There is provided a resin composition, comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer has an ethylene unit content of 15 to 60 mol %, and a saponification degree of 90 mol % or more; the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer is contained as a major component; and the nonionic surfactant is contained at 3 to 400 ppm. The resin composition is produced by melt-kneading a mixture comprising the nonionic surfactant, water and the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. By using the resin composition thus produced, a discharge amount during melt molding can be increased and a molded article with an excellent appearance can be provided.

A resin pellet includes a pellet-shaped ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; a liquid coating agent; and a solid coating agent adhered to at least a portion of surfaces of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and of the liquid coating agent, in which the liquid coating agent is a compound including a hydroxyl group, and the solid coating agent is an organic compound.

An object of the present invention is to provide a hemostatic method, a vascular occlusion method, a tissue covering method, and a body fluid coagulation method that are safe and efficient using a polymer material that is a non-biologically derived synthetic product.

A solution (pre-gel solution) is prepared that contains, under a specific concentration condition, a hydrophilic polymer capable of forming a hydrogel by intermolecular crosslinking and has a specific pH condition and specific ionic strength, and the solution is gelled in situ in an environment, such as a bleeding site or the interior of a blood vessel, where blood is present.

The present invention relates to functionalized hydrogel networks grafted with at least one moiety for use in numerous fields, from cosmetics to surgery and medicine.

Molded articles having a decorative effect include at least 75% by weight neutralized acid copolymer. The molded articles include from 0.1% to 5% by weight polyamide-based pigment masterbatch. The polyamide-based pigment masterbatch includes from 30% to 95% by weight polyamide and from 5% to 70% by weight of a first pigment associated with the polyamide. The molded articles further include from 0.1% to 5% by weight of a second pigment derived from a liquid-based pigment masterbatch; and from 0.1% to 0.7% by weight of oil-based carrier derived from the liquid-based pigment masterbatch. Methods for preparing the molded articles include dry blending a neutralized acid copolymer, a polyamide-based pigment masterbatch, and a liquid-based pigment masterbatch to form an initial mixture; feeding the initial mixture to an injection molding apparatus; and molding the initial mixture with the injection molding apparatus to form the molded article.

Disclosed herein are emulsifiers for epoxy resins obtained by reacting an epoxy resin with a mixture of a polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of greater than 4000 g/mol and less than 10,000 g/mol and a block copolymer of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol, aqueous epoxy resin dispersions including the same, and methods for preparation thereof.

The present disclosure is directed to provide a reinforced resin composition excellent in mechanical strength at elevated temperatures and a molded product including such a reinforced resin composition. A reinforced resin composition of the present disclosure includes (A) a polyamide; (B) a polyamide; (C) a polyphenylene ether; and (D) an inorganic filler, wherein a mass ratio of the component (C) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a sum of the component (A), the component (B), and the component (C) is from 20 to 50 parts by mass, ΔH.sub.TcMt is 10 J/g or more, and ΔH.sub.MpMt is 35 J/g or less.

Pitch granules including a core made up of a first composition including at least one pitch, the composition having a penetrability at 25° C. of 0 to 45 1/10 mm, a ring-and-ball softening temperature (TBA) of 55° C. to 175° C., understanding the penetrability as measured according to standard EN 1426 and the TBA as measured according to standard EN 1427, and a layer encapsulating at least one portion of the surface of the core, the layer being made up of a coating composition including at least one anti-caking agent.

There are provided a fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article including a thermoplastic resin [A], carbon fibers [B] and a polyrotaxane [C], the thermoplastic resin [A], the carbon fibers [B] and the polyrotaxane [C] being included in amounts of 40 to 98 parts by weight, 1 to 40 parts by weight and 1 to 20 parts by weight, respectively, based on 100 parts by weight of the total content of the thermoplastic resin [A], the carbon fibers [B] and the polyrotaxane [C], wherein the carbon fibers [B] included in the molded article have a weight-average fiber length [Lw] in a range of 0.5 to 20 mm, and a ratio ([C]/[B]) of the content of the polyrotaxane [C] to that of the carbon fibers [B] is 0.04 or more and 0.5 or less; and a thermoplastic resin molded article which has excellent impact strength and also has excellent conductivity.

Disclosed are films and materials comprising poly(alkylene glycol)-chitosan and/or chitin-poly(glucuronic acid) and chitosan and/or chitin-poly(glucuronic acid). Methods of making such films, particularly involving thermally crosslinking poly(glucuronic acid) with chitosan, are disclosed.