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K MORIYA, Y NITTA1995 Volume 32 Issue 4 Pages 125-134
Published: December 01, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: October 13, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe physiological and psychological effects of fragrances produced by plants have been examined on human EEG, autonomic nervous system, CNV, psychological indices, and so on. But systematic examination with special reference in kinds and doses of fragrace, and sex, age, favorite and health condition of subjects are not sufficient. We investigated the effects of flower fragrance, Floral or woody fragrance, Woody on EEG, respiratory rate, finger temperature, CV of ECG R-R interval and psychological indices. Fragrance Floral or Woody increased relax of subjects. Although female subjects showed greater influence of the fregrances than males, bigger individual differences in the responses are noticed.View full abstractDownload PDF (1138K) -
T MURATA, W OKAWA, H SATO, H YOROZU1995 Volume 32 Issue 4 Pages 135-141
Published: December 01, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: October 13, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe effects of artificial carbon dioxide (CO2) bath additive containing the green leaf extract of Ginkgo biloba L. (GLEGB) on skin surface temperature and cold constitution were examined. Skin surface temperature after bathing (40°C, 5 min.) with a CO2bath additive containing GLEGB (Exp. bath additive) in patients with cold constitution was maintained higher than with a CO2bath additive without GLEGB (cont. bath additive) . Exp. bath additive had a warmth effect and improved the cold constitution compared to cont. bath additive on 5-10 days bathing in patients with cold constitution. Moreover, Exp. bath additive relieved the degree of cold and pain in patients with severe cold constitution and produced no side effects during the 4 weeks bathing. These findings suggested that bathing with the artificial carbon dioxide bath additive containing GLEGB was useful to improve severe cold constitution.View full abstractDownload PDF (795K) -
-In the case of detached houses mostly in Nagano cityT KATO, A YAMAGISHI, Y YAMASHITA1995 Volume 32 Issue 4 Pages 143-150
Published: December 01, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: October 13, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSWe have been investigating the indoor thermal environment of detached houses in Nagano city since 1988. The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationship between the window and the winter indoor thermal environment of detached houses in Nagano city. The subjects of this investigation are 70 detached houses that are located mostly in Nagano city. We also calculated the specific heat loss coefficient, floor area, window area and wall area from floor plans, etc. The following are the results of this paper: 1) The window area rate of the detached houses that used double glazing decreased compared with those that used single glass. 2) It was admitted that the larger the ratio of total window area to total floor area, the larger the specific heat loss coefficient. 3) It can be seen that there was a relationship between the window type and the winter indoor thermal environment. For example, there was a tendency that the better the heat insulation property of a window, the bigger the indoor and outdoor temperature difference in the early morning.View full abstractDownload PDF (988K) -
C HAYASHI, H TOKURA1995 Volume 32 Issue 4 Pages 151-157
Published: December 01, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: October 13, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSWe compared the effects of two kinds of gloves with different materials for pesticide spraying on mainly clothing microclimate inside the gloves at an ambient temperature of 28°C and a relative humidity of 60%. One was made of polyurethane in whole gloves (A) and another was special gloves being composed of two parts of polyurethane (around hand and wrist) and fabric laminated with nylon taffta, Goretex and nylon tricot (around forearm) (B) . Each gloves had about the same weight and length. Seven young female adults were served as subjects. They took a rest with protective clothing ensemble for 15 min and then repeated three work/rest cycles of 15 min exercise on a bicycle ergometer (50 w) followed by 5 min rest. Rectal and skin temperatures, heart rate and clothing microclimate temperatures and humidity inside and outside of gloves were measured during the experimental periods. The amount of sweat adhered to the clothing ensemble was calculated by weight difference of the clothing before and after the experiments. Main results were summarized as follows: 1) The absolute humidity inside gloves on the forearm was significantly lower in B, but that of outside gloves was significantly higher in B than in A. 2) Clothing microclimate temperatures inside gloves and outside gloves were lower in B than in A, respectively. 3) The weight gain of gloves was significantly lower in B than in A. 4) An increase of forearm skin temperature was significantly lower in B than in A, while there did not exist any differences in rectal temperature. The present findings suggest that gloves materials are of importance in the improvement of microclimate temperature and humidity inside gloves during rest and exercise under hot environmental conditions.View full abstractDownload PDF (2283K)
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