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• Incorporation of Capillary-Like Structures into Dermal Cell Sheets Constructed by Magnetic Force-Based Tissue Engineering
  Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 51-58
  Kosuke Ino, Akira Ito, Hirohito Kumazawa, Hideaki Kagami, Minoru Ueda and Hiroyuki Honda
  (Nagoya University, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Kyushu University)
• Water Quality Control for Intensive Shrimp Culture Ponds in Developing Countries Using Ammonia-Nitrogen Uptake by Seaweed
  Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 454-462
  Ryuichi Egashira and Kosuke Sato
  (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
• Numerical Analysis of the Mixing Process for a Heterogeneously Viscous System with High Concentration Slurry Liquids in a Stirred Vessel
  Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 645-651
  Meguru Kaminoyama, Kazuhiko Nishi, Ryuta Misumi, Tomoyuki Inoue and Hiroshi Takeda
  (Yokohama National University and Rflow Co., Ltd.)
• Production of Fuel Gas through the Hydrothermal Gasification of Wastewater Using Highly Active Carbon-Base Catalyst
  Vol. 40, No. 13, pp. 1210-1215
  Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Akio Namba, Atul Sharma and Kouichi Miura
  (Kyoto University and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

• Preparation and Gas Permeation Properties of Composite Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes Derived from Polyimides with Thermally Decomposable Sulfonic Acid Salt and/or Hexafluoroisopropylidene Group
  Vol. 39, No.2, pp.131-136
  Md. Nurul Islam, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Hidetoshi Kita and Ken-ichi Okamoto
  (Yamaguchi University)
• Application of Association Model for Solubilities of Alkali Metal Chloride in Water Vapor at High Temperatures and Pressures
  Vol. 39, No.10, pp. 1029-1034
  Hidenori Higashi, Yoshio Iwai, Yoshiaki Kitani, Kota Matsumoto, Yusuke Shimoyama and Yasuhiko Arai
  (Kanazawa University and Kyushu University)
• Epitope Screening by Use of a Random Peptide-Displayed Phage Library and Polyclonal Antibody-Coupled Liposomes
  Vol. 39, No.11, pp. 1195-1199
  Yoichi Kumada, Masao Nogami, Fida Hasan, Masaaki Terashima and Shigeo Katoh
  (Okayama University, Kobe University and Kobe College)
• Crystallization of Ergosterol from Hexane Solution by a Continuous Column Crystallizer Equipped with a Water Feeding System
  Vol. 39, No.11, pp. 1200-1205
  Hideo Kawachi and Hiroshi Ooshima
  (Osaka City University)
• Numerical Investigation of Local Oxygen Injection Effect on Argon Induction Plasmas Using a Chemically Non-Equilibrium Model
  Vol. 39, No.12, pp. 1255-1264
  Masaya Shigeta, Nobuhiko Atsuchi and Takayuki Watanabe
  (Tohoku University and Tokyo Institute of Technology)

• Properties of Filter Cake Formed in Dead-End Microfiltration of Colloidal Particles Suspended in Aqueous Organic Solvents
  Vol. 38, No.4, pp.271-277
  Eiji Iritani, Yasuhito Mukai, Munetaka Kamiya and Nobuyuki Katagiri
  (Nagoya University)
• Extension of the Database Modeling to Multiple-Order Dynamic Systems
  Vol. 38, No.4, pp. 289-294
  Yoshifumi Tsuge, Toshiharu Morishita, Kazuhiro Takeda and Hisayoshi Matsuyama
  (Kyushu University)
• A Molecular Simulation Study on Adsorption of Acetone/Water in Mesoporous Silicas Modified by Pore Surface Silylation
  Vol. 38, No.12, pp. 999-1007
  Shin-ichi Furukawa, Toshihiro Nishiumi, Naoki Aoyama, Tomoshige Nitta and Masayoshi Nakano
  (Osaka University)
• Calibration, Prediction and Process Monitoring Model Based on Factor Analysis for Incomplete Process Data
  Vol. 38, No.12, pp. 1025-1034
  Dong Soon Kim, Chang Kyoo Yoo, Young Il Kim, Jae Hak Jung and In-Beum Lee (Kyushu University)

• Kinetics of Water-Gas Shift Reaction in Supercritical Water
  Vol.37, No.3, pp. 443-448
  Kenichi Araki, Hideo Fujiwara, Kazuko Sugimoto, Yoshito Oshima and Seiichiro Koda
  (The University of Tokyo and Sophia University)
• Performance Characteristics of a Stirred-Tank Rector with a Mechanical Foam-Breaker Utilizing Shear Force
  Vol.37, No.12, pp. 1488-1496
  Satoshi Takesono, Masayuki Onodera, Masanori Yoshida, Kazuaki Yamagiwa and Akira
  (Niigata Institute of Technology and Niigata University)

• Partially Carbonized Polyimide Membranes with High Permeability for Air Separation
  Vol.36, No.5,pp.603-608
  Norikazu Nishiyama, Wataru Momose, Yasuyuki Egashira and Korekazu Ueyama
  (Osaka University)
• Fabrication of Protein Microarrays for Immunoassay Using the Electrospray Deposition (ESD) Method
  Vol.36, No.11,pp.1370-1375
  Bumhwan Lee, Joonwan Kim, Kazuhisa Ishimoto, Yutaka Yamagata, Akihiko Tanioka and Teruyuki Nagamune
  (The University of Tokyo,The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research,Tokyo Institute of Technology)
• On-line Batch Process Monitoring Using Different Unfolding Method and Independent Component Analysis
  Vol.36, No.11,pp.1384-1396
  Jong-Min Lee, Changkyoo Yoo and In-Beum Lee
  (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
• Preparation of Microporous Polypropylene Membrane via Thermally Induced Phase Separation as Support of Liquid Membranes Used for Metal Ion Recovery
  Vol.36, No.11,pp.1397-1404
  Sheng Sheng Fu, Hideto Matsuyama, Masaaki Teramoto and Douglas R. Lloyd
  (Kyoto Institute of Technology,University of Texas at Austin)

• Simulation of a Palladium Membrane Reactor for Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene
  Vol.35, No.3,pp.263-273
  Suttichai Assabumrungrat, Kobkan Suksomboon, Piyasan Praserthdam, Tomohiko Tagawa and Shigeo Goto
  (Chulalongkorn University,Nagoya University)
• Brownian Dynamics Simulation Study of Self-Diffusion of a Charged Particle in Swollen Counter-Charged Hydrogel Modeled as Cubic Lattice
  Vol.35, No.7,pp.640-648
  Tatsuhiko Miyata, Akira Endo, Takao Ohmori, Masaru Nakaiwa, Mariko Kendo, Ken-ichi Kurumada and Masataka Tanigaki
  (National Institute of Advansed Industrial Science and Technology,Kyoto University)
• Theoretical Analysis of Bubble Formation in a Co-Flowing Liquid
  Vol.35, No.10,pp.952-962
  W. B. Chen and Reginald B. H. Tan
  (National University of Singapore)

• Preparation of Tumor-Specific Magnetoliposomes and Their Application for Hyperthermia
  Vol.34, No.1,pp.66-72
  Biao Le, Masashige Shinkai, Tamotsu Kitade, Hiroyuki Honda, Jun Yoshida, Toshihiko Wakabayashi and Takeshi Kobayashi
  (Nagoya University)
• Scheduling of Refinery Processes with Optimal Control Approach
  Vol.34, No.3,pp.411-422
  Hyungjin Park, Jin-Kwang Bok and Sunwon Park
  (KAIST)
• Hydrothermal Stability and Performance of Silica-Zirconia Membranes for Hydrogen Separation in Hydrothermal Conditions
  Vol.34, No.4,pp.523-530
  Kazuhiro Yoshida, Yoshio Hirano, Hironori Fujii, Toshinori Tsuru and Masashi Asaeda
  (The Chugoku Electric Power, The Chuden Kankyo Technos, Hiroshima University)
• Isolation, Characterization and Application to Off-Gas Treatment of Toluene-Degrading Bacteria
  Vol.34, No.9,pp.1120-1126
  Katsutoshi Hori, Shigeki Yamashita, Shun'ichi Ishii, Masami Kitagawa, Yasunori Tanji and Hajime Unno
  (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ebara Co., Ltd.)

• Modeling of Effects of Volatile Matter Cloud on Heterogeneous Ignition of Single Coal Particles
  Vol.33, No.1,pp.49-56
  Hassan Katalambula, Jun-ichiro Hayashi, Kunihiro Kitano and Tadatoshi Chiba
  (Hokkaido University and Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute)
• On-Line Optimal Control Strategy for a Consecutive Reaction System
  Vol.33, No.3,pp.449-455
  Jun Morimoto, Yoshiyuki Yamashita and Mutsumi Suzuki
  (Tohoku University)
• Discrepancy in Cake Characteristic Measurement: Compression-Permeability Cell
  Vol.33, No.6,pp.869-878
  Rome Ming Wu, Duu Jong Lee, Chi Hwa Wang, Jing Zhao and Reginald Beng Hee Tan
  (National Taiwan University and National University of Singapore)