Springer Japan: 783 books
L² Approaches in Several Complex Variables
Development of Oka–Cartan Theory by L² Estimates for the d-bar Operator
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
The purpose of this monograph is to present the current status of a rapidly developing part of several complex variables, motivated by the applicability of effective results to algebraic geometry and differential geometry. Highlighted are the new precise results on the L² extension of holomorphic...
Flow Visualization in Materials Processing
Practical Techniques and Selected Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book presents a comprehensive review of particle image velocimetry (PIV) and particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) as tools for experimental fluid dynamics (EFD). It shares practical techniques for high-speed photography to accurately analyze multi-phase flows; in particular, it addresses the practical...
by Makoto Tachibana
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
This book introduces the principles and techniques of crystal growth by the flux method, which is arguably the most useful way to obtain millimeter- to centimeter-sized single crystals for physical research. As it is possible to find an appropriate solvent (“flux”) for nearly all inorganic materials,...
Tactile Score
A Knowledge Media for Tactile Sense
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
This book deals with one of the most novel advances in natural computing, namely, in the field of tactile sense analysis. Massage, which provides relaxation and stimulation for human beings, is analyzed in this book for the first time by encoding the motions and tactile senses involved. The target...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Rapidly growing knowledge in systems neuroscience may contribute to expand the range of activities in persons with disabilities, but in its practical application, cooperation between experts in different research fields is necessary. In this conference, the guest speakers and audiences will be from...
Hepatitis C Virus I
Cellular and Molecular Virology
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
This volume is composed of chapters that review important fundamental aspects of HCV biology and disease pathogenesis including, for example, the discovery and identification of the HCV genome, early virus-cell interactions including identification of various cellular receptors, HCV gene expression...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
Around the world societies are facing growing aging populations with the concomitant increase in neuropsychiatric disorders. Neuropsychiatric disorders are organic brain diseases with psychiatric symptoms, as in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, that cause cognitive impairment, including dementia,...
Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp
The Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
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. The peculiar myelin sheath with its unique nodal...
Morpho-functional Machines: The New Species
Designing Embodied Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Morpho-functional Machines are a set of tools for investigating the design of embodied intelligence in autonomous bio-artifact systems. The focus in Morpho-functional Machines is on the balance of morphology, materials, and control; intelligent behavior emerges from the interaction of an autonomous...
by Yoichi Ando
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This book focuses on opera house acoustics based on subjective preference theory; it targets researchers in acoustics and vision who are working in physics, psychology and brain physiology. This book helps readers to understand any subjective attributes in relation to objective parameters based on...
by Yasuhiro Suzuki, Katsushi Nakagawa, Takashi Sugiyama
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2018
The essence of natural computing is aesthetics; for example, in cooking, one of the most common forms of natural computation, the decision to add salt, and how much, is based on the aesthetics of taste. Because touch perception is instinctively related to a sense of beauty, the aesthetics of tactile...
Bioprobes
Biochemical Tools for Investigating Cell Function
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Rapid advances in the study of the molecular basis of mammalian cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis have made it possible to develop new screening systems for isolating from microbial metabolites specific inhibitors of mammalian cell functions. "Bioprobes" is the term used...
Computational Anatomy Based on Whole Body Imaging
Basic Principles of Computer-Assisted Diagnosis and Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
This book deals with computational anatomy, an emerging discipline recognized in medical science as a derivative of conventional anatomy. It is also a completely new research area on the boundaries of several sciences and technologies, such as medical imaging, computer vision, and applied mathematics....
Computational Biomechanics
Theoretical Background and Biological/Biomedical Problems
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Rapid developments have taken place in biological/biomedical measurement and imaging technologies as well as in computer analysis and information technologies. The increase in data obtained with such technologies invites the reader into a virtual world that represents realistic biological tissue or...