Published April, 2014
By Takeshi Nakano and Samuel Goldhaber
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Pulmonary embolism is a common but vexing illness. In the Diagnosis section, the relationship between venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is explored, and exciting new findings are presented in the fields of echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.

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Published April, 2014
By J. Kajzer, E. Tanaka and H. Yamada
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Human biomechanics is an important research field in achieving safety, health, comfort, and a high quality of life in a world where the older generation soon will outnumber the younger generation.

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Published April, 2014
By Akira Kitabatake, Fumihiko Kajiya, Motoaki Sugawara and Hirohide Matsuo
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The text is based on a considerable amount of clinical and experimental data on blood flow in the heart and large vessels obtained using various methods such as ultrasound pulsed Doppler velocimetry (including Doppler color flow imaging), catheter-tip electromagnetic velocimetry, hot-film anemometry, and laser Doppler velocimetry.

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Published April, 2014
By Takashi Tokoro
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Important questions about myopia are being posed by researchers across a broad spectrum of disciplines from psychology to molecular biology, from corneal surgery to retinal physiology, and from genetics to experimental optics.

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Published April, 2014
By David Brown, K. Kuba, Haruhiro Higashida, T. Yoshioka, H. Higashida and D.A. Brown
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Published April, 2014
By Shaw Watanabe, Hajime Ohigashi, Toshihiko Osawa, Junji Terao and Toshikazu Yoshikawa
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Chemoprevention is currently regarded as one of the most promising avenues for the control of cancer, with human epidemiological and animal studies indicating that the risk of cancer may be modified by changes in diet.

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Published April, 2014
By Toshifusa Nakajima, Eiichi Tahara, Mitsumasa Nishi, Heizaburo Ichikawa and Keiichi Maruyama
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Gastric cancer is still the most common cause of cancer death in the world, although in most countries, with the notable exception of the United States, its incidence is slowly declining.

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Published April, 2014
By Alberto Zanchetti and Teruo Omae
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Published April, 2014
By K.L. Schmidt, Klaus L. Schmidt, M. Kosaka, T. Sugahara and E. Simon
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the multitude of different forms of thermotherapy in connection with aspects of thermal physiology and cell biology. However, in the former field empirical aspects of therapeutic usefulness prevail, while in the latter, aspects of basic science are in the foreground.

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Published April, 2014
By Michio Morio, Hirosato Kikuchi and Osafumi Yuge
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In susceptible individuals, malignant hyperthermia (MH) can be triggered by various anesthetics during surgery. Following on the results of more than 30 years of investigative efforts, the Third International Symposium on MH was held in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1994, immediately before the Seventh International Workshop on MH.

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