Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Applied Physics: Proceedings of the First International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS-2003) Book

	Absorption of RF radiation in confocal and uniformly shelled ellipsoidal biological cell models	1
	Chernobyl clean-up workers : 17 years of follow-up in Latvia	9
	Three-dimensional dose distribution around air and bone in tissue measured by MRI-based polymer gel dosimeter	19
	Determination of the V function for CR-39 by atomic force microscope	29
	The role of [superscript 238]Pu/[superscript 239+240]Pu activity ratios as isotopic signature of plutonium origin in environmental samples : quality assurance in Pu determination by alpha-particle spectrometry	35
	Making predictions on the evolution of radioactive spots in the ocean. Validation in the Baltic Sea	41
	HYPERION NET - a distribution measurement system for monitoring background ionizing radiation	49
	Automatic diagnostic of plasmas with finite positive ion temperature	55
	Biophysical device for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases	63
	New facility at the Portuguese research reactor for irradiation with fast neutrons	71
	Patient doses from conventional diagnostic radiology procedures in Serbia and Montenegro	77
	Analysis of the background levels of tritium in precipitation in Valladolid (Spain)	85
	Continuous monitoring of environmental radioactivity in Belgrade	91
	Variations of [superscript 7]Be and [superscript 210]Pb (1992-1999) in air at a sampling station on the Mediterranean Coast	95
	The radioactivity levels and physical-chemical properties in public water supplies of Malaga	101
	Spectral analysis and measurements of exposure to magnetic fields (up to 32 kHz) in private and public transport	107
	Photophysical properties and phototoxicity effect of supramolecular sensitizers	113
	Determination of Punica granatum L. carpellary membrane elastic properties using atomic force microscopy	119
	Micro-fabrication with nanoparticles : assembling DNA molecules by a focused laser	127
	Metrologic assessment of high power laser generated surface roughness by confocal laser scanning microscopy	133
	Characterization of membrane distillation membranes by tapping mode atomic force microscopy	141
	Software for practical training in medical biophysics	149
	Reactive element effect studied by laser ablation	155
	Analysis of sea-land breeze around the city of Huelva (Spain)	161
	Analysis or the electromagnetic behaviour of a variable-waveform-supplied iron core inductor, modelled with finite elements	167
	The PHOTONS-AERONET network stations in Spain	173
	Application of ICP-MS for measuring soil metal cations from sequential extraction	179
	Fractal plotter : visual tools for non-linear dynamical systems study	185
	Parameterizing non-linear magnetic corns for PSpice simulation	191
	Obtaining the electrical model of a power transformer by means of finite element software	197
	Forced low-frequency cell oscillations in human blood suspensions	203
	Very low gamma-ray activity portable instrument for the determination of %Pb on Pb-Zn ore surface	209
	Microscopic optical interferometry study of the Cottrell atmospheres in Si-doped GaAs	217
	An edge-based data structure for Navier-Stokes equations resolution	223
	Radiofrequency ablation on heart-equivalent phantom. Functionality testing of percutaneous single-use catheter	229
	Determination of synchronization of electrical activity in the heart by Shannon entropy measure	235
	Neural network control in a wastewater treatment plant	241
	Time series prediction with neural networks. Application to electric energy demand	247
	Five years tumour therapy with heavy ions at GSI Darmstadt	253
	Ionizing radiation as a tool for detoxification of whole effluents	259
	Sequence of phase transitions of Li-Na niobate solid solutions in the high temperature region	265
	Study of kinetic friction of solid using driven lattice of quantized vortex in high-temperature superconductors : a new route to study microscopic tribology	271
	Novel algorithms for estimating motion characteristics within a limited sequence of images	277
	A formalism for quantum computing and a satisfiability problem	283
	A novel high-voltage power generator for diesel exhaust gas treatment	291
	Numerical calculation of a liquid bridge equilibrium contour between noncircular supports	297
	Hydrodynamic Lattice-Boltzmann simulation of a thermoplastic fluid film for holographic recording	305
	Diagnostics of a pulsed plasma discharge	313
	Critical evaluation of scattering models within the full band Monte Carlo simulation framework	319
	Magneto-acoustic and Barkhausen emission in wide ribbons of one magnetic glass	325
	Template mediated nanofibrous structure : novel chitosan/polyethylene glycol scaffold for tissue engineering	331
	CoSi[subscript 2] formation with a thin Ti interlayer-Ti capping layer and Ti capping layer	337
	Roughness measurement by speckle correlation interferometer with a phase shifting by geometrical phase control	343
	Structural features in granular and amorphous microwires	351
	Mechanical alloying of Fe[subscript 100-x]B[subscript x] compounds : a structural study	357
	Pericardial biomechanical adaptation to low frequency noise stress	363
	The onset of criticality in a sheared granular medium	369
	Electro-optic effect induced in glass waveguides containing a charge-trapping layer	375
	A novel method of measuring light absorption on a self-assembled single quantum dot	379
	Radiative exciton lifetimes in indium arsenide self-assembled quantum wires	385
	Radiative exciton lifetimes on different shape self-assembled semiconductor nanostructures	393
	Tissue-equivalent TL sheet dosimetry system for gamma-ray spatial dose distribution measurement	403
	Active thermography applied for quantitative determination of stomatal resistance	409
	Local characterization of multicrystalline silicon wafers and solar cells	415
	Contributions of steady heat conduction to the rate of chemical reaction	421
	Dynamic force spectroscopy : looking at the total harmonic distortion	427
	Optical fibre sensors for nuclear environments	433
	Measurement of the salinity in water through long-period gratings arc-induced in pure-silica-core filters	439
	Characterization of cement mortars with ultrasonic testing	445
	Topographical investigation of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant lung tumour cells H69 by scanning near-field optical microscopy	451
	Iron oxide thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition	457
	Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy as a tool for electrical and structural characterizations of membranes in contact with electrolyte solutions	463
	Effect of titanium/oxygen compositional gradient on adhesion of titanium-oxygen system film deposited onto titanium-based alloy by reactive DC sputtering	473
	Ground level air radioactivity monitoring in Belgrade urban area	479
	Modelling and simulation of an absorption solar cooling system with low grade heat source in alicante	483
	Precooling time estimation and measurement methods in forced air precooling systems	495
	Cleaning noising from an ECG	509
	Experimental and modelling study on the uptake kinetics of radionuclides by SPM. Discussion on box-models applications	519
	Kinetically controlled radionuclide sorption by sediment cores from two different environments. Experimental studies using [superscript 133]Ba as a tracer	531
	Development and production of iodine-125 seeds for brachytherapy	543
	Quartz crystal microbalance and electrical impedance characterization of nickel dissolution process	547
	Electrical properties of poly(neutral red) deposited on polycrystalline nickel	553
	On the topology of two dimensional generalized cell systems	559
	Effect of reaction parameters on morphology of synthesized MFI	565
	IPEN environmental monitoring programme : assessment of the gamma radiation levels with thermoluminescence dosimeters	573