Oita Prefecture Research Articles

Distribution and stress tolerance of Fimbristylis dichotoma subsp. podocarpa (Cyperaceae) growing in highly acidic solfatara fields

AbstractSolfatara fields, areas surrounding fumaroles (volcanic vents) near the hot springs or volcanoes, are characterized by severe environmental conditions such as low soil pH and high aluminum contents. Fimbristylis dichotoma subsp. podocarpa is an endangered plant distributed in solfatara fields of Kyushu, western Japan. This species is known to form stands in sites closed to fumaroles where another solfatara plant Miscanthus sinensis do not colonize. We conducted field survey and culture experiments to test the hypothesis that F. dichotoma has higher tolerance to low pH and high aluminum conditions than M. sinensis, which corresponds to the distribution pattern of the two species. In the study site of Myoban Hot Spring, Oita Prefecture, rhizosphere soils of F. dichotoma showed lower pH and higher aluminum contents than those of M. sinensis. The culture experiment showed that germination of F. dichotoma was not inhibited even at pH 2, whereas significant decline in germination (%) was observed in M. sinensis. However, because of the low germination (%) of F. dichotoma, the values of the two species were similar at pH 2. In the pot culture, seedling growth of M. sinensis was suppressed at the aluminum concentrations tested (400 mg AlCl3 L−1). Conversely, no significant decline in the seedling growth was observed in F. dichotoma at the same aluminum levels. Considering soil conditions in the field, we concluded that that the difference in the tolerance to aluminum between the two species played a significant role in determining their distribution pattern.

Development process and actual management condition at the beginning regarding municipal ordinances for promoting harmonious coexistence between hot spring power generation and local residents in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture

Development process and actual management condition at the beginning regarding municipal ordinances for promoting harmonious coexistence between hot spring power generation and local residents in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture

Damage Investigation of Surroundings of the Seismic Stations in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake and Correspondence of Damage to Buildings with Strong Ground Motions -The Northern Region of Kumamoto Prefecture and Oita Prefecture-

Damage Investigation of Surroundings of the Seismic Stations in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake and Correspondence of Damage to Buildings with Strong Ground Motions -The Northern Region of Kumamoto Prefecture and Oita Prefecture-

Overview of the Yabakei landslide occurred on April 11th 2018 in Nakatsu city, Oita prefecture, Japan

Overview of the Yabakei landslide occurred on April 11th 2018 in Nakatsu city, Oita prefecture, Japan

Evaluation of a Tall Ship Attraction by Using the Contingent Valuation Method

This study examines the value derived from hosting the tall ship “Miraie” at an event in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, in April 2016. Many programs for this event were cancelled as a result of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, making the tall ship the only tour available. This study surveys tour participants to estimate the value of this attraction using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). The method is used to evaluate environmental measures by estimating participants’ willingness to pay (WTP).

Establish of General Guideline for Management of Food Allergy in Oita prefecture. Oita Prefectural Allergy Control Committee

Establish of General Guideline for Management of Food Allergy in Oita prefecture. Oita Prefectural Allergy Control Committee

大分県国東半島・宇佐地域の伊呂波川と桂川に設置したウナギ石倉かごにより採集されたニホンウナギと水生動物群集

大分県国東半島・宇佐地域の伊呂波川と桂川に設置したウナギ石倉かごにより採集されたニホンウナギと水生動物群集

Trends in Research on Adolescent Sexuality Education, Fertility Awareness, and the Possibility of Life Planning Based on Reproductive Health Education

In this paper, we describe the trends in research on adolescent sexuality education in Japan and other countries and on fertility awareness, as well as the possibility of life planning based on sex and reproductive health education. Mason-Jones AJ et al. reviewed the results of school-based intervention studies on the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy. There is little evidence supporting the idea that educational curriculum-based programs alone are effective in improving sex and reproductive health outcomes in adolescents. In another study, the effectiveness of school-based sexuality education for adolescents in Japan was evaluated. The Japan Medical Abstract Society was searched for articles published in the last 10 years. In many studies, the effects were compared before and after a single sexuality education lecture by professionals, such as doctors, midwives, and public health nurses. In Japan, effort has been directed toward sexuality education, but no systematic program based on behavior theory has been adopted. Therefore, sex education is insufficient. A third study clarified research on fertility awareness in adults and issues regarding improvements in related education and research. The Japan Medical Abstract Society and PubMed were searched for articles published in the last 10 years. The review suggested that awareness of female fertility is insufficient. Delaying childbearing based on inaccurate knowledge of the decline in female fertility could lead to unintended infertility. For males and females, sexual health education in schools and communities should include information on the age-related decline in female fertility. Although the determinants of the timing of childbearing are multifactorial, education on fertility issues is necessary to help adults make informed reproductive decisions based on accurate information. Finally, in this paper, we introduce examples of the pioneering efforts in sexual health education through collaboration between the governments of Oita and Okayama Prefectures and Oita and Okayama Universities.

大分県の家庭料理 主菜の特徴 新鮮で豊富な素材、歴史と知恵の詰まったもの

大分県の家庭料理 主菜の特徴 新鮮で豊富な素材、歴史と知恵の詰まったもの

Restriction to Right to Redeem in Lawsuit by Residents ; In Judgement of the Supreme Court about the Case of Illegal Adoption of Faculty Members on Oita Prefectural Board of Education (Supreme Court Second Petty Bench, Shumin No.256, P.77, 2017).

Restriction to Right to Redeem in Lawsuit by Residents ; In Judgement of the Supreme Court about the Case of Illegal Adoption of Faculty Members on Oita Prefectural Board of Education (Supreme Court Second Petty Bench, Shumin No.256, P.77, 2017).

Characteristics of Heavy Rainfall and Flood Disaster in Central Southern part of Oita Prefecture by Typhoon No.18 “Tyhoon Talim”in 2017

Characteristics of Heavy Rainfall and Flood Disaster in Central Southern part of Oita Prefecture by Typhoon No.18 “Tyhoon Talim”in 2017

大分県における性・年齢階級別の「病苦」自殺率および「経済・生活苦」自殺率

大分県における性・年齢階級別の「病苦」自殺率および「経済・生活苦」自殺率

Corrigendum.

Journal of Fish DiseasesVolume 40, Issue 12 p. 1941-1941 CORRIGENDUMFree Access Corrigendum This article corrects the following: Genetic variants of Kudoa septempunctata (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida), a flounder parasite causing foodborne disease F Takeuchi, Y Ogasawara, K Kato, T Sekizuka, T Nozaki, Y Sugita-Konishi, T Ohnishi, M Kuroda, Volume 39Issue 6Journal of Fish Diseases pages: 667-672 First Published online: June 11, 2015 First published: 08 November 2017 https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12714AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Corrigendum: Genetic variants of Kudoa septempunctata (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida), a flounder parasite causing foodborne disease [https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12395] In this Article, the sources were described inaccurately for samples from “Oita farm A” and “Oita farm B.” “Oita farm A” and “Oita farm B” indicate two isolated aquaria, A and B, in the National Research Institute of Aquaculture that is located in Oita prefecture. The flounder from two domestic farms of Western Japan were found parasitized with Kudoa septempunctata. These two lots of flounder were moved to the isolated aquaria A and B, respectively. These fish were aquaculture-raised under physical containment and provided to the authors from the Institute. The parasitized fish were used only for research purposes and never shipped as food. Reference 1Takeuchi, F., Ogasawara, Y., Kato, K., Sekizuka, T., Nozaki, T., Sugita-Konishi, Y., Ohnishi, T., & Kuroda, M. (2016). Genetic variants of Kudoa septempunctata (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida), a flounder parasite causing foodborne disease. Journal of Fish Diseases, 39, 667– 672. Volume40, Issue12December 2017Pages 1941-1941 ReferencesRelatedInformation

造林ブーム期の大分県における緑化運動の展開 : 「社会的自然」の視点から

造林ブーム期の大分県における緑化運動の展開 : 「社会的自然」の視点から

Exploring spatial explicit greenhouse gas inventories: Location-based accounting approach and implications in Japan

Cities are both the main source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and the main arena of emission reductions. However, many cities have difficulties to compile the GHG inventories to support their mitigation plans and actions scientifically. Currently, the IPCC framework of inventories is mostly sector-based, within which the emission from a certain sector is estimated as an aggregated volume based on statistical yearbooks. Since the data is only available above some administration level, emissions are difficult to scale down to a specific geographical boundary. With this circumstance, a spatial explicit accounting approach on the city-level GHG inventory is required to provide sophisticated information for the better decision-making on the local mitigation actions. The aim of this study is to propose a location-based GHG inventory approach to fill the gap. The proposed inventory framework uses sampling surveys, enterprise GHG reports and the geo-referenced data to estimate the emissions and the spatial distributions. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used to integrate the results. The proposed framework is applied to Oita Prefecture, Japan as an implication to test the approach's feasibility and offering enlightening insights. Since the emission sources are visible on maps and one can zoom to any necessary level of scale, the location-based inventory can better provide the spatial explicit information for better mitigation policy-making and environmental education at community levels. It will also provide enlightening insights to the in-depth investigation on the relationships between distribution of GHG emissions and the city landscapes, hence benefitting the low-carbon city research and practice in the future.

企業による農業参入の展開とその地域的影響 : 大分県を事例に( 構造再編下の日本農業)

企業による農業参入の展開とその地域的影響 : 大分県を事例に( 構造再編下の日本農業)

大分県津久見地域網代島における南部秩父帯中部三畳系 Anisian 層状チャートのコノドント生層序

大分県津久見地域網代島における南部秩父帯中部三畳系 Anisian 層状チャートのコノドント生層序

Medical certification reduces the number of children requiring allergen elimination diets for school lunches.

BackgroundFollowing the increase in the number of children with food allergies, support systems are now required for school lunches, but a large-scale factual investigation has not been carried out.ObjectiveWe evaluated the features of elimination diet due to food allergy and the support system in kindergartens and schools.MethodsA prefecture-based questionnaire survey regarding measures for food allergies in school lunches of all kindergartens, public elementary schools, and public junior high schools (631 facilities) was conducted in Oita Prefecture, Japan.ResultsThe recovery rate of the questionnaire was 99.5%, which included 106,008 students in total. A total of 1,562 children (1.5%) required elimination diets. The rate of children on elimination diets in kindergartens and elementary/junior high schools that required medical certification by a physician was 1.2% (324 among 27,761 children), which was significantly lower than the 1.8% of children (1,227 among 68,576 students) on elimination diets at the request of guardians without the need for medical certification (p < 0.0001). A total of 43.9% of the kindergartens and schools said that they would contact guardians if symptoms were observed after accidental ingestion, while a low 8.1% stated that they provided support to children themselves, including the administration of adrenaline auto-injectors.ConclusionMedical certification reduces the number of children requiring elimination diets, but it has not been adequately implemented. Furthermore, waiting to contact guardians after symptoms are observed may lead to the delayed treatment of anaphylaxis. Cooperation between physicians and teachers is desired to avoid the overdiagnosis and undertreatment of children with food allergies.

中·日의 佛像紋수막새와 關連資料에 대하여

Studies show that of the early ceramic roof-end tiles decorated with Buddha images, only a limited number of convex tiles have been discovered in China and Japan, while no concave tiles have been found at all. Among the ancient convex roof-end tiles with Buddhist motifs discovered in China so far, those made in Northern Wei (386-534) in the early sixth century and discovered in its two capitals, Pingcheng (present-day Datong) and Luoyang, are discussed extensively with regard to the dharmakaya motif placed at their center and surrounded by lotus petals. Historians have also shown a keen interest in the convex roof-end tiles discovered at the nine-story wooden pagoda called Yongning Temple in Luoyang. Certain of these tiles can be classified into six groups according to the motifs decorating their outer surface, including demonic faces, lotus flowers and the palmette, while those with dharmakaya and lotus motifs are categorized into four groups according to the Buddhist concept of the birth of heavenly beings. I believe that the concept played a key role in the construction of the nine roofs of the pagoda with these ornamental roof-end tiles. The primary materials for the study of early Chinese convex roof-end tiles with Buddha images include the cast tiles with dharmakaya and lotus motifs unearthed at Khotan in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by the Japanese archaeologists of the Otani Expedition in the early twentieth century. These tiles, believed to have been made in the kingdom of Khotan in the early sixth century, were originally used to decorate the Shakyamuni shrine in a Buddhist temple. As for early Japanese convex roof-end tiles decorated with Buddha images, those of Fuki-ji, a Tendai temple in Bungotakada, Oita Prefecture, are the only extant examples. These are closely related with the roof-end tiles decorated with Brahmic scripts, five-ringed pagoda or the “Namo Amitabha Buddha” (南無阿彌陀佛) inscription that were produced between the late Heian Period (794-1185) and the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) in the Kinki and Kyushu regions. The introduction of Tantric Buddhism to Japan by Kukai and Saicho during the early ninth century resulted in a great change in Japanese Buddhism: It led to widespread belief in the ideas of the Latter Day of the Law in the late eleventh century, the spread of Pure Land Buddhism to common people as well as royalty and aristocracy, and the nationwide establishment of Amitabha shrines. Fuki-ji’s tiles are regarded as rare examples which show that they were used to decorate an Amitabha shrine built in the early twelfth century. In the late eleventh century, Emperor Shirakawa established a Buddhist temple, Hossho-ji, in Kyoto based on the ideologies of Mandala, Garbhakosa-dhatu and Vajradhatu in particular, to fulfill his wish for national peace and prosperity and to promote the imperial authority. Japan’s oldest roof-end tiles bearing sacred Brahmic scripts representing Vairocana Buddha of Garbhakosa-dhatu were used to decorate the octagonal nine-story wooden pagoda of the temple. The decorative roof tiles used by the temple in 1122 include those bearing the image of the five-ringed pagoda, which was built to enshrine the Buddha’s sariras. The pagoda was later conferred to ordinary Amitabha worshippers in the Osaka region, who were devoted to building temples and images honoring the Buddha. The roof tiles decorated with the fiveringed pagoda design represent the union of the pagoda symbolizing Vairocana Buddha with the sarira and Amitabha worship. The tradition prospered and was spread widely by Chogen who played a key role in the restoration of Todai-ji in Nara, which was destroyed by fire during a war in 1180. The creation of roof-end tiles related with Vairocana Buddha and the Offering Bodhisattva is a unique heritage of Japanese Buddhism whose prosperity is based on Esoteric Buddhism and the ideology of the Latter Day of the Law.

P65 大分県森地域に分布する第四紀火山岩のK-Ar年代(ポスターセッション)

P65 大分県森地域に分布する第四紀火山岩のK-Ar年代(ポスターセッション)