Special Issue on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields ============================================================= . FOREWORD ........................................................ 683 Yoshifumi AMEMIYA INVITED PAPERS ============== . Biological Effects of ELF Electric Fields --Historical Review on Bioengineering Studies in Japan-- ............................... 684 Goro MATSUMOTO and Koichi SHIMIZU . Researches on Biological and Electromagnetic Environments in RF and Microwave Regions in Japan ...................................... 693 Yoshifumi AMEMIYA . Measurements of Power Frequency Electromagnetic Environments and Consideration into Exposure Evaluation .......................... 699 Katsuo ISAKA, Noriyuki HAYASHI, Masatoshi OKAMOTO and Yoshihide YOKOI . An Experimental SAR Estimation of Human Head Exposure to UHF Near Fields Using Dry-Phantom Models and a Thermograph ............... 708 Toshio NOJIMA, Sadayuki NISHIKI and Takehiko KOBAYASHI PAPERS ====== . Development of a Technique to Evaluate Human Exposure to Ion-Current Fields Using Boundary Element Method --For Environmental Assessment of High Voltage Transmission Lines-- ............................ 714 Masaji YAMASHITA, Koichi SHIMIZU and Goro MATSUMOTO . Fundamental Analysis on Perception Mechanism of ELF Electric Field ........................................................ 719 Hisae ODAGIRI, Koichi SHIMIZU and Goro MATSUMOTO . Frequency Characteristics of Energy Deposition in Human Model Exposed to Near Field of an Electric or a Magnetic Dipole ....... 725 Soichi WATANABE, Masao TAKI and Yoshitsugu KAMIMURA . Computation of SAR Inside Eyeball for 1.5-GHz Microwave Exposure Using Finite-Difference Time-Domain Technique ................... 732 Osamu FUJIWARA and Akira KATO . A Noninvasive Method for Dielectric Property Measurement of Biological Tissues .............................................. 738 Jianqing WANG and Tasuku TAKAGI . Penetration Characteristics of Submillimeter Waves in Tissues and Aqueous Solution of Protein ..................................... 743 Tadashi FUSE, Masao TAKI and Osamu YOKORO . Estimation of Electric Field Intensity in the Fresnel Region of Colinear Array Antennas ......................................... 749 Takehiko KOBAYASHI and Toshio NOJIMA . An Analysis of Dose in Tissue Irradiated by Near Field of a Circular Loop Antenna .................................................... 754 Haruhiro TERADA, Fumio KITAGAWA, Nobuo OKAMOTO, Soichi WATANABE, Masao TAKI and Masao SAITO LETTERS ======= . Effect of 2.45GHz Microwave Irradiation on Monkey Eyes .......... 762 Yoshitsugu KAMIMURA, Ken-ichi SAITO, Toshikazu SAIGA and Yoshifumi AMEMIYA . Electromagnetic Wave Absorption in Multilayered Anisotropic Models of Tissue ....................................................... 766 Masamitsu ASAI, Jiro YAMAKITA, Shinnosuke SAWA and Junya ISHII Regular Section =============== PAPERS ====== [Communication Networks and Services] . Distribution and Customization of Subscriber-Switching Nodes in H0-Based N-ISDN ................................................. 770 Takahiko YAMADA . Signaling Systems for Distributed Micro-Switching Networks in H0-ISDN ......................................................... 781 Takahiko YAMADA [Optical Communication] . Water Sensing Method with OTDR and Optical Sensor for Non-pressurized Optical Fiber Cable System ...................... 794 Seiji TAKASHIMA, Masaaki KAWASE and Shigeru TOMITA [Radio Communication] . Effects of Non-matched Receiver Filters on ƒÎ/4-DQPSK Bit Error Rate in Rayleigh Fading .............................................. 800 Chun Sum NG, Tjeng Thiang TJHUNG and Fumiyuki ADACHI [Antennas and Propagation] . A Yearlong Performance of Satellite Broadcasting Receiving Systems ........................................................ 808 Yuliman PURWANTO, Yasutaka OGAWA, Manabu OHMIYA and Kiyohiko ITOH . Study on Mutual Coupling between Two Ports of Dual Slot-Coupled Circular Microstrip Antennas .................................... 815 Yasushi MURAKAMI, Wataru CHUJO, Isamu CHIBA and Masayuki FUJISE . Radiation Pattern Analysis of a GPS Microstrip Antenna Mounted on the Roof of a Car Model ......................................... 823 Keiichi NATSUHARA, Makoto ANDO, Naohisa GOTO and Goro YOSHIDA [Electronic and Radio Applications] . Automatic Data Processing Procedure for Ground Probing Radar .... 831 Toru SATO, Kenya TAKADA, Toshio WAKAYAMA, Iwane KIMURA, Tomoyuki ABE and Tetsuya SHINBO LETTERS ======= [Radio Communication] . Frequency Re-using Pattern for Forward Link of Orthogonal CDMA Cellular Systems ................................................ 838 Mitsuyoshi SUZUKI and Hideichi SASAOKA [Antennas and Propagation] . Pattern Analysis of a GPS Microstrip Antenna on a Rectangular Ground Plane by Using Modified Edge Representation ..................... 843 Makoto ANDO, Keiichi NATSUHARA, Tsutomu MURASAKI, Masayuki OODO, Yoshio INASAWA and Masahide SATO . Errata(Vol.E77-B, No.3 Paper: M. TAKANO and N. NAGAI) ........... 851 . ABSTRACTS(IEICE Trans., Vol.J77-B-I, J77-B-II, No.6 in Japanese) 847