Validity and reliability of the Family Empowerment Scale for caregivers of adults with mental health issues

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kageyama, Kageyama, M., Nakamura, Y., Kobayashi, S. and Yokoyama, K. (2016), Validity and reliability of the Family Empowerment Scale for caregivers of adults with mental health issues. J. Psychiatr. Ment. Health Nurs., 23: 521-531. doi:10.1111/jpm.12333, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12333. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions

Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Therapeutic Factors Inventory–19 : A study of family peer education self-help groups

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kageyama, M., Nakamura, Y., Kobayashi, S. and Yokoyama, K. (2016), Therapeutic Factors Inventory–19. Japan Journal of Nursing Science, 13: 135-146. doi:10.1111/jjns.12098, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jjns.12098. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions

Changes in Families’ Caregiving Experiences through Involvement as Participants then Facilitators in a Family Peer-Education Program for Mental Disorders in Japan

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kageyama, M., Yokoyama, K., Nakamura, Y. and Kobayashi, S. (2017), Changes in Families’ Caregiving Experiences through Involvement as Participants then Facilitators in a Family Peer‐Education Program for Mental Disorders in Japan. Fam. Proc., 56: 408-422. doi:10.1111/famp.12194, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12194. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions

Effect of the blend ratio of cyclic and linear polyethylene blends on isothermal crystallization in the quiescent state

The role of entanglements that form between cyclic and linear polymers in crystallization is of particular interest, but it is not fully understood. We investigated the crystallization behaviors of blends of cyclic polyethylene (C-PE) and linear polyethylene (L-PE) in a quiescent state to elucidate the role of this novel entanglement in crystallization. The samples were prepared by mixing the prepared C-PE and L-PE specimens at L-PE weight fraction (ΦL-PE) values of 0–100 wt%, with the weight average molecular weights of C-PE and L-PE being 175 × 103 and 154 × 103, respectively. The isothermal crystallization behaviors were analyzed through polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The morphology observed through POM was similar to that of ΦL-PE. From the time evolution of the heat flow measured via DSC, we obtained the half-crystallization time (t1/2) values as functions of ΦL-PE at different degrees of supercooling (ΔT). The 1/t1/2 values of the C-PE and L-PE homopolymers were approximately the same at ΔT = 25.5 and 26.5 K. At a larger ΔT value, the 1/t1/2 value of C-PE was significantly larger than that of L-PE. In contrast, 1/t1/2 reached a minimum value at ΦL-PE = 30–40 wt%, irrespective of ΔT. As the entanglement density increased with increasing ΦL-PE, the crystallization rate was expected to decrease monotonically. By considering the experimental relationship between 1/t1/2 and ΦL-PE, we speculated that the suppression of crystallization in the blended system was caused by a novel entanglement formed by the penetration of the L-PE chain into the C-PE chain

Removal of nitrogen by Antarctic yeast cells at low temperature

Nitrate removal in a medium (at 5°C ) and the effect of culture temperature on the fatty acid composition were investigated using Candida sp. which was isolated from the upper layer of Lake Vanda in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The strain was cultured at 5°C aerobically, on a synthetic medium containing potassium nitrate (NO_3-N, 100 mgl^) as a nitrogen source, and examined the effects of pH and chlorine on growth and NO_3-N removal in the medium. Within the pH of 3 to 7 the yeast cells exhibited a similar removal of nitrate level. The strain grew well and also removed nitrate at chlorine concentrations of 5 and 10 mgl^ but did not grow at chlorine concentration of 20 mgl^. Decreasing the growth temperature induced an increase in the content of linolenic acid (18:3) in the yeast cells