Investigation was made of the effect of hypophysectomy on the growth of hair of rats and compared with that of bone and tooth. To measure the rate of growth, the thallium acetate method was used for hair growth and lead acetate method for bone and tooth growth. The results obtained are as follow. 1) The sham-operation did not affect the bone growth of proximal tibia. But 9 days after hypophysectomy the cartilage became obviously narrow, and bone almost stopped growing. 2) Nine days after hypophysectomy the longitudinal growth of incisal dentin was inhibited by about 60%. Calcification was also inhibited, but one month after hypophysectomy, incisors, though extremely inhibited, still continued growing. 3) Hypophysectomy had almost no effect on the hair growth, although it showed a slight retardation in the hair eruption. The conclusion thus attained was that, under hypophysectomy, organs differ in the rate of growth according to their embryological origin, and the hair growth is no effect. Then it is suggested that the hair has the specific property.

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This painting has not been so famous before. This is, however, the important work of art in japanese art history, not to be able to find similar expression of "holiness" and "secularity" in another "Iwashimizu Shrine Mandala", and to be placed the date of production at the Middle Ages. The picture of this work, which shows the facade of Iwashimizu Shrine in a bird's-eye view, can be separated into one is "a consecrated ground" in the upper part and another is "a ground of secular affairs" in the lower part two parts by roof line of surrounding corridors and a two-storied gate. Therfore, the theme of this picture connect, on the one hand, with "Sinkou-ga" or "Reihai-ga" ("painting to belief" or "painting to worship") as "Suijaku-ga" (Paintings based upon the suijaku [Shinto-Buddhist unity] concept that Shinto divinities are manifestations [suijaku] of Buddhist ones and that Buddhist ones are their original forms [honji].) and, on the ather hand, with "Yagaiyuraku-zu" ("Pleasure out-of-doors painting") under the influence of "Tsukinami-e" ("Pictures of monthly subjects") As compared with "Yamato-e" in the kamakura era, this painting has bright and clear color tones, plain drawing lines and stylized decorative form. And on the various scenes of people's activities there are very real human figures whose faces and actions appeare to be funny and comical. Considering these characteristics of pictorial expression of this work, I've come to a decision that the date of its completion must be a period between the latter half of the Namboku-cho era and the first half of the Muromachi era.(the late 14th. C.〜the early 15th. C.)

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This thesis focuses on the function of Mo in Heian period. In the descriptions of Mo, which appear in such literary works of Heian period as Makuranososhi and Murasakishikibu Nikki, two remarkable facts can be observed : 1) As the length of Mo got longer, it got difficult for hte wearer to make quick movements. 2) Mo, originally thought to be a decoration, ceased to function as a mere decoration as it got longer. Moreover, it became an important element to define and determine the slow, graceful, and official manner of the aristocrats. It can be concluded, therefore, that the function of Mo grew from a decoration of clothes into an important component of clothes representing the social status of the wearers.

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At his early hours of his career Shakespeare experienced plague years-1592 to 1594,when the theatres in London were closed because of the epidemic. During the period the poet wrote two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, and probably the first 17 sonnets, Richard III and Titus Andronicus. Venus and Adonis was published in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece in 1594. The two poems were dedicated to the Earl of Southampton, who was presumably "the fair youth" in The Sonnets. Venus and Adonis is very close to the first 17 sonnets which are often called "the Marriage Sonnets". Not only have they very similar expressions but they share the same themes and intentions. This essay endeavours to detect the similarities between Venus and Adonis and the first 17 sonnets, and examine the themes and messages they have in common. The conclusion is that this narrative poem as well as the marriage sonnets was written to persuade the fair youth to marry and beget an heir in order to survive the plague. The poet wished the young earl to live through the lines of life for ever.

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Japanese classic dance is called the "art of rhythm and pause", which is also the characteristics of Japanese traditional arts in general, while Western dances in Europe (or in America) are required to move actively without pause. In this case, the word of "pause" is used for "stop of motion", or "suspension of movement." In the traditional arts of Japan, however, "pause" does not always mean a break in action, but rather a form of action in the continuous stream of rhythmical movement. At a pause, of course, dancing motion apparently stops for a moment. A Japanese dancer's posture, though, is perpetually moving in a mental sphere. In this essay, the whole statement is divided into three parts or three stages. In the first stage, an ordinary pattern of rhythm and pause is treated about the classic dance of Japan, and in the second place an extraordinary one is studied. These patterns of rhythm and pause are not dealt with any more in the last stage of this treatise. Here we are interested in the emotional aspect of the Japanese art of dance, which is to be expressed with the deep concentration of energy and passion on the part of a dance player, not (to be expressed) by the formal combination of rhythm and pause.

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This paper describes the recent advances of researches on the intercellular lipids of stratum corneum and their physiological roles. The intercellular lipids, which contain ceramides, cholesterol, free fatty acids, triglycerides and cholesteryl sulfate, play the important roles such as the water permeation barrier, water retention properties and cohesion-dishesion mechanism. The further investigations on the intercellular lipids in detail should be expected.

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I draw a lesson through the practice on middle school reform. Then I discuss self-study in the university on this standpoint. Thus democratic discussion by all constituents is a precondition of university-reform including instructual evaluation.

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Contemporary art has many aspects, and a border line of various fields of art is uncertain. Eech of them seeks its own individual expression by using new materials and several technique more freely. In wood block print, too, various techniqes exist there according to characteristic of each artist's expression.

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