Contemporary Japanese society has seen the emergence of aesthetically conscious young
men who employ ‘feminine’ aesthetics and strategies as ways of exploring and practising …

The aesthetic is at once... the very secret prototype of human subjectivity in early capitalist
society, and a vision of human energies as radical ends in themselves which is the implacable …

The place Japan occupies between'the West" and" Asia" is a curious one. As a small island-nation
off the eastern shore of continental China, Japan owes much of its cultural heritage to …

This volume is a major reconsideration of Japanese late modernity and national hegemony
which examines the creative and academic works of a number of influential Japanese …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is regarded as a high-grade
malignancy in the current classification of salivary gland neoplasms. The aim of our study …

Objectives/Hypothesis The technique of the ipsilateral full‐thickness forearm skin graft for
covering the defect of radial forearm free flap (RFFF) improves aesthetic impairment at the …

This report focuses on the monitoring of intraoperative and postoperative hemodynamics of
free flaps for repair of head and neck defects by color Doppler sonography (CDS). The study …

After radial forearm flap harvesting, there is some risk for hand circulatory disorders. To
reveal the changes in circulatory dynamics in the hand after harvesting this flap, the authors …

Aims: Androgen receptor (AR) signalling is involved in cancer progression. The expression
of AR has been reported in carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (CXPA) of salivary gland, …

Objective: This study was undertaken to assess the prognostic factors for the management
of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the maxillary sinus, who received preoperative …