Springer Japan: 783 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
This book provides an overview of the induction mechanism of imposex caused by organotin compounds in gastropods, as well as fundamental information on the physiology and biochemistry of reproduction in mollusks. Are the sex hormones of gastropod mollusks vertebrate-type steroids, or neuropeptides?...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of Pan troglodytes verus has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural...
Chembiomolecular Science
At the Frontier of Chemistry and Biology
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
At the forefront of life sciences today is the emerging discipline of chembiomolecular science. This new term describes the integration of the frontier fields of chemical biology, chemistry, and pharmacology. Chembiomolecular science aims to elucidate new biological mechanisms as potential drug targets...
by Mei Yan
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
In this thesis, the focus is on the study of new catalytic properties of unsupported nanoporous metals in heterogeneous organic reactions under liquid-phase conditions. The author was the first to fabricate nanoporous copper with tunable nanoporosity and apply it for organic reactions. The catalyst...
Chronomics and Continuous Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Vascular Chronomics: From 7-Day/24-Hour to Lifelong Monitoring
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2016
This fascinating volume applies the concept of chronomics to the medical treatment of hypertension. It starts with the recent updates on chronomics, the analytic techniques, and their application to community-based assessments. The authors advocate the use of 7-day/24-h records of blood pressure,...
by Yuki Harada
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
This thesis describes the essential features of Moon-plasma interactions with a particular emphasis on the Earth's magnetotail plasma regime from both observational and theoretical standpoints. The Moon lacks a dense atmosphere as well as a strong intrinsic magnetic field. As a result, its interactions...
Resilient Asia
Fusion of Traditional and Modern Systems for a Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
This book summarizes three years of extensive research conducted in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam as part of the CECAR – Asia project, which was intended to enhance resilience to climate and ecosystem changes by developing mosaic systems to strengthen resilience of bio-production systems through...
Mathematical and Computational Analyses of Cracking Formation
Fracture Morphology and Its Evolution in Engineering Materials and Structures
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This book is about the pattern formation and the evolution of crack propagation in engineering materials and structures, bridging mathematical analyses of cracks based on singular integral equations, to computational simulation of engineering design. The first two parts of this book focus on elasticity...
by Yuki Sato
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
In this thesis, the author considers quantum gravity to investigate the mysterious origin of our universe and its mechanisms. He and his collaborators have greatly improved the analyticity of two models: causal dynamical triangulations (CDT) and n-DBI gravity, with the space-time foliation which is...
High-Resolution Spin-Resolved Photoemission Spectrometer and the Rashba Effect in Bismuth Thin Films
High-Resolution Spin-Resolved Photoemission Spectrometer and the Rashba Effect in Bismuth Thin Films
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
In this thesis, the author has developed a high-resolution spin-resolved photoemission spectrometer that achieves the world-best energy resolution of 8 meV. The author has designed a new, highly efficient mini Mott detector that has a large electron acceptance angle and an atomically flat gold target...
Knowledge Synthesis
Western and Eastern Cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
This book provides readers the idea of systemically synthesizing various kind of knowledge, which needs to combine analytical thinking and synthetic thinking. Systems science is expected to help in solving contemporary complex problems, utilizing interdisciplinary knowledge effectively and combining...
by Fumika Nagasawa, Kei Murakoshi
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
This thesis proposes a novel way to catch light energy using an ultrasmall nanostructure. The author has developed photon-materials systems to open the way for novel photoexcitation processes based on the findings obtained from in-situ observation of the systems in which localized surface plasmon...
Analysis and Control of Complex Dynamical Systems
Robust Bifurcation, Dynamic Attractors, and Network Complexity
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
This book is the first to report on theoretical breakthroughs on control of complex dynamical systems developed by collaborative researchers in the two fields of dynamical systems theory and control theory. As well, its basic point of view is of three kinds of complexity: bifurcation phenomena subject...
by Hidenori Fujiwara, Jean Ludwig
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
This book is the first one that brings together recent results on the harmonic analysis of exponential solvable Lie groups. There still are many interesting open problems, and the book contributes to the future progress of this research field. As well, various related topics are presented to motivate...