Development of the Parenting Behavior Checklist to Promote Preschoolers' Sleep (PCPP).

Objectives: To develop the Parenting Behavior Checklist to Promote Preschoolers' sleep (PCPP), quantify sleep-promoting parenting behaviors for children, and examine the scale's reliability and validity.

Methods: The PCPP was developed based on the recommendations of the ABCs of SLEEPING for children's sleep, which is strongly supported by research evidence. Its validity and reliability were evaluated using data from 140 participants.

Rice OsHAK5 is a major potassium transporter that functions in potassium uptake with high specificity but contributes less to cesium uptake.

Cesium (Cs) in the environment is primarily absorbed by a potassium (K) transporter. OsHAK5 is a KT/HAK/KUP family K-transporter showing a high affinity for K. We created cultured rice cells whose OsHAK5 was knocked down by RNAi (named KD).

The Quaternary Kurobegawa Granite: an example of a deeply dissected resurgent pluton.

The Quaternary Kurobegawa Granite, central Japan, is not only the youngest known granitic pluton exposed on the Earth's surface, it is one of few localities where both Quaternary volcanics and related plutons are well exposed. Here, we present new zircon U-Pb ages together with whole rock and mineral geochemical data, revealing that the Kurobegawa Granite is a resurgent pluton that was emplaced following the caldera-forming eruption of the Jiigatake Volcanics at 1.55 ± 0.

[The relationship between sleep and subjective mental health at one month postpartum in Japanese women].

Objectives　This study aimed to separately ascertain and examine the association between sleep and mental health among primiparas and multiparas at one month postpartum.Methods　The subjects were 234 primiparas and 223 multiparas (a total of 457) at one month postpartum who agreed to participate in the questionnaire survey during a health check-up at a maternity hospital. According to the delivery records, they had no history of mental diseases.

The Relationship between Lectin-Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-1 Ligands Containing Apolipoprotein B and the Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index in Healthy Community Inhabitants: The KOBE Study.

Aims: Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-1 ligands containing apolipoprotein B (LAB) and lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1) are known as LOX-1-related modified LDL indicators. These indicators play an important role in the early phase atherosclerosis, but the relationship between these indicators and subclinical atherosclerosis, as represented by the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), has not been assessed. We herein investigated the association of LOX-1- related modified LDL indicators and the CAVI in healthy, Japanese urban community inhabitants who were considered to be at low risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Does high-sensitivity C-reactive protein or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol show a stronger relationship with the cardio-ankle vascular index in healthy community dwellers?: the KOBE study.

Aim: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) identifies individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) without an increased level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). The present study was performed to compare hs-CRP and LDL-C in association with the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) in Japanese community dwellers considered to be at low risk for atherosclerosis from their level of traditional CVD risk factors.

Methods: A community-based study involving 386 healthy Japanese (261 men and 125 women) without a history of CVD and medications for hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia was performed.

[Factors and prosesses associated with weight loss in male workers in a specific health guidance program. A qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews].

Objectives: A qualitative analysis was conducted to identify factors important for weight loss through a specific health guidance program and to understand the processes that were crucial in achieving success.

Methods: Twenty-six male workers aged 41-59 years from five corporate health insurance societies in four prefectures who had lost > or = 4% weight by attending the six-month specific health guidance program were invited to participate in the in-depth interviews. Data were collected between October and December 2009.

[Non-face-to-face sleep improvement program in a workplace: bibliotherapy with and without behavioral self-control procedure].

Background: Sleep hygiene education has been important health issue in the health promotion and the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. A feasible and effective method is necessary for population approach.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of a non-face-to-face brief behavioral program for a sleep improvement in workplaces.

[Effects of a non-face-to-face behavioral intervention on poor sleepers and factors affecting improvement of sleep].

Objective: The purposes of this study were 1) to re-examine effects obtained from previous research of a non-face-to-face behavioral intervention in poorer sleepers and 2) to examine the factors impacting on improvement of sleep.

Methods: The subjects were 178 poor sleepers who participated in an intervention for sleep improvement. The educational procedures comprised a minimal behavioral self-help package for one month that featured self- learning and self- monitoring of practical target habits for change.

Effects of a non-face-to-face behavioral weight-control program among Japanese overweight males: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Weight control has been major health issue in the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases especially among middle-aged working males in Japan. The computerized behavioral program is expected as an effective and feasible intervention tool.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine two hypotheses.

A brief parental education for shaping sleep habits in 4-month-old infants.

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a simple behavioral intervention with an educational booklet on the modification of parenting behaviors and the prevention of sleep disturbance in 4-month-old infants.

Design: A prospective cohort design with cluster sampling controls in a primary care setting.

Participants: A total of 136 mothers with 4-month-old infants who visited a local health check-up clinic and responded to the 3-month follow-up survey.

[Impact of parenting behavior relevant to infant's sleep on maternal sleep and health].

Background: Maternal health is affected by infant's sleep problems like night awakening or bedtime difficulties. Previous studies indicated that infant's sleep problems are affected by particular parenting behaviour (hereinafter referred to as parenting). However, the relation between maternal sleep and infant's sleep has been unclear and there is only limited information on the interaction between parenting, infant's sleep, maternal sleep, and maternal health.

[Preparation and effect of a behavioral science-based education program for sleep improvement among medical students].

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate a simple education program that is effective for sleep improvement among medical students who will be medical doctors in the future. The education program applied in the present study was developed for sleep improvement based on behavioral science and changes in knowledge and sleeping habits were observed.

Methods: Subjects were 6th-year medical students of 2002 and 2003.

A randomized controlled trial on the long-term effects of a 1-month behavioral weight control program assisted by computer tailored advice.

Objectives: To examine the long-term effects of a new behavioral weight control program (Kenkou-tatsujin, KT program). The program consisted of twice-interactive letter communications including computer-tailored personal advice on treatment needs and behavioral modification.

Design: A randomized controlled trial comparing Group KM: KT program with 6-month weight and targeted behavior's self-monitoring, Group K: KT program only, Group BM: an untailored self-help booklet with 7-month self-monitoring of weight and walking, and Group B: the self-help booklet only.

[Behavioral treatment for chronic insomnia].

The efficacy of non-pharmacological intervention for chronic insomnia has been proven by several meta-analytic reviews, an NIH report, an American Academy of Sleep Medicine review, and numerous clinical trials. Behavior therapy for chronic insomnia consists of relaxation, stimulus control, sleep restriction, cognitive restructuring and sleep hygiene education, which has produced reliable and durable changes in total sleep time, sleep onset latency, number and duration of awakening. These studies also showed that the post-treatment effect of behavior therapy is equal to that of hypnotic therapy, and that these effects were maintained for 6 months on follow-up assessment.