【仮想通貨クイズ・上級編】初めてビットコインと交換されたピザのブランドは？ほか - コインデスク・ジャパン

初級者向けは物足りないという方も多かっただろう仮想通貨クイズ。今度は少し難しい上級編の5問に挑戦してみて欲しい。

Q1「最もブロックチェーン関連の特許申請数が多い企業は？」

2019年前半で、世界で最もブロックチェーン関連特許の申請数が多かった企業は、どこでしょう？

(1)　中国平安
(2)　アリババ
(3)　 IBM

Q2「スケーラビリティの解決技術は？」

スケーラビリティ問題を解決するため、元となるブロックチェーンとは別の場所で、トランザクションを処理する技術の総称は？

(1)　ファースト・レイヤー技術
(2)　セカンド・レイヤー技術
(3)　ルーティング技術

Q3「ブロックチェーンと外部データの紐づけ問題は？」

あるブロックチェーンと外部のデータをどのようにひも付けるか、という問題を何というでしょうか？

(1)　ハッシュ
(2)　オラクル
(3)　バーチャル・マシン

Q4「ビットコインの“PoW”の考案者は？」

ビットコインに用いられる技術「プルーフ・オブ・ワーク（PoW、計算量による証明）」の原型を考案した人は、誰でしょう。

(1)　ブライアン・ベーレンドルフ
(2)　エドワード・スノーデン
(3)　アダム・バック

Q5「初めてビットコインと交換されたピザのブランドは？」

2010年、初めてビットコインを用いてピザが購入されました。世界初のビットコインによる商品購入といわれるこの出来事は、どのお店だったでしょうか？

(1)　ロンバルディーズ
(2)　ドミノ・ピザ
(3)　パパ・ジョンズ

答え

A1　「最もブロックチェーン関連の特許申請数が多い企業は？」……(2)　アリババ

中国知財メディアのIPR dailyによると、2019年前半で世界で最もブロックチェーン関連特許の申請数が多かった企業は、アリババが324件でトップ。2位が中国平安で274件、IBMは104件で5位でした。

A2　「スケーラビリティの解決技術は？」……(2)　セカンド・レイヤー技術

ブロックチェーンの上に別のレイヤー（層）を作って、トランザクションを処理することから名づけられました。ビットコインではライトニング・ネットワークが有名です。

A3　「ブロックチェーンと外部データの紐づけ問題は？」……(2)　オラクル

ブロックチェーンに一度データが書き込まれたら、事実上変更ができません。そのため外部のデータを取り込む場合には、そのデータが「正しい」必要があります。どのように外部のデータとブロックチェーンを紐づけるか、という問題をオラクル問題と言います。

A4　「ビットコインのPoWの考案者は？」……(3)　アダム・バック

ビットコインにおけるPoWとは、コンピューターの計算資源を用いてブロックの生成をするアルゴリズム。アダム・バック氏がビットコインのPoWの原型であるハッシュ・キャッシュを考案し、ビットコインの論文にも引用されている。現在、アダム・バック氏は、ビットコイン関連の開発を行うブロックストリームのCEOを務めています。

A5　「初めてビットコインと交換されたピザのブランドは？」……(3)パパ・ジョンズ

1万ビットコインが2枚の「パパ・ジョンズ」のピザと交換されました。5月22日は、ビットコイン・ピザDayとして親しまれています。

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ドミノ・ピザがお届けする2020年の福袋として、ご家族での集まりや新年会などに使える全12種類のお得なクーポンをプレゼント。冬季限定で販売している直火焼きアンガスビーフと冷燻製サーモンが楽しめる贅沢ピザ「クワトロ・シェフズ プレミアムセレクション」のLサイズが50％OFF(1,950円相当お得)、デリバリー限定でピザLサイズの2枚目が0円(最大5,200円お得)、1～4ハッピーレンジ※のピザMサイズ3枚が3,000円(最大5,400円お得)になるクーポンなど、合計25,000円相当お得なクーポンをご利用いただけます。なお、このクーポンは期間中何度でもお使いいただけます。2020年の年初めは、ドミノ・ピザを『スゴ得』にお楽しみください。
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3     1＆2ハッピーレンジ ピザMサイズ　3枚　2,400円
4     1～4ハッピーレンジ ピザMサイズ　3枚　3,000円
5     1＆2ハッピーレンジ ピザMサイズ　1枚 + サイド2品　1,999円
6     1＆2ハッピーレンジ ピザMサイズ　2枚 + サイド3品　2,999円
7     デリバリー限定　ピザ全品　30%OFF
8     お持ち帰り ピザ全品2枚目0円
9     Ｍサイズ　チキン全品　300円
10    サラダ全品　300円
11    コカ・コーラ1.5L（1本）　200円
12    ポテトフライＭサイズ　100円
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※価格は全て税抜表示です

「Domino’s 2020年 LUCKY BAGキャンペーン」概要
実施期間   　         ：2020年1月1日(水)～1月7日(火)
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「 クワトロ・シェフズ プレミアムセレクション」概要

販売期間    ：2019年12月2日(月)～2020年1月26日(日)
名称   　　 ：クワトロ・シェフズ プレミアムセレクション
販売価格    ：お持ち帰り   Mサイズ2,000円、Rサイズ2,599円、Lサイズ3,000円
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使用食材　 ：ブラックアンガスビーフ＆ガーリック(左上)
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オールドヒッコリー お正月から家族でわいわい絶品の石窯焼きピザを堪能 一年の始まりはヒッコリーで乾杯！ オールドヒッコリー東林間 | 座間 | タウンニュース - タウンニュース

　地元で本場イタリアのピザを手頃に食べたいなら｢オールドヒッコリー｣で決まり。

　今年も元日より営業中の同店は、イタリアで開催される｢世界ピザ職人選手権大会｣で上位入賞を果たすなど、その技は世界の舞台でも折り紙つきだ。ピザ職人が石窯の前でピザ生地を宙に舞い上げのばしているのは、単なるパフォーマンスではないことが味わってみて分かる。

お年玉キャンペーン

　新年のお年玉としてアンケートに答えると、抽選で３００名様に１０００円分のお食事券が当たるキャンペーンを実施する。更に１月末までの期間、お食事の時の特典となる｢ドリンク券｣をもれなくプレゼントしてくれる。

家族、仲間と取り分けて

　ヒッコリーのピザは、良質な粉や塩、酵母のみで仕込み、丸２日間（48時間）かけ温度管理のもと発酵、｢低温熟成｣している。その生地を薪の石窯で一気に焼き上げるので、サクッとした食感が生まれる。そのピザと一緒に、話題の新春特別メニュー｢たらば蟹のグラタン｣（一日30食限定）や本場のパエリアは家族で分け合うのに最適な組み合わせ。

　家族や仲間と料理を囲んで会話を楽しむのがヒッコリースタイル。一年の始まりを大切な人と祝ってはいかが。

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More than 9,300 stores closed this year, up 63 percent from 2018 - NBCNews.com

A record number of retail stores closed this year, capping off a decade of dramatic changes to consumer preferences as a result of online shopping that roiled the industry.

Retailers announced more than 9,300 store closures this year, a 63 percent increase from 2018, when more than 5,700 stores closed, according to Coresight Research, a global advisory and research firm specializing in retail and technology. The last record year came in 2017, when more than 8,000 stores shuttered.

But some retail analysts say the industry was due for trimming after a decadeslong mall boom that followed consumers into the suburbs. After World War II, the economy heated up and consumers left urban areas to buy new homes in the suburbs. Retail developers quickly followed by opening up a new mall every year. At their peak, 19 new malls opened in 1990.

Not every retailer needs 100 stores. It’s about the industry right-sizing, rather than about a retail apocalypse.”

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“Even without the advent of online, there would be this reckoning,” Michael Brown, a retail practice partner with the global management consulting firm A.T. Kearny, told NBC News. “What online has done is make it really expensive to continue operating a large store base, and with a competitive online experience there had to be a rationalization for the number of stores and the role they played.”

This year's record number of store closures has touched nearly every part of the retail industry, from apparel to toys, and was driven in part by a slew of company bankruptcies. For many of these companies, bankruptcy and store closures are an opportunity to right size their store footprints and shed expensive real estate.

Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy in February for the second time and shut down all 2,500 of its North American stores. The company struggled with massive debt and said supplier delays forced it to sell its inventory at deep discounts. Teen retailer Charlotte Russe also filed for bankruptcy, and said it would close 94 stores. North American fashion house YM bought the company in March and plans to relaunch 100 new locations across the country. Barneys New York plans to close 15 out of its 22 stores as part of its bankruptcy. Its new owner, Authentic Brands, plans to open a pop-up shop in the summer of 2020 on Madison Avenue in New York City to give the company “an opportunity to attract a new customer that they don’t necessarily have today,” said Jamie Salter, CEO of Authentic Brands.

Other companies closed their stores completely in 2019. Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy in February for the second time and shut down all 2,500 of its North American locations. The company struggled with massive debt and said supplier delays forced it to sell its inventory at deep discounts. Accessories chain Charming Charlie filed for bankruptcy in July and said it will close 261 of its stores by the end of August. The company said it wasn’t able to come up with a long-term profitability strategy.

While fewer shoppers are heading into stores to shop, their sales are becoming more valuable, Lauren Bitar, a retail consultant with the analytics firm RetailNext, told NBC News. Between January and December 20, retail store traffic was down by about 5 percent and net sales were down by around 2 percent, according to RetailNext. But the average transaction amount increased by nearly 3 percent and the sales value per shopper increased by about 3 percent.

This trend is in part because more shoppers are researching products online and then buying them in store. That, in turn, has meant brands are investing in their staff, in order to improve the customer experience. Many companies have started increasing wages and adding health benefits to bring in top sales talent.

“Store staff has really been a commodity in the past — they lost the ability to engage with consumers,” said Brown. “But as wages go up retailers are really going to need to invest in staff in stores to be more productive and to be additive to what a consumer is buying.”

Heading into 2020, the retail industry is expected to shed more real estate. Online sales are expected to rise to 25 percent from 16 percent by 2026, according to UBS. That means roughly 75,000 more retail stores would need to close. But that doesn’t mean stores are now obsolete.

“It’s really having the right number — not every retailer needs 100 stores,” said Bitar with RetailNext. “It’s about the industry right-sizing, rather than about a retail apocalypse.”

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Leticia Miranda is a business reporter for NBC News.

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New Year's Eve and New Year's Day hours: When Target, Best Buy, Walmart and others are open - USA TODAY

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Published 9:58 AM EST Dec 31, 2019

If you’re looking to take advantage of end-of-the-year sales or want to pick up another bottle of bubbly to ring in the new decade, take note.

Many stores will close early Tuesday and have limited hours New Year’s Day.

Unlike Christmas, many more national chains are open but a few major retailers – Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Costco and Sam’s Club – will be closed Wednesday.

“If you plan to bargain hunt on New Year’s Day, be sure to check store hours ahead of time,” said Brad Plothow, vice president of corporate marketing and communications for Womply, a small business software provider.

To help plan your last-minute shopping down to the minute, here are New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day store hours for department stores, discount retailers and grocers.

Retailers lost in the last decade: Toys R Us, Sports Authority, Blockbuster, Borders and Payless

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New Year's Eve store hours

Check with your closest location to confirm hours, as they may vary. Store names below link to retailers' websites.

Academy Sports + Outdoors: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Apple: Many stores open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; special store hours are listed at www.apple.com/retail.

Barnes & Noble: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Bass Pro Shops: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Bealls Florida: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Bed Bath & Beyond: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Belk: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Best Buy: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Big Lots: Regular hours.

BJ's Wholesale Club: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Bloomingdale's: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Boscov’s: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Burlington: Hours vary, most open regular hours.

buybuy Baby: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Cabela’s: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Conn's HomePlus: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Costco: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

CVS: Most stores open regular hours New Year's Eve, but several have special hours. Pharmacy hours vary.

Dick's Sporting Goods: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Dillard's: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dollar General: Hours vary, most open regular hours.

Dollar Tree: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

DSW: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dunham’s Sports: 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Family Dollar: Varies.

Five Below: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Fleet Farm: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Fry's Electronics: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

GameStop: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Guitar Center: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Hobby Lobby: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Home Depot: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Home Goods: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

IKEA: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

J.C. Penney: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Joann Stores: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Kirkland's: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Kmart: Varies.

Kohl's: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Lord & Taylor: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Lowe's: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Macy's: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Marshalls: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Menards: Store close at 8 p.m.

Michaels: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Microsoft: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Neiman Marcus: Hours vary, but many open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack: Hours vary and posted at www.nordstrom.com.

Office Depot: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Old Navy: Hours vary with some stores open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Old Time Pottery: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Party City: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Petco: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

PetSmart: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

REI: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Rite-Aid: Hours vary.

Ross: Opening times vary, but stores close at 9 p.m.

Saks Fifth Avenue: Hours vary.

Sam's Club: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., call ahead as website does not have holiday hours.

Sears: Varies.

Shoe Carnival: Most stores close at 6 p.m.

Sierra Trading Post: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Staples: Varies, many open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Stein Mart: Most stores close at 6 p.m.

Target: Stores close at 9 p.m.

TJ Maxx: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Ulta: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Walgreens: Most stores open regular hours New Year's Eve but several have special hours. Pharmacy hours vary.

Walmart: Most open regular hours, which vary.

World Market: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

New Year's Eve grocery store hours

Acme Market: All stores close at 8 p.m.

Albertsons:  Hours vary with many open regular hours.

Aldi: Stores close at 7 p.m.

Big Y: All stores close at 9 p.m.

BI-LO: Open until 10 p.m.

Casey's General Store: Varies.

Cub Foods: Regular hours.

Earth Fare: Many stores close early, call locations to confirm.

Food Lion: Varies.

Fresh Market: Stores close at 8 p.m.

Fresh Thyme: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Giant: Open until 9 p.m.

Giant Eagle: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Harris Teeter: Normal hours.

H-E-B: Regular hours.

Hy-Vee: Regular hours.

Kroger: Varies. 

Lowes Foods: Regular hours.

Lucky's Market: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Meijer: Varies.

Publix: All stores close at 9 p.m.

Ralphs: Hours vary, check with store.

Safeway: Hours vary.

Sam's Club: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

ShopRite: Hours vary.

Shipt: Delivery times are based on retailer store hours.

Sprouts Farmer Market: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

Stop & Shop: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Target: Stores close at 9 p.m.

Trader Joe's: All locations close at 6 p.m.

Walgreens: Most stores open regular hours New Year's Eve but several have special hours. Pharmacy hours vary.

Walmart: Most open regular hours, which vary.

Wegmans: Stores close at 8 p.m.

Weis Markets: Stores close at 9 p.m.

Whole Foods Market: Hours vary, but stores close early.

WinCo Foods: Varies.

Winn-Dixie: Open until 10 p.m.

New Year's Day store hours

Check with your closest location to confirm hours, as they may vary. In most cases, store names below link to retailers' websites.

Academy Sports + Outdoors: Many open regular hours, which vary.

Apple: Many stores open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; special store hours are listed at www.apple.com/retail.

Barnes & Noble: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Bass Pro Shops: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Bealls Florida: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Bed Bath & Beyond: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Belk: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Best Buy: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Big Lots: Regular hours.

BJ's Wholesale Club: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Bloomingdale's: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Boscov’s: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Burlington: Hours vary, most open regular hours.

buybuy Baby: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Cabela’s: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Conn's HomePlus: 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Costco: Closed.

CVS: Most stores open regular hours New Year's Day, but several have special hours. Most pharmacies are closed.

Dick's Sporting Goods: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Dillard's: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Dollar General: Hours vary, most open regular hours.

Dollar Tree: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

DSW: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dunham’s Sports: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Family Dollar: Varies.

Five Below: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Fleet Farm: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Fry's Electronics: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

GameStop: Closed.

Guitar Center: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Hobby Lobby: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Home Depot: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Home Goods: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

IKEA: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

J.C. Penney: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Joann Stores: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Kirkland's: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Kmart: Varies.

Kohl's: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Lord & Taylor: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Lowe's: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Macy's: Many stores open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Marshalls: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Menards: 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Michaels: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Microsoft: Varies, but many open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Neiman Marcus: Hours vary, but many open noon to 6 p.m.

Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack: Hours vary and posted at www.nordstrom.com.

Office Depot: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Old Navy: Hours vary with some stores open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Old Time Pottery: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Party City: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Petco: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

PetSmart: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

REI: Varies, but some stores open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Rite-Aid: Hours vary.

Ross: Opening times vary, but stores close at 9 p.m.

Saks Fifth Avenue: Hours vary.

Sam's Club: Closed.

Sears: Varies.

Shoe Carnival: Many stores close at 7 p.m.

Sierra Trading Post: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Staples: Varies, many open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Stein Mart: Most stores close at 6 p.m.

Target: Most open regular hours, which vary.

TJ Maxx: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Ulta: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Walgreens: Most stores open regular hours New Year's Day, but several have special hours and most pharmacies are closed.

Walmart: Most open regular hours, which vary.

World Market: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

New Year's Day grocery store hours

Acme Market: Most stores open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., all pharmacies closed.

Albertsons:  Hours vary. 

Aldi: Closed.

Big Y: All stores close at 9 p.m.

BI-LO: Open until 10 p.m.

Casey's General Store: Varies.

Costco: Closed.

Cub Foods: Regular hours.

CVS: Most stores open regular hours New Year's Day, but several have special hours. Most pharmacies are closed.

Earth Fare: Call individual stores to confirm..

Food Lion: Varies.

Fresh Market: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Fresh Thyme: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Giant: Regular hours.

Giant Eagle: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Harris Teeter: Normal hours.

H-E-B: Regular hours.

Hy-Vee: Regular hours.

Kroger: Varies.

Lowes Foods: Stores will open at 7 a.m.

Lucky's Market: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Meijer: Stores close at 7 p.m.

Publix: Varies. Many stores will close at 7 p.m. 

Ralphs: Hours vary.

Safeway: Hours vary.

ShopRite: Hours vary.

Shipt: Delivery times are based on retailer store hours.

Sprouts Farmer Market: Regular.

Stop & Shop: Varies.

Target: Most open regular hours, which vary.

TJ Maxx: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Trader Joe's: Closed.

Walgreens: Most stores open regular hours, but several have special hours and most pharmacies are closed.

Walmart: Most open regular hours, which vary.

Wegmans: Stores open at 6 a.m.

Weis Markets: Regular.

Whole Foods Market: Hours vary, but stores close early.

WinCo Foods: Varies.

Winn-Dixie: Open until 10 p.m.

This story will be updated as not all holiday hours were available as of posting. Retailers with 30 or more locations, can submit holiday hours information here.

Follow USA TODAY reporter Kelly Tyko on Twitter: @KellyTyko

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　今年も元日より営業中の同店は、イタリアで開催される｢世界ピザ職人選手権大会｣で上位入賞を果たすなど、その技は世界の舞台でも折り紙つきだ。ピザ職人が石窯の前でピザ生地を宙に舞い上げのばしているのは、単なるパフォーマンスではないことが味わってみて分かる。

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　ヒッコリーのピザは、良質な粉や塩、酵母のみで仕込み、丸２日間（48時間）かけ温度管理のもと発酵、｢低温熟成｣している。その生地を薪の石窯で一気に焼き上げるので、サクッとした食感が生まれる。そのピザと一緒に、話題の新春特別メニュー｢たらば蟹のグラタン｣（一日30食限定）や本場のパエリアは家族で分け合うのに最適な組み合わせ。

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The demise of brick-and-mortar retail is about more than Amazon - Yahoo Finance

From riches to rags, the last decade has not been kind to the retail industry. Toys ‘R’ Us, RadioShack, Payless Shoes are just a few of the names which have fallen victim to global e-commerce, with a lot more expected to die heading into the 2020s.

“I think it's been a bit of a double-edged sword,” Michael Brown, a partner at A.T. Kearney, told Yahoo Finance’s On the Move. “E-commerce has really come and changed the way consumers shop, but it's actually been just the transition that we've seen in retail over the years.”

A lot of this evolution is attributable Amazon (AMZN), the leading online marketplace in the U.S. But the challenges brought by e-commerce disruption are a bit more nuanced, Brown said.

“Online sales are 10% of all retail sales. Amazon is about 50% of that,” Kearney noted. “So it's not only Amazon. I think the other phenomenon people overlook is fragmentation. If you look at all the online digitally native companies, they're taking a percentage here, a percentage there from all the big retailers. And when 20 or 30 of them take a percentage point away from you, you just lost all your profit margin, and that's a challenge.”

In other words, while Amazon might offer great deals, other online retailers may offer even better deals for certain products. And so the competition among online retailers is only intensifying the pressure on brick-and-mortar retailers to cut prices.

A Payless ShoeSource store is seen in Orlando, Florida on February 17, 2019, the first day of the firm's liquidation sale after confirming on February 15, 2019 that it will close its 2,100 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

This year has been a record for store closures. U.S. retailers announced plans to shut doors at more than 9,300 locations. That’s up 50% from 2018, according to Coresight. This year also included bankruptcy announcements from Sears, Forever 21 and Payless. Brown forecasts a transformation coming for some big name retailers. He predicts Macy’s (M) will transition to become more of a discount retailer in the next few years.

“Macy's is rapidly transitioning to being an off-price retailer, to be the next TJ Maxx (TJX) or Ross Stores (ROST) as they open up their backstage stores.” Brown said. “There's a rough time ahead for all the department stores. And the names like JCPenney (JCP), Sears, are on the forefront of that.”

While store closures are expected to continue, Brown expects online retailers will actually make their way to physical spaces over the next few years.

“Anyone who's been a digitally native retailer is going to have to have 300 to 400 stores to reach scale,” he said. “Shopping online is not an easy experience— the store is easier to shop.”

Valentina Caval is a producer with Yahoo Finance.

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　今年も元日より営業中の同店は、イタリアで開催される｢世界ピザ職人選手権大会｣で上位入賞を果たすなど、その技は世界の舞台でも折り紙つきだ。ピザ職人が石窯の前でピザ生地を宙に舞い上げのばしているのは単なるパフォーマンスではないことが味わってみて分かる。

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家族、仲間と取り分けて

　ヒッコリーのピザは、良質な粉や塩、酵母のみで仕込み、丸２日間（48時間）かけ温度管理のもと発酵、｢低温熟成｣している。その生地を薪の石窯で一気に焼き上げるので、サクッとした食感が生まれる。そのピザと一緒に、話題の新春特別メニュー｢たらば蟹のグラタン｣（一日30食限定）や本場のパエリアは家族で分け合うのに最適な組み合わせ。

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New retailer announces jobs in W.Va. - WSAZ-TV

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- New retail stores are headed to much of West Virginia, including in St. Albans and Logan, and its parent company has announced plans to hire.

Gordmans is set to open nine stores in West Virginia by March 3. According to a release from Stage, the company that owns Gordmans, many of the stores are being converted from existing Goody’s and Peebles.

Stage also announces that Gordmans, an apparel and home décor retailer, will be hiring. Click here for more information.

The St. Albans location at 1473 MacCorkle Ave. is an existing Goody’s store, while the Logan location at 321 Stratton St. is a Peebles.

Stage says Gordmans offers name-brand merchandise at prices below many of its competitors.

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'Do Not Sell My Info': U.S. retailers rush to comply with California's new privacy law - Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retailers including Walmart Inc will add “Do Not Sell My Info” links to their websites and signage in stores starting Jan. 1, allowing California shoppers to understand for the first time what personal and other data the retailers collect, sources said.

FILE PHOTO: Walmart's logo is seen outside one of the stores ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo

Others like Home Depot will allow shoppers not just in California but around the country to access such information online. At its California stores, Home Depot will add signage, offer QR codes so shoppers can look up information using their mobile devices and train store employees to answer questions.

Large U.S retailers are rushing to comply with a new law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which becomes effective at the start of 2020 and is one of the most significant regulations overseeing the data collection practices of U.S. companies. It lets shoppers to opt out of allowing retailers and other companies to sell personal data to third parties.

In addition to retailers, the law affects a broad swath of firms including social media platforms such as Facebook and Alphabet’s Google, advertisers, app developers, mobile service providers and streaming TV services, and is likely to overhaul the way companies benefit from the use of personal information. The law follows Europe’s controversial General Data Protection Regulation, which set a new standard for how companies collect, store and use personal data. The European law gave companies years to comply while CCPA has given them a few months.

Draft regulations around the law were only released in October. Retailers did not anticipate having to add signs in their stores, which are required by the regulations but were not part of the original statute, and it is not an effective use of dollars, said Nicholas Ahrens, a vice president at the Retail Industry Leaders Association, who leads their tech policy.

A Walmart source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters the company is “working through a lot of ambiguities in the law, for example, the language around loyalty programs and if retail companies can offer them going forward.”

There is also lack of clarity on what constitutes “sale” of information, retail lobbyists and attorneys advising retailers said.

Walmart spokesman Dan Toporek said the retailer supports efforts that gives customers control of their information.

Home Depot spokeswoman Sara Gorman said the California law introduces new requirements but does not change the company’s “deliberate approach to customer data and privacy.”

Target spokeswoman Jessica Carlson said a “Do Not Sell” button on its website, will be visible to all U.S. shoppers and California residents will have access to information outlined under the new law. Target already allows its shoppers to opt out of sharing their information with third parties for marketing purposes, she said.

Amazon.com Inc is taking a different approach. We do not plan to put a “Do not sell” button on our website because Amazon is not in the business of selling customers’ personal data and it never has been,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement.

Amazon will launch a revised privacy notice and will review the final regulations to “understand what signage may be required to inform customers how to find the privacy notice” at its stores, the spokeswoman added.

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Some national chains such as Sherwin-Williams, which sells paints and coatings,  have already begun adding links on their websites in California, Reuters has found. The company did not respond to requests for comment.

Both Walmart and Amazon have ramped up investments in drawing out “data maps” in the past few months, which lets them collate the extent of personal information collected by different business units, where and how this information is stored, what they do with it and who it is shared with, sources said.

A Walmart source said the company’s different business teams including technology, marketing, advertising, payments and security are investing resources in auditing and making decisions on how to respond to requests from customers to see their data or those who ask for it to be deleted.

An economic impact assessment prepared for the California Attorney General’s  office by an independent research firm found compliance with the regulations will cost businesses between $467 million and $16.5 billion between 2020 and 2030. Industry estimates peg initial compliance costs at over $50 billion.

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The California Attorney General recently told Reuters in an interview that privacy law enforcement will look kindly on those that demonstrate an effort to comply.

But sources told Reuters they expect plaintiff attorneys to bring lawsuits in the new year against a range of businesses that may fail to meet the law’s requirements.

Many companies affected by the law have lobbied extensively for a federal privacy bill that might override the law in California. But their efforts have so far made little progress.

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Retailers lost in the last decade: Toys R Us, Sports Authority, Blockbuster, Borders and Payless - USA TODAY

Kelly Tyko USA TODAY

Updated 7:00 AM EST Dec 29, 2019

America lost a record number of household names in 2019 as store closings capped a tough decade of accelerating decline for the troubled retail industry.

No category was safe from the retail apocalypse that shuttered thousands of stores – not books, toys, clothing, shoes or electronics – as shoppers deserted malls for the ease of online shopping.

It's not just shoppers' habits that are hurting retailers. Heaps of debt, bruising competition from Amazon and crushing pressures to reduce their physical footprint forced a wave of closures, some after companies filed for bankruptcy.

The 2010s were cruel. Retailers shed thousands of stores in 2017, too, another record year of losses in the past decade. 

Michael Brown, a partner in the retail practice of consulting firm A.T. Kearney who has studied the future of shopping centers, said the closings represented a changing of the guard.

“As we exit this decade, we’re really seeing the tidal wave of shift from physical to digital in many respects whether it’s physical to digital shopping or physical to digital products that are impacting what and how people are buying it,” Brown said.

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Now they're headed into a new decade saddled with fresh worries, from growing consumer debt to the trade dispute with China. A significant downturn isn't forecast for the industry, but chances are the pain won't let up anytime soon for some of America's struggling chains. 

The brick-and-mortar downturn is expected to continue, according to a report released in April from UBS Securities. Investment bank analysts said 75,000 more stores would need to be shuttered by 2026 if e-commerce “penetration rises from 16% currently to 25%.”

"Amazon is the biggest threat to the retail industry and as such retailers are spending heavily to keep up with Amazon," John Haber, Spend Management Experts CEO, told USA TODAY, noting "this strategy has proved deadly for those retailers that spent themselves straight into bankruptcy."

Brown said there’s been a singling out of big box stores where there used to be two players in each sector.

“We had Dick’s (Sporting Goods) and Sports Authority and lost Sports Authority. We had Borders and Barnes & Noble, we lost Borders,” Brown said. “We’ve seen a narrowing of the big box sector based on the strength of growing online but also on the growing strength of Walmart and Target being able to service those categories for the consumer.”

A decade of store closings

Here's a look at some of the biggest stores that shuttered all or nearly all locations in the 2010s, many of which relaunched an online presence.

Bebe: 180 stores

Women's clothing chain Bebe was part of the 2017 string of closings and closed all of its stores that May. It staved off bankruptcy and remains an online store.

Blockbuster: 1,700-plus stores

The saga of Blockbuster's demise was drawn out for several years. In 2010, the company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Dish Network in 2011, which planned to keep most of the 1,700 remaining stores it bought open. By the end of 2014, all corporate stores closed but a few franchise stores stuck it out. After two of the last three U.S. locations in Alaska closed in 2018 and the last store in Australia closed in March 2019, there's only one remaining location of the iconic franchise left worldwide in Bend, Oregon.

Borders: 399 stores

Kmart owned the bookstore chain in the early 1990s before spinning it off into a separate company. At one time, the book retailer operated more than 1,000 stores but lost business with the rise of e-readers like Amazon's Kindle and the growth of discount retailers. In 2011, the chain filed for bankruptcy protection and announced some stores would close but then ended up closing its remaining 399 stores. Borders also operated Waldenbooks, which it also shuttered. 

Charlotte Russe: 510 stores

The San Diego-based mall chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early February 2019 and outlined plans to close 94 stores. After not finding a buyer for the remaining stores, the fast-fashion retailer announced in March it would liquidate its 500 stores. Toronto-based clothing manufacturer YM Inc. purchased the Charlotte Russe brand and intellectual property in late March and less than two weeks after the final stores closed, the new owner promoted a comeback. As of Dec. 27, there are 139 new stores, according to the Charlotte Russe website.

Dressbarn: 649 stores

Ascena Retail Group announced the "wind-down" of its Dressbarn stores in May 2019 and closed the last remaining Dressbarn bricks-and-mortar stores closed Dec. 26. New Jersey-based Ascena's other brands include Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Loft, Lane Bryant, Catherines and the Justice tween brand and it sold the intellectual property assets of Dressbarn to a subsidiary of Retail Ecommerce Ventures LLC. The brand's new owner plans to launch a new Dressbarn website in early 2020.

Fred's: 568 stores

Discount merchandise retailer and pharmacy chain Fred's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2019 after a series of closings throughout the year. Before the closures, Fred's had 568 stores in 15 states in the southeastern U.S. The fate of Fred's had been shrouded in uncertainty since the company's plans to profit from a mega-merger between pharmacy giants Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid collapsed in late June 2017 amid federal antitrust concerns.

Gymboree: 749 stores

The children’s clothing retailer was the first victim of 2019 when it announced in January 2019 that it filed for bankruptcy protection and would close both Gymboree and Crazy 8 stores and sell its high-end children’s fashion line Janie and Jack, which had 139 stores. The Children's Place purchased the rights to the Gymboree and Crazy 8 brands for $76 million and is relaunching a new Gymboree.com and a collection in select Children's Place stores in spring 2020. The Gap acquired Janie and Jack for $35 million.

HHGregg: 220 stores

Electronics and appliance retailer HHGregg filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2017 and had initially planed to close 88 stores in 15 states. It ended up closing all of its 220 stores in 19 states. Today HHGregg exists as an online store.

The Limited: 250 stores

The Limited was one of the first retailers to announce mass store closings in 2017 and closed its 250 stores that January. It was formerly a part of L Brands, owner of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works. Today The Limited is available exclusively at Belk.

Payless ShoeSource: 2,589 stores

The shoe dropped for the Topeka, Kansas-based discount shoe retailer in February 2019 when it announced plans to close its nearly 2,600 stores in the U.S. and Canada and then filed for bankruptcy protection. While all North American locations closed by the end of June, Payless lives on in the U.S. through Amazon, which is selling some of its well-known shoe brands. There also are 750 brick-and-mortar stores in 35 other countries.

Sports Authority: 460 stores

The sporting goods store chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2016 with initial plans to close about 140 stores. After attempting to restructure debt and not finding any buyers in an auction, all 460 stores shuttered in the summer of 2016. Dick's Sporting Goods bought Sports Authority's intellectual property and some leases for $15 million. 

Toys R Us: More than 800 stores

Seventeen months after Toys R Us shuttered its last U.S. stores in June 2018, the iconic toy brand’s comeback continued in late November when the new parent company Tru Kids Brands opened its first retail Toys R Us store at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, followed by a second store in Houston, Texas in December. “These stores are fundamentally different from the Toys R Us stores that you’ll remember from the past,” Tru Kids Brands CEO Richard Barry told USA TODAY in October. “They are smaller, very immersive, experimental as well.” The new company also opened two “toy wonderlands” called Toys R Us Adventure in Chicago and Atlanta this year and rolled out a new e-commerce website and partnership with Target.

Wet Seal: 511 stores

Teen retailer Wet Seal filed for bankruptcy protection in February 2017 and closed its remaining 171 stores after closing two-thirds of its stores in 2015, the first time the company filed for bankruptcy. Founded in Newport Beach, California in 1962, it grew from a small swimwear destination to a once popular and profitable chain for trendy teenage clothes and swimsuits. Today, Wet Seal exists online at www.wetseal.com.

Contributing: Nathan Bomey and Joel Shannon, USA TODAY;  Associated Press 

Follow USA TODAY reporter Kelly Tyko on Twitter: @KellyTyko

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NoVA, DC Store Closings By Chain Retailers In 2019 - Patch.com

WASHINGTON, DC — What some have dubbed the ongoing retail apocalypse has changed the landscape of many northern Virginia malls and DC shopping districts in 2019. Several national chains announced store closures this year, which will mean big changes to the way some consumers shop.

A growing list of brick-and-mortar establishments have seen their revenue and popularity plummet with the emergence of e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Walmart. Retailers affected range from clothing stores like Forever 21, Dress Barn and Lord & Taylor, to home accessory chains Pier 21 and Bed Bath & Beyond.

Here are some of the big chains that announced they were closing stores in Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia this year.

A.C. Moore
In November, craft supply store A.C. Moore announced it was closing all of its stores. The arts and crafts supplier operates at least 15 stores in Virginia. Under the transition, as many as 40 A.C. Moore stores will become Michaels. The locations to become Michaels have not yet been named. Read more.

Forever 21
In late September, clothing retailer Forever 21 announced that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and would be closing two stores in the District of Columbia and four in Virginia. The apparel retailer is expected to close these sites: Shops at Georgetown Park: 3222 M Street, NW, Washington, DC; Woodies Building: 1025 F Street NW, Suite #200, Washington, DC; Regency Square: 1404 N. Parham Rd. #1124A, Richmond; Manassas: 8300 Suoleu Road Space #031, Manassas; Macarthur: 300 Monticello Ave., Suite #255, Norfolk; and Fair Oaks: 11750 Fair Oaks #H227, Fairfax. Read more.

Avenue
The women's clothing store is closing more than 200 locations across the country, including three stores in Virginia. Read more.

Walgreens
The national pharmacy chain will close 200 stores in 2019, the company said in an August SEC filing. A list of locations to close was not released by the company.

Sears/Kmart
The iconic Sears brand, along with Kmart, are both owned by the same company and it continued to close stores in 2019, marking four in Virginia for closure by February 2020. These sites are on a closing list posted last month by USAToday: Richmond Sears: 11500 Midlothian Turnpike; Manassas Sears: 8200 Sudley Road; Fredericksburg Sears: 100 Spotsylvania Mall; and Winchester Sears: 1850 Apple Blossom Drive.

No Kmart locations were on the closing list in DC or Virginia, the newspaper reports. Read more.

Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor said in November it is closing two stores in Northern Virginia, its Tysons Corner Center store and its Dulles Town Center store in Sterling, the Washington Business Journal reported. The Lord & Taylor store at Tysons will lay off 117 employees, effective Jan. 31. The store at Dulles Town Center will lay off 79 employees when it closes Christmas Eve, according to the report.

Dressbarn
This year, Dressbarn announced it was going out of business. That means it shuttered all 20 stores across Virginia — including shops in Alexandria, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas and Fairfax — as part of a shutdown of 650 stores nationwide. Read more.

Bed Bath & Beyond
In October, home retailer Bed Bath & Beyond announced that it would be closing 60 stores. In an earnings call in early October, Bed, Bath & Beyond reported more than 400 leases would be expiring in the next couple of years, which would be a factor in additional closures. There are 28 locations of the chain in Virginia and Washington, D.C. Read more.

Gymboree
Children's clothing retailer Gymboree filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January. Under the bankruptcy plan, the retail chain closed more than 800 Gymboree and Crazy 8 stores. The company tried to save its 140 upscale Janie and Jack stores. There are three Virginia Janie and Jack locations at: Tyson's Corner Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Road, McLean; Fair Oaks Mall, 11808U Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax; and Potomac Mills, 2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Unit #944, Woodbridge. Read more.

Payless ShoeSource

Payless ShoeSource closed all 2,300 of its U.S. stores as part of a bankruptcy filing. Fifteen DC and northern Virginia locations included Springfield Town Center Mall, Potomac Mills and Hechinger Mall. Read more.

Family Dollar
Nearly 400 Family Dollar stores closed nationwide this year, while another 200 were converted to Dollar Tree, which purchased the rival chain in 2015. There are Family Dollar stores in Dale City, Fredericksburg, Woodbridge, and Manassas, along with Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Richmond and Charlottesville. There are three locations in Washington, D.C., as well. Family Dollar had more than 150 stores in Virginia. Other Family Dollars will keep their name will be stocked with $1 Dollar Tree merchandise and alcohol sections. Read more.

Charlotte Russe
A month after it filed for bankruptcy, the women's clothing company Charlotte Russe decided to shutter all of its stores. Stores marked for closing including the store at Dulles Town Center. Read more.

Pier 1
The home wares and furnishings chain has plans to close 57 stores by the end of 2019, USA Today reported. A list of locations was not released by the company. Read more.

Charming Charlie

Women's fashion accessory retailer Charming Charlie filed for bankruptcy and will close its roughly 260 stores across the country, including eight in Virginia. Read more.

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「痩せたい人はピザ屋の隣に引越すといい！？」2019面白研究７（FRIDAY） - Yahoo!ニュース

◆この中から将来のイグノーベル賞、いや、ノーベル賞が誕生するかもしれない！

今年も各国の研究機関や大学から発表された研究の数々。その中から近い将来、地球や、我々の未来に大きく貢献する、すごい研究に化けるかも知れない“ちょっと気に止めておきたいユニークな研究”を紹介する。

１＿高カロリーな食べ物は、食べなくても匂いだけで満足できる！？

多くの人は、脂肪分や糖分、塩分が多く、高カロリーの食べ物をおいしいと感じるという。そして、“嗅覚”と“味覚”が脳の報酬回路を活性化する仕組みは重なっている。それならば、嗅覚が食べ物の選択に大きな役割を果たすのではないかと考え、米サウスフロリダ大学の研究チームが検証した。

まず、中学校のセルフサービス食堂での実験で、「ピザの匂いを噴霧する」「リンゴの匂いを噴霧する」「何の匂いもさせない」という３日間を設定。すると、ピザの匂いをさせた日には、ヘルシーな食品が多く選ばれるという結果に。

スーパーマーケットでは、「チョコチップクッキーの匂い」と「イチゴの匂い」を噴霧して実験。その際の購入商品をレシートで調べると、クッキーの匂いを嗅いだ客は果物などの健康的な食品を買い、イチゴの匂いを嗅いだ客は健康的ではない食品を買う傾向があったという。

高カロリー食品のおいしそうな匂いに誘惑されると思いきや。検証の結果、「ヘルシーでない食べ物の匂いが、脳の報酬回路を満足させ、食べたい衝動を減少させるようだ」ということらしい。

◆２＿なぜ夢は起きるとすぐに忘れてしまうのか？　記憶が消去される仕組みを解明

私たちはレム睡眠中に夢を見るが、通常は、夢の内容は記憶として定着されず起床後にすぐ忘れてしまう。これまで、睡眠時に記憶がどのように固定され、消去されるのかその仕組みはよくわかっていなかった。

そのメカニズムのひとつとして、2019年9月、名古屋大学の研究グループが、脳にあるメラニン凝集ホルモン生産神経（MCH神経）がレム睡眠中に記憶を消去していることを明らかにした。

人間の睡眠リズムは、浅い眠りであるレム睡眠を起床前に繰り返すのが一般的。今回明らかになったレム睡眠中に活動するMCH神経は、目覚める直前の夢の内容をすぐに忘れさせる一因として働いていると考えられる。

なぜ、夢の記憶は消去されなければならないのかに関しては、覚えてしまうと現実のことなのかそうでないのか区別がつかなくなってしまうためともいわれる。

睡眠中の記憶の定着については多くの研究がされている一方で、消去についてはこれまでほとんど研究が進んでいなかったという。今回明らかになった仕組みの応用により、トラウマとして残っている恐怖心や怖い体験などの記憶を消去するなど、心的外傷後ストレス障害（PTSD）を治療する臨床応用への貢献も期待される。

◆３＿明かりをつけたまま寝ると、太る！？

真っ暗な状態は苦手、明かりをつけたままじゃないと眠れない、テレビをつけっぱなしにして眠る、という人は少なくない。しかし、2019年6月、米国・国立衛生研究所が発表した研究結果によると、「夜に人工的な明かりをつけて寝ると、女性の体重増加につながる」というのだ。

これまでも、“明かりをつけて寝ると太る”という説はあったが、今回の研究は約4万4000人の女性（30～70代）を対象に、約5年の歳月をかけて調査。5年後に体重などを計測すると、テレビや照明をつけたまま寝ている女性と、真っ暗な状態で寝ている女性を比べた場合、照明などをつけたまま寝ている女性の方が、体重が５kg以上増える割合が17％高かったという。

詳しい因果関係はまだわからないが、睡眠中の光がメラトニンの分泌を慢性的に抑制することで体内時計が乱れ、肥満の危険が増す可能性も挙げられている。今回の研究は女性に限った調査になっているが、睡眠の質が体に及ぼす影響のことなら男性にも無縁ではないだろう。

◆４＿食事の時間がアレルギーに強く影響する！

花粉症や喘息、蕁麻疹などのアレルギー疾患は、ある特定の時間帯（特に夜間から明け方）に症状が出現しやすいという特徴がある。たとえば花粉症では、朝方にくしゃみ、鼻水などがおこりやすく「モーニングアタック」と呼ばれている。このようにアレルギー症状の出方が時間によって変化することに、体内時計が関係していることは以前から知られている。

アレルギー反応と体内時計は密接な関係にあるが、山梨大学の研究によって、不規則な食事のタイミングは体内時計のリズムを変えてしまい、規則的なタイミングで食事をしているときとはアレルギー反応の出方が変わることが新たにわかった。具体的には、本来アレルギー症状が出にくい時間帯でも、症状が強くなってしまうというのだ。

逆に考えれば、薬を増やさなくても、食事の時間を変えるだけで、ひどかったアレルギー症状を良くできるかもしれない。食事のタイミングを見直すだけで症状が緩和できる患者が全体の2割程度はいるのではないかと、臨床的な経験から推測されるともいう。朗報だ。

◆５＿赤ちゃんも「上に立っているものが優位」と判断することを解明！？

「目上の人、目下の人」という表現や、オリンピックなどの競技大会で表彰台の高いところには勝者が立つというように、我々はしばしば、社会的な優位性や地位などの上下関係を空間位置で表現するが。

2019年10月、京都大学、九州大学の共同研究により、まだ言葉の話せない1歳の赤ちゃんが、高い場所に立つ人が低い場所に立つ人に負ける場面を見ると驚くような行動を示す、という実験結果が発表された！　これは乳児が、空間的に上にいるものが社会的に優位であることを期待する、という可能性を示すという。

自分と他者、または他者間の優位性関係を判断して行動することは、その事自体の良し悪しは別として、社会関係を円滑にする上で一定の機能を果たしている。今回の研究は、社会的経験も言語的経験もない１歳の赤ちゃんも、空間的位置関係に基づいて優位性関係を判断することを明らかにした。これって、空気を読むための本能的なベースなのかも？

◆６＿ファーブルも注目した“死にまね”の仕組みを解明！

「熊に遭遇した場合、死んだふりをするといい」、というのはあくまでも都市伝説にすぎないが。死にまね（死んだふり）は哺乳類、魚類、鳥類、両生類、爬虫類、甲殻類、ダニ類、昆虫と動物に広く普遍的に見られる行動で、天敵による捕食を回避するために動物が進化させた防衛戦略だ。

ファーブルは昆虫記のなかで、「“死にまね”は生物が陥る一種の仮死状態であり、適応的な意味はあるのか」と疑問を投げかけたが。2004年に死にまねが適応的であることを発表した岡山大学、東京農業大学、玉川大学の共同研究グループが、2019年、死にまねを制御する遺伝子群を発見。生物の動きや生き延びるための行動を支配する主要な遺伝子がドーパミンであることを、世界に先駆けて明らかにした。

研究では、米や小麦の害虫として知られているコクヌストモドキの数個体から、刺激を受けたときに死んだふりをする集団と、どれだけ刺激を与えても死にまねしない集団を育種。前者は天敵の攻撃回避に長け、後者は交尾に長けるため、野外では両者の共存が見られることがわかっている。

死にまねを行うと、周りの死にまねをしない個体の犠牲によって捕食の危機を軽減することができるが、一方では死にまねを行う個体は運動能力が低いので、繁殖成功度が下がり、それによる遺伝的トレードオフがあるということだ。

死にまねが隣人を犠牲にして自分だけ生き残ることができる利己的な行動として進化したのではないか、という大胆な仮説もある。死んだようにじっとしていれば、捕食者がスルーしてくれる……。なんだか、寂しい気持ちにもなるが。

◆７＿生後６ヶ月未満の赤ちゃんと老人は、広い領域の動きを知覚するのが得意

私たち大人では、広い領域の動きのほうが、狭い領域の動きよりも知覚し難いという。これは周辺抑制といって、視覚神経が持つ抑制メカニズムを反映した知覚現象。一方、この抑制機能は老化によって低下するため、結果として、高齢者では、広い領域の動きを若年層よりもむしろよく知覚できる。

これと同じように、生後6ヶ月未満の小さい赤ちゃんでは、広い領域の動きを知覚するのが得意ということが、2019年９月、中央大学、日本女子大学の共同研究により明らかにされた。また、生後6ヶ月以降になると、成人と同じように、狭い領域の動きの知覚が得意になっていくことがわかった。

周辺抑制は、物体の動きを背景の動きから区別して認識する機能に役立っていると考えられている。脳の視覚システムは、単に感覚情報を伝達するだけでなく、不要な情報を抑制することで、高度な知覚処理を実現しているのだ。

つまり、周辺抑制が未発達な小さい赤ちゃんでは、雑多な動きの中から見たい物体の動きを正確に切り分けて知覚するのが苦手だということ。歳をとると赤ちゃんに返るというが。なるほど、こんなところにも現れるのか……。

取材・文：井津多亜子

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