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The Unlikely Detective
H. A. Bryant thrills again in Number 5 in the Matt Kelly series. A Tokyo psychiatrist is the victim of a hit-and-run outside his office, and suspicion immediately falls on one of his patients, whom Hisashi Kimura must defend. The case takes a dangerous turn when evidence surfaces, connecting the deceased doctor to a top-secret government mind-control project. A young man, the ideal subject for such manipulation, is programmed to assassinate the leading candidate for Japan's prime minister. As the assassin closes in, other government agencies uncover the rogue program. Hisashi's client, the accused killer, appears to hold the key to unraveling the conspiracy. But the assassin is programmed to eliminate any threat to himself or the project—a directive that includes Hisashi and his wife, Megumi.
Glissonean Pedicles Approach in Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery
Aim of this book is to present the main minimally invasive approaches to the Glissonean pedicles. This kind of technique for hepatectomy has been gaining interest in recent years and may represent the ideal method to achieve anatomical liver resections. Currently the most performed procedure for liver surgery is still the classic intrafascial approach in which, after entering the Glissonean sheath, the portal triad elements are singularly dissected and isolated. However, this is a quite challenging technique to pursue in a minimally invasive setting. Nowadays the laparoscopic and robotic approach for liver resections are increasing worldwide and the intra or extra hepatic Glissonean approach...
The Toho Studios Story
Since its inception in 1933, Toho Co., Ltd., Japan's most famous movie production company and distributor, has produced and/or distributed some of the most notable films ever to come out of Asia, including Seven Samurai, Godzilla, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Kwaidan, Woman in the Dunes, Ran, Shall We Dance?, Ringu, and Spirited Away. While the western world often defines Toho by its iconic classics, which include the Godzilla franchise and many of the greatest films of the legendary director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune, these pictures represent but a tiny fraction of Toho's rich history. The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography provides a complete picture o...
Operative Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery
This is a new reference edited by two leading authorities in the field of minimally invasive surgery that differentiates itself from other similar titles by providing a stronger emphasis on incorporating newer technologies. The book discussed the incorporation of flexible endoscopy into surgical practice, harvesting the expertise of gastroenterologists and surgical endoscopists. It also discusses minimally invasive operative procedures such as laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy.
Artificial Intelligence in Cultural Production
This book offers an in-depth academic discourse on the convergence of AI, digital platforms, and popular culture, in order to understand the ways in which the platform and cultural industries have reshaped and developed AI-driven algorithmic cultural production and consumption. At a time of fundamental change for the media and cultural industries, driven by the emergence of big data, algorithms, and AI, the book examines how media ecology and popular culture are evolving to serve the needs of both media and cultural industries and consumers. The analysis documents global governments’ rapid development of AI-relevant policies and identifies key policy issues; examines the ways in which cult...
Wally Yonamine
Wally Yonamine was both the first Japanese American to play for an NFL franchise and the first American to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II. This is the unlikely story of how a shy young man from the sugar plantations of Maui overcame prejudice to integrate two professional sports in two countries. In 1951 the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants chose Yonamine as the first American to play in Japan during the Allied occupation. He entered Japanese baseball when mistrust of Americans was high and higher still for Japanese Americans whose parents had left the country a generation earlier. Without speaking the language, he helped introduce a hustling style of base running, shaking up the game for both Japanese players and fans. Along the way, Yonamine endured insults, dodged rocks thrown by fans, initiated riots, and was threatened by yakuza (the Japanese mafia). He also won batting titles, was named the 1957 MVP, coached and managed for twenty-five years, and was honored by the emperor of Japan. Overcoming bigotry and hardship on and off the field, Yonamine became a true national hero and a member of Japan s Baseball Hall of Fame.
The SAGES Manual of Contemporary Indications and Management of Hepatic and Biliary Diseases
Diseases of the liver and biliary tree vary from common disorders, such as benign liver lesions, to complex diseases requiring highly specialized surgeries. Liver surgery has evolved significantly over the last two decades, with dramatic decreases in perioperative morbidity and mortality. Simultaneously, improvements in imaging and systemic therapy and techniques to induce liver hypertrophy have changed the multidisciplinary management of liver diseases, allowing surgery to be applied in an ever-increasing portion of patients with diseases of the liver and the biliary tree. Finally, the addition of minimally invasive surgery continues to change the field, with continued movement towards bett...
The Apprentice
The Apprentice by Lewis Libby takes place in a remote mountain inn in northernmost Japan, where a raging blizzard has brought together wayfarers who share only fear and suspicion of one another. It is the winter of 1903, the country is beset with smallpox and war is brewing with Russia. In the flickering shadows of the crowded room, the apprentice, charged with running the inn during the owner's absence, finds himself strongly attracted to one of the performers lodged there. His involvement with the mysterious travelers plunges him headlong into murder, passion and heart-stopping chases through the snow.
