著者
阿部 仁一郎
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.49, no.2, pp.98-107, 2005 (Released:2005-04-08)
参考文献数
55
被引用文献数
4

Giardia intestinalis is a protozoan parasite found in the intestinal tract of humans and animals. Recent molecular studies show considerable genetic diversity among isolates from humans and animals, suggesting that this species is not a single species but is composed of multiple genotypes that have zoonotic potential or are host-adapted. Cross-infection studies using the isolates from different hosts and molecular epidemiological studies in endemic areas strongly support the zoonotic transmission of G. intestinalis. Molecular analysis of the isolates is therefore essential in order to reveal the sources of Giardia infection and thus develop appropriate countermeasures. In Japan, the molecular epidemiology of Giardia infection is as yet unclear as only a few isolates from humans and animals have been genotyped. This report finds that further studies are required for an understanding of the zoonotic significance and molecular epidemiology of Giardia infection in Japan.
著者
高倉 耕一
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.52, no.4, pp.221-228, 2008-07-30 (Released:2008-08-08)
参考文献数
13
被引用文献数
1

In recent years, computer hardware has become more powerful and more popularized. Software for specialized data processing, such as statistical analysis, is also becoming common as a result of the open-source movement. These changes have made some novel statistical techniques more accessible. Typical examples are the randomized test and the Monte Carlo method, which are now used frequently by some skilled researchers. Among average users, however, the use of such techniques is not common. In the present paper, I present these techniques and the R codes necessary to estimate parameter distribution with the Monte Carlo method.
著者
清水 充 野田 勉 山野 哲夫 山田 明男 森田 茂
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.37, no.5, pp.215-220, 1993-09-10 (Released:2010-03-11)
参考文献数
20

化学的合成品以外の食品添加物31種36品目についてマウスおよびラットにおける急性経口毒性試験を実施し、以下の結果を得た。1) 投与量が5.0g/kg以下の用量で動物の死亡が認められた試料はパルマローザ、ボアドローズ、茶抽出物、キラヤ抽出物、ヒノキチオールの5品目であった。これらのうちキラヤ抽出物およびヒノキチオールのLD50値はいずれも2.0g/kg以下であった。2) キラヤ抽出物を経口投与したマウスでは腺胃および小腸粘膜に浮腫、出血がみられた。3) ヒノキチオールを経口投与したマウスでは間代性および強直性痙攣がみられた。4) 上記以外の試料では動物の死亡は認められなかったが、観察期間終了の剖検ではクチナシ黄色素投与による肝臓の肉眼的変化が観察された。
著者
尾崎 麻子
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.50, no.5, pp.365-371, 2006 (Released:2006-10-19)
参考文献数
19
被引用文献数
2

As food apparatus, containers and packages are necessary in daily life, they must not contain harmful chemicals that could migrate to food. Investigations are necessary in this respect to confirm their safety. This review introduces recent problems and topics relating to the hygiene of food apparatus, containers and packages. The topics are as follows: di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate from polyvinyl chloride products, bisphenol A from polycarbonate and epoxy resin products, epoxidized soybean oil and semicarbazide from bottle cap sealing agents for infants, PFOA from fluoroplastics and the fluorine coatings, lactic acid from polylactide, and abietic acids from paper products.
著者
宮崎 竹二 船坂 邦弘
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.41, no.6, pp.233-239, 1997-11-30 (Released:2010-03-11)
参考文献数
7

To test the idea that concentration of air pollutants such as NOx, CO and SPM is significantly increased in enclosed spaces frequented by automobiles, an investigation of air pollution at a 52-space underground parking lot was carried out. Average concentrations of NO2, NO, CO, SPM and HCHO were 103ppb, 221ppb, 8.7ppm, 20.7μg/m3 and 18.0ppb respectively. Concentrations of NOx and CO were significantly higher than outdoors. Correlation between NOx and CO concentrations and the number of parking cars was not high, because the automobile sources of the pollutants were immediately present.
著者
川井 信子
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.34, no.1, pp.2-8, 1990-01-10 (Released:2010-03-11)
参考文献数
1
著者
今井 長兵衛
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.50, no.1, pp.12-26, 2006 (Released:2006-02-08)
参考文献数
122
被引用文献数
1

Textbooks and papers from both the social and the natural sciences were reviewed in the context of the concept of the environment and the subject matter of environmental biology. Basing on the results, the author concluded that the environment is a subject-dependent entity that is realized only when we take into consideration a living organism as subject, including humans. The human environment consists of many environmental factors, each of which is distributed, at a distance from a human or human group as subject, in an epistemological, non-physical space. A human subject can shorten the epistemological distance from its environmental factors by intensifying recognition of the environment. We can thus recognize the global environment in spite of its physical distance from our bodies. Environmental biology is an environmental science which deals with complex interactions in humans as subject, other living organisms as “second subject” and their environments. The major issues of environmental biology are the human impact on living organisms and vice versa, the impact of living organisms on environments and vice versa, the conservation or reconstruction of biological diversity, and, as a final goal, the establishment of sustainable coexistence between humans and other living organisms.
著者
芳倉 太郎 西尾 孝之 藤原 康博
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.52, no.1, pp.33-43, 2008 (Released:2008-02-07)
参考文献数
73
被引用文献数
2

The present document summarizes the achievements of Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences in the study of leachate control and management at a sea-based solid waste disposal sites in Osaka City.The document covers investigative research such as analysis of changes in water quality, advanced water treatment for the removal of nitrogen and micropollutans, water treatment using activated charcoal made from wastewood, and microbiological study.
著者
酒井 護
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.50, no.6, pp.501-509, 2006 (Released:2006-12-07)
参考文献数
72

Physical properties and chemical reactivities of an unknown chemical compound can be predicted by the thermodynamic quantities of that compound. There are so many isomers and congeners among dioxin analogues that it is impossible to measure the thermodynamic properties of all such compounds. In this case, we can compute these quantities based on quantum chemistry. This report summarizes the thermodynamic properties of dioxins based on computational chemistry and toxicity based on the QSAR method. Equations predicting PXDD and PXDF free energy were also derived using a quantum and deductive chemical approach.
著者
阿部 仁一郎
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.50, no.5, pp.387-394, 2006 (Released:2006-10-19)
参考文献数
43

Pathogenic analysis of clinical samples to detect the causative agent is the most reliable method of confirming infection. Morphological examination using light microscopy is a convenient tool, but the information thus obtained is limited. In Japan, while morphological examination is still the gold standard in many parasitic infections, recent molecular studies have produced a wealth of new findings helpful in the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of parasitic infections. Currently, genetic examination is applied in the diagnosis of various infectious diseases to obtain rapid and accurate results and also to understand their molecular epidemiology. It is expected that molecular methodologies will be necessary for the diagnosis of various parasitic infections. In the present paper, the author summarizes the significance and prospects of genetic examination in parasitic infections.
著者
阿部 仁一郎 八木 欣平
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.49, no.3, pp.168-171, 2005 (Released:2005-06-07)
参考文献数
10
被引用文献数
2

Anisakids are parasitic nematodes infecting fish and mammals. It is well recognized that human infection with this parasite, called anisakiasis, occurs by ingestion of raw or undercooked fish. In Japan, there are estimated to be over 1,000 cases of this infection annually. In 1999, “The Food Sanitation Law Enforcement Regulation” was partly amended, and anisakiasis was newly added to the causative agents of food poisoning. Identification of anisakid larvae has been performed by light microscopy, but it is impossible to accurately identify the worms morphologically when only small portions of the worm are available. In the present study, we showed the usefulness of PCR-based methods for identification of anisakid species using several species of anisakid larvae from Pacific cod. The larvae identified morphologically as Anisakis simplex or Contracaecum osculatum were found also to be positive for PCR amplification with only species-specific primers. In addition, the larvae of Pseudoterranova decipiens, frequently found in anisakiasis in Japan, were positive for amplification with only the P. decipiens-specific primers designed for the study. PCR using species-specific primers is thus concluded to be a useful tool for identification of anisakid larvae when morphological identification is impossible.
著者
垣本 充 渡部 由美
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.34, no.5, pp.212-219, 1990-09-10 (Released:2010-10-28)
参考文献数
13

14~16歳の乳卵菜食主義者120名 (男子60名、女子60名) と、同年齢・同数の一般食の者を対象に、週日連続3日間の食物摂取調査およびCMI健康調査を行った。結果は下記のように要約される。1) 菜食群はナイアシンを除いて、各栄養素の摂取量平均値は所要量を充足していたが、一般群はエネルギー、カルシウム、鉄が不足していた。2) 体格的には、身長、体重、肥満、るい痩ともに、両群間に特異な傾向は認められなかった。3) CMI健康調査では消化器系項目で、菜食群男子は一般群男子に比べて自覚症状が有意に少なかった。
著者
福田 正則 大柴 恵一
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.28, no.6, pp.345-347, 1984-11-10 (Released:2010-03-11)
参考文献数
4

新品種のメロンの成分について分析して次の結果を得た。水分, たん白質は成分表値に比較してやや高く, 逆に炭水化物は低かった。脂質, 灰分は成分表値とほぼ同じ値であった。無機質ではカルシウムとリンが成分表値より低く, ナトリウムと鉄が逆に高かった。カリウムはナトリウムの10倍近い値を示した。ビタミンCは成分表値より低かったが, 果実類の中では柑橘類に次ぐ高い値であった。メロンの保存状態と品質保持との関係を調べたところ, 無包装で室温に置くと10%もの減少を示し旗が, ラップで包み, 冷蔵庫に置くと変化は1%以下であった。すなわち保存する際にはそれらの条件を守る必要がある。
著者
芳倉 太郎 北野 雅昭
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.52, no.2, pp.119-129, 2008 (Released:2008-04-07)
参考文献数
31

The present document summarizes the achievements of Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences in the field of water quality examination and water research from ca. 1970 to ca. 1985.The document covers investigative and advanced research related to pollution control of river water and biological and chemical monitoring of the water environment in Osaka City.
著者
吉田 英生 羽田 尚彦
出版者
Osaka Urban Living and Health Association
雑誌
生活衛生 (ISSN:05824176)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.51, no.4, pp.249-252, 2007 (Released:2007-08-07)
参考文献数
12

The anti-fatigue properties of odorless garlic extract (OGE) were investigated by monitoring the recovery rate from muscular fatigue in anesthetized rats. In the experiment, muscular fatigue was induced by applying rapid electric stimulations to the skeletal muscle. Fatigue recovery rates were measured after a 60- and a 90-minute interval in the treated group and the control group, respectively.The results indicated that OGE had a certain degree of anti-fatigue effect (p<0.1) in the treated group (1g/kg/day oral administration of OGE for 14days). No significant body weight change in either group was observed during the experiment period, suggesting that OGE is safe at the dosage given (1g/kg/day).