Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electroless Pd plating solution which enables formation of a Pd plating film forming a plating film having excellent wire bondability even after a high-temperature thermal history. An electroless Pd plating solution of the present invention includes: a Palladium compound, a reducing agent, a complexing agent, and at least one selected from a group consisting of Ge and rare earth element.

Abstract: A laminate is provided that has an adhesive layer including a composition containing an acrylic block copolymer, the adhesive layer being so designed that it has a small change in adhesive force over time. The laminate includes an adhesive layer (B) including an acrylic adhesive composition (Z), and a substrate layer (A) including a polyolefin resin (a), the acrylic adhesive composition (Z) including an acrylic block copolymer (I) having one or more polymer blocks (b1) containing an acrylic acid ester-derived structural unit, and one or more polymer blocks (b2) containing a methacrylic acid ester-derived structural unit, the polymer block (b1) containing a structural unit derived from an acrylic acid ester (b1-1) represented by the general formula (1) CH2?CH—COOR1 (wherein R1 denotes a C7-C12 organic group).

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell culture vessel/sample observation cell that is capable of culturing cells or cell tissue in three dimensions and allowing a three-dimensional structure of the cells or the cell tissue to be perceived easily. The cell culture vessel/sample observation cell according to the present invention for containing a culture gel in which the cells or the cell tissue is embedded, comprises a frame, at least one window bordered by the frame, and at least one projection projecting from the frame inwardly into the cell culture vessel/sample observation cell, wherein the at least one window is light-permeable and nutrient component-permeable and is placed in such a way as to allow for multifaceted observation of the cells or the cell tissue, and the projection has a feature point to be placed at a position where the cells or the cell tissue as well as the feature point can be observed from the window.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for preventing or treating a fat-associated disease and/or inflammation. The present invention provides an agent for preventing or treating a fat-associated disease and/or inflammation, the agent comprising a Faecalibacterium bacterium or a processed product thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell culture vessel or a sample cell for observation use that makes it possible to observe three-dimensionally-cultured cells from various angles. The cell culture vessel or the sample cell for observation use according to the present invention is characterized by being equipped with a culture gel in which a cell or cell tissue is embedded and a first vessel which encloses the culture gel, wherein a space in the first vessel is filled with the culture gel; and the first vessel has a light-permeable window made from a hydrogel.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for preventing or treating a fat-associated disease and/or inflammation. The present invention provides an agent for preventing or treating a fat-associated disease and/or inflammation, the agent comprising a Faecalibacterium bacterium or a processed product thereof.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electroless Pd plating solution which enables formation of a Pd plating film forming a plating film having excellent wire bondability even after a high-temperature thermal history. An electroless Pd plating solution of the present invention includes: a Palladium compound, a reducing agent, a complexing agent, and at least one selected from a group consisting of Ge and rare earth element.

Abstract: A sheet for forming a shoe sole, useful for efficiently joining a crosslinked rubber layer as a stud and a thermoplastic elastomer layer as a sole, is provided. The sheet comprises a resin component (A) containing a polyamide resin (a) and having an amino group concentration of not less than 10 mmol/kg and a flexural modulus of not less than 300 MPa in accordance with ISO178. The polyamide resin (a) may contain a polyamide resin having a melting point of not less than 165° C. at a predetermined concentration (e.g., not less than 30% by weight) in the total polyamide resin (a).

Abstract: An electrolytic tin alloy plating solution contains a compound serving as a source of supply of tin ions, a compound serving as a source of supply of silver ions, an oxide of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, and a flavonoid compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell culture vessel/sample observation cell that is capable of culturing cells or cell tissue in three dimensions and allowing a three-dimensional structure of the cells or the cell tissue to be perceived easily. The cell culture vessel/sample observation cell according to the present invention for containing a culture gel in which the cells or the cell tissue is embedded, comprises a frame, at least one window bordered by the frame, and at least one projection projecting from the frame inwardly into the cell culture vessel/sample observation cell, wherein the at least one window is light-permeable and nutrient component-permeable and is placed in such a way as to allow for multifaceted observation of the cells or the cell tissue, and the projection has a feature point to be placed at a position where the cells or the cell tissue as well as the feature point can be observed from the window.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell culture vessel or a sample cell for observation use that makes it possible to observe three-dimensionally-cultured cells from various angles. The cell culture vessel or the sample cell for observation use according to the present invention is characterized by being equipped with a culture gel in which a cell or cell tissue is embedded and a first vessel which encloses the culture gel, wherein a space in the first vessel is filled with the culture gel; and the first vessel has a light-permeable window made from a hydrogel.

Abstract: A sheet for forming a shoe sole, useful for efficiently joining a crosslinked rubber layer as a stud and a thermoplastic elastomer layer as a sole, is provided. The sheet comprises a resin component (A) containing a polyamide resin (a) and having an amino group concentration of not less than 10 mmol/kg and a flexural modulus of not less than 300 MPa in accordance with ISO178. The polyamide resin (a) may contain a polyamide resin having a melting point of not less than 165° C. at a predetermined concentration (e.g., not less than 30% by weight) in the total polyamide resin (a).

Abstract: It is possible to blast air on a surface portion of a measured object from a hole of pressing means, project illumination light in a concentric pattern with an optical element and shoot the measured object with a CCD so as to visually grasp hardness distribution on the surface portion from distortion of the concentric pattern displayed on an observed image. As for the hardness distribution, it is possible to detect luminance distribution of a measured object image obtained by the CCD so as to display the concentric pattern which is the luminance distribution as a conspicuous representation of the hardness distribution. And the luminance distribution can also be represented in the concentric pattern by multiplying a luminance value by an overflowing coefficient.

Abstract: It is possible to blast air on a surface portion of a measured object from a hole of pressing means, project illumination light in a concentric pattern with an optical element and shoot the measured object with a CCD so as to visually grasp hardness distribution on the surface portion from distortion of the concentric pattern displayed on an observed image. As for the hardness distribution, it is possible to detect luminance distribution of a measured object image obtained by the CCD so as to display the concentric pattern which is the luminance distribution as a conspicuous representation of the hardness distribution. And the luminance distribution can also be represented in the concentric pattern by multiplying a luminance value by an overflowing coefficient.