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Yoko OKAMOTO2012 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 3-13
Published: January 15, 2012
Released on J-STAGE: September 23, 2013
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe taste-related behavior of twenty 18- to 23-month old children and twenty 24- to 29-month olds was recorded and used to investigate when children become capable of integrating their biological taste receptivity with linguistic speech. No significant sensitivity difference was apparent between the two groups for sweet and acidic solutions. The minimum taste-perceptible concentration of a salty solution was 2.5 times higher for 18- to 23-month olds than for 24- to 29-month olds. The 18 to 29-month olds demonstrated positive linguistic expressions for sweet and salty tastes, and negative expressions for acid tastes; however, their taste receptivity order was sweet, acid, and then salty. The 18- to 23-month olds showed greater receptivity to all three flavored solutions than the 24- to 29-month olds (p< 0.01). The taste sensitivity test showed that only the appearance ratio of spontaneous taste-related speech and the ratio of taste-matching speech content were significantly higher for sweet tastes in the 24- to 29-month olds than in the 18- to 23-month olds (p< 0.05). This result indicates that integration with spontaneous taste-related speech became possible at 24 – 29 months of age.View full abstractDownload PDF (1548K) -
Yui MAKINO, Noriko IMAI, Ruriko NII2012 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 15-24
Published: January 15, 2012
Released on J-STAGE: September 23, 2013
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSChildren’s homes (CHs) for children aged from 15 to 20 were established in 1997 as a children's self reliant living assistance service for children. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare promoted the establishment of CHs. In this study, we examine the way of living and environment in today’s CHs. Of the 49 CHs, 11 were newly constructed buildings; many of the homes were enlarged by renovating existing buildings. This study suggests that residential buildings for the average Japanese family can be easily utilized as CHs. As a facility for cultivating the social self-reliance of children, a living room and individual rooms must of course be secured when converting existing houses, but based on the investigations in this research:(1) a cooking space which can be used by multiple people; and (2) storage space suitable for the number of residents of the home can also be regarded as requirements for a home.View full abstractDownload PDF (3070K) -
―A Case Study of an Institution with an Infant Unit －Ruriko NII, Noriko IMAI, Yui MAKINO2012 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 25-34
Published: January 15, 2012
Released on J-STAGE: September 23, 2013
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThis study revealed the living manner in an institution with an infant unit by examining space and behavior, with a focus on individual occupants. We then examined how the planning of a children’s home influences their living style. As a result of the study, we discovered: 1) the importance of planning a dining kitchen area in the middle of each unit as a common area for staff members; 2) the necessity to examine the size and style of bedrooms according to the developmental stage of the occupants; 3) the necessity to provide spaces for playing and relaxation; 4) the importance of providing individual storage in respect of each occupant’s privacy; 5) the importance of doing housework within the unit.View full abstractDownload PDF (3051K)
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Ayuko MATSUSHITA, Naoko KAMEDA, Masahiro SEIKE2012 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 35-42
Published: January 15, 2012
Released on J-STAGE: September 23, 2013
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSSoy peptide is absorbed rapidly into the living body, where it manifests diverse physiological actions. We conducted an interventional study on healthy adult women to evaluate the effects on skin function of a testbeverage composed of a combination of collagen peptide, which had previously been reported to increase skin elasticity and moisture, and soy peptide. A beverage composed of collagen peptide alone with a total peptide content equal to that of the test beverage served as the control beverage. Each subject was measured for the skin elasticity, skin moisture level and trans epidermal water loss (TEWL) before and after the 70-day beverage intake period. Although there was no statistically significant difference between the test and control groups in any parameter, the skin elasticity was significantly higher and TEWL was significantly lower than the pre intake levels after intake of the test beverage. However, the change of either of these two parameters was statistically significant after intake of the control beverage. These findings suggest that the intake of collagen peptide combined with soy peptide might have improved the skin elasticity and skin barrier function.（Received February 23.2011:Accepted in revised form October 12. 2011）View full abstractDownload PDF (1221K)
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