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The most complete autobiography of Yoshida Shigeru available in
English, this expanded translation of his memoirs traces the
remarkable life and times of one of Japan's most powerful and
influential figures. Yoshida (1878-1967), who served in China and
Europe as a career diplomat, closely linked with the key political
leaders who shaped the world in Japan's most tumultuous years in
the first half of the twentieth century. He returned to politics to
rebuild Japan as a five-time prime minister after the devastation
of World War II. Yoshida retired from the Japanese Foreign Ministry
in 1939 with the intention of leading a quiet life. Yet he knew the
winds of war were stirring and presciently began behind-the-scenes
maneuvering to avoid the calamitous Pacific War. Soon after Japan's
defeat, Yoshida amassed the political power to form his own
cabinet. Sandwiched between Japan's interests and major reforms
advanced by MacArthur's occupation forces, Yoshida boldly pushed
through many essential reforms, laying the foundation for his
country's reentry into the global community. Richly laced with
historical detail, this book will be essential reading for anyone
interested in twentieth-century Japan. Exploring Yoshida's and
Japan's linked histories, the book traces Yoshida's lengthy tenure
in China, his travel abroad as a member of Japan's mission to
conclude World War I, the interwar years spent as a high-ranking
diplomat in Europe, his role in the days leading up to the Pearl
Harbor attack, his view on the loss of war, his insights into
MacArthur's character, Japan's postwar economic woes, the new
constitution, the threat of communism, the imperial system, and the
San Francisco Peace Conference in 1958 that guaranteed Japan's
sovereignty.
Acoustic Emission (AE) technique is considered as a Non-Destructive
Testing (NDT) method used in monitoring and in the inspection of
structural flaws. The AE signal is the generation of the rapid
release of strain energy that usually occurs within the material
during crack propagation or burst of gas leakage. One of the
applications of this method is to monitor possible flaws that might
take place specifically in pipeline installations. This could also
be used to locate the leak source and effectively characterize the
development of defects such as deformation, corrosion, cracks, etc.
Thus, the acoustic emission signal is used to analyze the
attenuation of elastic waves derived from the pipeline leak because
according to study the AE amplitude is proportional to the leak
energy. From among the leak detection methods, the AE technique can
observe defect in real time situation and it is very sensitive to
any form of flaws. Finally, its application is considered as an
efficient and cost-effective testing process among other relevant
methods.
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