JAS4QoL – Volume 1(4) (December, 2015)



Mini Review

Global Warming and Reduction of Environmental Carbon Dioxide Concentration

HIBINO Kenichi

Article first published online: December 27, 2015

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Learning English for Study Abroad

KOBAYASHI Aya, ITABE Hiroyuki

Article first published online: October 17, 2015

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Effects of Task Types on the Writing Performance of Japanese English-as-a-Foreign-Language Learners across Proficiency Levels in terms of Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency

FUJIWARA Yumi

Article first published online: December 27, 2015

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The Meaning of READING in Bleak House

IMAI Chizu

Article first published online: December 27, 2015

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Nurses’ perception of promoting and impairing factors in intervention for smoking cessation program in a hospital

OUCHI Yuri, MIKAMI Hiroshi

Article first published online: December 31, 2015

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Learning Science English for the First Time: Feedback from Year-1 Pharmacy Students Learning Pharmaceutical Science English at the Tertiary Level

NISHIOKA Yuichiro, SATO Erina, FOONG Foo Wah

Article first published online: December 31, 2015

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Philosophical Note There is so much for us to learn from Nature: The octopuses

FOONG Foo Wah

Article first published online: December 27, 2015

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JAS4QoL – Volume 1(3) (July, 2015)



Mini Review

The rodents written in “Chin-gan-Sodate-gusa”: - Review of an old Japanese book on breeding and genetics of mice -

NISHIKAWA Tetsu, AIURA Satoshi

Article first published online: October 15, 2015 Full Article (PDF)  

 

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Multiple-Choice versus Written Test Scores in Pharmacy English Learning: Correlation of Test Methods and Comprehension through Teaching

FOONG Foo Wah, OGASAWARA Hiroyuki, NOGUCHI Ayako, HASAGAWA Keito, MATSUNO Hikari, WAJIMA Rikako

Article first published online: July 26, 2015

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Science teaching through practical work: Preventing children from shying away from science

Minoru OZEKI, Kyoko KOHNO, Ikuko TAKAO, Arika OTANI, Etsuko HIRAYAMA, Shigeo TAKESHIMA, Tooru KIMURA, Toru WAKATSUKI, Tatsuya KITADE

Article first published online: July 29, 2015

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An Analysis of Vocabulary in Collaborative Writing Performance of Japanese Learners of English at University

FUJIWARA Yumi, SATO Erina

Article first published online: August 4, 2015

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Supplementary Notes

Summaries of the Presentations in the First International Annual AS4QoL Meeting

Article first published online: October 25, 2015

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JAS4QoL – Volume 1(2) (April, 2015)



Mini Review

Drug Discovery from the Arachidonic Acid Cascade: Orally Active Leukotriene D4 (LTD4) Antagonists

NAKAI Hisao

Article first published online: May 14, 2015

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The Relationship between Internet-Use Tendency and Communication Skills of Students in a Japanese University

MATSUMOTO Kenya

Article first published online: May 14, 2015

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Efficacy of Teaching Dative Alternation to Japanese University Students from a Cognitive Perspective

FUJIWARA Yumi

Article first published online: May 14, 2015

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An Objective Study of Chin-Don Therapy for the Cognitively Impaired Elderly: Salivary Cortisol and Immunoglobulin-A Monitoring

HATTA Kanji

Article first published online: May 14, 2015

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Short-Term Prediction of Inpatient Violence in Locked Psychiatric Wards in Japan: An Epidemiologic Study

Seiji SHIMOSATO, Hironori NISHITANI, Kenya MATSUMOTO, Nami KONISHI, Hiroyasu ISHIKAWA, Yoshimitsu HIEJIMA Article

first published online: May 16, 2015

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Philosophical Note

Japanese Cultural Uniqueness: Homogeneity of High Cultures and Subcultures

ITO Ken

Article first published online: May 14, 2015

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JAS4QoL – Volume 1(1) (January, 2015)



Mini Review

A Study of the Relationship Between Everyday Life and Gardens, Based on Water Systems in Kyoto City, Japan

Hidefumi IMAE

Article first published online: February 3, 2015

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Useful Treatment of Severe Atopic Dermatitis with Ganoderma lucidum (reishi): A Multiple-Case study

HONJO Michio and KUWABARA Masato

Article first published online: January 31, 2015

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First-Time Oral Presentation in Pharmaceutical Science English: Questionnaire Feedback from Pharmacy Students in a Japanese University

Foong FW, WAJIMA Rikako, MATSUNO Hikari, HASEGAWA Keito and OGASAWARA Hiroyuki

Article first published online: January 31, 2015

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Effective Lecturer-Student Microphone Use in a Lecture Room: A Useful Approach for Teaching and Learning Pharmaceutical Science English

FOONG FW, Matsuno H, Ogasawara H, Noguchi A, Hasegawa K and Wajima R

Article first published online: February 3, 2015

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Effects of Chin Don performance as a therapy to promote the psychological and health status in the elderly in a community setting: A multiple-case study

Kanji HATTA

Article first published online: January 31, 2015

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Effects of Cooperative Learning on Writing Activity of English for Special Purposes in Japanese University Students

FUJIWARA Yumi and SATO Erina

Article first published online: January 31, 2015

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Effects of Several Flavonoids and Tryptanthrin from the Brazilian Herbal Medicine Cissus sicyoides on Antigen-Induced Release of Cytokines, and Their Target Molecules in Rat Basophilic Leukemia Cells (RBL-2H3)

Hisashi MATSUDA, Hiroki HATA, Kaoru SUGAWARA, Fengming XU, Souichi NAKASHIMA, Masayuki YOSHIKAWA and Seikou NAKAMURA

Article first published online: February 3, 2015

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Philosophical Note

Times Change: Dr. TEZUKA Osamu and his Dr. Black Jack

ITO Ken

Article first published online: January 31, 2015

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