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Salon nail care with superficial self-disclosure vitalizes psychological state
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Physical attractiveness has long been established as a desirable trait in society. Physically attractive individuals are considered more competent, successful, and sociable.
Atsushi Kawakubo, Takashi Oguchi
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 This study aimed to examine whether social support promotes identity meaning among older adults. We hypothesized that when two spouses exchange social support, their sense of marital identity is enhanced. Among older adults, parental identity may be more
Aya Toyoshima +2 more
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Social Sciences, 2023 Cross-cultural studies have suggested that happiness in Eastern countries is characterized by a greater extent of relationships and harmony with others than in Western countries; however, happiness levels may differ across Asian countries.
Hitomi Aoyama, Satoshi Horiuchi
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 BackgroundThree clinical trials have examined the chronic effects of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) on muscle mass and function in frail older adults (mean age 85 years old).
Osamu Ezaki, Sakiko Abe
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Emotional Factors in the Service Experience in the COVID-19 Environment:
Maketingu rebyu, 2022 The aim of this study is to identify factors that evoke customer emotion and how this emotion influences the service experience in the context of changes in the business environment brought about by COVID-19.
Jing Zhang, Tingchang Liang
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Time, Politics and Homelessness in Contemporary Japan [PDF]
, 2017 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Vij, Ritu
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Effect of personality traits on matching dolls and their makers
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Studies have shown that possessions such as cars and dogs resemble their owners, and products such as dolls resemble their makers even when students make them. We conducted three experiments to examine which part of the dolls resembled their makers.
Miki Uetsuki +2 more
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Romanticising Shinsengumi in Contemporary Japan
New Voices, 2011 Shinsengumi, a group of young men recruited by the Bakufu to protect Kyoto from radical Imperial House loyalists in the tumultuous Bakumatsu period, is romanticised and idolised in Japan despite its limited place in history.
Rosa Lee
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Do Dolls Resemble Their Makers?
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Many often say that people resemble their pets or that the faces of manga characters and Buddha statues resemble those of their artists. Previous studies demonstrated that participants could match dogs with their owners, suggesting that pets resemble ...
Miki Uetsuki +2 more
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Analysis on accessibility to urban facilities using the flexible distance attenuation function
Japan Architectural Review, 2020 In urban planning, variations in accessibility to facilities that change with distance are often regarded as monotonically decreasing distance functions. However, it is difficult to select an appropriate function type.
Yusuke Kataoka
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