Volume 26, No. 8CONTENTS

Guest Comment

• Redundancy in Education….K. Shinagawa

Reviews

• Design of a Switched Reluctance Drive and Its Application….A. Chiba
• Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Metal-Nonmetal Nanogranular Films….M. Ohnuma and K. Hono
• Control of a Crystallographic Domain by Means of Magnetic Field and Magnetostriction in Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys….T. Fukuda, T. Kakeshita, T. Takeuchi, and K. Kishio

Topics

• Biologically-Derived Nanomagnets for Ultrahigh Density Magnetic Recording….E. Mayes

Lecture

• Effect of Electromagnetic Field on Human Body….H. Matsuki

Contributed Paper

• GMR Enhancement of Spin Valves in CCP Geometry….H. Yuasa, H. Fukuzawa, H. Iwasaki, M. Yoshikawa, K. Koi, M. Takagi, and M. Sahashi

Notice Board

• Conference Calendar
• Book Review
• Symposium & Technical Meeting Report
• Contributing Membership

Recruitment ・ Sponsorship ・ Invitation and Award

• Nominees ・ Miscellaneous Information

Magnetics Society of Japan

• President:Shogo Ueno
• Vice President:Yoshimasa Miura, Hidenori Miyajima
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• Director, Treasurer:Isamu Sato, Kiminari Shinagawa
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• Director, Editing:Kazuhiko Yamada, Migaku Takahashi
• Auditor:Masahiko Kaneko, Kohki Noda