Authors:Yoshio Waseda, Atsushi Muramatsu,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: materials, springer, series, characterization, science, advanced, control, nanoparticles, morphology, processing
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 2003-12-05
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 3540009582
ISBN-13: 9783540009580

A broad array of new engineered materials, with intricate atomic and molecular architecture for sophisticated functional applications in the computer and electronics industries, is under development. For this purpose, there is an urgent need for novel methods for precisely controlling the morphology of particulate materials. This book represents an extended introductory treatise on the fundamental aspects, new methods for the precise control of morphology (size, shape, composition, structure etc.) and accurate materials characterization, from both the basic science and the applied engineering

Author: Michio Muramatsu
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: japanese, politics, contemporary, state, local, power
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 1997-12-02
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0520072766
ISBN-13: 9780520072763

In 1993, wave after wave of scandals led to the collapse of the one-party system in Japan. Since then, reformers have focused more and more on redistributing power from the highly centralized national government to regional and municipal administrations, just as the United States and other countries around the world move toward increased local autonomy, block grants, and decentralization. But are local entities ready for the new responsibilities? Muramatsu Michio demonstrates that throughout the postwar era, Japanese local governments have exercised far more power than previously understood. H

Author: Atsushi Ohori
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: proceedings, november, lecture, notes, science, computer, china, beijing, systems, languages, first, asian, aplas, symposium, programming
Number of Pages: 427
Published: 2004-01-12
List price: $71.00
ISBN-10: 3540205365
ISBN-13: 9783540205364

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems, APLAS 2003, held in Beijing, China in November 2003. The 24 revised full papers presented together with abstracts of 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The papers are devoted to concurrency and parallelism, language implementation and optimization, mobile computation and security, program analysis and verification, program transformation and calculation, programming paradigms and language design, programming techniques and applications

Authors:Atsushi Hosaka, Hiroshi Toki,
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: symmetry, chiral, baryons, quarks
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9810246293
ISBN-13: 9789810246297

This book describes baryon models constructed from quarks, mesons and chiral symmetry. The role of chiral symmetry and of quark model structure with SU(6) spin-flavor symmetry are discussed in detail, starting from a pedagogic introduction. Emphasis is placed on symmetry aspects of the theories. As an application, the chiral bag model is studied for nucleon structure, where important methods of theoretical physics, mostly related to the semiclassical approach for a system of strong interactions, are demonstrated. The text is more practical than formal; tools and ideas are explained in detail w

Authors:Kodansha International, Atsushi Umeda,
Publisher: Kodansha International
Keywords: guide, bilingual, atlas, city, tokyo
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 2004-12-10
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 4770025033
ISBN-13: 9784770025036

This is the updated third edition of an atlas first published in 1998. During the past six years, the transportation network of the metropolitan area of Tokyo has changed a good deal. In the case of the subway system, lines have been extended, and some rapid-transit lines have been added, so code numbers for each station are given in our atlas for foreign travelers to identify them easily. In addition, as a result of urban development in areas such as Roppongi, Shinagawa, and Shiodome, quite a few new company buildings, stores, and hotels have appeared. These developments are also covered in t

Authors:Atsushi Fujimori, Yoshinori Tokura,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: springer, october, japan, series, solid, sciences, state, kashikojima, symposium, insulators, mott, correlated, metals, taniguchi, proceedings, spectroscopy
Number of Pages: 265
Published: 1995-09-19
List price: $166.00
ISBN-10: 3540589716
ISBN-13: 9783540589716

Extensive studies of high-Tc cuprate superconductors have stimualted investigations into various transition-metal oxides. Mott transitions in particular provide fascinating problems and new concepts in condensed matter physics. This book is a collection of overviews by well-known, active researchers in this field. It deals with the latest developments, with particular emphasis on the theoretical, spectroscopic, and transport aspects.

Authors:Alan Blackwell, Kim Marriott, Atsushi Shimojima,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: inference, representation, diagrammatic
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2004-04-28
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 354021268X
ISBN-13: 9783540212683

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference, Diagrams 2004, held in Cambridge, UK, in March 2004. The 18 revised full papers and 42 revised poster papers presented together with a survey article and the abstracts of 2 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 91 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on fundamental issues, logical aspects of diagrammatic representation and reasoning, computational aspects of diagrammatic representation and reasoning, cognitive aspects of diagrammatic representation and reasoning, v