Search

The purpose of this study is to shed light on the problem of lack of freedom of movement of the nursing uniform. A survey was conducted in Tokyo and Yamanashi Prefecture. The results of this survey with 554 respondents showed that when choosing a uniform, nurses chose in order of importance the mobihty, material and design. The results showed that 45% of the respondents felt that the current uniform was lacking in mobility. On the other hand, nurses tend to prefer to the pants suits and the zippers. They also found preference first for the color of white and secondly pink. Because of the important role of taking care of individual patients, more consideration should be given to a uniform with more freedom of movement. Uniform cleaning was mostly performed by contractors designated by hospitals. Factor analysis was conducted about the standard which chooses a nurse's uniform. As a result, the nurse attached importance to launderability, material, added function, design and mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of the chemical and mechanical waving treatment conditions on the permanent waving performance of hair tresses waved by a standard waving procedure simulating commercial practice were investigated. The evaluation of the shape of the waved samples was performed in dry state after one day. Comparing the wave performance of 5 minutes reduced hair tress in the ammonium thioglycolate solution with the different concentrations, the number of curl tops increased with increasing the concentration of the thiolate anion, which is the active reducing form on waving. This suggests that the formation of curl is dependent on the protein chain rearrangement of the areas in hair fiber on which RS initially acts. The higher the initial stress of hair was induced by wrapping on the rod, the greater the protein chains in the reduced area rearranged, which has results in the waved hair with the large number of curls. It was found, in addition, that the protein chain structure change occurred during the neutralizing process may affect the waving performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]