58 research outputs found
INVESTIGATION OF WATER QUALITIES OF RIVERS IN KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE (Report 2) : Water qualities of the Tagami river (Report 2)
No full textThe author performed the investigation of water qualities on the Tagami river successively
last year.
In manicipal ordinance, the Tagami river is located at C-class river, and the water qualities
up to the standard at the upper stream. But at the lower, it is very smudged and below the E-class.
This is because, at the region of the lower stream, in spite of the increase of the population, there is
no drainage arrangements, so that the drainage of life flow into the Tagami river directry. Here
especially noticing is the fact, the concentration of ABS came to two times compared that of last year
Supplemental materials for preprint: Visual and verbal processes in right-left confusion: Psychometric and experimental approaches
No full textINVESTIGATION OF WATER QUALITIES OF RIVERS IN KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE (Report 1) : Water Qualities of the Tagami River
No full textRecently, inhabitans have been concerned with pollution. Specially, water is necessities
for our living, and is used for living, manufacture, agricalture, and others. These rivers
are comparatively small scale in Kagoshima city and the water qualities became poor
together with increase in population. It is very important thing to reserch of the water
conditions. Therefore the author studied the qualities of the Tagami river. The result are
given in the accompanying table
pH : 7.37, Clearness : 25cm, hardness : 35.33ppm. COD : 3.75ppm, ABS : 0.65ppm, etc.
It is considered that the living pollution contained much volume in the water of
Tagami river and origin of the pollution has been determined, and affraid that the pollution
has been spread out if leave off the condition
Supplemental materials for preprint: Visual and verbal processes in right-left confusion: Psychometric and experimental approaches
No full textINVESTIGATION OF WATER QUALITIES OF RIVERS IN KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE (Report 1) : Water Qualities of the Tagami River
No full textRecently, inhabitans have been concerned with pollution. Specially, water is necessities
for our living, and is used for living, manufacture, agricalture, and others. These rivers
are comparatively small scale in Kagoshima city and the water qualities became poor
together with increase in population. It is very important thing to reserch of the water
conditions. Therefore the author studied the qualities of the Tagami river. The result are
given in the accompanying table
pH : 7.37, Clearness : 25cm, hardness : 35.33ppm. COD : 3.75ppm, ABS : 0.65ppm, etc.
It is considered that the living pollution contained much volume in the water of
Tagami river and origin of the pollution has been determined, and affraid that the pollution
has been spread out if leave off the condition.departmental bulletin pape
No Correlation between Perception of Meaning and Positive Schizotypy in a Female College Sample
No full textWe visually perceive meaning from stimuli in the external world. There are inter-individual variations in the perception of meaning. A candidate factor to explain this variation is positive schizotypy, which is a personality analogous to positive symptoms of schizophrenia (e.g., visual hallucination). The present study investigated the relationship between positive schizotypy, and the perception of meaning derived from meaningful and meaningless visual stimuli. Positive schizotypy in Japanese female undergraduates (n = 35) was assessed by the Cognitive-Perceptual dimension of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire. The participants were asked to report what they saw in noise-degraded images of meaningful objects (Experiment 1) and to respond whether the objects were meaningful (Experiment 2A) and which paired objects were meaningful (Experiment 2B). Positive schizotypy (i.e., Cognitive-Perceptual score) did not correlate with time to detect meaningful objects, and with false-alarm rates, sensitivity, and response criterion in the perception of meaning from meaningful and meaningless stimuli. These results were against our hypothesis and contradicted previous findings. The inconsistencies are discussed in terms of different methods (e.g., stimulus category) and conditions (e.g., paranormal beliefs)
Effects of schizotypy, mindfulness, and stress on hallucinatory experiences
No full textSchizotypy is a psychological trait similar to the positive, negative, and disorganized symptoms of schizophrenia among healthy individuals (Ettinger et al., 2015). People with high positive schizotypy often have hallucinatory experiences as in patients with positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Mindfulness may reduce the likelihood of psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) or false perceptual experiences such as hallucinatory experiences in positive schizotypy (Reed et al., 2016). Hosseini et al. (2020) also reported that hallucination may be affected by mindfulness directly and sometimes mediated by stress. Concerning an association among schizotypy, stress, and PLEs, Grant & Hennig (2020) showed that PLEs occur not only with positive but also negative and disorganized schizotypy. They also showed that PLEs increase in high negative and disorganized schizotypy being mediated by stress, while in high positive schizotypy PLEs increase irrespective of stress. These studies suggest a potential model of hallucinatory experiences predicted by schizotypy, mindfulness, and stress. Therefore, we will conduct a cross-sectional online survey and test this model
Visual and Verbal Processes in Right-Left Confusion: Psychometric and Experimental Approaches
No full textErrors in discriminating right from left, termed right-left confusion, reflect a failure in translating visuospatial perceptions into verbal representation of right or left (i.e., visuo-verbal process). There may also be verbo-visual process, where verbal cues are translated into visual representations of space. To quantify these two processes underlying right-left confusion, Study 1 investigated the factor structure of the Right-Left Confusability Scale, which assesses daily experiences of right-left confusion. Exploratory factor analysis suggested that these two processes and another factor reflecting mental rotation underlie right-left confusion. Study 2 examined correlations between the (sub)scale scores and performance on orientation judgment tasks reflecting visuo-verbal and verbo-visual processes. Overall, self-reported measures were not associated with the behavioral performances presumably reflecting the two processes. These results suggest that the cognitive mechanisms underlying right-left confusion can be classified into visuo-verbal and verbo-visual processes and mental rotation, although their psychometric and behavioral indices might be distinct. Further studies may develop better assessments of right-left confusion reflecting these processes
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