate the sensation of competing in a game against an actually existing specific person. The game server of the present invention offers a plurality of options for the actions that gamer A can select in game scenes that change along with the progress of a soccer game. The options include dribble (long), dribble (short), pass in front of the player, pass to the foot of the player, wait, and shoot. The action patterns of gamer A are stored for each game scene by counting the number of times each option is selected. The game server refers to the stored action patterns when playing against another gamer B. This configuration makes it possible for the gamer B to have a virtual experience as if he were competing with the gamer A.

Abstract: A resin composition, comprising (A) a polyolefin resin, (B) a foaming agent, (C) a black pigment, and 0.05 to 5 parts by mass of (D) a hindered amine light stabilizer which satisfies the following requirements (a) and (b), provided that the content of the polyolefin resin (A) is let be 100 parts by mass: requirement (a): having a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl group represented by formula (I) that is attached to any of a carbon atom, an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom: requirement (b): having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of less than 8.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a game server that can simulate the sensation of competing in a game against an actually existing specific person. The game server of the present invention offers a plurality of options for the actions that gamer A can select in game scenes that change along with the progress of a soccer game. The options include dribble (long), dribble (short), pass in front of the player, pass to the foot of the player, wait, and shoot. The action patterns of gamer A are stored for each game scene by counting the number of times each option is selected. The game server refers to the stored action patterns when playing against another gamer B. This configuration makes it possible for the gamer B to have a virtual experience as if he were competing with the gamer A.

Abstract: A superheated steam generator, capable of generating superheated steam which exceeds 400° C. even if a litz wire is adopted as an induction heating coil, and capable of being used as a middle-sized or small-sized home-available apparatus, is provided. The invention provided a superheated steam generator in which induction heating elements 22 which generates heat by electromagnetic induction are housed in a heat-resistant container 21, a hose 24 which allows cooling water to pass therethrough is wound around an outer peripheral surface of the heat-resistant container, a water supply unit 4 for the cooling water is connected to one end of the hose, the other end of the hose is connected to a steam inlet 21A of the heat-resistant container, an induction heating coil 25 is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hose, a high-frequency power supply unit 3 is connected to the induction heating coil.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agrochemically active microbial formulation comprising a combination of an agrochemically active microbe with a specified ester compound and a surfactant, the formulation exhibiting a stable pest controlling effect with no harmful effect on a plant and having highly stable viability of the agrochemically active microbe

Abstract: There is provided an accommodation apparatus for a transmission medium, such as an optical fiber cable which includes a housing for accommodating the transmission medium and an arrangement part located in the housing, said arrangement part arranging an orientation of the transmission medium accommodated in the housing so as to prevent the transmission capability of the transmission medium from getting damaged. The arrangement part may include downwardly extending L-shaped posts 116 about which the cable 10 may be wound in a space enclosed by a bottom cover 130. The housing top side 110A is to support an optical to electrical media converter 200 and includes a raised part 114 with an opening 118a for receiving a projecting port 214 of the media connector.

Abstract: An IC card has a first portion be inserted into a card slot, and a second portion outwardly projecting from the card slot when the first portion is inserted in the card slot. The first and second portions are coupled by a bendable coupling.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a game server that can simulate the sensation of competing in a game against an actually existing specific person. The game server of the present invention offers a plurality of options for the actions that gamer A can select in game scenes that change along with the progress of a soccer game. The options include dribble (long), dribble (short), pass in front of the player, pass to the foot of the player, wait, and shoot. The action patterns of gamer A are stored for each game scene by counting the number of times each option is selected. The game server refers to the stored action patterns when playing against another gamer B. This configuration makes it possible for the gamer B to have a virtual experience as if he were competing with the gamer A.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a body and a holder for holding a card. The holder is supported on the body, and is movable between a first position in which it is held in the body and a second position in which it is disengaged from the body. The body has an engaging portion. The engaging portion is removably caught by the card in the holder when the holder is rocked to the first position.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a card slot into which a card-shaped expansion device is inserted. A connector connects with the expansion device inserted in the card slot. A slide mechanism slides the connector in the card slot in an insertion direction and a pull direction of the expansion device, holds the connector in a first position in which the expansion device projects from the card slot, and holds the connector in a second position in which the expansion device projects less from the card slot than in the first position. A control circuit is provided to control the expansion device connected to the connector in accordance with a position into which the connector is slid.