Author: Masaharu Tsubokura M.D., PhD. Editor: Yudai Kaneda 305 Potassium, existing for a long time November 21, 2020 Radioactive potassium (potassium-40) is found in the mineral potassium, which is essential for sustaining life, at a rate of 1/10,000. Radioactive potassium is always found in the body in a certain amount, and we are exposed to about 0.18 millisieverts of radiation per year. In addition to potassium-40, carbon-14 and tritium (also called hydrogen-3) are other n

Author: Yudai Kaneda (Johnny Yudai Schwarz) 18 December, 2021 Many possible factors may lead to health disparities, including large-scale ones such as race, religion, status, residential environment, and differences at the individual level, such as living alone, occupation, and socioeconomic status (SES). (Arcaya et al., 2015) Education inequality is a significant factor causing health inequality, especially in developed countries. (Gottfredson, 2004) A previous study estimat

Author: Masaharu Tsubokura M.D., PhD. Editors: Yudai Kaneda 303 Radioactive substances are always found in our bodies. November 7, 2020 Exposure to radiation emitted from radioactive substances outside the body is called “external exposure,” and exposure to radiation emitted from those taken into the body by inhalation or eating is called “internal exposure.” The whole body counter is used to test for internal exposure. When there are radioactive substances in our bodies, a l

Author: Adam Cooper This post was originally published by the Evidence & Policy blog on December 8, 2021. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Evidence & Policy blog. We would like to express gratitude for the kind offer of the editorial board of the Evidence & Policy blog. Original article URL: https://bit.ly/3yeaem0 This blog post is based on the Evidence & Policy article ‘Engineering advice in policy making: a new domain of inquiry in eviden

Author: Yudai Kaneda (Johnny Yudai Schwarz) 5 January 2022 Introduction: The socio-ecological model is based on the concept that individual behavior is based on interaction with society and is characterized by multiple levels of factors influencing human behavior. The socio-ecological model is a theoretical model that explains the interaction of individuals with the social environment at the micro level of "friends" and "family," the meso level of "organization" and "communit

Author: Pauline Green This post was originally published by the Derby University Blog on 17 May 2017. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Derby University Blog. We would like to express gratitude for the kind offer of the editorial board of the Derby University Blog. https://bit.ly/33aLKyF Collecting items from the past and storing them in a memory box can be a big help for people living with dementia. Pauline Green, Academic Lead for Social W

Author: Yudai Kaneda (Johnny Yudai Schwarz) 11 December, 2021 Japan has been making gradual progress in realizing a gender-equal society. With the establishment of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment of 1972 as a precursor, the legal system to realize a gender-equal society has been gradually put in place. The Basic Law for a Gender-equal Society, established in 1999, aims to eliminate the stereotypical division of

Author: Yudai Kaneda (Johnny Yudai Schwarz) December 4, 2021 This article will focus on food security issues in Japan, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) define food security as "the daily preparation for emergencies by considering measures to secure food supplies and how they can be flexibly activated in case of unexpected factors affecting food supplies."1 Therefore, in Japan, it is considered

Author：Gareth Hughes This post was originally published by the Derby University Blog on 11 October 2016. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Derby University Blog. We would like to express gratitude for the kind offer of the editorial board of the Derby University Blog. https://bit.ly/31kOoBr Stop, breathe and think - what do you want to get from being a student? Lots of students get carried along on a wave that ends with them arriving at univ