This Volume is the Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Mesoscopic Dynamics of Fracture Process and Materials Strength, held at Osaka in 2003. It contains 41 papers by acknowledged experts covering i
A courtesan's day in the carefree atmosphere of the famous pleasure quarter the Yoshiwara in Edo (present-day Tokyo) was carefully planned to an hourly schedule. This sequence of 12 and later 24 hours
