We will discuss the international security issues related to war, missile crisis and terrorism by the interdisciplinary crisis management science based on the all hazard approach. Multi-disciplinary and all-hazard approach crisis management studies can be called integrated management studies for risk and crisis. In this paper, we will consider the urgent issue in 2017, the North Korean missile crisis, the international terrorism in the global jihad, and the security legislation in Japan.

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OBJECTIVE: To present best-practice recommendations for the prevention, recognition, and treatment of exertional heat illnesses (EHIs) and to describe the relevant physiology of thermoregulation. BACKGROUND: Certified athletic trainers recognize and treat athletes with EHIs, often in high-risk environments. Although the proper recognition and successful treatment strategies are well documented, EHIs continue to plague athletes, and exertional heat stroke remains one of the leading causes of sudden death during sport. The recommendations presented in this document provide athletic trainers and allied health providers with an integrated scientific and clinically applicable approach to the prevention, recognition, treatment of, and return-to-activity guidelines for EHIs. These recommendations are given so that proper recognition and treatment can be accomplished in order to maximize the safety and performance of athletes. RECOMMENDATIONS: Athletic trainers and other allied health care professionals should use these recommendations to establish onsite emergency action plans for their venues and athletes.

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OBJECTIVE: In order to mitigate fire and prevent occurrence of boilover in oil tank after great earthquakes,experimental study was conducted. BACKGROUND: Oil tanks were sometimes damaged and caused fires after great earthquakes, and the fire brigade is not afford to conduct fire-fighting such huge fires in oil and chemical complexes, so private fire brigade has to conduct until public fire brigade can do. To help such tactics of private fire brigade, we proposed floating bead and studied the effect of bead against oil tank fires. EXPERIMENTALS: Small scale burn experiments, up to 0.3m diameter pan, were conducted in NRIFD indoor test facilities. Vaporization rate decreased when bead was added to a pan where heptane existed. And the addition of bead into burning pan reduced burning rate and radiation, and also prevented occurrence of boilover in 0.3 m diameter pan using diesel. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: In order to prevent fires and occurrence of boilover, the effect of floating bead was examined. And we found that the fire reduced and boilover was not occurred when bead was applied into a pan. Therefore the addition of bead worked clearly well and it is so useful. Boilover was not occurred when it was applied into burning of diesel oil. To conduct large scale test and to find cheaper and much effective material is expected.

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The Fukushima Prefectural Centre for Environmental Creation is a base facility established in Fukushima prefecture aiming for environmental recovery from the radioactive substances released after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident that occurred as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The three organisations, namely ‘Fukushima Prefecture’, ‘Japan Atomic Energy Agency’, and ‘National Institute for Environmental Studies’, work together under the same roof to coordinate a comprehensive approach to the areas of (1) monitoring, (2) survey and research, (3) data collection and transmission, and (4) education, training, and exchange. In this paper, we will introduce a summary of the various projects operated by the ‘Fukushima Prefectural Centre for Environmental Creation’ and the ‘Waste disposal team,’ which are focusing research on waste products generated daily within Fukushima prefecture. The objectives include radiation measurement, decontamination, waste disposal, environmental dynamics, and environmental creation conducted by the Research Department of Fukushima Prefecture. Moreover, we will also introduce our research on municipal-solid-waste incinerator ashes, including radiocesium, which has been conducted by the first author of this paper in collaboration with the ‘Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University’ and ‘Chiba Institute of Science.’

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