Sexual Life\u27s Guide in Japan: An Introduction : The Transformation and Concealing of Sexuality in Modern Japan

読売新聞「人生案内」欄を素材として,「資料に向かい合う作法」としてのセクシュアリティの歴史社会学を実践する.第一に,1935～95年に掲載された身上相談を,見田宗介が用いた分類を修正しつつ,10年おきに量的分布の変遷を調べた.恋愛と結婚に関する悩みは漸減する一方,自己の性格や心に関する悩みが増加していた.第二に,性に関する悩み(身下相談)は,どの時期にもみられる「普遍的な悩み」,処女・純潔のように,ある時期以降消失する「可変的な悩み」,親密なパートナーとの関係に発生する「関係性の悩み」,自己の身体や性的欲望に関連する「個体性の悩み」等に分類される.第三に,身下相談では女性投稿者の比率が漸増しており,そこでは,「関係性の悩み」が突出して語られやすい.逆にいえば性を,自己の身体や欲望に関連づけるような語りが,隠蔽される傾向が確認された.In this paper, we try to do historical sociology as \u27methoos of treating data\u27using ""Life\u27s Guide"", the colums in Yomiuri Newspaper. First of all, we modify the categorization by Mita (1965) on worries, classify the contents in 1935, 55, 75 and 95 into that categories, and research the quantitative changes by decades. As a result, worries about love and marriage are decreasing. Worries about their personality and mind are increasing. Secondly, Worries on sexuality are classified into four categories. (1) Universal worries found among all periods; (2)Changing worries disappeared after one period, eg. worries aboout virginity; (3) Worries among intimate relationships; (4) Individual Worries about their body or sexual desire. Thirdly, the proportion of female clients is so increasing that worries among intimate relationships are outstanding. Conversely, stories which relate their sexuality to their body or sexual desire is concealing

Successful Treatment of Atypical Femoral Fracture with Bowed Femur Using Contralateral Intramedullary Nail Combined with Early Daily Teriparatide

We report a case of atypical femoral fracture achieving early fracture union with combination therapy comprising contralateral nail and immediate teriparatide injection. Fracture union of atypical fractures is often delayed due to bowing deformity and bone metabolic disorders. Combination treatment that takes both problems into consideration represents a useful treatment option for atypical femoral fracture

The Impact of Reduced Skeletal Muscle Mass on Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Although several studies have suggested a possible association between sarcopenia and knee osteoarthritis (OA) in the elderly, there remains no definitive evidence. Recently, however, the serum creatinine/cystatin C ratio (sarcopenia index: SI) was reported to correlate with skeletal muscle mass. The present retrospective study therefore investigated the impact of reduced skeletal muscle mass on advanced knee OA using SI. In 55 individuals scheduled for knee osteotomy or knee arthroplasty, correlations between SI and patient-reported outcomes such as the Knee Society Score (KSS), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), and Oxford Knee Score (OKS) were explored. Significant associations were found between SI and the KSS functional activity score (β=0.37; p=0.022), KOOS subscale for activities of daily living (β=0.42; p=0.0096), and OKS (β=0.42; p=0.0095). This study underscores the role of reduced muscle mass in functional outcomes and introduces SI as a valuable marker for assessing muscle loss in knee OA patients

Effects of activated vitamin D, alfacalcidol, and low-intensity aerobic exercise on osteopenia and muscle atrophy in type 2 diabetes mellitus model rats

Diabetes mellitus causes secondary osteoporosis and muscle atrophy. The ability of alfacalcidol (ALF) and exercise (Exe) to inhibit osteoporosis and muscle atrophy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) model rats was examined. Twenty-week-old Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats were randomized to ALF (orally 0.1 mu g/kg/day), Exe (treadmill exercise at 10 m/min, 60 min/day, 5 days/week), Comb (ALF and Exe), and Cont (T2DM control treated with vehicle and no exercise) groups (n = 8-10 per group). Sedentary Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka rats were used as a non-hyperphagic control. After treatment for 2 or 6 weeks, blood glucose (BG) levels, cross-sectional area (CSA) of tibialis anterior muscle fibers, femoral bone mineral density (BMD), and relative quantities of muscle anabolic markers (Pax7, MyoD, and myogenin) and catabolic markers (Atrogin-1, MuRF1, and REDD1) of the soleus muscle assessed by real-time polymerase chain reaction assays were measured. Exe and Comb treatments for 6 weeks decreased BG levels compared with those of the Cont group. ALF, Exe, and Comb treatments for 2 and 6 weeks recovered the CSA compared with that of the Cont group. ALF and Comb treatments for 6 weeks increased femoral BMDs compared with those of the Cont group. After 2 weeks of treatment, Comb treatment increased MyoD expression and decreased MuRF1 expression. ALF or Exe monotherapy significantly decreased Atrogin-1 or MuRF1 expression after 2 weeks of treatment, respectively. After 6 weeks of treatment, ALF and Comb treatments decreased Atrogin-1 and REDD1. These results demonstrate that a combination of ALF and Exe improved CSA from the early phase of treatment by stimulating skeletal muscle differentiation and suppressing muscle catabolic genes. Improvements in BG, BMD, and CSA were observed as long-term effects of the combination therapy. Continued suppression of muscle catabolic genes was observed as a background to these effects

Regulating Pornocomic Sales to Juveniles in Japan: Cycles and Path-Dependence of a Social Problem

The purpose of this paper is to develop a new constructionist perspective on path-dependence of a social problem by examining the process of constructing issues regarding the revisions of the Tokyo Youth Protection Ordinance from December 2008 to July 2010. I start with pointing out that a social problem has a cycle of concern and a unique past and background, in a word, path-dependence. Once a social problem process has started down a track, the costs of reversal are very high. Through investigating the revision process between pro-regulation and anti-regulation groups compared with the previous arguments, I found three characteristics of arguments: the limited use of statistics, shared grounds, and shared warrants. I interpret the features as an unintended consequence of path-dependence of the pornocomic problem. This context limits the course of claims-making activities and affects the following controversy. I conclude that the concept of path-dependence offers a better understanding of how and why claims-making activities sometimes lose their diversity and are lopsided over time

A Base Study on International Cooperation in Science and Mathematics Education : The Science Achievement and the Quality of School in Asia

The purpose of this study is to consider what kind of factor affects on the science and mathematics achievement in developing countries, especially in Asia. All Asia countries are not necessary to be getting economic growth. There are three main educational factors that relate to economic state. (1) The quality of school, (2) Gender, and (3) Textbooks. The effects of these factors on the science and mathematics achievement are different between advanced countries (e.g. Japan) and developing countries (e.g. India.) Asia countries have their own historical, religional, social, and cultural background in education. It is required for effective international cooperation in education to be consistent with the worldview of developing countries, not that of advanced countries. Also it is needed to make detail investigation about concrete and practical problems of science and mathematics education in developing countries. East Asia countries, which experienced rapid economic growth with science and technology development, are useful example for international cooperation in education, especially in science and mathematics education. Lastly, it is suggested that science and mathematics education should be major domain in international cooperation in education and have many interdisciplinary issues for educational development