The present study examines preschool children's means to solve interpersonal troubles and their ability to infer the rival's intention. Subjects were 73 preschool children belonging to the four or five-year-old class. The means to solve interpersonal troubles were investigated by the survey interviewing. The interviewer asked each child what he/she would do in the stories. They were constituted by two terms. One was that the rival got him/her into trouble of malice (the in-tentional term) . The other was beyond control (the unintentional term) . The following significant results were obtained. In the intentional term, boys were aggressive, but girls asserted themselves clearly. And five-year-old children asserted themselves clearly, but four-year-old children were passive. On the one hand, boys and girls were passive in the unintentional term. In addition, five-year-old children behaved prosocially, but four-year-old children were passive. The above results suggest that five-year-old children try to solve interpersonal troubles according to the rival's intention.

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The present study examines the relation between the degree of sociometric status and cooperative behaviors longitudinally. Subejects were 32 children in early childhood. Their sociometric status were investigated by the survey interviewing that the interviewer asked each child the names of friends whom he/she wanted to play with. The sociometric status groups were classfied the H-group or L-group according to the mean point. Cooperative behaviors were investigated by means of a quetionnaire, and measured by teachers in charge. They were classified the self-centeredness and the democratic leadership by the factor analysis. The following significant results were obtained. Children aged five years have been self-centered less than four years. Boys wanted to play with their friends who could take the leaderships of groups democratically. Therefore, the democratic leadership may have an influence upon the next sociometric status. The above results suggest that boys should try to take a leadership of groups in their peer relations.

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This paper reports our discovery of the main mineral components of soybeans and soybean sprouts. The main mineral components of soybeans were different in quantity in the different types. There is more calcium in Tamahomare than in any other type, about 1.4 times as much as in Murayutaka. Phosphorus in Tamahomare shows the highest value, 1.2 times as much as Turu-kono. Manganese in Tamahomare shows the highest value, 1.4 times as much as Murayutaka. Murayutaka contains the greatest amount of nickel, about 2.5 times as much as Enrei. As for the contents of calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, and copper in different parts of the soybean sprouts, seed leaves come first, followed by roots and hypocotyls. As for the contents of manganese, seed leaves, hypocotyls, and roots are their order of quantity. Seed leaves have more mineral components than any other part of the sprouts. Compared with hypocotyls, seed leaves contain about 34 times as much in one element, and about 2 times in another element in case of the least difference. Suppose the total amount of soybean sprouts is 100,the weight ratio in every part is as follows ; seed leaves 38.5,hypocotyls 54.6,roots 6.9. Even compared with this ratio, it can be found that …

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A case of angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma (AILD) was reported. Clinicaly, generalized lymphadenophathy, skin rash, fever and hypergammaglobulinemia were recognized. The characteristic pathologic changes in lymph nodes were warked proliferated high endotherial venules and polymorphic cells, including lymphocyte, plasma cells, and immunoblasts. And many signals of EBER were detected by in situ hybridization method. T cell receptor β-chain gene rearrangements was occurred in this case. The result supported that AILD is T cell-lymphoma.

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A follow-up survey of the graduates from Food Nutrition Department of Kochi Gakuen College was done to appraise the effect of secretarial education and to find out the future direction. According to the result, they valued secretarial education highly because they could gain the practical knowledge and skill to use word processor and other equipments and accordingly, a confidence in their own ability to do their jobs. Substantiating and strengthening the practical education and training such as "secretarial reception" and "word processor operation" seems necessary in the future.

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