Author: Osamu Kitani
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: handbook, biomass
Number of Pages: 964
Published: 1989-01-01
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 2881242693
ISBN-13: 9782881242694

Biomass Handbook provides comprehensive knowledge of biomass and related systems. While current biomass publications focus on energy technology, this handbook spans broad areas of research in this field. Covering production, conversion and utilization of biomass as renewable resources, each section was prepared by a leading researcher and specialist in the field. Included are all phases of biomass technology for food, feed, fiber, fuel, feedstock, fertilizer and fine chemicals.

Author: Osamu Wada
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: series, engineering, computer, science, international, springer, integration, physics, technology, applications, optoelectronic
Number of Pages: 476
Published: 1994-05-31
List price: $299.00
ISBN-10: 0792394534
ISBN-13: 9780792394532

Author: Osamu Dazai
Publisher: New Directions
Keywords: human, longer
Number of Pages: 177
Published: 1973-01-17
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0811204812
ISBN-13: 9780811204811

Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: kirihito, ode
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 2006-10-24
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1932234640
ISBN-13: 9781932234640

It may or may not be contagious. There seems to be no cure for it. Yet, Monmow Disease, a life-threatening condition that transforms a person into a dog-like beast, is not the only villain in this shocking triumph of a medical thriller by manga-god Osamu Tezuka. Said to have been the personal favorite of the artist, who held a degree in medicine, and surprisingly attentive to Christian themes and imagery, Ode to Kirihito demolishes naive notions about human nature and health and likely preconceptions about the comics master himself.From pregnant vistas of the Japanese countryside to closed roo

Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: vol, jack, black
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2009-07-28
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1934287563
ISBN-13: 9781934287569

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community’s hypocrisy and corruption. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations.Black Jack charges exorbitant fees for his services, the proceeds from which he uses to fund environmental projects and to aid victims of crime and corrupt capita

Authors:Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno,
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: japanese, culture, contemporary, understanding, mind
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2002-03-15
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0804832951
ISBN-13: 9780804832953

In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others? benevolence), amakudari (the nation?s descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverence), giri (social obligation), haragei (literally, "belly art"; implicit, unspoken communication), kenkyo (the appearance of modesty), sempai-kohai (seniority), wabi-sabi (simplicit

Authors:Osamu Watanabe, Takashi Yokomori,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: notes, lecture, proceedings, computer, science, intelligence, artificial, december, japan, theory, learning, international, conference, tokyo, alt, algorithmic
Number of Pages: 363
Published: 2000-01-07
List price: $77.95
ISBN-10: 3540667482
ISBN-13: 9783540667483

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, ALT’99, held in Tokyo, Japan, in December 1999. The 26 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 51 submissions. Also included are three invited papers. The papers are organized in sections on Learning Dimension, Inductive Inference, Inductive Logic Programming, PAC Learning, Mathematical Tools for Learning, Learning Recursive Functions, Query Learning and On-Line Learning.