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Radiation quantities: Definitions and Units; Radiation detection methods: ionization in gases; Ionization in semiconductors; Scintillation Gamma spectrometry; Neutron detection; Thermoluminescence; Film Dosimetry; Chemical dosimeter (Fricke); Particle Track detection; calorimetry; etc; counting statistics; Dosimetry: External dosimetry (gamma); Internal dosimetry; Reference Man Patient Dosimetry in radiographic examination; mammography; fluoroscopy and computed tomography

The External Radiation Hazard and Protection: Time; distance and shielding; Monitoring for external radiations (areas and personal); The Internal Radiation Hazard and Protection: Sources and type of airborne contaminants; control of the internal radiation hazard; exposure reduction; internal dosimetry; Waste Management: Contamination; protection against contamination (protective clothing; decontamination); Waste disposal; packaging and safe transport of radioactive materials; Principles of Radiation Protection Justification; optimization; dose limit; international safety standards - ICRP; BSS; NNRA; Elements of Radiation Protection Programmes in Medicine and Industry: Monitoring; Emergency preparedness planning and response; QA and QC for equipment; Training; Audit; Safety of equipment

General introduction: Energy bands; free and localized levels scattering; Electronic transitions; recombination; trapping lifetime; Maxwellian distribution function Boltzmann's equation; continuity and conductivity equation; Carrier injection into semiconductors; Ambipolar flow; 'field-free' diffusion; Current flows in semiconductors: contacts blocking and injecting; p-n junction; Application to device technology

Crystal structure of solids - fundamental types of lattices; position and orientation of planes in crystals; simple crystal structure; cohesive energy of crystals; Theory of reciprocal lattice and crystal diffraction - scattering from real crystals; systematic absent reflections; Experimental study of crystals diffraction; rotating crystal method; Laue method and power method; electron diffraction patterns; study of structure of materials - determination of accurate lattice parameters; Phonons and lattice vibration; Defects in crystalline solids; Dislocations; Crystal growth

Atmospheric nomenclature; Hydrostatic equations of atmospheric structure; scale height; Heat balance in the thermosphere; dissociation and diffusion; Production and loss processes of ions and electrons; Chapman theory; Altitude distribution and temporal variations of neutral and ionized constituents; temperature and collision frequency in the mesosphere and thermosphere; Winds and tidal oscillations; Gravity waves; Drift motions of irregularities; E-region electric current and the dynamics of the ionosphere; Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the ionosphere; Measuring techniques for the parameter of the neutral constituents; Ions and electrons; wind and drifts of irregularities; and temperature with special emphasis on those used locally

Basic Postulates of thermodynamics of simple; homogeneous systems; Thermodynamic potentials and stability of thermodynamic systems; Gibb's theory of thermodynamics with interaction effects; Partition functions of difference ensembles; Fundamental equilibrium theory; Liouville's theorem and the Ergodic hypothesis; Distribution Functions; entropy and connections with thermodynamics; Microcanonical; canonical and grand canonical ensembles; Boltzmann and Maxwell Boltzmann distribution phases and transitions; phenomenology of phase equilibria; First and second order transitions; Applications to classical and quantum systems; Boltzmann equation; Einstein transition probability; Random variables; Brownian motion and their applications; Universality and scaling Critical indices