作者: Masayoshi Yamaguchi

This book, which is entitled as Renal Failure: Diagnosis, Management and Potential Complications, introduces the advanced topics regarding renal failure including manifold findings of physiologic, pa …

This book introduces recent topics regarding carcinogenesis, including manifold findings of cell proliferation biology, abnormal cell division, pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment im …

Cyclic AMP was a major molecule of interest, which played an important role as second messenger, contributing to signal transduction in the regulation of cellular function by peptide hormones. Afterw …

Aging induces a decrease in bone mass, and osteoporosis with its accompanying decrease in bone mass is widely recognized as a major public heath problem. Bone loss with increasing age may be due to d …

Osteocalcin is a hydroxyapatite-binding protein, which is present in bone as the most abundant noncollagenous protein. Osteocalcin is exclusively synthesized by osteoblasts. In recent years, osteocal …

Adiponectin has recently emerged as an anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic, and insulin-sensitizing factor providing possible link between white adipose tissue and cardiovascular disease. Adiponectin …

Zinc is one of the most abundant transition metals in the human body, and it has various benefits as an essential trace element in the regulation of the living body. Nutritional deficiency of zinc is …

Signal transduction plays a pivotal role in cellular regulation. The second messenger is generated in cells once the first messenger binds to the receptors of plasma membranes. The second messenger, …

Regucalcin is a protein which is highly differentiated due to increased conservation of the regucalcin genes throughout evolution in vertebrates. Regucalcin plays a multifunctional role in cellular r …

Signal transduction plays a pivotal role in cell regulation. Hormones, cytokines and neurotransmitters bind to their specific receptors in the plasma membranes of cells. The receptors of many hormone …

Carotenoids are the most widespread pigments in nature. One or more carotenoids in combination give rise to colors ranging from yellow to red in birds, fishes, crustaceans, microorganisms, fruits and …

Bone is a dynamic tissue that undergoes continual adaptation during vertebrate life to preserve skeletal size, shape, and structural integrity and to regulate mineral homeostasis. Bone mass is skillf …

The calcium metabolism in the living body is skillfully regulated through calcium-regulating hormones, including the parathyroid hormone, active vitamin D3 metabolite and calcitonin. The blood calciu …

Soybeans are greatly used in many foods, such as tofu, soy milk and yogurt, and it plays an important role as a functional food in the health and prevention of various diseases. Soybeans contain rich …

Bone is a dynamic tissue that undergoes continual adaptations during a vertebrate’s lifespan to attain and preserve skeletal size, shape, and structural integrity, and plays a pivotal role in regulat …

This book, which is entitled "Regucalcin: Metabolic Regulation and Disease", introduces the recent topics regarding the involvement of regucalcin in metabolic regulation and its related dis …

This book adheres to strict scientific principles and is designed to explore the whole aspect of gallstone disease from the micro world of genetic profiles, basic metabolisms of bile lipids in choles …

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative genetic disorder characterized by motor dysfunctions, cognitive decline, and psychiatric symptoms. In this book, the authors discuss the …

In the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, Congress authorized the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to request that a federal judge reduce an inmate’s sentence for "extraordinary and c …

The body of pre-1972 sound recordings is vast. Commercially released "popular" recordings come most readily to mind – from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald to the Beatles and the Rolling S …

With the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), many observers are making a fresh assessment of where America’s homeland security enterprise stands today …

This book’s aim is to advance understanding and to promote accessibility and inclusion of people with disabilities in foreign assistance programs funded by the United States. This book reviews U.S. f …

Voting is fundamental to our democracy and federal law generally requires polling places to be accessible to all eligible voters, including those with disabilities and the elderly. However, during th …

Cardiovascular Medicine as a specialty is inundated with clinical trials for practice of evidence-based medicine. However, there is a definite gap in resources available to reference the myriad of cl …

Titanium and its alloys are one of the important engineering materials that are becoming increasingly popular for aerospace and biomedical applications due to their wide range of desirable properties …

The primary aim of this book is to examine the role of social workers in schools with respect to fostering children’s rights and creating better outcomes for children and young people in seven select …

The aim of this volume is to gather and synthesize the research conducted on the biology (early life history stages, age and growth, maturation and fecundity), ecology (distribution, migrations, diet …

As with the previous volume, the aim of this book is to gather and synthesize the research conducted on the biology (early life history stages, age and growth, maturation and fecundity), ecology (dis …

Weeds are problematic both in agricultural and nonagricultural areas so that they potentially cause economic losses. Weed interference in crops also date back to the beginning of agriculture and they …

Tuberculosis (TB), causing nine million active disease cases and 1.5 million deaths every year, is a formidable public health challenge, particularly in poor and developing countries around the world …

This book is one of the first to explore contemporary welfare developments in the western world through a conceptual lens that is utilised by Michel Foucault and Foucault-inspired scholars. In the cu …

Adenocarcinoma is the predominant malignancy found in the colon and rectum. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the developed world with a high incidence of mortality and m …