The browning reaction of fatty acid with amino acid was studied on the reaction systems of linoleic acid-glycine, linoleic acid hydroperoxides-glycine and their secondary products-glycine.
Linoleic acid browned significantly with glycine. This reaction was accelerated by the coexistence of ferric ion.
Linoleic acid hydroperoxides and their secondary products (SP) also showed the browning reaction with glycine, especially, SP browned remarkably with glycine.
The browning reaction products of linoleic acid-glycine system has the fluorescence maxima at 412 nm and 480 nm. The fluorescence intensity at 480 nm increased with the increment of browning.
The browning compounds were separated into 6 fractions by silica gel G columna nd the CH Cl₃- MeOH-H₂O eluate fraction was found to be the major browning reaction products of linoleic acid-glycine, this browning compound showed a fluorescence maximum at 460 nm and a absorption maximum at 274 nm in ultraviolet absorption spectrum.

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Soybean oil was heated at 180°C for 10 to 40 hrs. under the constant airration. Flow properties were measured by Malon-Belner type capillary viscometer, and the fatty acids which are obtained by sponification of the heated oil were separated by silica-gel culumn chromatography. The flow property, the viscosity, and the chromatographic fractions F₁, F₂, F₃ which are suggested as monomer, dimer and trimer did not change violently up to 20 hrs. of heating. However, for 30 hrs. of heating, the flow property, the viscosity and ether soluble fraction F₄ which are expected to be the polymer of fatty acid were significantly hanged. From the above results, it may be said that the changes of the flow property and the viscosity of oils were effected by the polymerization of fatty acid.

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There is a difference between the cooking methods for rice adopted in Japan and that of Southeast Asia, India and Africa. As to the latter method, rice is first boiled in a large quantity of water and, after boiling, the boiled rice is washed with tap water, and then the rice thus treated is steamed in a steamer. We call this method as “Yutori method”.
The characteristics of these two cooked rices were compared by the sensory test and also some objective methods.
Cooked rice obtained by “Yutori method” was less sticky and gloss than that by customary method in sensory test, and less springy and adhesive in texturometer measurement.
It was also confirmed that the cooked rice of “Yutori method” could resist the putrefaction by moulds as compared to that of customary cooked rice, when these were stored at 37°C for 18 days.

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For the purpose of designing some basic patterns adjusted for certain physical types, 100 young females were measured. We classified them firstly into three groups using Pignet-Vervaeck indices 82 and 90 as the critical values. Secondly, in relation to the P.V. index we analyse 14 items (bust girth, bust depth, etc.) by one-way analysis of variance.
The results are summarized as follows :
1. The variance ratio is significant on every 13 item at the 1% level of significance, therefore, on each item the mean of the three groups is significantly different.
2. Contribution is more than 65 % on bust girth, bust depth and waist girth, but less than 50% on other items.

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The behaviors of formaldehyde from resin-finished fabrics under the ordinary living conditions were studied. The fabrics used were treated with each of three types of resins by means of JIS as well as other commercial application.
The results obtained are summarized as follows :
1. In case of test cloths without washing, the maximum amount of free formaldehyde from fabrics and its highest concentration in the liquid layer in the skin surface were found with the fabrics treated with urea-type resin, whereas the minimum amount and the lowest concentration were found with the glyoxal-type resin. However, the amount of free formaldehyde remarkably decreased with each washing.
2. Commercial resin-finished fabrics containing as high as 0.15% or more of formaldehyde behaved similarly to that treated with the urea type resin.
3. The amount of free formaldehyde dissolved into the liquid layer in the skin surface was, initially, 2-3 times higher than the volatilized, then followed by a rapid decrease down to about 1/5. But it remained, in case of the cotton fabrics treated with urea-type resin, at a high level for a long time.

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The object in the present paper is to know quantitatively the relation between the clothing pressure applied on the trunks of bodies and the displacement or deformation of thorax, diaphragm, heart and stomach caused.
The roentgen photographs of thorax and abdomen were taken on six female subjects (19-26 years old) under four levels of the clothing pressure of 0, 10, 20 and 30 mmHg, by using a pressure suit. The displacement and deformation of each viscera were measured from the films thus obtained.
The results are as follows;
1. Thorax decreases in lateral width under the pressure more than 30 mmHg.
2. Diaphragm ascends under the pressure more than 20 mmHg.
3. Heart increases in lateral width, especially in the left medial interval and decreases in slope under the pressure more than 20 mmHg.
4. Stomach increases in height and decreases in lateral width under the pressure more than 10 mmHg, respectively.
5. The effects of the clothing pressure on viscera seem as follows; at first on stomach, then on diaphragm and heart and last by on thorax.
6. These results are statistically significant at 1% or 5% level.

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In purpose to grasp three-dimensionally the morphology of the human neck, we took the contour on a plaster-bust by Moire topography using projective grating. The negatives taken with 0° and +15° rotation angles of the projective grating were exposed simultaneousely. From this photograph, ten cross sections of the plaster neck with 32°60' of inclination angle were drawn. For each cross section, we measured 8 postero-anterior and transverse dimensions and the area. Then, following results are obtained :
1 The lower section is considered approximately to be a circle, and the upper section to be a flattened triangle.
2 The line connecting each point indicating the maximum transverse dimension on the right or left half of section is inclined ahead on its upper extremity.
3 The area dimension on the lower section is generally larger than that on the upper one. However, we can perceive a tendency to become larger at No.9 and No.10 section levels which are affected by the transitional part from neck to occiput.

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An experimental study has been done in the artificial climate room on the thermal insulation of clothings of four seasons, typical in higher aged women in Nagano district.
Results obtained are as follows;
1) The thermal insulation of the clothing is largest in January, next in April, much smaller than those in October and smallest in July.
2) It is presumed that the typical home dresses of four seasons of higher aged women might be suitable for the climate in Nagano district.
3) The correlation coefficient between the clothing weight per unit area of the body surface and the thermal insulation value of the clothing was recognized significantly large. Therefore it might be reasonable to presume the thermal insulation of clothing from its weight.

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The purpose of this paper is to find how young men and women value their own rooms and like them. A questionnaire was administered during November and December of 1973 to 516 students of junior and senior high-schools and a university who were from middle class families living in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture.
The rate of those who have their own rooms is the highest (88%) with the male university students while the lowest (43%) with the junior high-school girls.
The size of their rooms is mostly six mats. Next comes 4.5 mats and then 8 mats. Most of them were from ten to thirteen years old when they were given the rooms. Eighty per cent of them pin up some kinds of posters as interior decorations. Their privacy is disturbed often by other family members especially in the case of the pupils of junior high-schools.
For boys of all school levels their own rooms are primarily the place to get rest, while for girls they are the place to study. Thirty-five per cent of them spend more time with their family in dining room and living room than in their own rooms.

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In this report, it was investigated why the parents gave priority to the heir-at-law, and also about the role of the heir-at-law. Over 90% of parents believe that an heir is necessary. The wife of the heir, and heiress who married with the son-in-law, expect their husbands to reserve real estate and upkeep of the grave, and they think these duties are more important than to support their parents. Here we can see the preservation of the consciousness of the stem family system.
In this report we also studied about the educational support as an estate. Mothers do not think that university education is equivalent to an estate. This conclusion may come from the result that university education is now common.

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