The present invention provides a binder that is for inorganic fibers and that is characterized by containing (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyvinyl alcohol resin having a degree of polymerization of 100-3500, (B) 1-50 parts by mass of colloidal silica having an average particle size of 100 nm or less, and (C) 3 parts by mass or more of an ammonia-modified copolymer containing maleic anhydride. By using the binder for inorganic fibers according to the present invention, an inorganic fiber mat having resiliency comparable to that of phenolic resins can be fabricated, and the amount of volatile organic compounds released from the inorganic fiber mat is very small.

The present invention relates in a first aspect to an adhesion material for use in an individual containing encapsulated phase-change material. In particular, the adhesion material is for cosmetical or medicinal use in the body of an individual. The adhesion material contains encapsulated phase-change material having preferably a phase transition temperature above 40° C., like above 55° C. The adhesion material is particularly useful for adhering elements, like dental restorations, e.g. crowns or bridge, or brackets on elements in the body of an individual, like teeth or implants. That is, the adhesion material is particularly useful for adhering material in dental applications. In another aspect, a method is provided allowing removing a bracket, a crown or bridge, from implants, abutments or teeth. Furthermore, dental implant restoration systems and kits for permanent fixation of implants allowing improved removal thereof are provided.

The present invention relates in a first aspect to an adhesion material for use in an individual containing encapsulated phase-change material. In particular, the adhesion material is for cosmetical or medicinal use in the body of an individual. The adhesion material contains encapsulated phase-change material having preferably a phase transition temperature above 40° C., like above 55° C. The adhesion material is particularly useful for adhering elements, like dental restorations, e.g. crowns or bridge, or brackets on elements in the body of an individual, like teeth or implants. That is, the adhesion material is particularly useful for adhering material in dental applications. In another aspect, a method is provided allowing removing a bracket, a crown or bridge, from implants, abutments or teeth. Furthermore, dental implant restoration systems and kits for permanent fixation of implants allowing improved removal thereof are provided.

The present invention relates to soluble aqueous compositions comprising metal salts of selected polyitaconic acid (PIA) resins.

The present invention relates to a styrene-based thermoplastic resin composition with improved flowability and, more specifically, a thermoplastic resin composition, which retains heat resistance and improved flowability by introducing a low-molecular weight styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) resin into an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resin, which has enhanced heat resistance through the addition of a heat-resistant resin, and to a molded article into which the composition is molded. According to the resin composition, there can be obtained: a thermal resin composition, which has an improvement in the flowability of the heat-resistant ABS resin and retains non-deteriorating or favorable heat resistance and impact resistance; and a molded article.

The present disclosure relates to a method of producing bioplastic pellets using livestock manure, the method including steps of: making a first mixture livestock manure, sawdust, a microbial medium and a microbial preparation; (2) making a fermentation product by stirring the first mixture; (3) making an aged product by aging the fermentation product; (4) making a dried product by drying the aged product; (5) making compost powder by crushing the dried product; and (6) mixing the compost powder, synthetic resin, a binder, a dispersing agent and a slip agent together to obtain a second mixture, and cutting the second mixture into pellets during extrusion. The method has an advantage in that it is possible to improve processability by reducing the water content of decomposed livestock manure containing a lot of water and to improve mechanical properties.

A resin composition suitable for an optical compensation film, an optical compensation film using the same, which is excellent in the retardation characteristics and wavelength dispersion characteristics, and a production method of an optical compensation film. A resin composition containing, as resin components, from 30 to 99 wt % of a cellulose-based resin represented by the following formula (1) and from 1 to 70 wt % of a cinnamic acid ester copolymer:

##STR00001## where each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently represents hydrogen or a substituent having a carbon number of 1 to 12.

A resin composition suitable for an optical compensation film, an optical compensation film using the same, which is excellent in the retardation characteristics and wavelength dispersion characteristics, and a production method of an optical compensation film. A resin composition containing, as resin components, from 30 to 99 wt % of a cellulose-based resin represented by the following formula (1) and from 1 to 70 wt % of a cinnamic acid ester copolymer:

##STR00001## where each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently represents hydrogen or a substituent having a carbon number of 1 to 12.

Chemically anchoring long-chain polymer networks of tough hydrogels on solid surfaces can represent a general strategy to design tough and functional bonding between hydrogels and solid materials, achieving interfacial toughness over 1000 Jm.sup.−2.

Chemically anchoring long-chain polymer networks of tough hydrogels on solid surfaces can represent a general strategy to design tough and functional bonding between hydrogels and solid materials, achieving interfacial toughness over 1000 Jm.sup.−2.