Published May, 2018
By Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Satoshi Saga and Masashi Konyo
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This book examines the state of the art in diverse areas of haptics (touch)-related research, including the psychophysics and neurophysiology of haptics, development of haptics displays and sensors, and applications to a wide variety of fields such as industry, education, therapy, medicine, and welfare for the visually impaired.

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Published May, 2018
By Takashi Yamane
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This book first describes medical devices in relation to regenerative medicine before turning to a more specific topic: artificial heart technologies. Design methods are described to enhance hemocompatibility: main concerns are reduction of blood cell damage and protein break, as well as prevention of blood clotting.

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Published May, 2018
By Yoshio Yamaoka and Steffen Backert
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This book provides the current updated knowledge on all essential aspects in the rapidly evolving area of Helicobacter pylori research. pylori will remain asymptomatic, up to 20 % of them may develop serious gastroduodenal disease such as peptic ulcers or gastric cancer.

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Published May, 2018
By Damkerng Pathomvanich, Kenichiro Imagawa and Robert Haber
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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This book comprehensively discusses the practical aspects of hair transplantation in Asians. It is a must read for hair surgeons performing hair transplantation on members of the Asian population.

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Published May, 2018
By Hidefumi Kobatake and Yoshitaka Masutani
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This book deals with computational anatomy, an emerging discipline recognized in medical science as a derivative of conventional anatomy.

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Published May, 2018
By Gyan Prakash and Takeshi Iwata
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Advances in Vision Research, Volume I will prove to be a major resource for all researchers, clinicians, clinical researchers, and allied eye health professionals with an interest in eye diseases among the Asian population.

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Published May, 2018
By Hiroyuki Osada
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This new edition provides the most advanced research using bioprobes on the chemical control of 1) cell cycle and differentiation, 2) epigenetics, 3) apoptosis and autophagy, and 4) immune response. New areas of investigation such as stem cell research, epigenetic research, and autophagy research have rapidly advanced in the past 10 years.

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Published May, 2018
By Shuichi Shigeno, Yasunori Murakami and Tadashi Nomura
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This book presents a new, detailed examination that explains how elegant brains have been shaped in evolution. In fact, Europe's big science and technology projects, a EURO1 billion plan called the Human Brain Project and the Blue Brain Project to understand mammalian brain networks, have been launched in recent years.

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Published April, 2018
By Mitsuhiro Kawano, John H. Stone, Takao Saito, Hitoshi Nakashima and Takako Saeki
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This book offers a detailed review of the pathological and imaging features, diagnosis and treatment of IgG4-Related Kidney Disease (IgG4-RKD). IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), which is characterized by an elevated serum IgG4 level and infiltration of systemic organs by IgG4 positive plasma cells, is a newly recognized systemic disease.

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Published April, 2018
By Kenji Kabashima
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This book reviews the role of each cell subset in the skin, providing the basics for understanding skin immunology and the mechanisms of skin diseases.

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