This volume features the proceedings of the NATO AR Workshop held in
Kishinev, the capital of Moldova, a fom1er Soviet Republic in the South-
Eastern Europe. OUiing 3 working days 26 reports were presented, 8 of
them by, or in collaboration with, speakers from Kishinev. The reports
arc presented in the order they were given at the Workshop. As the topic
was rather wide-ranged, all the sittings were plenmy. The opening
communication was made by the Mayor of Kishinev S. Urckian, who was the
Chainnan of the Organizing Committee. It was followed by other reports
of general orientation. The second half of the first day was devoted to
the research results and problems of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
On the second day the Workshop was hosted by the Technical University of
Moldova. At the beginning, the ceremonial sitting of its Scientific
Council took place, at which two scientists were made doctors Honoris
Causa of that University: Prof. K. Frolov from Russia and Prof.
G.Parissakis from Greece. Then the plenary sessions continued. The
round-table talk, held in the second half of the last day, appeared to
be very fruitful. A relaxed and friendly atmosphere of it was
appropriate for establishing closer contacts and discussing problems of
mutual interest for scientists, ingineers, managerial heads and officers
and businessmen.