Keiwa College

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地域主導型のまちづくりを発展的に持続するためには，戦略的な進捗管理プロセスの導入が重要である．本研究では，低炭素まちづくりの先進異例である「錦二丁目低炭素地区まちづくりプロジェクト」を対象として，関係者の巻き込み（Mobilization），プロジェクトの組織化（Organization），実装（Implementation），学習とフィードマップ（Learning/Feedback）の4段階による発展的循環プロセスの枠組みを仮定し，2014年から2015年に展開された取り組みを整理する．プロジェクトを構成する「I.計画・マネジメント」「II.個別プロジェクト」「III.公開イベント」の各領域から，仮定した枠組みに基づき取り組みを整理したところ，対象事例におけるプロジェクト初動期において領域ごとの循環プロセスが相互に関連しながら徐々に形成されつつあること，同様の枠組みが他地域も適用されうることが示唆された．

Epidemiological evidence has established a link among hyperlipidemia, visceral obesity, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular diseases. We have recently proposed a hypothesis that the associations of those disorders are based on interactions of the three organs, i.e. the bone, adipose, and vascular tissues, possibly through multiple actions of several humoral factors and/or transcription factors. We call this unified hypothesis “osteo-lipo-vascular interactions”, which may be explained by the common origin of the cells in each organ, such as mesenchymal stem cells or macrophages. Several groups proposed similar hypotheses. On the other hand, there have been accumulating evidences which indicate that there exist hitherto unknown various interactions between many organs, such as hypothalamus-liver, fat-liver, liver-muscle, intestine-pancreas, kidney-heart and so on. Therefore, it seems insufficient to consider only the interactions among several organs, and the standpoint of considering interactions among all organs may be warranted, especially in order to understand the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. We here propose a hypothesis that the abnormal interactions of all organs (“Ominous Orchestra of Organs”) underlies the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. It is to be elucidated which of the “players” or the “conductor” may be mainly responsible for disharmony of the orchestra.

Abstract Two types of diffusers are used in most backlight units for the advanced notebook computers. As the display size is larger, the distortion of optical films is a problem. It is found that the distortion of a protective diffuser is greatly reduced by introducing colloidal silica particles into acrylic binders.