The objective of this study is to well understand the interaction between the motion of flexible fibers and flow kinematics around the fibers in a Newtonian flow. In this framework, the evolution of the configuration of a single fiber in a simple shear flow was numerically calculated by the Peskin 'immersed boundary method'. Though a fiber can actually be deformed in three-dimensional way, the fiber was assumed simply to form a planar curve, and its configurational evolution was simulated for several cases different in fiber elasticity, fluid viscosity and shear rate.
In Part 1 of a series of papers, the underlying equations to describe the motion of the fiber and fluid were presented with their discretized forms necessary for calculation. Furthermore, how the fiber elasticity can affect the evolution of fiber configuration and flow kinematics was illustrated by a few examples. The results revealed that the fiber bending stiffness plays a key role both for the motion of a flexible fiber and for the flow field.

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The study deals with the consciousness of liveliness generated by dressing, clarifies the details of the consciousness based on the preliminary survey and reports on scales for the consciousness of liveliness composed of the following 20 items. The 20 items include five factors (1. dressing with which a person can have a sense of superiority over others, 2. favorite dressing, 3. dressing to which a person has been attracted, 4. stylish dressing, 5.comfortable dressing), each of which has four lower factors. A survey was conducted to 419 female students and results were compared to investigate correlations among the consciousness of liveliness, that of shame, that of dressing well, favorite dressing and sensitivity.
In terms of the rating mean by factor for the consciousness of liveliness, the second factor comes first, then comes the first factor, the third factor, the fourth factor and the fifth factor comes last. When the students wear favorite clothes, they feel most lively.
When correlations of the four scales were investigated among the consciousness of liveliness, that of shame, that of dressing well and sensitivity, significantly positive correlations were found among all the scales. When correlations were compared between the high-and low-score groups in terms of the consciousness of liveliness and the other four scales, the high-score group tended to have higher scores in terms of the consciousness of shame, that of dressing well and sensitivity. As for tastes for dress, the higscore group tended to like feminine and adult-like clothes.

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