Food packaging is defined as a co-ordinated system of preparing food for transport, distribution, storage, retailing, and end-use to satisfy the ultimate consumer with optimal cost (Coles et al., 2003). Food packaging is an essential part of modern society; commercially processed food could not be handled and distributed safely and efficiently without packaging. The World Packaging Organization...

In football, injuries from opponent contact occur commonly in the lower extremities. FIFA the world's governing body for football requires players to wear shin guards. The aim of this study was to compare the protective effectiveness of polypropylene based shin guards with custom-made carbon fiber ones. Three commercial polypropylene shin guards (Adidas Predator™, Adidas UCL™, and Nike Mercuria...

前 報1) に おい てA (ε15) が ε34フ ァー ジの感 染 を う けた 場 合, ε34感 染 細 胞 か ら ε34を もた ぬ 子孫 細 胞 の 分 離 され て くる状 態 を分 析 し, 併 せ て ε34は 比較 的速 かに プ ロ フ ァー ジ に な る と考 え られ る こ と を 報 告 し た. 処 で ε15フ ァー ジの 場合 に は, 感 染 後 非 常 に 速 か に 新 抗 原15が 出現 す る こ と, ε34ファー ジ に対 す る レセ プ ター も出現 す るこ と, ε15が増殖型の ファー ジとしてふ えつ ゞある時, 云 いかえれば細胞 は溶 菌の運命 にある 時 も, 溶菌前にO抗 原15を 形成す ることが明かにされ た (Uetake et al, 1958) 2). この ε15による上述め現象 は一般現象 であろ...

The purpose of this paper is to examine how speech styles are elaborated for presenting individual personality. Through the narratives of ten selected interviewees, some social norms internalised by them emerged. Age, status and career are associated to the joo/ge (upper/lower) and the senpai/koohai (senior/junior) relationships. Whether it is the first meeting and the length of relationship ar...

Shin soreness,” “shin splints” (and “Charlie Horse” on the Western side of the Atlantic) are terms used by athletes to describe a painful condition of the shin which can seriously interfere with training and performance in the various forms of running. The symptoms start insidiously: at first the athlete feels a dull gnawing pain in one or other shin, which occurs towards the end of a run. The ...

PURPOSE PTEN is a tumor suppressor gene that was identified on chromosome 10q23. In addition to its original function as a tumor suppressor, this gene product was recently reported to enhance the sensitivity of cancer cells to anticancer agents. It is for the purpose of this study to investigate its function and the mechanisms by which PTEN enhances the sensitivity of ovarian cancer to antitumo...