This investigation was to assess the role of genetic loading of hypertensive parents in the determination of blood pressure (BP) in their normotensive offspring. The medical check-up data from 7279 Japanese university students aged 19.22 ± 0.01 years were analysed of which 641 students had only one hypertensive parent with or without hypertensive grandparents, and from this number 609 cases were available for the present analysis. The BP in the students having only one hypertensive parent were in the normotensive range, but was significantly higher than in those students without hypertensive relatives. Analyses of the data from the students having only one hypertensive parent revealed that systolic BP (SBP) and body mass index (BMI) were higher in the male than in the female students. In

Use pattern of forest resources for people has changed from outdoor recreational to human health promotion; about 12.8 million people now visit recreation forests every year and about 61% of the total populations are aware of the effectiveness of forest healing. Background to forest healing was the strengthening scientific evidence of the effectiveness of forest healing through investment in research and development and conducting the national plans, the revision of laws in relation to forest healing policy. Forest healing policy has diverse meanings for forest owners, local residents, the public, and the government. Forest healing policy has certain limitations; healing forest construct for urban areas, more scientific evidences for forest healing effectiveness, business model for private healing forest.

In this study, polyamine flocculants were synthesized and applied to Nak-dong river raw water in Korea to examine their efficiency in reducing turbidity, total organic carbon (TOC) and UV254. Synthesized polyamines were effective as flocculants for water treatment and the addition of organic polymer caused a reduction of 50-80% of the consumption of polyaluminium chloride (PAC). The effects of polyamine on the removal of turbidity, TOC and UV254 were investigated via both jar and pilot tests. The adsorption and separation mechanisms for the removal of turbidity and TOC by using the polymer flocculants were also observed.

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