Recently, the sandals that have thick soles and high heels are in fashion among women's college students. These sandals are lacking in stability, and the wearers often lose their balance when they walk with the sandals on. Then we gathered infomation on the sandals through a questionnaire. It was conducted on 542 women's junior college students.

  The main questions are, ①type and number of your sandals, thickness of soles, hight of heels, ② motive of wearing them ③ feeling of wearing them, ④ experience of fall down with them on, ⑤ experience of getting hurt with them on, ⑥ length of wearing them, ⑦ frequency of wearing them, ⑧ intention of wearing them in future, ⑨ the reason why you don't wear the sandals, and so on.

  As a result, we grasped the actual condition and remakable findings as follows ; 96.5% of women's junior college students wear the sandals, and 10.0% of them experienced getting hurt with the sandals on.

  A few data of working clothe of fishermen are found, so that the working clothe in a fishing boat was investigated in the marine exposure environment. The survey in this paper was carried out in Taiwan in the Republic of China from September in 1997 to April in 1998. The results were compared with that of studies in Japan

  The subjects were six fishery harbors in Taiwan. The survey methods were hearing from the fisheries cooperative association and fishermen, observation of their clothes at landing and a questionnaire.

  The following results were obtained :

1. In Japan, fishermen should wear raincoat trousers in the heat of the day in order to protect a stain, wet and an external wound. However, the living conditions in Taiwan are more harsh than that of Japan, so that they can not wear raincoat depend on a heavy weight and dysfunction. Most of them wear T-shirt with halflength sleeves.

2. It is so hot and steamy that they put on their shoes and sandals. We wear rubber boots in Japan, but they do not wear them.

3. As many women work at landing, a measure to counter sunburn is very important. Improvement of rainwear to escape unhurt remains to be proved under the working conditions of fisherman.

  Physiological effects of drinking and clothing during Tokushima prefectural high school baseball practices on players in heat environment were discussed.

  The results obtained were as follows : -

  1) By practices for about 4.5h in heat environment, body decreased in weight, sweating volume, heart rate and body temp. (oral-, skin-) increased. But changes for blood pressures (systolic, distlic) were not observable. SpO₂ diminished.

  2) Sweating volume of players in free drinking group was larger than that of the ones in no drinking group, but body weight loss of players in free drinking group by practices was not so large. In free drinking group to have larger sweating volume, the effective sweat increased in volume and water intake was colder by about 22℃ than body temp., these made body temp. fall. And heart rate of the players in no drinking group was more in number than that of the players in free drinking group because of physical load and blood concentration due to sweating. Blood pressures (systolic, distlic) were almost same irrespective of drinking or not during practices.

  3) In case of wearing (underwear) or (underwear ＋ shirt), by being absorved sweat came out from body during practices, both these clothes converted into good conductors of heat. Accordingly, the latter clothes became easier to accept the radiant heat. This tendency of latter clothes, by wetting of sweat, was more remarkable than the former clothes.

  This shirt prevented the evaporation of sweat and made the temp. in clothing climate rise. As the result, body temp. rose, sweating volume increased, body weight became light, and heart rate increased in number. Blood pressure and SpO₂ were not remarkable.

  Supposing that use of the air mat would much contribute to keeping and promoting the healthy bodies of healthy people, specially health old people, too, therefore, we have examined the fundamental properties of the air mat and experimentally how much using the air mat would effectively affect the physiological mechanism of a human body.

  The results of our experiments mentioned above have made clear the following :

1. Many persons said that the most comfortable bedding was the futon ; on the other hand, however, other fairly many persons said that the air mats of wave-cell type or of separate cell type which were not so replete with air were comfortable.

2. The pressure applied to her body with an air mat when she was lying on it with her face directed upward was found gradually fluctuating within the range between approximately 10 and 120gf/cm² ; however, the pressure applied to her body upon removal of the pressure was found below 40gf/cm² in even such protruded parts of the body as the scapulas and sacrum, etc.. Although the magnitude of the pressure applied to the human body was found fairly different from each other in the measured parts thereof, it was found that the pressure had become the maximal in these parts such as the heels and the scapulas.

3. In case of using the futon, it was found that the pressure applied to the body was almost even in every part there of within the range between 20 and 80gf/cm².

4. Although the temperature of the skin in the backside of the first foot's finger was found having somewhat gradually dropped as the time passed in both the cases of the futon and the air mat of wave-cell type, no remarkable differences were found between the beddings mentioned above.

5. The flow rate of blood in backside of the first foot's finger was found somewhat tending to drop as the time passed in both the cases of the futon and the air mat of wave-sell type ; however, the rate of its dropping was found much larger in case of using the futon than in case of using the air mat.

  The purpose of this study were 1) to measure the extent of women's college students' awareness (practice intention) and practice (practice frequency) for environmentally responsible consumer behavior, i. e. purchasing the second-hand clothings at a free-market store and a second-hand clothes store and 2) to investigate the effect of their psychological factors toward their awareness (practice intention) and practice (practice frequency) using the Hirose regression model.

  The results of the multiple regression analysis revealed that 1) there was the gap between their awareness (practice intention) and practice (practice frequency) and 2) the extent of their awareness (practice intention) was affective for perception of effectiveness, evaluation of feasibility, evaluation of benefits, social and family norm and 3) the extent of their practice (practice frequency) was effective for evaluation of feasibility.

  These findings showed the necessity of their evaluation of feasibility change toward the saving practice in developing a consumer education program.

  The Costumes in this research are not clothes over hangers but those worn by dancers or performers on special occasions and for particular purposes. I am sure that costumes are significant for ritual dancing and dramas. In this sense, costumes can be regarded as part of expression of human hearts and feelings. And human beings by nature seek for beauty depicted in bright color and artistic design. The beauty of Ryukyuan costumes worn by traditional dancers is represented by color and design.

  In the present study, I would like to examine the relationship between Ryukyuan dances and designated costumes of‘Bingata’and other colorful designs and patterns.

  Ryukyuan dances are classified into two types : classical and popular dances. I will take up a classical dance, ‘Shudun’and a popular dance, ‘Hanafu’. Also, I will investigate the traditional combination of costumes and colors : for instance, Why is ‘Nagasahaji’of a violet color ? and Why is a red camellia put in the forelock of a dancer?