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    ショウチュウガクセイ ノ ネツ イドウ リカイ ニ カンスル ヒカク : 1990ネン ト 2000ネン チョウサ オ ヒカク シテ

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    The study curriculum that will be implemented in 2002 is slimmer than that of the 1989 curriculum. Many people, who are anxious about the decline of students\u27 basic knowledge, have discussed the problems associated with the slimmer version. However, since basic data on scholastic ability in elementary and lower secondary schools are limited, this argumentation becomes almost abstract. In this study, we have therefore examined students\u27 understanding of heat transfer comparing the year 1990 students to the year 2000 students for the concept of heat transfer and representation of heat. In order to avoid any controversy, the test was identical to that used ten years ago. The findings of the present study are as follows: 1. Fourth grade students who studied the concept of heat transfer, using a metal plate and inclined metal bar, have a level of understanding which is lower than students of the year 1990. This is because their curriculum did not include the cause of heat transfer. 2. Understanding of the phenomenon of convection is equal between unlearned third grade students and a learned group of students. 3. On the understanding of radiation, the students\u27 understanding of the year 2000 is lower than the students of 1990. 4. Third and fourth grade students think that a material becomes heavy if is warmed, and it becomes lighter if the material is cooled. Their reasoning is influenced by temperature change and cubic shrink proofing. 5. Elementary school students think that frozen material is heavier than unfrozen material. Ninth grade students realize that weight does not change even if the material freezes, however, only 50% understand that. 6. They make up their concepts about the relationship between weight and temperature changes based on their daily life experience, before they acquire a scientific conception about it. Therefore, even if students study the law of constancy of mass in the seventh grade, it is difficult to modify their misconceptions to a scientific conception. 7. This research revealed that the year 2000 students understanding and knowledge of the concepts of the heat transfer was lower than the 1990 students.国立情報学研究所『研究紀要公開支援事業』により電子化

    Parental Recognition of Bullying and Associated Factors Among Children After the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study From the Fukushima Health Management Survey

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    This study examined parental recognition of bullying victimization and associated factors among evacuated children after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, using a 3-year follow-up data (wave 1: January 2012; wave 2: January 2013; wave 3: February 2014). The sample included the caregivers of 2,616 children in the first–sixth grades of elementary school, who lived in one of the 13 municipalities that were the target areas of the Mental Health and Lifestyle Survey, conducted as part of the Fukushima Mental Health Management Survey. Across 3 years, around 80% of caregivers responded “not true,” 15% responded “somewhat true,” and 5% responded “certainly true” in response to a question about bullying victimization of their children. Being male was significantly associated with the parental recognition of bullying victimization at wave 1 and wave 3. At wave 1, experiencing the nuclear plant explosion was significantly associated with parental recognition of bullying victimization. Moreover, age at wave 3 was negatively associated with parental recognition of bullying victimization. Our findings will be helpful for establishing community- and school-based mental health care for children, parents, and teachers

    Periodicity of farside deep moonquakes and relationship with tidal stress in the lunar interior

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    Multiple Tophaceous Gout of Hand with Extensor Tendon Rupture

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    A 45-year-old man presented with painless subcutaneous masses bilaterally on his hands and loss of motion or contracture of the fingers. Initially, drug therapy to reduce the serum uric acid was administered and was expected to reduce the tophi. However, during observation at the clinic, spontaneous rupture of an extensor tendon occurred, and surgical repair of the tendon and resection of the masses were performed. Surgical exploration of the right hand showed hypertrophic white-colored crystal deposits that both surrounded and invaded the extensor digitorum communis of the index finger, which was ruptured. Histopathologic examination of the specimen demonstrated findings consistent with gouty tophi. Tophaceous gout can induce a rupture of tendons during clinical observation, and surgical resection of the tophi might be needed to prevent ruptures
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