Published November, 2013
By Takayuki Yoshimoto and Tomohiro Yoshimoto
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This book guides the reader through the latest research on the cytokine network, covering signaling pathways, control of the immune response, and potential therapeutics.

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Published November, 2013
By Masao Tanaka
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Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas

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Published October, 2013
By Toshiko Sawaguchi
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is characterised by the sudden death of an infant that is not predicted by prior medical history and it is still responsible for a large percentage of infant mortalities.

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Published October, 2013
By Ke Xu and Susumu Terakawa
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In 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal kingdom.

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Published October, 2013
By Tsukasa Mizuhara
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
Series: Springer Theses
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The author successfully developed novel anti-HIV PD 404182 derivatives that exhibited submicromolar inhibitory activity against both HIV-1 and HIV-2. The second part explains SAR studies of PD 404182 for the development of anti-HIV agents.

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Published October, 2013
By Ryoichiro Kageyama and Tetsuo Yamamori
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First, neural stem cells change their competency over time, giving sequential rise to distinct types of neurons and glial cells: initially deep layer neurons, then superficial layer neurons, and lastly astrocytes.

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Published October, 2013
By Yasuhiro Suzuki and Rieko Suzuki
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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This book deals with one of the most novel advances in natural computing, namely, in the field of tactile sense analysis. The target audience is not limited to researchers who are interested in natural computing but also includes those working in ergonomic design, biomedical engineering, Kansei engineering, and cognitive science.

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Published October, 2013
By Kyonosuke Yabe, Katsuhiko Kusano and Hideo Nakata
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Studies on physical education and sports for persons with disabilities are an interdisciplinary domain in which theory and practice are closely intertwined.

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Published October, 2013
By T. Yamaguchi
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Although cancer or malignant neoplasms recently have topped the list of causes of deaths in Japan, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases bring about more deaths than cancer if they are reclassified into a unified category of diseases of the vascular system.

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Published October, 2013
By Eiichi Tahara
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We have demonstrated that the develop me nt and progression of esophageal, gastric, and colon cancer require mul tiple alterations affecting DNA mismatch repair genes, oncogenes, and tumorsuppressor genes, and that common and uncommon genetic changes exist for esophageal, gastric, and colorectal carcinomas.

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