| Preface | |
| Sponsors | |
| Committees | |
| Relations between Science and Industry in Brazil | p. 3 |
| Science and Economic Development | p. 13 |
| Recent Technological Change and Industrial Dynamics | p. 26 |
| Technology and Economic Development: Suitability of the Institutional System of Minas Gerais | p. 36 |
| Transfer of Scientific Results into Industry: A Controversial Problem in Central and Eastern Europe | p. 63 |
| Bridging the Gap Between Basic Research and Industrial Development at the J. STEFAN Institute | p. 71 |
| Liquid Crystals: A Case Study of the Interaction Between Science and Application | p. 78 |
| Role of Physics in the Modern Industrialization Process of Korea | p. 82 |
| A Theoretical Physicist's 21-Year Experience in the Argentine Industry | p. 101 |
| Four Characters in Search of a Profession | p. 110 |
| Status and Prospects for the Use of Renewable Sources of Energy in Minas Gerais State-Brazil | p. 117 |
| Development and Industrialization of Fiber Optics Metrology Equipment | p. 131 |
| Finnish Experiences on University-Industry Collaboration in Materials Science and Physical Metallurgy | p. 136 |
| A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Interaction between Academic Research and Industry | p. 148 |
| Technological Modernization of the Alkaline Cooking Process for the Production of Masa and Tortilla | p. 162 |
| The Fapergs Program on University Versus Private Enterprise | p. 179 |
| Integral Development Centers: Tying Mexican Industry With the National Polytechnic Institute | p. 184 |
| Imaging Manganese Sulfide Inclusions in Grain Oriented Silicon Steels | p. 203 |
| Electrical Resistivity Changes Associated to Static Strain Aging in High Carbon Steel | p. 208 |
| PVD Hard Coatings for Wear Applications | p. 213 |
| Scanning Acoustic Microscopy: Application to Porous Materials | p. 218 |
| Indentation Testing of Thermal Sprayed WC-Co | p. 223 |
| Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis with Laserinduced Fluorescence Detector in Biological Sciences and Chemistry | p. 228 |
| Quality Assessment of Solder Bonds of Printed Circuit Boards by Metallography | p. 234 |
| Observation of InAs Nanostructures on (100)-GaAs Substrate with Atomic Force Microscopy | p. 239 |
| In Situ Observations By Atomic Force Microscopy of Corrosion of An Aluminium Film in a Solution of HCl | p. 244 |
| Atomic Force Microscopy of Metallurgical Interactions in Integrated Circuit Contacts | p. 249 |
| Atomic Force Microscopy of Microcavity Semiconductor Devices | p. 254 |
| Characterization of the Emitted Air Particles By Steel Industries | p. 259 |
| A Comparative Study of the Anodic Behavior of Duplex Stainless Steels - Din 1.4462-In Synthetic Sea-water | p. 264 |
| Study of the Corrosion Resistance of Duplex Stainless Steels in Solutions Containing Chlorides, Compared with other Stainless Steels | p. 269 |
| Development of the Electronic Signal in Proportional Detectors | p. 277 |
| Development of a Portable Ultrasound Equipment for Backfat Evaluation of Live Pigs | p. 283 |
| Thermal Barrier Coatings by Plasma Spraying | p. 288 |
| Scaling in Fragmentation Phenomena | p. 293 |
| A Study of Sn:In[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] (ITO)/CuInSe[subscript 2] Heterojunction for Solar Energy Applications | p. 297 |
| Organising a Ceramic Powder Shape Electronic Database | p. 305 |
| Feasibility of a Mixer Using the Negative Resistance of a SNS Junction | p. 310 |
| Characteristics of v-SiO[subscript 2] Melted in Refractory Metal Furnace | p. 315 |
| Lasers for Industrial and Medical Applications | p. 320 |
| Portable Cat Scanner Applied to Collapsible Soil Studies | p. 327 |
| Experiments with Slip Casting of Fine Ceramics and v-SiO[subscript 2] | p. 332 |
| R[subscript 2]Fe[subscript 17] Halides: The Birth of a Material for Potential Hard Magnetic Applications | p. 338 |
| Computerized System for Embryos Freezing Protocols Development | p. 346 |
| Ferroelectric Parent Materials as Possible High-Tc Superconductors: High Temperature Magnetic and Electric Properties of Modified BNN and SBN | p. 351 |
| CVD Diamond: Emerging Technology for Many Applications | p. 356 |
| Application of Mechanical Relaxation Spectroscopy to the Development of Low Carbon Steels | p. 365 |
| Measurement of Root Length by Digital Image Analysis | p. 370 |
| A Simple Model of a Glow Discharge Electron Beam for Materials Processing | p. 376 |
| Decorative Colored Oxide Coatings on Stainless Steel | p. 381 |
| Strengthening of Steel-Thermal-Sprayed - Wc-Co Interface | p. 386 |
| Protein Crystallography Station at LNLS | p. 391 |
| Fast Neural Systems for Experimental Physics and Industrial Applications: The Sennape Project | p. 395 |
| Automatic System for Measuring Myopia, Hyperopia and Astigmatism | p. 400 |
| The Feasibility of Pumping the He/Ne/H[subscript 2], 585.3 nm Laser with the IPR1 Steady State Triga Reactor | p. 405 |
| Optical and Mechanical Design of an Ophthalmic Instrument: Slit Lamp | p. 411 |
| A Simple Model for Laser Ablation | p. 417 |
| From Basic Research in Plasma Physics to Applications in the Metal Mechanic Industry in Santa FE, Argentina | p. 425 |
| Role of the State in Bridging the Gap Between the Scientific and the Industrial Sectors. Experience in Province of Santa FE, Argentina | p. 432 |
| Physics in the BEM Program: Biomass-Energy-Materials | p. 441 |
| Production of Advanced Hard Materials - An Experience of Physical Research for Industry | p. 447 |
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