In order to examine the sleep disorders, in twenty-six patients under a program of self-care, this study was investigated the analysis of the specific change of electrocardiogram during the sleep onset. The results were also correlated with the questionnaires about sleep.
Consequently, the results were summarized as follows.
1) Feelings of sleeplessness and dissatisfaction about sleep were 26.9％. Such patients were significant differences in sleep onset time in the night. They also had a specific tendency to feel that the plenty of time was required until the falling asleep and therefore it was not enough to sleep.
2) On the electrocardiogram, the time which stabilize the heart rate was 22.8±21.5 min. aftersleep onset. This stabilized time of the heart rate was clearly indicated a specific correlation with the subjective time of falling asleep. Some patients that appealed the sleeplessness and dissatisfaction about sleep showed the extreme delay of time until the stability of the heart rate. Such cases also indicated the negative correlation sleep period time with awaking time.
3) In some case of the patients which required more than 20 min. until the stability of the heart rate, frequent awaking during the night and dream were tend to increase in the study.
4) It was not clear that the correlation the appearance the arrhythmias during before and aftersleep onset and sleeplessness with dissatisfaction about sleep.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effective training of emergency resuscitation method for the students with different cognitive styles. Seventy seven students of School-Nurse Training Course in Faculty of Education, Hirosaki University was evaluated.
Based on the result of Matching Familiar Figures test, the cognitive style of the students was classified into 4 groups: FA, FI, SA, and SI. They performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with a dummy which was set up a state of 30 seconds after apnea and cardiac arrest.
Each student's CPR action was recorded by VTR and recording paper. Their somatic burden was measured with heart rate, deep and surface body temperatures. Their mental situational and characteristic anxiety were scored by STAI tests.
The results were as follows:
1.　After two minutes of CPR action, the heart rate, deep temperature and surface temperature increased rapidly in 40～50 beats, 0.07～0.17℃, 0.09～0.34℃ respectively. As a result, every student's somatic burden was high level.
2.　Regardless of cognitive styles, the scores of state anxiety were high level in each student after CPR action.
3.　Percentage of success of resuscitation was 62.5％ in FA type, 48.3％ in SA type, 40.0％ in SI type, and 31.4％ in FI type. These results suggested that the success of resuscitation might be affected by accuracy factor. The average of resuscitation time was 171.88±25.01 seconds.
4.　The strength of cardiac massage was significantly affected by accuracy and fast factors, and the number of massage errors were slightly concerned in cognitive styles.
5.　Cardiac massage time in F type was shorter than that of S type.
6.　CPR was an useful exercise for the FI type.

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In order to examine the sleep disorders, the study was investigated the analysis of the specific change of electrocardiogram during the rising. Under a program of selfcare, twenty-three patients were used in study. The results were also correlated with the questionnaires about sleep. Consequently, the results were summarized as follows.
1) Feelings of sleeplessness and dissatisfaction about sleep were 52.2％. In both sleep onset and awaking during the night, the subjective time of falling asleep time was relatively delayed in such patients who feel the sleeplessness. They also had a specific tendency to necessary the plenty of time from awaking to rising. It was clearly revealed that some patients, who feel the dissatisfaction about sleep, appealed discomfort feelings during the sleep. In some cases, they had a dream.
2) The change of electrocardiogram was indicated before and after rising. From 2 hour to 1 hour before rising, the heart rate was increased 3.63±3.54 bpm than the average of stabilized rate during sleep. At 30 min. before rising, the increasing of heart rate clearly appeared and then it was gradually continued to 10 min. after rising. In the cases of feelings of dissatisfaction, same results were obtained. However, the heart rate of patients, who appealed sleeplessness, was rapidly increased at 10 min. before rising. In groups who required more than 30 min. from awaking to rising, the significant increasing of heart rate was indicated during 90 min. to 70 min. before rising. Only the patients who rised after 6 o'clock, the rapid increasing of the heartrate was shown at 5 min. before rising.
3) It was not clear that the correlation the appearance the arrhythmias during before and after rising with sleeplessness and dissatisfaction about sleep.

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Alopecia is common yet distressing and an almost inevitable side effect of cancer chemotherapy and may be one of the most difficult one for patients to cope with. For more than five years, we had been studying how to reduce alopecia associated with administration of cancer chemotherapy and a scalp cooling apparatus named "4% Ice Cap" was designed. It is prepared from 4% solution of salt and ethyl alcohol the volume ratio of which is 9: 1. Using this cap, we have recognized slight or no hair loss in 100% of patients who were receiving single doxorubicin (Adriamycin) injection the total dose of which was below 150mg. Including patients who received Adriamycin combined with other drugs, 90.4% of patients were prevented from their hair loss. In the case of epirubicin (Farumorubicin) also, we have got another dramatic effect. We studied by Doppler Ultrasonography what change scalp cooling produced in the blood flow and the influence of scalp cooling on the skin temperature of their face and scalp by using thermography.

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