Published December, 2011
By Masaaki Kitahara
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A disease of unknown origin - this is the challenge presented by Meniere's disease and taken up by top clinicians and scientists, members and coworkers of The Vestibular Disorder Research Committee organized by The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan.

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Published December, 2011
By Hajime Ishikura, Kokichi Kikuchi, Masamichi Aikawa and Hideyo Itakura
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Parasitic zoonoses, the parasitic diseases transmitted between humans and other vertebrate animals, are widespread.

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Published December, 2011
By Henry Blackburn, Hironori Toshima, A. Keys and Yoshinori Koga
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The Seven Countries Study has made central contributions to the under standing of the socio-cultural influences on population rates of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

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Published December, 2011
By Kazuo Yonenobu, Keiro Ono and Yoshiharu Takemitsu
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Lumbar spine or back pain is one of the most important problems in orthopedics and neurosurgery today. Two key ways of treating this malady, lumbar fusion and stabilization, are critically discussed in the forty-three papers in this volume.

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Published December, 2011
By Shigeo Niwa, Stephan M. Perren and Tomokazu Hattori
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This book is comprised of 22 papers presented at the International Seminar on Biomechanics in Orthopedics and the 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Orthopedic Biomechanics, held in Nagoya in 1990.

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Published December, 2011
By Jos A.E Spaan, Fumihiko Kajiya, Julien I.E. Hoffman, K. Onodera, Y. Maruyama, Gerald A. Klassen, H. Tomoike, K. Tsujioka and Julien Hoffman
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Chapter 3 describes the mechanical properties of coronary circulation, a knowledge of which is indispens able for an understanding of coronary arterial and venous blood flow velocity waveforms in relation to cardiac contraction and relaxation.

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Published December, 2011
By Shoichi Suga and Hiroshi Nakahara
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Biomineralization '90

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Published December, 2011
By Isao Endo, Shintaro Furusaki and Ryuichi Matsuno
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Biochemical engineering forms a bridge between fundamental biochemical research and large scale biotechnology processes. Research work in biochemical engineering is an investment in the future, when conventional resources will have to be replaced with renewable ones.

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Published December, 2011
By Shoichi Suga and Norimitsu Watabe
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Comparative investigations of mineralization and demineralization mechanisms by leading researchers give a general perspective on this interdisciplinary field of the life sciences and an introduction to current research methods and concepts.

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Published December, 2011
By Konrad Messmer, Hisao Manabe and Benjamin W. Zweifach
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