Table of Contents

I Observations of Non-Evolved Binaries.- 1 Binary Statistics in Clusters and the Field.- 2 Statistics of non evolved binaries with a B Type Primary.- 3 Massive Binaries.- II Observations of Evolved Binaries.- 4 Cataclysmic Variables, Super-Soft Sources and Double-Degenerates.- 5 Observing Globular Cluster Binaries With Gravitational Radiation.- 6 The Algol-Type Binaries.- 7 Be stars: Single and Binary Components.- 8 Chemically-peculiar Red Giants: Uncovering the Binary Intruders.- 9 Eccentricities of the Barium Stars.- 10 High-Mass X-Ray Binaries and OB-runaway Stars.- 11 The Observed Galactic Wolf-Rayet Star Distribution in Relation with Metallicity.- 12 Systematic Search for Wolf-Rayet Binaries in the Magellanic Clouds: Preliminary Results.- 13 An X-ray Examination of Runaway Stars.- 14 HST FGS1R Observations of 18 Radio Emitting Wolf-Rayet Stars.- III Starbursts, Supernovae, Stellar Winds.- 15 High Energy Emission from Starburst Galaxies: The Role of X-Ray Binaries.- 16 Supernova Types and Rates.- 17 Stellar Winds from Massive Stars.- IV Stellar Evolution.- 18 News on the Evolution of Massive Stars.- 19 Massive Close Binaries.- 20 Massive Single and Binary Star Models: A Comparison.- 21 Chemical Evolution of Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars.- 22 The Evolution of Intermediate-Mass Binaries.- 23 Close Binaries in Triple Systems.- V Population Synthesis.- 24 The Population of Cataclysmic Variable Systems.- 25 The Population of Close Double White Dwarfs in the Galaxy.- 26 Binary Population Synthesis: Low- and Intermediate-Mass X-Ray Binaries.- 27 Simulating Open Star Clusters.- 28 Binaries and Globular Cluster Dynamics.- 29 The Effect of Tides and Stellar Dynamics on Binary and Cluster Populations.- 30 Massive Star Population Synthesis of Starbursts.- 31 Radioactivitiesin Population Studies: 26Al and 60 Fe from OB Associations.- 32 Binary Population Synthesis: Methods, Normalization and Surprises.- 33 Population Synthesis and Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitors.- 34 General Discussion on Population Synthesis Modelling.- VI Chemical Evolution of Galaxies.- 35 Element Abundances and Galactic Chemical Evolution.- 36 Hypernova Nucleosynthesis and Galactic Chemical Evolution.- 37 The Effect of Binaries on the Chemical Evolution of the Solar Neighbourhood.- VII Poster Papers.- 38 Multi-Colour CCD Photometry of Intermediate Visual Double Stars.- 39 Simulations of The X-ray Output of Evolving Stellar Populations.- 40 The CV Minimum Period Problem.- 41 Resonant Tides in Close Binaries.- 42 Improved Basic Physical Properties of the Oe-Star Binary V1007 Sco.- 43 The rp-Process on Compact Binaries: Importance of Exact Parameters.- 44 Magnetic Activities of Near Contact Binaries.- 45 Metal Abundance of the Eclipsing Binary YZ Cas.- 46 Relativistic Effects to Neutron Star Merger Ejecta.- 47 On the Formation of Oxygen-Neon White Dwarfs in Binary Systems.- 48 Binary Statistics from Hipparcos.

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