Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology

On the Taste of Sweetness of Employees as Affected By Labour Fatigue.

Third Report. hird Report. Comparison of Taste ensitivity before and after the Meal.

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1956 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 95-98,A7
Published: 1956
Released on J-STAGE: November 19, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3861/jshhe.22.95

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Sensitivity of taste to saccharose solution in the neighbourhood of the threshold was examined before and after the meal in employees of a railwary carriage plant. No difference was observed between the corresponding values before and after the meal, notwithstanding the expected change of the blood sugar level.

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On the Taste of Sweetness of Employees as Affected by Labour Fatigue.

Fourth Report: Taste Sensitivity and Blood Sugar.

[in Japanese]

1956 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 99-101,A7
Published: 1956
Released on J-STAGE: November 19, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3861/jshhe.22.99

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Blood sugar change caused by a lunch, as well as by intravenous injection of 9 grams of dextrose was determined. From the result it was cenfirmed that (i) change of blood sugar by 20% did not affect the taste sensitivity of the subject to saccharose solution, , and that (ii) the blood sugar level lay 72-90mg/d1 after the daily labour i. e. well within the normal range, and accordingly the enhancement of sweet taste sensitivity after the work is related to some factor other than the fluctuation of the blood sugar.

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On the Analysis of the Postural Blood Pressure Reflex-An Approach from

X-Ray Study of the Human Heart.

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1956 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 102-110,A3
Published: 1956
Released on J-STAGE: November 19, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3861/jshhe.22.102

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The postural blood pressure reflex, or the reflexive restoration of the original blood pressure level after a change of posture from sitting through supine back again to sitting posture, has been proposed by Prof. Hukuda as an index of maintained adjustment of the autonomic nervous system.
Regarding the nature of the temporary fall of the blood pressure directly after the sitting-up, the author followed up roentgenologically the change of various measures on the heart sillouette.
It was revealed then, that the change of the sillouette shape occurred in such a way that the stroke volume of the heart corresponded to the maximal blood pressure in their time course during the period following the posture change of the test

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On the Result of Kraepelin-Uchida's Mental Work Test, in Which Time Was Signaled with a Signal Clock instead of by a Supervisor.

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1956 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 111-118,A4
Published: 1956
Released on J-STAGE: November 19, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3861/jshhe.22.111

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1. Four normal girl students of a provincial Girl's Junior College volunteered and was subjected to repeated tests for the ability of mental work, carried out after the procedure developed by Mr: Yusaburo Uchida.
Of four test-sessions, covering 2 weeks, the first and the third tests were performed with oral signaling, while the second and the fourth tests were done with a signal clock.
2. With oral signaling, initial effort effect was sometimes absent or less marked, which was not the case with clock signaling procedure. No other significant, differences were noticed between the two procedures.
3. A “hump” formation was often observed somewhere about the tenth minute from the beginning of the test, in individual curves as well as collective composite curves.

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A Constitutional and Anthropological Study of Inhabitans of Iwashiro Atami District, Fukushima Prefecture.

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1956 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 119-133,A4
Published: 1956
Released on J-STAGE: November 19, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3861/jshhe.22.119

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A biometric study was conducted in the central district of Fukushima Prefecture, in April 1955 for the purpose of finding out anthropological chracteristics of inhabitants of the Iwashirô-Atami district. Six villages, relatively isolated from blood mixthre with other communities, were chosen and 572 adult males were studied with reference to the anthropological measurement of the trunk, limbs, head and face. On the basis of 25 items obtained from the direct measurement and subsequent computation, detailed analyses were made in comparison with other districts where similar survey results were available.
In summary, it was found that the inhabitants of IwashirO-Atami district showed close resemblance to inhabitants of Kaga and Tôkai provinces. It may be interesting to note in this connection, that local traditions of the district often claim the origin of its inhabitants as an ancient political immigration of a race which was closely associated with Hokuriku and Taal. provinces. Most outstanding was the fact that the length-width index of the head of this district, 8 086, i. e. the long head type was maintained for a few thousand years, notwithstanding the intercourse and blood mixture with other communities.
The present study, it is hoped, will contribute to the formation of a general picture of the genesis of the Japanese race as a whole.

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1958 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 134-139
Published: 1958
Released on J-STAGE: February 18, 2011

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3861/jshhe.22.134

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