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This volume of the Keio University International Symposia for Life
Sciences and Medicine contains the proceedings of the 13th
symposium held under the sponsorship of the Keio University Medical
Science Fund. The fund was est- lished by the generous donation of
the late Dr. Mitsunada Sakaguchi. The Keio University International
Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine constitute one of the core
activities sponsored by the fund,of which the objective is to
contribute to the international community by developing human
resources, promoting scienti?c knowledge, and encouraging mutual
exchange. Each year, the Committee of the International Symposia
for Life Sciences and Medicine selects the most signi?cant
symposium topics from applications received from the Keio medical
community. The publication of the proce- ings is intended to
publicize and distribute the information arising from the lively
discussions of the most exciting and current issues presented
during the symposium. On behalf of the Committee, I am most
grateful to the late Dr. Sakaguchi, who made the series of symposia
possible. We are also grateful to the prominent speakers for their
contribution to this volume. In addition, we would like to
acknowledge the ef?cient organizational work performed by the
members of the program committee and the staff of the fund. Naoki
Aikawa, M. D. , D. M. Sc. , F. A. C. S.
We all know that networks are fundamental prerequisites for
prosperity and production. Transportation and communication are
indispensible to society, they are the elements which bind all
economic systems together. Without networks and communica tion all
social and economic life will be reduced to isolated phenomena.
Therefore, transportation can't be assessed in the same way as
other services. A smoothly functioning system of communications is
also a prerequistite for social and economic integration between
separate geographical regions. The modernization of the
infrastructure is therefore an urgent task and a precondition for
carrying out the whole of Europe's ambitious political, economic
and social agenda. Since the need for communication and
transportation does not know any national borders, the functioning
of the networks needs to be adopted to this new economic and
political geography. Congestions of cities, highways, railroads,
airways and tele communications must be tackled, if precious
working, commuting and leisure time is not to be wasted and heavy
burdens on the environment avoided. European traffic, is for
example, expected to double within the next twenty years. In
certain transport modes the growth is expected to be even faster -
air passenger transport doubled in 10 years and goods transport on
roads doubled in 15 years."
This volume of the Keio University International Symposia for Life
Sciences and Medicine contains the proceedings of the 13th
symposium held under the sponsorship of the Keio University Medical
Science Fund. The fund was est- lished by the generous donation of
the late Dr. Mitsunada Sakaguchi. The Keio University International
Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine constitute one of the core
activities sponsored by the fund,of which the objective is to
contribute to the international community by developing human
resources, promoting scienti?c knowledge, and encouraging mutual
exchange. Each year, the Committee of the International Symposia
for Life Sciences and Medicine selects the most signi?cant
symposium topics from applications received from the Keio medical
community. The publication of the proce- ings is intended to
publicize and distribute the information arising from the lively
discussions of the most exciting and current issues presented
during the symposium. On behalf of the Committee, I am most
grateful to the late Dr. Sakaguchi, who made the series of symposia
possible. We are also grateful to the prominent speakers for their
contribution to this volume. In addition, we would like to
acknowledge the ef?cient organizational work performed by the
members of the program committee and the staff of the fund. Naoki
Aikawa, M. D. , D. M. Sc. , F. A. C. S.
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