“matsuura”

Things really heat up when Minako and her girlfriends put their bikinis on and head to the beach to cool off. Ginji, spending the summer selling ice cream, fishing, and playing matchmaker for his human friends, is shocked to discover he's just fathered an egg. Although he claims innocence because he... More

Government agencies in Japan are often faced with public oppositions to their infrastructure building proposals. Can consensus building processes, as practiced in the US, be used to resolve such disputes in Japan? Scholars and practitioners in the field of negotiation and dispute resolution, as well... More

Series Description: Life is good for Gingi. He's about to become a pro boxer and he's in love with gorgeous Minako. Unfortunately he's killed in what seems to be an accident -- but not quite. He's trapped in the space between life and death, where he meets a strange angel monk spirit who tells him h... More

Ginji Kusanagi mysteriously reappears and goes out on a date with Minako...but how can that be...? Ginji is still Gin-chan the penguin! Things get really suspicious when the "imposter Ginji" starts acting like a jerk to Minako. What's going on here? Will Minako ever forgive "the real" Ginji? What's ... More

What's going on?! Gin-chan's hooked up with a super hot bikini-clad weather announcer. He's even been given the key to her apartment! Gin was reincarnated as a penguin so that he could stay close to Minako, but has he given her up for the sexy weather girl on TV?What's going on? Gin-chan's hooked u... More

In the dramatic conclusion to Tuxedo Gin, the romantic comedy takes a serious turn! But first heaven does its millennial spring cleaning, disrupting the supernatural process that traps Ginji's soul inside the body of a penguin. Just when Minako begins to figure out her pet's true identity, the man w... More

Gin-chan, reincarnated into a penguin, plays cupid for a couple of kids in puppy love. Then, Gin-chan learns more about himself and his own predicament when he meets a kindred spirit in an osprey, who has also been reincarnated from a human. Illustrations.- A 15-volume manga series - over 1.1 millio... More

The emerging commercial application of nanotechnology involves devices, processes, and materials that are manipulated at the atomic and molecular level. This first-of-its-kind resource identifies and describes the legal and policy initiatives aimed at encouraging or restricting nanotech research and... More

Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson had the most substantial direct experience with the issues surrounding intellectual property rights and their impact on creativity, invention, and innovation. In our own digital age, in which IP has again become the object of intense debate, his voice re... More

Synthetic Membranes and Membrane Separation Processes addresses both fundamental and practical aspects of the subject. Topics discussed in the book cover major industrial membrane separation processes, including reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, membrane gas and vapor separation, an... More