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  Recently, McIntosh [19] proved that some class of pluriharmonic maps from complex vector spaces into complex Grassmann manifolds correspond to maps constructed from triplets (X, π, L), consisting of auxiliary Riemann surfaces X, and rational functions π and line bundles L on X. Such a triplet is called a spectral data. Thus McIntosh realized the moduli space of these spectral data.
  Therefore, it seems natural to ask the following: Which spectral data corresponds to a pluriharmonic torus in a complex Grassmann manifold?
  In this paper, we give a partial answer to this problem. More precisely, we prove a criterion for the periodicity of pluriharmonic maps constructed from the spectral data whose spectral curves are smooth rational or elliptic curves.

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  The Whirlpool (1897) is a novel that shows Gissing's awareness of the changes taking place in the role of women in society and family in fin-de-siècle England. An ambitious female violinist, a woman whose concept of herself is fundamentally based in modern city life, attempts to pursue a professional career even after marriage, but ends up failing both in her career and her role as a housewife, and subsequently dies from an overdose of sleeping medicine. Critics such as Paula Gillett and Lloyd Fernando have regarded this pessimistic plot of The Whirlpool as evidence of Gissing's anti-feminism. I would like to consider this novel, however, not as an example of Gissing's anti-feminism, but rather as a sympathetic approach to the woman question of his day. Although Gissing depicts the practical difficulty of self-realization of women, we can see it, I maintain, as social criticism, an attempt to outline the problems residing in his society.
  In this paper, I am concerned with Gissing's treatment of women, but specifically with his treatment of women artists. In several of his novels preceding The Whirlpool, Gissing had dealt with the motif of artistically gifted women. This paper examines if there can be found a link between these women in the previous novels and Alma, as well as a difference between them. The problematics around the new relationship between men and women in the transitional period, as presented by Gissing, are also explored, particularly by focusing on the significance of the city of London, and of the characterization of Alma as a female violinist.

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 Every year many English language programmes in various kinds of educational institutions，especially at the tertiary level， administer high-stakes commercially-available English proficiency tests to incoming students for a number of reasons. While these tests are used to make important decisions regarding the students' abilities， little is known about the variation in these tests in terms of the syntactic features used in the texts for the reading sections. This present study focuses on the syntactic structure of the test task characteristics of reading passages for the most commonly used tests of second or foreign language reading: the IELTS，the TOEFL , and the TOEIC.
 The study revealed that syntactic structures of the three commercially-produced tests are different regarding several aspects of each test，which apparently confirms the test­-developers claims that these tests have been developed to assess different groups of examinees.

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 The purpose of this study is to identify the important points for implementation of First-Year Experience (FYE) organizationally in order to build an effective and feasible FYE at Kitasato University. In this paper, I reviewed the current situation of FYE in Japan which is drastically diversified and highlighted the important views. First, we must consider FYE as a basis of “undergraduate education”. Without considering its seamless connection to the upper grades, FYE by itself does not change freshman into successful self-learners. Second, implementing FYE organizationally is a key to success and it will lead university reform. Next, I conducted a survey on university professors' attitudes toward freshman at Kitasato University and analyzed it to explore tips of how we can build a successful FYE. I summed up the findings into following three points : 1) Building a collaborative and cooperative partnership between each department especially general education division and the academic schools in the purpose of making an effective and feasible FYE program, 2) Clarifying and sharing the admission policy to recognize the difference between FYE and developmental education, 3) as well as diploma policy and curriculum policy to think how we locate First-Year Seminar on each major's curriculum in the near future. Finally, we must take into account how the Center for Development of Higher Education (CDHE) can approach the issue to support FYE for university reform.

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 As the person in charge of our teacher-training course, where future secondary school teachers are trained, I would like to relate my personal opinion on the methodology of education under today's educational conditions. Education is primarily what brings out the full potential of each individual, gives him or her knowledge and skills derived from our heritage, and also fosters a rich humanity which enables him or her to live as a citizen who contributes to our society. It is classroom teachers at each school who put into practice those principles of education on a daily basis.
 Since our society and parents depend on schools for fostering the bearers of our future, it is the schools' and teachers' responsibility to improve their education skills. Teachers are required to be able to design a balanced curriculum, to be enthusiastic to study teaching materials, and to have the capability to develop efficient teaching methods which make it possible for learners to understand easily what they learn. Here in this paper the need for education is discussed, and the history of the Education Ministry's teaching guidelines is traced back, mainly focused on science education, so that we can observe each era's features for learning content and teaching methods. Also referring to the educational environment which surrounds schools today, an example is introduced of an integrated course high school, which designs teaching methods respecting the individual personality of every student. To conclude this paper I touch upon my personal opinion on teaching methods which need to be acquired by every teacher.

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  This report is based on the social survey of students' satisfaction for the class of general education in 2008, compared with that in 2007. As an initial observation, there is no majar difference in the tendency of the answers between these 2 surveys. Howerer, the factors that are common to the results of these 2 surveys are “interest in the class”, “posture for the class”, and “understanding of the class”, in particular. These three factors are interrelated. At first, “interest in the class” correlates with “posture for the class”. Then better “posture for the class” is connected with “understanding of the class”. As a result, this process will lead to advanced “interest in the class”. It may be said that the three factors which have an influence on the satisfaction of the class in this way are, so to speak, the crucial factors that promote learning. In addition, as to the contents of the class, this survey reveals that the students have more interest in the study which is related to their daily lives. It seems that these results show useful educational implications.

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 This paper reports on student feedback and outcome of the use of a social networking service (SNS), Multiply.com, with two classes of university students. A short questionnaire was distributed to students to ascertain the benefits of using an electronic network site. The results appeared to show that students were not averse to using the network and that it had assisted them in checking lesson schedules and homework deadlines. There was also evidence of students' extended use and interest in the site through extracurricular activities. For the part-time instructor, time constraints and lack of contact with students and other teachers could be resolved through SNS. Moreover, the use of the electronic network was a useful and convenient tool that not only assisted in managing students' work but also as a medium to engage students in authentic language tasks, and promote learner autonomy.

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  This paper is a case study of the sports facilities service at Kitasato University. The gymnasium is used fully by the classes, the extension courses, and extracurricular activities. Kitasato University gymnasium was built in April, 2007. A training room was established in the gymnasium. The training room was used mainly by the classes of physical education, but staff also operated it for two hours a day outside the class time. Although the opening hours were short, a large number of students and university staff used the gymnasium the two full hours. Users have expected the administration staff to extend the opening hours. Therefore, it is important to consider how to manage the Kitasato University gymnasium efficiently.

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