Acknowledgements

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those, both institutions and individuals, without whose help this conference would not have been possible. We are most grateful to the following institutions for their generous financial support:

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation,
The Biwako Visitors' Bureau, and
Shiga University of Medical Science

We also wish to thank the members of the SUMS staff, and the student volunteers, all of whom have helped so much.