The incidence of antithyroid antibodies in normal children were studied by thyroglobulin and microsomal-coated red blood cell hemagglutination techniques. (Fuji-Zoki Co.)
The sera of 785 normal children were tested by these antithyroid antibody tests.
Of 785 normal children, the sera of 7 (0.89%) showed a positive reaction for thyroglobulin antibodies, and eleven (1.40%) showed a positive reaction for microsomal antibodies.
The thyroglobulin and microsomal antibodies were not detected in males. In females the incidence of these antibodies was 2.34 %, and was progressively greater with age.

抄録全体を表示

An epidemiological survey on the incidence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis in childhood was performed in 11,353 apparently healthy school children in Chiba prefecture, Japan.
The present study included 9,416 school children (4,401 boys and 5,015 girls, ages 6-18 yrs) in Chiba City and 1,937 children (744 boys and 1,193 girls, ages 16-18 yrs) in Tateyama City. The first group was selected as a representative of urban area, and the second group was selected as that of seaside area.
Children having goiter were selected for testing antithyroglobulin and antimicrosomal antibodies in sera. Final diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis was based on histological specimens obtained by needle biopsies on the antithyroid antibody positive subjects.
The overall incidence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis in these children was 1.7 per 1,000 children. There was a considerable sex difference in the prevalence. None of the patients were boys. In girls the incidence increased with age : ages 6-12 0.9, ages 13-15 4.6 and ages 16-18 3.1-4.2 per 1,000, respectively. The incidence in the seaside area, 2.6 per 1,000 was not significantly higher than that in the urban area, 1.8 per 1,000. Histologically, all cases were classified as focal thyroiditis.

抄録全体を表示

わが国の1型糖尿病をもつ子どもの現状を明らかにする目的の1つとして，「生活の満足度(QOL)」（包括的QOL）を同年齢の健康児と比較，検討した．小中学生用（6因子，37項目）および高校生以上用（8因子，40項目）の“生活の満足度(QOL)質問紙”を用い，1型糖尿病の小学3年生から高校生368名（男子138名，女子230名）を，学年・性を一致させた健康児を対照に比較した．また，生活の満足度(QOL)とHbA₁c，インスリン注射回数，罹病期間との関連を検討した．
その結果，糖尿病をもつ小学生は総得点と5つの下位尺度が，中学生では総得点と4つの下位尺度が，健康児より有意に高かった．しかし，高校生は健康児より1下位尺度が有意に高いのみで，高校2年生だけは健康児より低い傾向を示した．高校3年生になるとまたQOLの改善がみられた．糖尿病をもつ小中学生の「生活の満足度」は，健康児と比較して有意に良好であったが，高校生になると，将来の進路決定や経済面に関してQOLが低下することが示唆された．
糖尿病をもつ子どもにおいて，HbA₁cとQOLは，小中学生では「全体的な健康の満足」，高校生では，「親と経済の満足」と「身体的活力」に有意差がみられ，いずれもHbA₁cが低いほどQOLは高かった．QOLと罹病期間との有意な相関はみられなかった．インスリン注射回数とQOLは，高校生では有意差はみられなかったが，小中学生では2回打ちのほうが4回打ちより不安や悩みが少なかった．

抄録全体を表示

発熱, 体重増加不良, 頻尿などの症状にて発症した生後3カ月の乳児糖尿病児に対し, インスリン持続静注療法にて初期治療を行い, その後皮下注射法に移行した.哺乳量や哺乳時間が一定でないこと, 必要インスリン量が微量であることなどの問題があったが, 頻回の血糖測定と低用量用シリンジを用いることにより, インスリンの微量調整が可能となり, 低血糖症もなく良好な血糖コントロールが得られた.

抄録全体を表示

Watasenia scintillans (B_ERRY), “Hotaru-ika, ” one of the luminous deep-sea squids, is known from the surrounding seas of Japan Proper, and it is fished in a large quantity in Toyama Bay during its spawning season, namely, April and May.
Although this squid has hitherto been unknown from Korean waters, the writer considers it to be abundant in the waters of the east coast of Korea according to the following facts:-
1) From June 1931 to December 1935, the writer found many pelagic eggs of a certain squid in the surface tows from the waters of the east coast of Korea. These eggs were iden-tified by the writer to be those of Watasenia scintillans, on the basis of the careful comparison with the ripe ovarian eggs of the species in question.
2) Adult female and male specimens of Watasenia scintillans were found in the stomachs of Scomber japonicus, and Alaska-Pollack, Theragra chalcogramm, which had been angled in the water of the same region.
It appears that the this squid spawns mostly from July to August mainly in the coastal waters of Keisyôhokudô and Kôgendô of Korea.

抄録全体を表示

Kawasaki Steel Corporation developed a new ignition apparatus, the "Line Burner" for the sintering process by radically changing the ignition method at Chiba Works,
The Line Burner was applied to Chiba sintering plant's No.3 DL (203m²) and No.4 DL (210m²) in August, 1983.
This new ignition apparatus completely changed the conventional image of the ignition furnace.It's features are as follows.
(1) Direct burning is possible through the Line Burner's multi-hole nozzle.It ensures more efficient burning condition.The height and inclination of the burner can be easily adjusted with this ignition system as changes occur in the operation.
(2) The flame is very uniform in the width direction and the desired shorter flame can be obtained.The combustion chamber volume can be reduced from 27m³ to about 2m³.
The ignition energy consumption can be reduced to as low as 6 000-7 000kcal/t-s without any operational problems arising.

抄録全体を表示

Benign myoclonus of early infancyは良性の非てんかん性痙攣である.乳児期に点頭てんかんのtonic spasmsに似た発作がシリーズを形成したり群発し, 点頭てんかんと誤認されて治療されることもあるが, 発達は正常で, 脳波異常も伴わず自然消退する.報告が少なく, 知られていないために上記の問題や家族の不安を生じる.本症の3例を報告した.発作の特徴から点頭てんかんが疑われ, 発作が繰り返されるため, 家族の不安が強かった.3例とも発作は3カ月ほどで激減し, 1年以内に後遺症を残さず自然に消失した.点頭てんかんが疑われる患者の中には, このような良性のものが含まれている場合がある.このような患者に対して, 1カ月に1回脳波を検査して異常がないことと他の発作や発達の異常が生じないことを確認し, 不必要な抗てんかん薬等の治療をさけ, 無治療で経過を観察してよいと思われる.

抄録全体を表示

As for locular index, it has been believed that each race of the cuttlefish has its own value, though a decline in value of the index with the length of shell was noticed by some reporters. But it seems that both of those conceptions have to be examined.
Therefore 109 specimens of Sepia esculenta HOYLE caught in Tokyo Bay, in the season from October, 1953 to June, 1954 and in May and June, 1957, were used for morphometric analyses on locular index, and 790 individuals caught during the fishing season in various waters of Japan for reference.
According to the correlation coefficients calculated between the locular index and other three elements, the age in days estimated by fishing date, the number of stripes found on the ventral surface of the shell and the shell length, it was found that the locular index did not decline in value with the length of shell, but with the age or the number of stripes (Fig. 2, 3, 4). Accordingly it might be suggested that the age (fishing date) and the number of stripes adding to the index are very important to serve as standard of comparison between races. And it is obviously desired to make comparison of the index among specimens caught at the same time of the season.
Tracing to the length of shell and last locular at various stages of the growth, left in median longitudinal section of a shell (Fig. 1), a graph of the locular index can be followed through the life for each individual (Fig. 5). By using the graph obtained in such a way, we can easily find a basis of comparison of shell growth between races of the cuttlefish.

抄録全体を表示

Acomputer system has been developed to process geochemical data. The processed data are plotted onto each of square, cube, triangle and tetrahedron. The result using a square or a triangle is instinctly shown on the computer display. On the contrary, the result using a cube and a tetrahedron is given as a stereoimage pair for the 3-dimensional view. A user can choose interactively a component (or a component assemblage) corresponding to each axis or apex. It is expected that the interactive system gives us many valuable suggestions in the geochemical discussion.

抄録全体を表示

PAC method, a new method measuring the porosity with concave in iron are sinter, has been developed by applying a vacuum packing technology. PAC method is applicable to measure the total porosity of porous objects with an irregular shape such as iron are sinter or sinter lump with a size of 10 to 100 mm. Porosity of commercial plant sinter measured by PAC method shows strong relativity to the reducibility ( JIS-RI). Evaluation of total porosity by PAC method suggests directions for controlling the sinter reducibility. Furthermore, change of sinter porosity in handling process is detectable by PAC method. Porosity of sinter lump decreases propotionally to handling times along the process flow from sintering machine to blast furnace. PAC method provides significant data for process analysis and control.

抄録全体を表示

Details of raw mix packed structure with current chute feeder and their effect on sintering reaction were analyzed. The chute feeding method cannot avoid the problem of avalanches, which makes it difficult to enlarge and control the degree of grain size segregation in the bed height by making simultaneously the sandwich-like structure of fine and coarse particles. The larger the raw mix feed, the larger the avalanches and the disturbunce of sintering reaction. Enlargement of continuous material grain size segregation in the bed height without sandwich structure is effective in improving both yield and productivity by homogenizing sintering in the sinter bed.

抄録全体を表示

The high grade of cobalt characterizes the deposit of the Shimokawa copper mine which is one of the most famous bedded cupriferous pyrite deposits of Japan. Unfortunately, however, the cobalt has not been recovered, because the concentration of cobalt is difficult. In order to show the distribution of cobalt in the ore, the microscopic observation and the electron microprobe analysis have been carried out. The main ore minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, monoclinic pyrrhotite, sphalerite, cobalt pentlandite, and cobaltian mackinawite in the descending order of abundance. Among them, pyrite is the most important carrier of cobalt, and cobalt pentlandite is subordinate. The cobalt of the copper concentrate depends upon the small mingled grains (less than 20μm) of cobalt pentlandite which is closely associated with chalcopyrite. On the other hand, the pyrite concentrate owes its cobalt amount to cobalt-rich pyrite. On the basis of the texture of ore and the crystal form of pyrite, the mode of occurrence of pyrite is divided into seven types as shown in Figs. 1 (a)-(g). The R-type pyrite having a rounded form is the richest in cobalt among them, and contains a average cobalt concentration of 0.8 wt.%.These natures of ore suggest that the cobalt of the coppem concentmate may be recovered as a by-pmoduct of the copper smelting, and that the cobalt of the pyrite concentrate may be recovered as a cobalt concentrate consisting of R-type pyrite.

抄録全体を表示