1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Estimation of bedding comfort from the viewpoint of thermal and endocrine physiology
| Project/Area Number |
06454623
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
家政学
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| Research Institution | Department of Environmental Health, Nara Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
TOKURA Hiromi Dept.Environ.Hlth, Nara Women's Univ., Prof., 生活環境学部, 教授 (80027490)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIDORIKAWA Tomoko Graduate School of Human Culture Nara Women's Univ.Assistant, 人間文化研究科生活環境学専攻, 助手 (30149538)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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| Keywords | Electrical blanket / Deep body temperature / Skin temperature / Urinary melatonin / Electrical magnetic field |
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| Research Abstract |
The main results are summarized as follows :
1 Rectal temperature during night sleep was clearly kept highr with the usage of electrical blanket than otherwise. Mean skin temperature calculated from several sites was nearly identical between two conditions of electrical blanket and no electrical blanket. Bed climate (temperature, humidity) was also same. Therefore, we presume that different level of rectal temperature during night sleep between two conditions should be due to other factors except for thermal ones.
2 Metabolites of urinary melatonin during night sleep were lower in electrical blanket than otherwise. These might be related with higher rectal temperature during the night nighttime.
3 Electrical magnetic field was measured quantitatively during the usage of electrical blanket.
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