Published November, 2012
By Hideaki E. Takahashi
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Bones and joints are always under mechanical loading a key concept in understanding bone metabolism. Among the most common diseases of bones and joints in the elderly are osteoporosis and joint osteoarthritis. An understanding of mechanical loading is essential therefore to clinicians, basic researchers, and engineers working with bones and joints.

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Published November, 2012
By Hikaru Matsuda
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Rotary blood pumps increasingly are being used in open heart surgery and in assisted circulation for patients with heart disease. This book provides information on the physiology of nonpulsatile circulation, the development of rotary pump engineering, and the clinical application of rotary blood pumps.

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Published November, 2012
By K. Nagata and H. Handa
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Published November, 2012
By M. D. Cooper, T. Takai, J.V. Ravetch, Toshiyuki Takai and Jeffrey V. Ravetch
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This volume is the first attempt to summarize and highlight all known aspects of immunoglobulin-like receptors, providing a topical overview of the roles and characteristic features of the immunoglobulin-like receptors and related molecules in the immune system.

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Published November, 2012
By N. Tamaki, U. Batzdorf and T. Nagashima
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This volume thus represents a comprehensive description of the state of the art regarding this disease in the hope that it may help to define comprehensively what is already known and to find new ways toward a better understanding of the patho physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of syringomyelia.

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Published November, 2012
By Shigetake Sasayama
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New Horizons for Failing Heart Syndrome brings together the latest knowledge on heart failure syndrome and the status of research on heart failure in Japan, compiling the results of the Japanese Circulation Society's second research series.

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Published November, 2012
By M. Sanna, J. Kanzaki, M. Tos, D. A. Moffat, T. Kunihiro and Y. Inoue
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
Series: Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine
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This volume of the Keio University International Symposia for LifeSciences and Medicine contains the proceedings of the eleventh symposium held under the sponsorship of the Keio University Medical Science Fund.

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Published November, 2012
By S. Kawada, T. Ueda and H. Shimizu
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Series: Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine
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Papers from the symposium, collected in this volume, cover a broad range of topics, including recent advances in diagnostic imaging, brain protection during aortic surgery, spinal protection during thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair, treatment of type A acute aortic dissection, and stent-grafts and less-invasive aortic surgery.

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Published November, 2012
By M. Omata and K. Okita
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The liver has an important role in nutritional homeostasis, and it is well known that liver diseases can lead to abnormalities in the nutrient metabolism and to subsequent malnutrition.

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Published October, 2012
By Kozaburo Hayashi and Hiromasa Ishikawa
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