There is a lead casing for pencil for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and/or coloring, made of a composition having, by weight relative to the total weight of the lead casing for pencil: a) from 50 to 95% of a mixture of polylactic acid and bio-polyethylene in a weight ratio polylactic acid/bio-polyethylene ranging from 60/40 to 90/10, and b) from 5 to 40% of vegetable fillers chosen in the group consisting of wood fibers.

There is a pencil including the lead casing for the pencil of the disclosure for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and/or coloring as well as a method for manufacturing such a pencil.

A method for fabrication of a lab-on-a-chip system makes use of first and second mold parts, which are adapted to join each other to form a cavity to accommodate a positioning means and a support structure. The method includes receiving the chip in the positioning means, forming the cavity by joining the first and second mold parts, securing the chip with a fluid port of the chip to rest on the support structure for the support structure to mask the fluid port, introducing a molding material into the cavity to over-mold at least part of the chip and a volume extending away from the chip, separating the first and second mold parts, and extracting the chip from the mold. A fluid channel is formed by the support structure.

Provided are: a composition for forming an underlayer film for imprinting, which contains a high-molecular-weight compound having a polymerizable group, a chelating agent, and a solvent, and a method for producing the same; a kit including the composition for forming an underlayer film; a pattern producing method using the composition for forming an underlayer film; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor element, which includes the pattern producing method as a step.

There is a lead casing for pencil for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and/or coloring, made of a composition having, by weight relative to the total weight of the lead casing for pencil: a) from 50 to 95% of a mixture of polylactic acid and bio-polyethylene in a weight ratio polylactic acid/bio-polyethylene ranging from 60/40 to 90/10, and b) from 5 to 40% of vegetable fillers chosen in the group consisting of wood fibers. There is a pencil including the lead casing for the pencil of the disclosure for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and/or coloring as well as a method for manufacturing such a pencil.

A four-point link for a vehicle includes a core element and a main laminate comprising a fiber reinforced plastics composite material, which wraps around the core element. The core element comprises four load-introducing elements and a foam core, and the four load-introducing elements (4) are connected by positive engagement to the foam core (5). The four-point link has four additional windings, wherein a respective additional winding wraps around a first, second, third and fourth load-introducing element and operatively connects a respective one of the latter to the main laminate. Compressive forces can be introduced into the main laminate (3) by means of every additional winding (6).

A stickbait fishing lure includes an outer covering and an internal structure molded within the outer covering. The internal structure is of a material that is configured to be punctured by a fishing hook. With this configuration, a fishing hook can be passed through the outer covering and puncture the material of the internal structure. The internal structure helps secure the fishing hook within the fishing lure by providing an internal reinforcement that inhibits the inserted hook from ripping away from the fishing lure or otherwise tearing the outer covering.

A four-point link for a vehicle includes a core element and a main laminate comprising a fiber reinforced plastics composite material, which wraps around the core element. The core element comprises four load-introducing elements and a foam core, and the four load-introducing elements (4) are connected by positive engagement to the foam core (5). The four-point link has four additional windings, wherein a respective additional winding wraps around a first, second, third and fourth load-introducing element and operatively connects a respective one of the latter to the main laminate. Compressive forces can be introduced into the main laminate (3) by means of every additional winding (6).

A pressing method for pressing a surface of a resin layer includes pressing a surface of a resin layer of a wafer using a pressing member, which is to be divided into a plurality of liquid ejection head chips, the wafer including a substrate and the resin layer to serve as an ejection port forming member provided on the substrate. The pressing of the surface of the resin layer is performed by positioning a structure closer to a circumference of the wafer than to an area that becomes the plurality of liquid ejection head chips on the substrate, the structure being in contact with the resin layer.

A pressing method for pressing a surface of a resin layer includes pressing a surface of a resin layer of a wafer using a pressing member, which is to be divided into a plurality of liquid ejection head chips, the wafer including a substrate and the resin layer to serve as an ejection port forming member provided on the substrate. The pressing of the surface of the resin layer is performed by positioning a structure closer to a circumference of the wafer than to an area that becomes the plurality of liquid ejection head chips on the substrate, the structure being in contact with the resin layer.

An original holding apparatus of a simple arrangement and an arrangement in which a part does not protrude below an original in a normal operation state is provided. The original holding apparatus includes an original holding unit which holds the original, and a fall prevention mechanism which changes from the first state in which fall prevention of the original from the original holding unit is not performed to the second state in which fall prevention of the original is performed in response to the stop or lack of supply of a holding force holding the original to the original holding unit.