Hrypersthene in a Rock of Amphibolite Facies from Tanzawa Mountainland, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

An Institutional Analysis of Groundwater Quality Control: Experiences in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

A considerable number of studies have been made of institutional arrangements that can prevent excessive groundwater pumping based on Hardin’s seminal work, the “tragedy of the commons.” In contrast, this paper is concerned with groundwater quality control for which policy studies are very limited. This paper not only clarifies institutional challenges specific to groundwater contamination, but...

Incidence of pests and viral disease on pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

BACKGROUND The solanaceous fruit crop pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.), originating in the Andes, is grown commercially in South American countries and New Zealand. In these areas, pests and diseases of pepino have been identified well; however, to date, these have seldom been investigated in detail in Japan. Herein, we attempt to reconstruct an agricultural production system for commercial pepi...

An albite-anorthite assemblage in low-grade amphibolite facies rocks

Poikiloblastic amphibole schists from an ophiolite series in the vicinity of the Tertiary Bergell granite contain the assemblage albite (An 0)-anorthite (An 95), actinolite-pargasite, together with clinozoisite. TEM illustrates how large andesine crystals with a periodic APB (anti-phase boundaries) structure of e plagioclase change over a few hundred angstroms to pure albite and pure PT anorthi...

Enterovirus detection status from patients with herpangina and hand, foot and mouth disease in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

The number of weekly reported patients of herpangina in the Kanagawa Prefecture area (excluding Yokohama city and Kawasaki city) in 2006 exceeded 1.0 case per sentinel clinic at week 22 (May 29 June 4), and this appearance began approximately 2 weeks earlier than the past 5 years. A major prevalence like the one in 2001 was predicted, but this year it peaked at 7.07 cases per sentinel at week 2...

Norovirus gastroenteritis in Kanagawa Prefecture in December 2004.