409 research outputs found
Letter from Beverly Toyama and Hideki Obayashi to Miyoshi, January 2010
No full textA letter from Beverly Toyama and Hideki Obayashi to Miyoshi-san, informing him of the Kurata Ranch Reunion, which will take place in Gardena, California. The letter provides instructions regarding the time and location of the event, as well as suggested items for attendees to bring with them. It also includes a copy of a hand drawn map of Kurata Ranch, which is based on the recollection of Ume Murata.The James H. Osborne Nisei Collection contains mainly correspondence between Emiko and Usami Terada, incarcerees in the Rohwer incarceration camp, McGehee Arkansas, and the Thomas family in Lawndale, California, and photographs of the Teradas and the Thomases. The letters describe the trip from the Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Center to the Rohwer incarceration camp, their lives and conditions in the camp, and their concerns about their properties in Lawndale, California. Also included are photographs taken in the camp, some issues of "The Rohwer outpost," and fliers published during wartime
Family History of Hypertension and the Risk of Overweight in Japanese Children: Results From the Toyama Birth Cohort Study
No full textBackground: Family history can be a useful screening tool in the assessment and management of the risk for noncommunicable disease. However, no data have yet been reported on family history of hypertension and its effect on children's overweight. Methods: A total of 7249 Japanese children enrolled in the Toyama Birth Cohort Study were followed until 2002 (mean age: 12.3 years). Family history of hypertension was ascertained by asking children's parents whether children's biological parents or grandparents had doctor-diagnosed hypertension. Child overweight was defined according to international criteria for age-and sex-specific body mass index. Results: The prevalence of child overweight at age 12 was 21.7% for males and 15.9% for females. After adjusting for family structure, parental employment status, and lifestyle factors, we found that a maternal family history of hypertension was positively associated with the risk of child overweight at age 12 (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.21, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04-1.39). The adjusted OR increased from 1.16 (95% CI 0.99-1.35) to 1.42 (95% CI 1.04-1.92) to 4.75 (95% CI 1.35-16.69) as the number of family members with hypertension increased from 1 to 2 to 3, respectively. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of overweight between children with a paternal family history of hypertension and those without. Conclusions: A maternal family history of hypertension was positively associated with the risk of overweight in children at age 12.Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSCI(E)04304-3112
Consideration of the Issues concerning Planning Methods of Quality Countryside Houses from the Viewpoint of Sustainability of the Local Community : A Case Study of Hirakigaoka Housing Development in Toyama
No full textThe purpose of this research is to consider the issues concerning planning methods of quality countryside houses from the viewpoint of sustainability of the local community. Satoyama Club, which is the non-profit organization in Toyama, has been developing Hirakigaoka housing development in the suburbs of Toyama. Through a case study of this development, the following points of an argument to planning methods were found: One is the rigidity of the procedure to plan quality countryside houses causes some restrictions on resident participation, especially taking a cooperative approach. The other is the typical house design makes attribution of community members unified and the sustainability unstable
Geochemical Study of Groundwater in the Sho River Fan, Toyama Prefecture for Heat Usage by a Geothermal Heat Pump
No full textAbstractChemical and isotopic (D, O) compositions of 56 water samples from the Sho River fan, Toyama, northern part of central Japan, were analyzed to examine their water quality, origins, and water flow for geothermal heat extraction used for air-conditioning and melting of road snow by a geothermal heat pump (Geo-HP). Groundwaters are a mixture of two big river waters (Sho and Oyabe) and precipitation. Deep groundwaters from observation wells are characterized to be high in pH and enriched in HCO3 compared to the shallow groundwaters. These features may indicate that the shallow groundwater originated from a mixture of river water and precipitation moving to the north and becoming confined due to the presence of an impermeable layer. Groundwaters attain high pH due to ion exchange reactions with rocks containing clay minerals, where HCO3 concentration also increases
Techniques used in the Crystallization of the Earth: The Ryuji Kitagawa Mineral Collection exhibit
No full text富山市科学博物館では，平成27年7月18日から9月6日まで特別展「地球の結晶～北川隆司鉱物コレクション～」を開催した．本展では，北川隆司氏のコレクションを中心に，色や結晶の美しい鉱物標本約300点と㈲J．C．BAR所有の宝石標本約100点を展示した．本展では，鉱物の色や結晶の形の美しさを伝えるとともに，鉱物の様々な楽しみ方を提案することを狙いとし展示を構成した．展示の構成・デザインには，（１）来場者に展示の意図が伝わること，（２）当館の来館者層（幼児～小学生＋その保護者）にあった内容であること，（３）特に鉱物に興味をもたない来場者でも楽しめる展示であることに注意した．
本展開催期間中，来場者に本展の感想を問うアンケートを実施した．その結果，印象に残った展示として「宝石」を筆頭に，「光る石や色が変わる石」「鉱物の色」「鉱物の形」と回答した方が多く，自由記述においても，「きれいだった」といった感想が多く見られ，本展の狙いは概ね達成したと言える．For exhibits held at museums, curators plan and create exhibits matched to the nature of the exhibit venue and the visitors expected, carefully structuring the exhibit to suit the museum in question. The standard theory of exhibits has been discussed in various literature, but there have been few elucidations of the subtle exhibition techniques employed by curators. From July 18, 2015 through September 6, 2015, the Toyama Science Museum held an exhibit entitled: Crystallization of the Earth: The Ryuji Kitagawa Mineral Collection. This paper explains the exhibitional techniques that the author did in the exhibition. Further, the results of a survey distributed to visitors are used to assess future issues surrounding how exhibition techniques are evaluated by the public.departmental bulletin pape
The genetic switch for the regulatory pathway of Lactobacillus plantarum phage φg1e
No full textAA11873584Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa UniversityMolecular Biology Group, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama UniversityMolecular Biology Group, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama UniversityDepartment of Applied physics and Chemistry, Fukui University of Technology, GakuenMolecular Biology Group, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Universitydepartmental bulletin pape
Insights from a Movie Production Project for Tourism in Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture
No full text富山県立山町の観光振興策の一環として、近畿大学の学生が、観光動画制作プロジェクトを実施した。本稿は、筆者と短期大学部生による取材活動から得られた知見を、教育と課題の両面から考察し、今後の活動に参考となる留意点を明らかにした。Kindai University Students conducted a movie production project as part of tourism promotion in Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture. This paper discusses educational insights and general issues obtained from a series of coverages by the author and junior college students and identifies points that will be useful for future activities.departmental bulletin pape
富山県に於ける自然水の地球化学的研究
No full textPart I. The Distribution Of Phosphate Ion In Toyama Prefecture. Dr. Kimura and his collaborators have observed in Noto Peninsula that natural water shows a comparatively high level of phosphate ion (P043-) concentrations wherever the ore deposits of phosphor are found. In the neighbouring prefecture Toyama, it has been found by the author that the distribution of P043- of relatively low concentrations is seen in the western part of the prefecture where the strata are geologically similar to those of Noto， while in the eastern part the further we go, the less frequently P043- is detectable. Part II. On The Mineral Springs Located In The West Of Takaoka City. In the district, the springs may be divided into two groups regarding their positions, one locating on the straight line of the fault along the southern foot of Hutagami hills and the other along the northern foot; the chemical compositions of the springs, however， do not agree with such a grouping and they may more reasonably be divided into a sulfate-rich and a chloride-rich groups. In Toyama prefecture, the highest concentrations of Cl- and P043- are found among these springs.能登半島の石川県側の地域に，本邦に稀な燐鉱床のあることが以前より知られ，之に就いては東大木村教授及び藤原博土等により地球化学的な研究がなされ，鉱床の状態，成因等が明らかにされた。
半島基部の富山県側は鉱床のある石川県側と，岩相，堆積年代共に極めて似ているので，この地域を含め富山県下一帯に亘って，地下水中の燐分の分布状況を調査した。
因みに同県下の自然水中の燐酸分に就いて，数量的な報告は之迄には殆どない。Article富山大学工学部紀要, 5(1/2), Page 58-6
Discordance Detection in Regional Ordinance: Ontology-based Validation
No full textAbstract. In this paper, we propose a procedure of discordance detection in an actual legal code, that is the regional ordinance of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. In this study, we expand the notion of inconsistency to the discordance including antonyms based on an ontology, and precluded the conventional negative connective. We hav
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