The compression ratio of mattress in bedding system brought by body pressure was evaluated on seven kinds of bedding system, and the body pressure on four regions of back side at spine position was monitored in relation of the bedding system. The compression ratio in cotton mattress on Tatami ; "the Futon system" was higher than spring mattress on bed ; "the Bed system". Compression ratio of cotton mattress placed on uretan form mattress and double-leaf cotton mattress in "the Futon system" was highest in all evaluated kinds of bedding system. In "the Bed system", average body pressure of occipital and bilateral scapular regions was highest, and that of sacral and bilateral calcaneal regions was highest in "the Futon system", especially in a case of cotton mattress used. Furthermore, average body pressure of sacral and calcaneal region at flexual position of lower limbs was over two times than that of extended position. On sacral region increasing tendency of body pressure was observed in all system by flexion of lower limbs. However, this tendency was observed in only case of new cotton mattress on calcaneal regions. In the male used "the Futon system", average pressure of sacral region was highest in regardless to species of used cotton mattress or new one. On the observation with phisical types, sacral pressure of thin group was highest not only in used cotton mattress but also in "the Bed system". Generally, "the Bed system" was more effective for decreasing of body pressure than "the Futon system", and even "the Bed system", it is still need of device for decreasing body pressure in the case of thin group or the male.

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Schizophrenics, nonschizophrenics, and normal controls were tested on dichotic listening tasks in which continuous prose messages and obstacle sounds or competing continuous prose messages were presented, or on binaural listening tasks in which pairs of continuous prose messages were presented. Subjects were required to shadow one passage and ignore the other or obstacle sound.
The results were interpreted with the framework of Broadbent's model of selective attention supported by Priblam's concept "Plan".
The results were as follows.
1. The present findings were compatible with schizophrenic defects at Stimulus Set, Response Set, and Plan. On the other hand, the defects of nonschizophrenics were at Stimulus Set and Response Set.
2. Of schizophrenics, hebephrenic defcts were at Stimulus Set, Plan. And paranoid defects were at Stimulus Set, Response Set, and Plan.
3. The correct recall was significantly schizophrenics (hebephrenics, paranoids), nonshizophrenics less than normal controls.
In the presence of obstacle sounds, schizophrenics made wrong recall more than normal controls. On the other hand, nonschizophrenic made correct recall less than normal controls.

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This study clear that energy expenditure for nurses in the three shift works. Subjects were ten nurses, ranging in age from 20 to 30 years (mean 23.1 years). Energy expenditure was estimated by the time study method in addition to complaining of various subjective feelings of fatigue which was assessed by 7 days. A total of 50 samples were obtained which included 22 samples for the day shift, 11 for the afternoon shift, 11 for the night shift and 6 for the holiday.
The results obtained are as follows:
(1) The time spent for physical living, social and cultural living and householed in the holiday were longer than those of in the workday. The working hours in the night shift were longest, the day shift and afternoon shift follow this.
(2) The average daily energy expenditure were 1,944kcal (38.8kal/kg) in the day shift, 1,835kcal (38.0kal/kg) in the afternoon shift, 1,956kcal (39.5kacl/kg) in the night shift and 1,854kcal (36.0kcal/kg) in the holiday.
(3) The average work energy expenditure were 885kcal (1.86kcal/kg/hr) in the day shift, 779kcal (1.77kcalkg/hr) in the afternoon shift and 837kcal (1.77kcal/kg/hr) in the night shift.
(4) The percentage of those complaining of various subjective feelings of fatigue in the afternoon shift and night shift showed higher than those of in the day shift.

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To elucidate the effects of Change of feeding time period on digestion, changes in food intake, liver glycogen, pancreatic amylase and trypsinogen activities and plasma amylase activity were analyzed in mice.
1) Even after change of feeding time period (9:00-21:00) to (21:00-9:00), food intake was not changed, still 4g/day.
2) Liver glycogen content at 9:00 on the 2nd day after the change already increased from 0mg/g of liver to 50-60mg/g of liver which was almost same with the content at 21:00 before the change.
3) Pancreatic amylase and trypsinogen activities increased significantly at 4th-6th day after the change and then decreased. These activities, however, were higher than the control levels of activities even at 11th day after the change, except amylase in the two weeks traind mice.
4) The temporal increase of pancreatic enzyme activities may be caused by the inhibition of enzyme secretion since plasma amylase activity also was observed to increase a little latter.

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A nurse student trid to make conversation toward the 57 year old patient with hemiplegia.
A teacher of nursing promoted them to speak each together.
The whole process was tape-recorded and statistically analysed.
The duration of the speech and the silence was measured.
And the rate of the speech or the silence by the total time was calculated.
The product of multiplication of both rates was called as the conversational effect.
The conversational effect was observed as two kinds:
1) effect when the first speaker is nurse student, and 2) effect when the first speaker is patient.
Some tendencies were seen on these effects.

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