著者

Donald A. Norman 佐伯 胖 Jonathan Grudin 安西 祐一郎 Allan M. Collins Dedre Gentner Michael Cole James Levin Margaret Riel 杉本 卓 村山 功 美馬 のゆり 鈴木 宏昭 中島 秀之 小笠原 秀美 土屋 孝文 樋口 一枝 落合 弘之 野田 耕平 古田 一義 石井 裕 諏訪 正樹 安斎 利洋 中村 理恵子 益川 弘如 中山 隆弘 遠山 紗矢香 Daniel L. Schwartz Marcia C. Linn 飯窪 真也 齊藤 萌木 杉山 二季 板谷 大介 萩原 英子 畑 文子 堀 公彦 Stella Vosniadou Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver Sandra Y. Okita 大津 由紀雄 Marlene Scardamalia Carl Bereiter

出版者

日本認知科学会

雑誌

認知科学 (ISSN:13417924)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, no.4, pp.504-541, 2015-12-01 (Released:2016-06-01)

参考文献数

28

著者

Yugo Yamashita Ryuji Uozumi Yasuhiro Hamatani Masahiro Esato Yeong-Hwa Chun Hikari Tsuji Hiromichi Wada Koji Hasegawa Hisashi Ogawa Mitsuru Abe Satoshi Morita Masaharu Akao

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.81, no.9, pp.1278-1285, 2017-08-25 (Released:2017-08-25)

参考文献数

27

被引用文献数

108

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Background:The current status and outcomes of direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) use have not been widely evaluated in unselected patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in the real world.Methods and Results:The Fushimi AF Registry is a community-based prospective survey of AF patients who visited the participating medical institutions (n=80) in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan. Follow-up data with oral anticoagulant (OAC) status were available for 3,731 patients by the end of November 2015. We evaluated OAC status and clinical outcomes according to OAC status. The number (incidence rate) of stroke/systemic embolism (SE) and major bleeding events during the median follow-up of 3.0 years was 224 (2.3%/year) and 177 (1.8%/year), respectively. After the release of DOAC, the prevalence of DOAC use increased gradually and steadily, and that of warfarin, DOAC and no OAC was 37%, 26% and 36%, respectively in 2015. On Cox proportional hazards modeling incorporating change in OAC status as a time-dependent covariate for stroke/SE and major bleeding events, use of DOAC compared with warfarin was not associated with stroke/SE events (HR, 0.95; 95% CI: 0.59–1.51, P=0.82) or major bleeding events (HR, 0.82; 95% CI: 0.50–1.36, P=0.45).Conclusions:In real-world clinical practice, there were no significant differences in stroke/SE events or major bleeding events for DOAC compared with warfarin in patients with AF.

著者

Rie Hashimoto Atsuko Sakai Masumi Murayama Arisa Ochi Tomoki Abe Katsuya Hirasaka Ayako Ohno Shigetada Teshima-Kondo Hiroaki Yanagawa Natsuo Yasui Mikiko Inatsugi Daisuke Doi Masanori Takeda Rie Mukai Junji Terao Takeshi Nikawa

出版者

The University of Tokushima Faculty of Medicine

雑誌

The Journal of Medical Investigation (ISSN:13431420)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.62, no.3.4, pp.177-183, 2015 (Released:2015-09-18)

参考文献数

20

被引用文献数

9 22

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Background: In recent years, the number of bedridden people is rapidly increasing due to aging or lack of exercise in Japan. This problem is becoming more serious, since there is no countermeasure against it. In the present study, we designed to investigate whether dietary proteins, especially soy, had beneficial effects on skeletal muscle in 59 volunteers with various physical activities. Methods: We subjected 59 volunteers with various physical activities to meal intervention examination. Persons with low and high physical activities were divided into two dietary groups, the casein diet group and the soy diet group. They ate daily meals supplemented with 7.8 g of powdered casein or soy protein isolate every day for 30 days. Bedridden patients in hospitals were further divided into three dietary groups: the no supplementation diet group, the casein diet group and the soy diet group. They were also subjected to a blood test, a urinalysis, magnetic resonance imaging analysis and muscle strength test of the knee before and after the meal intervention study. Results: Thirty-day soy protein supplementation significantly increased skeletal muscle volume in participants with low physical activity, compared with 30-day casein protein supplementation. Both casein and soy protein supplementation increased the volume of quadriceps femoris muscle in bedridden patients. Consistently, soy protein significantly increased their extension power of the knee, compared with casein protein. Although casein protein increased skeletal muscle volume more than soy protein in bedridden patients, their muscle strength changes by soy protein supplementation were bigger than those by casein protein supplementation. Conclusions: The supplementation of soy protein would be one of the effective foods which prevent the skeletal muscle atrophy caused by immobilization or unloading. J. Med. Invest. 62: 177-183, August, 2015

著者

Ju-Won CHOI Su-Min KIM Jung-Hyun KIM

出版者

JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

雑誌

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.21-0018, (Released:2021-05-26)

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A 12-year-old, 3.5-kg, intact female dog was presented with polyuria, polydipsia, and a pendulous abdomen. Laboratory examinations showed elevated hepatobiliary enzyme levels and neutrophilic leukocytosis. The adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test confirmed hyperadrenocorticism (HAC). Trilostane therapy managed the clinical condition and cortisol concentration. However, lymphocytosis and nonregenerative anemia developed after HAC remission. Bone marrow aspiration analysis revealed a lymphoproliferative disorder with a clonal T-cell population. Accordingly, the patient was diagnosed with T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and concurrent HAC. Thereafter, chemotherapy was initiated, which improved the lymphocytosis. However, euthanasia was performed because of worsening quality of life at 45 weeks after the first presentation. These results suggested that CLL could be masked by excessive endogenous cortisol and discovered after HAC remission.

著者

WU Ying-Jhang LIOU Yu-Chieng LO Yi-Chuan TAI Sheng-Lun CHANG Shao-Fan SUN Juanzhen

出版者

Meteorological Society of Japan

雑誌

気象集誌. 第2輯 (ISSN:00261165)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2021-049, (Released:2021-04-20)

被引用文献数

1

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The evolution of a heavy rainfall event occurred on 19 August 2014 in northern Taiwan is investigated with observed data and analyses from a newly-developed system named IBM_VDRAS, which is based on a four-dimensional Variational Doppler Radar Assimilation System (VDRAS) with the capability to assimilate radar observations and surface station data over a complex terrain by adopting the Immersed Boundary Method (IBM). This event possesses different precipitating processes and track from those frequently observed in that region. From the surface observations and the high spatiotemporal resolution analysis fields generated by IBM_VDRAS, it is found that the rainfall process started with the initiation of two individual convective cells triggered through the interaction between land-sea breeze and terrain in two different cities (Taoyuan and Taipei). The outflow of one of the convective cells developed in Taoyuan City at an earlier time merged with another convective system which grew in Taipei Basin, and provided favorable conditions to intensify the latter. The enhanced major convective cell moved into the Taipei City metropolitan area and produced 80 mm of precipitation within approximately 2.5 h. The kinematic, thermodynamic, and microphysical fields of the convective cells are analyzed in details to explain the mechanisms which helped to maintain the structure of the rainfall system. Sensitivity experiments of quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF) show that the terrains prevent the location of major rainfall from shifting outside of Taipei Basin. By assimilating surface data, the model can better predict the position of the rainfall.

著者

林 初梅 Lin Chu-Mei

出版者

大阪大学大学院言語文化研究科

雑誌

言語文化研究 (ISSN:03874478)

巻号頁・発行日

no.47, pp.123-143, 2021-03-31

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【学術論文】本文藉由三部歷史小說及其所改編的電視劇,探討台灣人的集體記憶,特別聚焦於日本時代的記憶表象。分析文本為東方白的<浪淘沙), (1990) 、吳豐秋的<後山日先照), (1996) 、謝里法的<紫色大稻埕), (2009) 及改編自這三部歷史小說的影視作品。硏究結果指出,重現日本時代是今日台灣的一股潮流,三部影視作品所呈現的日本時代記憶,具有以下共同特徵:一、都是描述跨越兩個時代的人物的家族史。登場人物生於日本時代,有過被殖民與接受近代化洗禮的歷史經驗,但戰後國民黨政府接收台灣,帶給他們的卻是另一個更嚴峻的挑戰。二、劇中所描述的日本時代涵蓋殖民性及近代性,但二戰時期生活困苦的記憶相對被淡化,且同時出現了脫離時代軌跡的疏離感與他者性。原因在於影像化過程需要更嚴格的時代考據,但世代間記憶的斷層,使劇中的戰爭記憶被淡化,同時植入了現代H 本的想像。三、劇中都呈現相對美好的「H 本」記憶。終戰前後的生活體驗及所見所聞是三位作家創作取材的泉源,他們不斷比對兩個時代,使得日本時代的記憶相對美好,而此一集體記憶,透過電視劇,不僅擴大了它的讀者群,也提升了它的可視性。

著者

FENG Lujia ZHANG Tengfei KOH Tieh-Yong HILL Emma M.

出版者

Meteorological Society of Japan

雑誌

気象集誌. 第2輯 (ISSN:00261165)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2021-026, (Released:2021-01-15)

被引用文献数

3

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Using data from the Sumatran GPS Array in Indonesia–a hero network in tectonic and earthquake studies–we study the summer intra-seasonal variability of precipitable water vapor (PWV) over Sumatra in years without strong inter-annual variability. Unlike most other studies that use external meteorological data to derive PWV from GPS (Global Positioning System) signal delays, we use the zenith wet delay (ZWD) time series estimated from a regular geodetic-quality processing routine as a proxy for PWV variations without using auxiliary meteorological data. We decompose the ZWD space-time field into modes of variability using rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis, and investigate the mechanisms behind the two most important modes using linear regression analysis both with and without lags. We show that the summer intra-seasonal variability of daily ZWD over Sumatra in 2008, 2016, and 2017 is dominated by the South Asian Summer Monsoon, and further influenced by dry-air intrusions associated with Rossby waves propagating in the Southern Hemisphere midlatitudes. Both active South Asian monsoons and dry-air intrusions contribute to the dryness over Sumatra during northern summer. Our results indicate an intra-seasonal connection between the South Asian and western North Pacific Summer Monsoons: when the South Asian monsoon is strong, it pumps atmospheric water vapor over the eastern Indian Ocean to feed into the western North Pacific monsoon. We also show a tropical-extratropical teleconnection where PWV over the southern Maritime Continent can be modulated by the activity of eastward-traveling Rossby waves in the southern midlatitudes. Our case study demonstrates the use of regional continuously operating GPS (cGPS) networks for investigating atmospheric processes that govern intra-seasonal variability in atmospheric water vapor.

著者

Akihisa Watanabe Qana Ono-matsukubo Tomohiko Nishigami Toshiki Maitani Akira Mibu Takahiko Hirooka Hirohisa Machida

出版者

The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine

雑誌

Progress in Rehabilitation Medicine (ISSN:24321354)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.6, pp.20210019, 2021 (Released:2021-04-14)

参考文献数

45

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Objectives: Subacromial pain syndrome is a common problem in primary care. Although several randomized controlled trials have shown that eccentric exercise is effective in patients with subacromial pain syndrome, its generalizability to real-world clinical practice is unknown. This study aimed to investigate, using propensity score analysis, the generalizability of eccentric exercise for patients with subacromial pain syndrome to real-world daily clinical practice.Methods: In this study, 78 patients underwent eccentric exercise in addition to traditional exercise, and 77 patients underwent only traditional exercise for 4 weeks. Outcomes measured using a visual analog scale (VAS) and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form (ASES) scores were assessed at baseline and at 4 weeks.Results: In the propensity score-matched analysis, 65 patients in each group were successfully matched (130 of 155 patients, 84% overall). After 4 weeks of exercise, pain intensity was lower in the eccentric exercise group than in the traditional exercise group (VAS −14.5, 95% CI −21.2 to −7.9, P<0.001). No significant difference in the improvement in function was found between the two groups (ASES 4.1, 95% CI −2.0 to 10.2, P=0.18).Conclusions: Eccentric and traditional exercise in combination could reduce pain in patients with subacromial pain syndrome to a greater extent than traditional exercise alone. These findings have clinical relevance to primary care practitioners who provide conservative treatment for patients with subacromial pain syndrome.

著者

Kensuke Matsushita Lucie Lachmet-Thébaud Benjamin Marchandot Antonin Trimaille Chisato Sato Charlotte Dagrenat Stephane Greciano Fabien De Poli Pierre Leddet Marilou Peillex Sébastien Hess Adrien Carmona Charline Jimenez Joe Heger Antje Reydel Patrick Ohlmann Laurence Jesel Olivier Morel

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-20-1116, (Released:2021-04-06)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

8

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Background:Although there is an apparent rapid and spontaneous recovery of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), recent studies have demonstrated a long-lasting functional impairment in those patients. The present study sought to evaluate the predictors of incomplete recovery following TTS and its impact on cardiovascular mortality.Methods and Results:Patients with TTS between 2008 and 2018 were retrospectively enrolled at 3 different institutions. After exclusion of in-hospital deaths, 407 patients were split into 2 subgroups according to whether their LVEF was >50% (recovery group; n=341), or ≤50% (incomplete recovery group; n=66) at the chronic phase. Multivariate logistic regression analysis found that LVEF (odds ratio [OR]: 0.94; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.91–0.98; P<0.001) and C-reactive protein levels (OR: 1.11; 95% CI: 1.02–1.22; P=0.02) at discharge were independent predictors of incomplete recovery. At a median follow up of 52 days, a higher cardiovascular mortality was evident in the incomplete recovery group (16% vs. 0.6%; P<0.001).Conclusions:This study demonstrated that incomplete recovery after TTS is characterized by residual systemic inflammation and an increased cardiac mortality at follow up. Altogether, the present study findings determined that patients with persistent inflammation are a high-risk subgroup, and should be targeted in future clinical trials with specific therapies to attenuate inflammation.

著者

山田 和人 翻刻の会 Kazuhito Yamada Honkoku-no-Kai

出版者

同志社大学国文学会

雑誌

同志社国文学 = Doshisha Kokubungaku (ISSN:03898717)

巻号頁・発行日

no.92, pp.270-307, 2020-03-20

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八百屋お七物の改作である『潤色江戸紫』(聖華書院、1907)を翻刻し、資料として紹介した。すでに『世話浄瑠璃大全』に所収されているが、翻字の誤りを修正し、節付けも補い、改めて底本に忠実な翻刻本文とした。廣田收教授退職記念号資料紹介翻刻の会: 同志社大学文学部教授山田和人と同志社大学文学部国文学科在学生(14名)

著者

Yasunaga YOSHIKAWA Masami MORIMATSU Kazuhiko OCHIAI Toshina ISHIGURO-OONUMA Ryo MORIOKA Kento OKUDA Koichi ORINO

出版者

JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

雑誌

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.21-0006, (Released:2021-03-16)

被引用文献数

2

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Mammary tumors are the most common tumors in women and non-spayed female dogs. One of the reasons for mammary tumors is mutations of the tumor suppressor gene, BRCA2. BRCA2 participates in homologous recombination repair by interacting with the RAD51 recombinase. BRCA2 has two RAD51-binding domains, consisting of BRC repeats and the C-terminal RAD51-binding domain, respectively. Although several studies have addressed the function of the C-terminal RAD51-binding domain of human BRCA2, the amino acid sequences required for the RAD51-interaction activity remain unclear. In this study, the C-terminal RAD51-binding domains of canine and human BRCA2 were compared; the canine domain displayed a weaker interaction with RAD51. This difference was attributed to the C-terminal portion of the domain via a comparison between canine and human domains. Furthermore, peptides shorter than those previously reported displayed RAD51-interacting activity, and a core motif of this domain consisting of 25 amino acids was identified. Since a mutation (S3323N) was reported in the core motif of this domain, the effect of this mutation was evaluated. The mutant exhibited similar RAD51-binding activity as that of the wild-type protein, suggesting that the mutation was functionally neutral. These data suggested that the C-terminal portion of the BRCA2 C-terminal RAD51-binding domain influenced its RAD51-interaction activity, and a minimum core motif of 25 amino acids was identified in this domain. These data may help clarify BRCA2 function, as well as the tumorigenic effects of BRCA2 mutation.

著者

房 極哲 Geug-chol BANG

出版者

筑波大学大学院博士課程文芸・言語研究科応用言語学コース

雑誌

筑波応用言語学研究 (ISSN:13424823)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.5, pp.101-116, 1998-12-25

著者

by Doris Behrens-Abouseif

出版者

Brill

巻号頁・発行日

2019

著者

Amanda Sarita CRUZ-ALEIXO Mayra De CASTRO FERREIRA LIMA Ana Luísa HOLANDA DE ALBUQUERQUE Raphael TORTORELLI TEIXEIRA Renata ALVES DE PAULA Marina Cecília GRANDI Danilo Otávio LAURENTI FERREIRA Miriam HARUMI TSUNEMI Simone BIAGIO CHIACCHIO Maria Lucia GOMES LOURENÇO

出版者

JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

雑誌

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.83, no.1, pp.17-27, 2021 (Released:2021-01-14)

参考文献数

44

被引用文献数

2

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The evaluation of the autonomic cardiac functions may be performed through the analysis of the heart rate variability. Heart rate variability is defined as the fluctuations in the heart rhythm or rate, and represents a useful tool in the evaluation of the autonomic nervous system through the sympathetic and parasympathetic components, as well as its balance and its reflexes on the cardiorespiratory control system. Fetal electrocardiography provides important information regarding the well-being of the fetus since, in human fetuses, there are changes in the behavior of the fetal heart rate during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy due to an increase in parasympathetic activity. Therefore, considering the importance of evaluating fetal viability, this study aims at evaluating the behavior of fetal heart rate and heart rate variability in Dorper sheep, as well as the activity of the autonomic nervous system during fetal life and in newborn lambs. The species is often used in experimental studies and autonomic nervous system activity is a prognostic index, therefore, the diagnosis of modifications in the sympathovagal balance may represent an early index for fetal viability and well-being in lambs. The analyses were performed in 10 Dorper sheep during pregnancy and in 10 lambs after birth until 120 days of age. There was a decrease in the fetal heart rate and heart rate variability indexes during the fifth month of pregnancy, but without statistical significance for the period evaluated. The heart rate of the lambs decreased gradually until they were 21 days old. The indexes SDNN (standard deviation of RR intervals) and RMSSD (square root of the mean of successive differences between adjacent RR intervals) diverged according to age, being high at day 60. Fetal viability is relevant in sheep fetuses to avoid losses during pregnancy and risks to the health of the mother. In the species, there seems to be a predominance of parasympathetic activity starting from the 21st day of age. Heart rate variability may be employed as a tool in the evaluation of the fetus and development of lambs, since changes in its behavior may represent an adverse effect to fetal and neonatal health.

著者

Rosalia AVILA-TAPIES

出版者

The Association of Japanese Geographers

雑誌

Geographical review of Japan series B (ISSN:18834396)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.88, no.2, pp.47-65, 2016-09-30 (Released:2016-09-30)

参考文献数

72

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The formation of the Japanese colonial empire entailed major population movements and important socio-economic and territorial impacts in East Asia. These were particularly relevant in Manchuria, where important Japanese immigration also occurred, especially after the establishment of Japanese-sponsored Manchukuo in 1932. This paper focuses on the location of co-ethnic concentrations of the four major population groups of immigrant background in Manchukuo. The aim of the study is to re-examine the reality of Manchukuo’s inclusive ideology of ethnic harmony and the blurring of ethnic borders from a spatial viewpoint. The location of co-ethnic concentrations of Han Chinese, Koreans, Japanese and Russians was identified by calculating the Location Quotients for each group at national and urban (Mukden’s railway town) scales. The results were mapped, showing uneven ethnic distributions and concentrations at both scales. This analysis confirmed the existence of clusters of affluent co-ethnic concentrations in Manchukuo, including some recent concentrations, such as the Japanese deliberate segregation in the North Manchuria countryside and in the Mukden railway town. Thus, the inclusive ideology of the new State coexisted, paradoxically, with high levels of co-ethnic spatial concentrations. This occurred not only because of group interest in achieving community cohesion, but also because of exclusions and restrictions resulting from official segregationist settlement policies. According to the results of the spatial analysis, the article concludes that Manchukuo’s utopian ideals of equal coexistence and concord among all ethnicities were not realized.

著者

Jung-Eun LEE Yukio SADAHIRO

出版者

The Association of Japanese Geographers

雑誌

地理学評論 (ISSN:13479555)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.79, no.5, pp.237-250, 2006-04-01 (Released:2008-12-25)

参考文献数

18

被引用文献数

1

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The availability of data set itself and the method of handling the data set are essential factors to achieve effective decision making in retail marketing, especially for small privately managed retail stores. In the field of retail and marketing geography, attractiveness of a store is analyzed with questionnaire survey and logit model in general. However, the problem is that huge cost is required for the process, which becomes more difficult under a micro scale retail environment. Considering the fact that small retail stores often have their own purchase history data of customers, the cost is reduced if an effective method exists that is applicable using purchase history data only. Hence, the purpose of this paper is focused on evaluating and detecting competitors of a small retail store, with limited data availability, to understand the status of its market area from the geographical aspect by clarifying where its own strong competitors are located. The method uses a probabilistic store choice model, which is usually estimated from the data of consumers' store choice behavior collected by a questionnaire survey. Instead of such detailed but costly data, this paper uses actual sales data of the target store to estimate the model. The method is applied to simulated choice behavior, then, to actual data based on the findings understood from the simulated choice behavior analysis. Results show that the method effectively detects strong competitors of a store. Furthermore, the result may provide a guideline for the store to establish an effective marketing strategy.

著者

Takashi INOUE Kao-Lee LIAW

出版者

The Association of Japanese Geographers

雑誌

地理学評論 (ISSN:13479555)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.77, no.12, pp.765-782, 2004-10-01 (Released:2008-12-25)

参考文献数

24

被引用文献数

3

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Abstract: In recent migration literature, three distinctive features in the sex ratio of annual interprefectural migration in Japan since the 1950s have been identified and explained: (1) an upward trend, (2) a persistently high level, and (3) systematic fluctuations around the trend. We first show in this paper that these three features can also be clearly seen in the sex ratio of non-metropolitan out-migration rates in the launching stage (i.e. between graduation from middle school and acquirement of the first job) of the life course of the Japanese. We then explain these features in terms of (1) the changing and persistent ideologies that orient and constrain the behaviors of Japanese household members and (2) the changes in the spatial economy of Japan. To gain further insights, we also show the systematic effects of educational attainment and sibling status on the non-metropolitan out-migration propensities of the Japanese in the launching stage of their life course. Our findings suggest that the migration propensities will continue to be highly selective with respect to gender (higher for males than for females) and educational attainment (higher for the better educated and lower for the less educated) but will be little affected by sibling status. With respect to the changes in the spatial economy, our findings also suggest that the migration responses will be much greater for males than for females, and that among males the responses will be particularly intense at the two extremes of educational attainment, especially the upper extreme.

著者

Norikazu MATSUOKA Shin-ichi SAWAGUCHI Kenji YOSHIKAWA

出版者

The Association of Japanese Geographers

雑誌

地理学評論 (ISSN:13479555)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.77, no.5, pp.276-300, 2004-04-01 (Released:2008-12-25)

参考文献数

62

被引用文献数

11 18

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This report overviews observations on periglacial geomorphology in central Spitsbergen, which have been undertaken by the Japanese geomorphological groups. Focus is given to permafrost-related processes, including solifluction, thermal contraction cracking and pingo growth. Annual freeze-thaw action dominates the ground, resulting in extensive occurrence of solifluction and shallow landslides on soil slopes. Solifluction shows low surface velocity but large volumetric transport, which respectively reflects infrequent diurnal frost creep and deep movement. The latter partly originates from plug-like flow in the basal active layer, where permafrost temperature is low and muddy sediment is thick. Non-sorted polygons with a wide range of diameters develop on lowlands. In colder inland terrains, large polygons (>7m) have ice wedges, whereas smaller polygons have only soil wedges or cracks confined to the active layer. Significant ice-wedge cracking occurs during rapid and intensive cooling in midwinter. In warmer coastal terrains, ice wedges are not common even below large polygons, because higher winter temperature can produce only shallow cracks. Open-system pingos occur in valley bottoms and near shores. Some pingos are still growing under a low artesian pressure fed by constant supply of sub-permafrost water. Following lateral river erosion, a new frost mound emerged at a side of a pingo, reaching 3m high during three years. The observations demonstrate that central Spitsbergen is situated in a High Arctic but relatively warm permafrost environment. The transitional condition between cold and warm permafrost allows diverse periglacial features to coexist within a small area. Even minor climatic change can switch the two thermal regimes, affecting significantly the type and magnitude of periglacial processes.

著者

Bayandelger Bat-Erdene Ueda Yuzuru Mueller Thomas Adiyabat Amarbayar

出版者

特定非営利活動法人 再生可能エネルギー協議会

雑誌

グランド再生可能エネルギー国際会議論文集

巻号頁・発行日

vol.1, 2018

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To reduce air pollution in Ulaanbaatar city, we need to properly penetrate the advanced technologies of energy generation and heating devices into the existing types of residences. Therefore, we are testing electric thermal storage (ETS) heater and an insulation improved Ger (yurt) since October of 2017. This study presents the optimal PV capacity for supplying a Ger with ETS as well as without ETS. The 45o, and 60o tilt angles, in the period of winter, are good for electric demand with ETS. The optimal PV rated capacities, for typical and night-time ETS heating demand, are 2-4 kWp while 5-7 kWp are suitable for demand with day-time heating.

著者

Miho Nishitani-Yokoyama Hiroyuki Daida Kazunori Shimada Akiko Ushijima Keisuke Kida Yuji Kono Yasuhiko Sakata Masatoshi Nagayama Yutaka Furukawa Nagaharu Fukuma Keijiro Saku Shin-ichiro Miura Yusuke Ohya Youichi Goto Shigeru Makita for the Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (JACR) Registration Committee

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Reports (ISSN:24340790)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2, no.12, pp.715-721, 2020-12-10 (Released:2020-12-10)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

2

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Background:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is categorized as a Class I recommendation in guidelines for the management of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS); however, nationwide studies on CR in patients with ACS remain limited in Japan.Methods and Results:The Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (JACR) Registry is a nationwide, real-world database for patients participating in CR. From the JACR Registry database, we analyzed 924 patients participating in Phase II CR in 7 hospitals between September 2014 and December 2016. The mean age of patients was 65.9±12.0 years, and 80% were male. The prevalence of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-STEMI (NSTEMI), and unstable angina pectoris (UAP) was 58%, 9%, and 33%, respectively. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, current smoking, and a family history was 55%, 27%, 67%, 21%, and 10%, respectively. Among the entire CR cohort at baseline, 96%, 78%, and 92% were treated with aspirin, β-blockers, and statins, respectively. After CR, the values of body mass index, the lipid profile, and exercise capacity significantly improved in the STEMI, NSTEMI and UAP groups.Conclusions:In the JACR Registry, a high rate of guideline-recommended medications at baseline and improvements in both coronary risk factors and exercise capacity after CR were observed in patients with ACS.