I Star Forming Processes in the Solar Neighborhood.- I-a Star Formation in Dark Clouds.- Star Formation: From OB Associations to Protostars.- IRAS and Star Formation in Dark Clouds.- Dense Cores and Young Stars in Dark Clouds.- Repeated Multiple-Frequency VLA Surveys of the ? Ophiuchi Cloud.- Magnetic Field Structure in Dark Clouds.- Observation of the Large Scale Structures of Dark Clouds.- Measurement of Magnetic-Field Strengths in Molecular Clouds: Detection of OH Line Zeeman Splitting.- A Historical Review of Star Formation: Observation and Theory.- A Study of Interstellar Ultraviolet Extinction in OB Associations and Star-Forming Regions.- Detection of T-Tauri Star Candidates in the Canis Major Star-Forming Region and its Implications.- Stellar Kinematics in Star-Forming Regions.- A Survey of the M17SW Giant Molecular Cloud for H-alpha Emission Stars.- Evidence of Collective Formation of Low Mass Stars in the Dark Cloud Kh141.- A Southern Hemisphere Ammonia Survey.- 21 cm Line Study of Large Scale Density Fluctuations in the Taurus Molecular Complex.- Star Formation in Taurus, the IRAS View.- T-Tauri Stars in Taurus: Infrared Analysis of the IRAS Sample.- 13 CO (J = 1?0) Observations of the Filaments in the ? Oph Dark Cloud.- Solar System Size Proto-Stellar Sources Embedded in the ? Oph Dark Cloud.- Infrared CO Emission from WL16.- CO, 13CO, and HCN (J = 1?0) Observations of L1204 (S140).- CO Observations of B361 and its Environment.- Cyanoacetylene Observations of B335.- CO Observations of a Cometary Globule in IC1396.- CO Observations of Draco Clouds, Unusual High Latitude Clouds.- A New Molecular Core in L1641.- An Optical Polarization Study of the Bok Globule B361.- The Lynds 204 Complex: Magnetic Field Controlled Evolution?.- The Magnetic Field Structure of the CMa R1 Star Formation Region.- Comparison of CO and IR Emission of IRAS Unidentified Sources.- Temperature Fluctuations and Evolution of Dust Grains in Dense Interstellar Clouds.- Dynamic Structure of the Horsehead Nebula.- Laboratory Microwave Spectroscopy of Interstellar Molecules.- I-b Regions of Massive Star Formation.- Recent Ideas on the Formation of Massive Stars in our Galaxy.- The Orion Nebula and the Sun as Probes of Galactic Chemical Evolution.- The Orion Star-Forming Complex.- Fluorescent Line Emission of Molecular Hydrogen.- Induced Star Formation in M17: High Resolution NH3 and IR Observations.- The Most Luminous Star Formation Regions in the Galaxy.- Massive Star Formation in W49.- 12C18O in OMC-1: Kinematics, Molecular Column Density, and Kinetic Temperature Distribution.- Images of Star Forming Regions in CO and H2.- Relation Between Physical Environment and its Chemistry in Orion KL.- 13CO (J= 1?0) Observations of the Orion Molecular Cloud.- The Shocked Molecular Gas in the Orion Bright Bar.- The Submillimetre Wavelength Spectrum of Orion A.- Two Dimensional Models for the Orion Nebula and M17.- A Submillimetre CO J = 3?2 Study of M17: The Interaction of an Ionization Front and a Molecular Cloud.- Molecular Line Observations in Sgr B2.- The Sgr B2 Region Seen at 43 GHZ.- Masers in SGR B2: Sites of Star-Forming Regions.- Clumpy Structure in the W3 Molecular Core.- Millimeter-Wave Mapping of the W3 Core Region at 4 and 6.5 mm.- The Structure of the W49A Molecular Cloud Complex: Burst of Star Formation in the 105 M? Core.- Characteristics of H2CO Towards Star-Forming Regions.- CO J = 3-2 and 4-3 Observations of Molecular Clouds.- Sub-Millimeter Spectral Line Observations in Very Dense Regions.- Relationship of OH and H2O Masers.- The Rotational Excitation of OH in Orion.- SiO Masers in the Star Forming Regions W51 IRS2 and Sgr B2 MD5.- The Populations of H2 Vibrational States in Intense UV Fields Near O-B Stars.- Shocked Molecular Hydrogen from Star Forming Regions.- Near-IR Observations of the Sharpless Regions S269, S271, S307 and S311.- New Infrared Observations of NGC 3603.- VLA Search for Optically Thick H II Regions in Luminous Embedded Infrared Sources.- Protostellar Candidates in W75N.- Near-Infrared Sources in the Complex H II Region NGC 6357.- The Star Formation Region Associated with the Cometary Nebula GM24.- The Dust Cavity Around the Exciting Star of Small H II Regions.- A Study of Continuum Emission at 3.5 mm from Selected H II Regions.- Small Galactic Nebulae.- Mon R2: A Blister Type H II Region.- A Giant Stellar-Wind Shell and Star Formation Near the H II Region M16.- S 201: The Ionized Skin of a Molecular Blob.- Expansion of Ultra-Compact H II Regions.- Hollow H II Regions: From Giant to Ultracompact.- Stellar Associations and Regions of Star Formation.- Spectra of Fast J-Shocks in Dense, Star-Forming Regions.- Evolutionary Models of the Dissociation Zones Surrounding H II Regions.- The Stellar Content of SCO OB2.- A Study of Shock Excited Gas in the Supernova Remnant IC443.- Star Formation and Supernovae.- Observational Data on Star Formation in Cepheus A.- CO and CS Observations in the Eastern Part of W5.- I-c Bipolar Flow Protostellar Activities and Protostellar Disks.- Bipolar Outflows and Stellar Jets.- Disks and Toroids Around Young Stars.- Mass Outflows Associated with Young Stellar Objects.- Observed Characteristics of Protostellar Disks.- Hollow Cylindrical Lobes with a Helical Velocity Field of the L1551 Bipolar Flow.- The Formation of Planets Around Stars of Various Masses and the Origin and the Evolution of Circumstellar Dust Clouds.- High Velocity OH in Bipolar Flows.- An extremely Luminous H2 Flow in the DR21 Star Forming Region.- High Velocity CO Wings in NGC 2071 and GL 490 Observed with the 45-m Telescope.- High Resolution Studies of Star-Forming Molecular Clouds.- Polarization Observations in the Near Infrared as a Probe of Bipolar Flow Regions.- Masers in Starforming Regions.- Models of Shock Activity in the BN-KL Region of Orion.- Star Formation and Bipolar Flows.- H? and [S II] Direct Images of Herbig-Haro Objects 1 and 2 with the Mepsicron Detector.- The Structure of the HH39 Region.- New Herbig-Haro Objects Found by a New Method.- IR Line and Continuum Emission from Bipolar Outflow Sources.- Models for the Emission-Line Spectra of the Low-Excitation Herbig-Haro Objects.- Jets from Low Mass Accreting Stars.- Observations of Molecular Flows in S140 and L723.- Molecular-Line Studies of the Bipolar Flow Source GL490.- CO Observations of High-Velocity Flows in the Core of the NGC 7538 Molecular Cloud.- A New CO Outflow Source near NGC 2071.- CO Molecular Clouds in the Region of GL490.- S106-IRS4: A Star Loosing Mass in the Centre of a Bipolar Nebula.- Hydrogen Cyanide in the Bipolar Source CEP A.- Role and Evolution of Ammonia Clouds in Bipolar Flow Sources.- The Star Forming Region in Bok Globule 210-6a.- CS (J = 2-1) Observations of B335.- The Circumstellar Environment of LkH? 234.- The Molecular Observations of the Central Part of the S106 Molecular Cloud.- Diffraction-Limited Far-Infrared Imaging of “Protostars”.- Infrared Structure of OMCI.- Polarization Mapping of Infrared Reflection Nebulae.- Interaction of Protostellar Winds with the Orion Molecular Cloud.- Equilibrium and Collapse of Rotating Isothermal Clouds.- Hydrodynamical Simulation of Bipolar Flows.- Are Bipolar Jets Precessing?.- A Helical Magnetic Field Model of the Jets.- Collimation of Stellar Winds by the Magnetic Field.- Magnetic Field Amplification and Polar Jet Formation in Protostars.- Sweeping-Magnetic-Twist Mechanism and Molecular Bipolar Flows.- Electromagnetic Jets Driven by Accretion Disks.- Formation of Bipolar Flows in Star Forming Regions by Stellar Winds.- The Effect of the Gravity of a Circumstellar Torus on Bipolar Jets.- Elongated Structures Near Young Stars: Jets or Projection Effects?.- The Energy Source of HH34 and its Highly Collimated Jet.- Wind Properties of Young Stars.- A Mechanism for Variability of Cometary Nebulae.- High Resolution CO Observations of the Bipolar Nebula CRL2688.- I-d Scenario of Star Formation.- Equilibria and Dynamics of Isothermal Clouds.- Star Formation in Molecular Cloud Cores.- Gravitational Instability of Rotating Gaseous Disks with Magnetic Fields.- Formation of OB Stars by Radiatively-Driven Implosion.- 3D Simulation of Interstellar Cloud Collision and Triggered Star Formation.- On Early Evolution of Accreting Stars.- The Gem OB1/IC443/S249 Complex: A Case History of Stellar Evolution.- A New Theory of Star Formation: Analytical Mass Function and Star Formation Rate.- Structure and Fragmentation of Molecular Complexes.- Star Formation Induced by Supersonic Turbulence.- Star Formation Driven by Thermal-Chemical Instability in a Pre-Galactic Gas Cloud.- A Single Fragmentation Law? Theoretical and Observational Evidence.- Fragmentation of Isothermal Sheet-Like Clouds.- Resolution of the Angular Momentum and Magnetic Flux Problems During Star Formation, and Observational Consequences.- Dissipation of Magnetic Fields in Very Dense Interstellar Clouds and the Magnetic Flux of a Newborn Star.- II. Large Scale Processes of Star Formation.- II-a Distribution of Star Formation in the Galactic Disk and the Magellanic Clouds.- Large Scale Star Formation: Density Waves, Superassociations and Propagation.- Star Formation in Outer Galaxy Molecular Clouds.- The Bell Laboratories CO Survey: Star Formation in Spiral Arms.- Giant Molecular Clouds in the Galaxy: The Massachusetts-Stony Brook CO Galactic Plane Survey.- The Structure of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds.- Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- Density Wave Related Molecular Cloud Spiral Arms in M51.- A 10-GHZ Radio Continuum Survey of the Galactic Plane.- Dynamics of Giant Molecular Clouds in the Density Wave Potential.- Formation of Giant Molecular Clouds by Coagulation of Small Molecular Clouds in a Spiral Gravitational Potential.- How Many Star-Forming Regions are there in the Milky Way?.- Abundances of Classical Cepheids and Evidence for Secondary Star-Formation.- New Results on the Coagulation Equation.- A Model for Self-Regulating Star Formation.- Molecular Clouds and Star Formation Near the Galactic Center.- Sequential Star Formation inside the Young Stellar Associations of the Magellanic Clouds.- Young Stellar Objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- The Underlying Population in Young Stellar Systems.- The Distance to the Center of the Galaxy.- Infrared Triplet in the Radio Arc Near the Galactic Center.- II-b Star Formation and Starburst Galaxies.- Molecular Clouds in External Galaxies and the Efficiency of Star Formation.- Bursts of Star Formation in Galaxies.- Hyperactive Star Bursts in Clumpy Irregular Galaxies.- Star Formation in Normal Irregular Galaxies.- Star Formation in Barred Galaxies.- The Interstellar Medium in Star Burst Galaxies.- A 200 pc Ring of Molecular Gas and an Outburst in the Galaxy M82.- Molecular Gas in the Nucleus of M82.- Disk Galaxies: The Global Properties of Star Formation and the Chemical Abundance Gradients.- Star Formation in the Southern Spiral Arm of M31.- Star Formation in the Spiral Galaxy M33.- Star Formation in M81.- Radio Continuum Observations of the Barred Galaxy NGC 4314.- Large Scale Dissociation of Molecular Gas and Star Formation in M83.- CO Observations of the Central Bar of M83.- CO Observations of the Nuclear Bar of IC 342.- Molecular Clouds in Barred Galaxies.- Anemic Galaxies: Evidence for a Threshold in Star Formation Processes.- A Neutral Hydrogen Cloud in the Vicinity of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4318.- NGC 2363, A Giant Extragalactic H II Region.- MRK 273: A New OH Megamaser.- A New Strong Extragalactic OH Megamaser in the Infrared Source IRAS 17208 -0014.- Infrared Luminosities of Markarian Starburst Galaxies.- Star Formation in Nuclei of Early-Type Galaxies.- U-G and G-R Colors of the Clumpy Irregular Galaxies Markarian 297 and 325.- High-Dispersion Spectroscopy of the Clumpy Irregular Galaxies Markarian 297 and 325.- Far-Infrared Emission from Clumpy Irregular Galaxies.- Photometric, Spectroscopic and 21-cm Line Investigation of Selected UV-Excess KISO and Clumpy Galaxies.- Numerical Simulations of Star Formation Bursts Induced by the Galaxy-Galaxy Interaction.- CO Observations of Bright IRAS Galaxies.- CCD Echellogram of the Starburst Galaxy Tol 1924-416.- A Survey and Follow-up Observations of Starburst Galaxies.- FIR and Blue Luminosities and Gas Mass in Spiral Galaxies.- CO in NGC 5055.- CO Observations of the Spiral Galaxy IC 342.- II-c Star Formation and Galactic Evolution.- Star Formation and Galactic Evolution: From Protogalaxies to Starbursts.- Evolution of Galaxies with Periodic Star Formation.- The Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Halo and Disk.- II-d Other Papers.- Current Work on Starforming Regions at UKIRT.- The New 4-m Millimeter Wave Telescope at Nagoya.- Development of Millimeter Low-Noise Receivers at Nagoya University.- III. Overview.- Summary.- General Discussion.- IV. Indexes.- Author Index.- Key Word Index.- Object Index.