Abstract: The present invention provides a novel sirtuin-1 activating agent, and a formulation for suppressing cell senescence caused by oxidative stress, comprising the agent. In particular, the invention provides a sirtuin-1 activating agent consisting of a plant body or solvent extract of Peucedanum japonicum Thunb., and a formulation for suppressing cell senescence due to oxidative stress, comprising the agent.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire of the present invention includes an inner tube (6) attachable to an axle (15a), an outer tube (4) configured to surround the inner tube from an outer side in a tire radial direction, an elastically deformable connecting member (3) configured to connect the inner tube and the outer tube to each other, and a tread member (5) fitted onto the outer tube. A space is formed in a portion of the tread member in which a wheel tread of the tread member is avoided.

Abstract: A control device that switchably has a first drive mode which is attained with the fixing mechanism being in the non-fixing state and in which a rotational speed of the input is steplessly shifted and transmitted to the output and torque of the second rotating electrical machine is transmitted to the output, and a second drive mode which is attained with the fixing mechanism being in the fixing state and the decoupling mechanism being in the non-transmitting state and in which, with the second rotating electrical machine being decoupled from the output, the rotational speed of the input is shifted according to a gear ratio of the differential gear unit and transmitted to the output.

Abstract: Synthesizing methanol from a synthesis gas and separating an unreacted gas from a reaction mixture obtained by passing through the synthesis step, the method including a synthesis loop having at least two synthesis steps and at least two separation steps; obtaining a first mixed gas by increasing through a circulator a pressure of a residual gas, obtained by removing a purge gas from the final unreacted gas separated from the final reaction mixture subsequent to the final synthesis step, and by mixing the residual gas with a fraction of a make-up gas; synthesizing methanol; separating a first unreacted gas from the first reaction mixture obtained in the synthesizing step; obtaining a second mixed gas by mixing the first unreacted gas and a fraction of the make-up gas; finally synthesizing methanol; and separating the final unreacted gas from the final reaction mixture obtained in the final synthesis step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel sirtuin-1 activating agent, and a formulation for suppressing cell senescence caused by oxidative stress, comprising the agent. In particular, the invention provides a sirtuin-1 activating agent consisting of a plant body or solvent extract of Peucedanum japonicum Thunb., and a formulation for suppressing cell senescence due to oxidative stress, comprising the agent.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition having weather resistance and low-temperature impact resistance, which are the problems of a poly(1,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate) copolyester resin, and sustaining the chemical resistance and room-temperature impact resistance of poly(1,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate) copolyester resin. It is a resin composition containing a poly(1,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate) copolyester resin and a polycarbonate resin, in which the poly(1,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate) copolyester resin is contained at 60 to 95% by weight and the polycarbonate resin is contained at 5 to 40% by weight.

Abstract: Non-post-heat treated steel contains: in mass %, C: 0.27 to 0.40%, Si: 0.15 to 0.70%, Mn: 0.55 to 1.50%, P: 0.010 to 0.070%, S: 0.05 to 0.15%, Cr: 0.10 to 0.60%, V: 0.030% or more and less than 0.150%, Ti: more than 0.10%, not more than 0.200%, Al: 0.002 to 0.050%, and N: 0.002 to 0.020%, and optionally one or more of Cu?0.40% and Ni?0.30%; the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein [Ti]?3.4[N]?1.5[S]<0, and 0.60<[C]+([Si]/10)+([Mn]/5)+(5[Cr]/22)+(33[V]/20) ?(5[S]/7)<0.80. The steel can be used to make a high fatigue strength connecting rod for automobile engines which is fracture-split from a hot forged shape. The non-post-heat treated steel member can have vERT of 1.0 to 7.0 J/cm2, and ?w?450 MPa.

Abstract: An age-hardenable steel having a composition consisting of: C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.5%, S: 0.005 to 0.08%, Cr: more than 0.50% and not more than 1.6%, Al: 0.005 to 0.05%, V: 0.25 to 0.50%, Mo: 0 to 1.0%, Cu: 0 to 0.3%, Ni: 0 to 0.3%, Ca: 0 to 0.005%, and Bi: 0 to 0.4%, the balance being Fe and impurities. Within the impurities, P?0.03%, Ti<0.005%, and N<0.0080%, and [C+0.3Mn+0.25Cr+0.6Mo?0.68], [C+0.1Si+0.2Mn+0.15Cr+0.35V+0.2Mo?1.05], and [?4.5C+Mn+Cr?3.5V?0.8Mo?0.12]. The steel has hardness before aging of not more than 310 HV. After aging, the fatigue strength is not less than 480 MPa and absorbed energy at 20° C. is not less than 12 J.

Abstract: Age hardenable steel is low in hardness after hot forging, providing a machine part with the desired fatigue strength and yield strength by aging treatment, and high in toughness after aging treatment, comprising C: 0.09 to 0.20%, Si: 0.01 to 0.40%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.5%, S: 0.001 to 0.045%, Cr: over 1.00% to 2.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.060%, V: 0.22 to 0.55%, N: over 0.0080 to 0.0170%, and a balance of Fe and impurities, where an area rate of bainite structures is 80% or more, an effective V ratio (amount of dissolved V/total amount of V) is 0.9 or more, a P and Ti in the impurities is P: 0.03% or less and Ti: less than 0.005%, and the chemical composition is one where the following F1 is 1.00 or less and the F2 is 0.30 or more: F1=C+0.1×Si+0.2×Mn+0.15×Cr+0.35×V F2=?4.5×C+Mn+Cr?3.

Abstract: A rolled round steel material contains C: 0.38 to 0.55%, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.20 to 2.0%, S: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cr: 0.01 to 2.0%, Al: 0.003 to 0.10%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, Ti: 0.047% or less, Cu: 0 to 1.0%, Ni: 0 to 3.0%, Mo: 0 to 0.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.10%, V: 0 to 0.30%, Ca: 0 to 0.005%, and Pb: 0 to 0.30%, a remaining portion being constituted by Fe and an impurities, the impurities containing P in an amount of 0.030% or less and N in an amount of 0.008% or less, and has a chemical composition satisfying [3.4N?Ti?3.4N+0.02]. The microstructure is constituted by ferrite (F), lamellar pearlite (LP), and cementite (C) and microstructural features vary in terms of the lateral, longitudinal and central portions of the steel. This steel material has a high base material toughness and good machinability without performing thermal refining.

Abstract: Provided is a non-thermal refined soft-nitrided component including chemical composition of a steel material of a base metal containing: in mass %, C: 0.25 to 0.40%; Si: 0.10 to 0.35%; Mn: more than 2.0% to 2.8% or less; N: 0.0030 to 0.0250%; Cu: 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 0.3%; Ni: 0 to 0.5%; Ti: 0 to 0.020%; and a balance being Fe and impurities, the impurities including P: 0.08% or less; S: 0.10% or less; Al: 0.05% or less; and Cr: less than 0.20%, wherein a Vickers hardness at a position of 0.05 mm from the surface is 400 to 480, a Vickers hardness at a position of 1.0 mm from the surface is 200 or more, and a compound-layer depth at a stress concentrated region is 5 ?m or less. This non-thermal refined soft-nitrided component has an excellent bending straightening property and a high fatigue strength.

Abstract: Age hardening steel excellent in machinability before aging treatment and excellent in fatigue characteristics, toughness, and low cycle fatigue characteristics after aging treatment, that is, age hardening steel containing predetermined amounts of C, Si, Mn, S, Cr, Al, V, Nb, Ca, and REM, limiting contents of P, Ti, and N to predetermined amounts or less, having a balance of Fe and impurities, having an area ratio of bainite structures of 70% or more, and, furthermore, having a chemical composition where F1 expressed by C+0.3×Mn+0.25×Cr is 0.68 or more, F2 expressed by C+0.1×Si+0.2×Mn+0.15×Cr+0.35×V is 0.85 or less, F3 expressed by ?4.5×C+Mn+Cr?3.5×V is 0.00 or more, and F4 expressed by 10×Ca+REM is 0.012 to 0.08, is provided. Note that, the symbols of elements in the formulas showing F1 to F4 mean the contents by mass % of those elements.

Abstract: A rolled round steel material for a steering rack bar, having a chemical composition consisting of C: 0.38 to 0.55%, Si: not more than 1.0%, Mn: 0.20 to 2.0%, S: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cr: 0.01 to 2.0%, Al: 0.003 to 0.10%, and N: 0.003 to 0.03%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and P being not more than 0.030% in the impurities, and a microstructure consisting of ferrite (F), lamellar pearlite (LP), and cementite (C). The average grain diameter of (F), an area fraction of (LP), and the number of particles of spheroidal cementite (SC) among C are controlled in a region from the surface to a position at ½ radius and in a central part of the material. An average aspect ratio of F is controlled in a region from a surface to a position at ½ radius.

Abstract: A control device that switchably has a first drive mode which is attained with the fixing mechanism being in the non-fixing state and in which a rotational speed of the input is steplessly shifted and transmitted to the output and torque of the second rotating electrical machine is transmitted to the output, and a second drive mode which is attained with the fixing mechanism being in the fixing state and the decoupling mechanism being in the non-transmitting state and in which, with the second rotating electrical machine being decoupled from the output, the rotational speed of the input is shifted according to a gear ratio of the differential gear unit and transmitted to the output.

Abstract: A rolled steel material for fracture splitting connecting rods consists of, C: 0.30 to 0.40%, Si: 0.60 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.00%, P: 0.04 to 0.07%, S: 0.04 to 0.13%, Cr: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.05 to 0.14%, Ti: more than 0.15% to 0.20% or less, N: 0.002 to 0.020%, and optionally may contain Cu, Ni, Mo, Pb, Te, Ca, and Bi, with the balance being Fe and impurities. fn1, defined by Formula (1), ranges from 0.65 to 0.80. Relative to the V content in the steel material, a V content in coarse precipitates having a particle size of 200 nm or more is 70% or less, and relative to the Ti content in the steel material, a Ti content in the coarse precipitates is 50% or more.

Abstract: A non-thermal refined nitrocarburized component with excellent bending straightening and fatigue strength, includes a base metal steel material having a composition consisting of: (mass %), C: 0.35 to 0.50%; Si: 0.10 to 0.35%; Mn: 2.3 to 2.8%; S: 0.01% or less; N: 0.0030 to 0.0250%; Cu: 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 0.3%; Ni: 0 to 0.5%; Ti: 0 to 0.020%, the balance: Fe, impurities, and 3.10 £ (0.316 C+0.122)·(0.7 Si+1)·(5.1 Mn?1.12)·(0.364 Ni+1)·(2.16 Cr+1)·(3 Mo+1) £ 6.00. Impurities include P: 0.08% or less, Al: 0.05% or less, and Cr: less than 0.20%. In a stress concentrated region, an HV hardness 0.05 mm from a surface is 410 to 480, an HV hardness 1.0 mm from the surface is 200 or more, a compound-layer depth is 5 mm or less, and a base metal micro-structure is bainite.

Abstract: Synthesizing methanol from a synthesis gas and separating an unreacted gas from a reaction mixture obtained by passing through the synthesis step, the method including a synthesis loop having at least two synthesis steps and at least two separation steps; obtaining a first mixed gas by increasing through a circulator a pressure of a residual gas, obtained by removing a purge gas from the final unreacted gas separated from the final reaction mixture subsequent to the final synthesis step, and by mixing the residual gas with a fraction of a make-up gas; synthesizing methanol; separating a first unreacted gas from the first reaction mixture obtained in the synthesizing step; obtaining a second mixed gas by mixing the first unreacted gas and a fraction of the make-up gas; finally synthesizing methanol; and separating the final unreacted gas from the final reaction mixture obtained in the final synthesis step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel sirtuin-1 activating agent, and a formulation for suppressing cell senescence caused by oxidative stress, comprising the agent. In particular, the invention provides a sirtuin-1 activating agent consisting of a plant body or solvent extract of Peucedanum japonicum Thunb., and a formulation for suppressing cell senescence due to oxidative stress, comprising the agent.

Abstract: The invention provides a transparent resin composition which is stable and has weather resistance and chemical resistance under natural environmental conditions, under harsher natural environmental conditions, and under similar or harsher usage conditions, the composition comprising a polycyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate copolyester, and further comprising an ultraviolet absorber composed of a benzoxazinone-based compound and/or a hydrolysis inhibitor composed of a carbodiimide; a transparent resin composition which is stable and has weather resistance and chemical resistance under even harsher usage conditions; and a transparent resin composition which is stable and has weather resistance and chemical resistance under the above conditions, the composition further comprising an antioxidant and a heat-resistant material.

Abstract: An age-hardenable steel having a composition consisting of: C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.5%, S: 0.005 to 0.08%, Cr: more than 0.50% and not more than 1.6%, Al: 0.005 to 0.05%, V: 0.25 to 0.50%, Mo: 0 to 1.0%, Cu: 0 to 0.3%, Ni: 0 to 0.3%, Ca: 0 to 0.005%, and Bi: 0 to 0.4%, the balance being Fe and impurities. Within the impurities, P?0.03%, Ti<0.005%, and N<0.0080%, and [C+0.3Mn+0.25Cr+0.6Mo?0.68], [C+0.1Si+0.2Mn+0.15Cr+0.35V+0.2Mo?1.05], and [?4.5C+Mn+Cr?3.5V?0.8Mo?0.12]. The steel has hardness before aging of not more than 310 HV. After aging, the fatigue strength is not less than 480 MPa and absorbed energy at 20° C. is not less than 12 J.