Introduction: After Independence, the managers of the Indian economy took very cautious steps. They found the world sharply divided into two blocs: the one led by the capitalist economies (the US in particular) and other led by the communist economies, primarily the then USSR. There was a cold war between these two blocs. Lessdeveloped economies had no option than to join either of the two and ...

The 2007 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP2007), the 12th ISAP, sponsored by the Communication Society of the IEICE and held at the Niigata Convention Center “TOKI MESSE” in Niigata, Japan, on August 20 through 24, 2007 was a great success. This symposium provided an international forum for attendees to present and discuss the progress of research and development in ante...

The International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP) in its series has become one of the most important events in the areas of antennas, wave propagation, and electromagnetic theory, being widely considered as the representative conference in Asia Pacific region in parallel with the IEEE APS International Symposium in USA and also the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (E...

In this study, the modified rice bran was tested to remove Pb(II) from water. Batch experiments were carried out to evaluate the adsorption characteristics of the modified rice bran for Pb(II) removal from aqueous solutions. The adsorption isotherms, thermodynamic parameters, kinetics, pH effect, and desorbability were examined. The results show that the maximum adsorption capacity of the modif...

The objective of this study has been to evaluate the stability of alpha-, (gamma+beta)-, and delta-tocopherols in rice bran oil chemically refined submitted to heating in a heater without air circulation and shielded from light, at temperatures of 100 degrees C and 180 degrees C. The collection of samples took place after 48, 96, 144, 192, 240, 336, and 432 h of heating and were stored in amber...

The IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) Transactions on Electronics announces a forthcoming special section on Recent Progress in Electromagnetic Theory and Its Application to be published in January 2018. The purpose of this special section is to present a collection of original papers that give an overview of recent progress of research and development in...

I knew that a large proportion of what we write is not read by anyone, except those we force to read it. Although it is a little bit painful to know that only a few people is reading this section:-), as a new Editor-in-Chief I have to mention that our IEICE Transactions of Communications are entering a new era based on changes successfully begun by previous editorial team. The team started IEIC...