… It is in this spirit that I welcome the writing of this book by Professor Hiromi Yamakawa. He
has made many contributions to the theory of polymer solutions, and writes from the balanced …

Skeletal muscle comprises 30–40% of the weight of a healthy human body and is required
for voluntary movements in humans. Mature skeletal muscle is formed by multinuclear cells, …

Heart disease remains a major cause of death despite advances in medical technology.
Heart-regenerative therapy that uses pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) is a potentially promising …

The objectives of the DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (DECIGO)
are to open a new window of observation for gravitational wave astronomy and to obtain …

Thyroid hormones (THs) are synthesized in the thyroid gland, and they circulate in the blood
to regulate cells, tissues, and organs in the body. In particular, they exert several effects on …

The prognosis of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) has improved significantly
in recent years, but interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with connective tissue disease (…

… The results derived until the late 1960s are summarized in Yamakawa’s 1971 book [2]
along with a comparison with experimental data. In the meantime, on the other hand, an …

… and 2 are available from H. Yamakawa on request. The leading term AXL 1 2 on the right of
… projection h on the chain axis are given in the third column, and the corresponding values of …

Neuronal activity causes the rapid expression of immediate early genes that are crucial for
experience-driven changes to synapses, learning, and memory. Here, using both molecular …

… We define the scalar product (g*, h) of any two functions g and h with weighting function
Po, … )/P(oo) with P( 00) =5.11 (the Kirkwood-Riseman value) are plotted against log h for the …