Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Local Organising Committee -- International Scientific Advisory Committee -- Absorption of RF Radiation in Confocal and Uniformly Shelled Ellipsoidal Biological Cell Models -- Chernobyl Clean-Up Workers: 17 Years of Follow-Up in Latvia -- Three-Dimensional Dose Distribution Around Air and Bone in Tissue Measured by MRI-Based Polymer Gel Dosimeter -- Determination of the V Function for CR-39 by Atomic Force Microscope -- The Role of 238Pu/239+240Pu Activity Ratios as Isotopic Signature of Plutonium Origin in Environmental Samples: Quality Assurance In Pu Determination by Alpha-Particle Spectrometry -- Making Predictions on the Evolution of Radioactive Spots in the Ocean. Validation in the Baltic Sea -- HYPERION NET -- A Distribution Measurement System for Monitoring Background Ionizing Radiation -- Automatic Diagnostic of Plasmas with Finite Positive Ion Temperature -- Biophysical Device for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases -- New Facility at the Portuguese Research Reactor for Irradiation with Fast Neutrons -- Patient Doses from Conventional Diagnostic Radiology Procedures in Serbia and Montenegro -- Analysis of the Background Levels of Tritium in Precipitation in Valladolid (Spain) -- Continuous Monitoring of Environmental Radioactivity in Belgrade -- Variations of 7Be and 210Pb (1992-1999) in Air at a Sampling Station on the Mediterranean Coast -- The Radioactivity Levels and Physical-Chemical Properties in Public Water Supplies of Malaga -- Spectral Analysis and Measurements of Exposure to Magnetic Fields (up to 32 kHz) in Private and Public Transport -- Photophysical Properties and Phototoxicity Effect of Supramolecular Sensitizers -- Determination of Punica granatum L. Carpellary Membrane Elastic Properties Using Atomic Force Microscopy -- Micro-fabrication with nanoparticles: Assembling DNA Molecules by a Focused Laser -- Metrologic Assessment of High Power Laser Generated Surface Roughness by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy -- Characterization of Membrane Distillation Membranes by Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy -- Software for Practical Training in Medical Biophysics -- Reactive Element Effect Studied by Laser Ablation -- Analysis of Sea-Land Breeze Around the City of Huelva (Spain) -- Analysis of the Electromagnetic Behaviour of a Variable-Waveform-Supplied Iron Core Inductor, Modelled with Finite Elements -- The PHOTONS-AERONET Network Stations in Spain -- Application of ICP-MS for Measuring Soil Metal Cations from Sequential Extraction -- Fractal Plotter: Visual Tools for Non-Linear Dynamical Systems Study -- Parameterizing Non-Linear Magnetic Cores for PSpice Simulation -- Obtaining the Electrical Model of a Power Transformer by Means of Finite Element Software -- Forced Low-Frequency Cell Oscillations in Human Blood Suspensions -- Very Low Gamma-Ray Activity Portable Instrument for the Determination of %Pb on Pb-Zn Ore Surface -- Microscopic Optical Interferometry Study of the Cottrell Atmospheres in Si-Doped GaAs -- An Edge-Based Data Structure for Navier-Stokes Equations Resolution -- Radiofrequency Ablation on Heart-Equivalent Phantom. Functionality Testing of Percut.

The 1st International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS-2003) succeeded in creating a new international forum for applied physics in Europe, with specific interest in the application of techniques, training, and culture of physics to research areas usually associated with other scientific and engineering disciplines. This book contains a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at APHYS-2003, held in Badajoz (Spain), from 15th to 18th October 2003, which included the following Plenary Lectures: Nanobiotechnology - Interactions of Cells with Nanofeatured Surfaces and with Nanoparticles. Radiation Protection of Nuclear Workers - Ethical Issues. Chaotic Data Encryption for Optical Communications.