Learn from history : Lessons from early modern Japanese physics experiment textbooks

The aim of our study is to explore the early history of the education of physics experiments in the Meiji era of Japan (1868 - 1912). In this paper, we examine three Japanese physics experiment textbooks which were published during 1880s. One characteristic feature is that the most of the experiments could be performed using simple handmade apparatuses. We consider what can be learned from the ingenuity of physics education pioneers of the late 19th century

Resting energy expenditure and nutritional status in patients undergoing transthoracic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

This study was to assess the resting energy expenditure of patients with esophageal cancer using indirect calorimetry. Eight male patients with esophageal cancer and eight male healthy controls were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent transthoracic esophagectomy with lymph nodes dissections. The resting energy expenditure was measured preoperatively, and on postoperative day 7 and 14 using indirect calorimetry. Preoperatively, the measured resting energy expenditure/body weight in these patients was significantly higher than that of the controls (23.3 ± 2.1 kcal/kg/day vs 20.4 ± 1.6 kcal/kg/day), whereas the measured/predicted energy expenditure from the Harris-Benedict equation ratio was 1.01 ± 0.09, which did not differ significantly from the control values. The measured resting energy expenditure/body weight was 27.3 ± 3.5 kcal/kg/day on postoperative day 7, and 23.7 ± 5.07 kcal/kg/day on postoperative day 14. Significant increases in the measured resting energy expenditure were observed on postoperative day 7, and the measured/predicted energy expenditure ratio was 1.17 ± 0.15. In conclusion, patients with operable esophageal cancers were almost normometabolic before surgery. On the other hand, the patients showed a hyper-metabolic status after esophagectomy. We recommended that nutritional management based on 33 kcal/body weight/day (calculated by the measured resting energy expenditure × active factor 1.2–1.3) may be optimal for patients undergoing esophagectomy

群馬大学附属図書館所蔵理系明治期教科書-和装本-の考察 : その由来と目録

我々は群馬大学附属図書館本館書庫並びに特殊資料室に,未登録明治期教科書が大量に保管されていることを知った.蔵書の多くは旧群馬県師範学校,群馬県女子師範学校から継承されたものであった.本稿ではその中から我々による目録化がなされた理系和装本276冊を取り上げる.まず,我々による目録化に至る経緯を述べる.次いで目録作製の方針・細則を述べ,目録を掲載する.さらに,目録中の初所蔵を示す蔵書印に着目し,図書の由来ともなるその由来について考察する.We have found many textbooks, which were used in Meiji-era and have not been registered yet, in the usual and special book-stock rooms of Gunma University Library. Most of them were inherited from the Gunma Normal School and the Gunma Woman Normal School. In this report, 276 school-science Japanese-style textbooks whose lists were made by us are picked up. Our policy and specification to make the list of one book are written down and all lists are shown in tables 1～6. We discuss the origin of the textbooks by several kinds of stamps put on them

Learn from History: Lessons from Early Modern Japanese Physics Experiment Textbooks

The aim of our study is to explore the early history of the education of physics experiments in the Meiji era of Japan (1868–1912). In this paper, we examine three Japanese physics experiment textbooks which were published during 1880s. One characteristic feature is that the most of the experiments could be performed using simple handmade apparatuses. We consider what can be learned from the ingenuity of physics education pioneers of the late 19th century