The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between diet habit and health condition of elderly living in Sanyo-Onoda city.

This study sample included 120 elderly aged from 65 to 74 living in Sanyo-Onoda city who visited to undergo an annual medical examination.

We collected data on the basic social background, the numerical values measured by body composition meter, nutritional state showed using Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form（MNA-SF），diet habit clarified by Food Frequency Questionnaire Based on Food Groups（FFQg），and cognitive function.

The results of the FFQg showed that male subjects living in Sanyo-Onoda city significantly had insufficient total energy and protein intake compared with average values in Japan（P<0.01），while female subjects significantly took excessive salt as well as snacks, sugar, and oil-rich foods compared with average values in Japan（P<0.01）．According to the MNA-SF categories, 36 out of 120 subjects resulted in malnutrition or risk of malnutrition, demonstrating that the male malnutrition group had significant low hand grip power than that of good nutrition group（P<0.01）．

We should take the differences between elderly male and female on diet habit and physical condition into consideration in health promotion initiatives.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of passive activity care with few movements and to obtain evidence of for practical use in nursing homes and home care of DVD that older people with dementia find enjoyable and comfortable, which can be easily performed by care staffs.

Methods: The examination was conducted by measuring pulse rate, blood pressure, and autonomic nervous activity balance LF/HF before and after watching the video, as well as observing the facial expressions and interest in the video of the participants. Twelve older people with dementia and 12 their care staffs in one group home watched a 20-minute video of daily life and play scenes in the Showa era.

Results: There was no significant difference in pulse rate, blood pressure, and autonomic nervous activity balance LF/HF before and after viewing, but all the participants with dementia showed strong interest in the video for 20 minutes and did not leave the place during the viewing.

Conclusions: The results indicated that the passive activity care using video can be useful for older people with dementia in nursing homes and home care, taking into account the selection of the video of individual preference.

This study identified effective continuing education to enhance the nursing competence of operating room nurses. A questionnaire survey consisting of open-ended responses was administered to nurses with five or more years of experience in operating room nursing, asking about "effective education to enhance perioperative nursing competence of operating room nurses." Data analysis was conducted using quantitative text analysis with KH Coder. The open-ended responses of 324 respondents were extracted. Nine concepts were derived from the results of hierarchical cluster analysis and co-occurrence network analysis: "preceptorship and clinical department team education system," "many educational personnel," "unified and standardized education using procedure-specific procedure manuals and evaluation criteria," "education based on individual abilities," "education using procedure manuals and audiovisual materials," "reflection and evaluation after surgery," "practical education such as simulation," "opportunities to learn about perioperative nursing," and "study groups with physicians."

We report a case of mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas, a rare invasive carcinoma of the pancreas. A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to a huge duodenal tumor. An esophagogastric duodenoscopy revealed a 10 cm tumor with surface irregularity and a high amount of mucus in the second and third portions of the duodenum. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography（CE-US）and computed tomography（CT）showed the mass to be located in the pancreatic head, recognizable as enhanced parts of the edge and the septum. Moreover, CE-US revealed dendritic enhancement in the lesion. Magnetic resonance imaging（MRI）showed low-, high-, and relatively high-intensity masses on T1- and T2-weighted images and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography（MRCP）．Positron emission tomography-CT showed high fluorodeoxyglucose integration in the part of the tumor. As no metastatic lesion could be detected, a pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed. A final pathological diagnosis of mucinous carcinoma was made. CE-US, MRI, and MRCP may be useful for the diagnosis of mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas.