著者
Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
出版者
日本デジタルゲーム学会
雑誌
デジタルゲーム学研究 (ISSN:18820913)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.1, no.1, pp.54-64, 2007 (Released:2021-06-01)

This paper discusses policy issues “in” cyberworlds, rather than “on” them. Many virtual worlds, online games and other online communities, develop their own value and exchange system, and the virtual economies have become increasingly important to our real lives. But since virtual economies have different characteristics from the real ones, we need to think about how to manage these economies ac- cordingly. In this paper the basic structure of these games and propose policy measures to counter important in-game problems are analyzed. In addition, a growing trend toward interaction among virtual worlds is viewed as emergence of “international economy.”
著者
Kyouko KUROSAKA Hiroyuki DAIDA Takashi MUTO Yoshiro WATANABE Sachio KAWAI Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
出版者
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
雑誌
Industrial Health (ISSN:00198366)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.38, no.1, pp.15-23, 2000 (Released:2007-03-29)
参考文献数
52
被引用文献数
23 37

Several epidemiological studies have shown that the prevalence of ischemic heart disease is higher in occupational drivers than in people with other occupations. Although occupation categories can be surrogate measures for coronary risk factors, the relationships between taxi driving and severity of coronary heart disease (CHD) has not been investigated. Even more important, the contribution of risk factors to the severity of CHD in taxi drivers remains unclear. Our study tested the hypothesis that taxi driving could be associated with the severity of CHD. We also examined the relation between this occupation and risk factors and social lifestyle. We analyzed the coronary angiograms of 57 consecutive male taxi driver patients and compared them with those of 215 ageadjusted male non-taxi-driver patients. The number of diseased vessels and risk factors were compared between two groups. The prevalence of myocardial infarction and multi-vessel disease was higher in the taxi-driver patients than in the non-taxi-driver patients. The taxi-driver patients had higher prevalence of body mass index (BMI), diabetes, and smoking, higher levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and lower levels of apolipoprotein AI (ApoAI). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that multi-vessel disease was associated with BMI and diabetes mellitus in taxi-driver patients. The taxi-driver patients were characterized by more extensive coronary atherosclerosis associated with higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus and obesity. These characteristics may be explained by in part their working environment.
著者
Masaki UJIHARA Masahito KOBAYASHI Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI Sachiko HIRATA Kazuhiko TAKABATAKE Kenji WAKIYA Atsushi SASAKI Takamitsu FUJIMAKI
出版者
The Japan Neurosurgical Society
雑誌
NMC Case Report Journal (ISSN:21884226)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.9, pp.383-388, 2022-12-31 (Released:2022-11-09)
参考文献数
16

We report an 18-year-old female patient who developed left temporal headache and fever one month after administration of isotretinoin for acne. Imaging studies demonstrated osteolytic change in the left frontal bone, and the lesion showed gadolinium contrast enhancement. Biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of osteomyelitis, and the symptoms improved after 8 months of medication with antibiotics and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). However, the pain recurred when isotretinoin was resumed. Isotretinoin sometimes causes excessive inflammation, which may have been the reason for the osteomyelitis in this case. Although osteomyelitis is usually caused by bacterial infection, a non-bacterial mechanism should also be suspected if the condition is resistant to antibiotics.