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Adaptive response Biological effect of environmental and extraterrestrial UV radiation Biomarkers of low dose exposure Bystander effects Cell cycle control and apoptosis Childhood radiation exposure Charge migration in DNA/Proteins Computer simulation and modelling for low dose radiation risk Delayed and epigenetic effects of ionising radiations DNA repair and misrepair after irradiation, Signal transduction DNA repair and mutagenesis Epidemiology Genetic susceptibility Genomic and/or chromosomal instability Bystander effects and adaptive response-mechanisms Hormesis and adaptative response Hyperthermia Impact of dose rate on radiation effects Immunological effects of radiation Long term effects of radiation of the medical application of radiation Low dose effects, protracted dose effects Microdosimetry and nanodosimetry Microenvironment modulation of radiation response Micro-array and proteomic analysis Models for radiation induced carcinogenesis Models for estimation of radiation risk Modification of radiation effects on mammalian tissues Molecular biophysical approaches of radiation effects Molecular and cellular responses

Mutagenesis, carcinogenesis Novel biomarkers for population screening in low dose exposures Non genotoxic effects of radiation and degenerative diseases Non-targeted effects of ionising radiation Occupational and environmental low dose and protracted exposure Origin of chromosome aberration formation with low- and high-LET radiation Oxygen effect revisited: ROS–antioxidants–hypoxia–O2 effect-radiosensitiser – NO Photo-dermatology, photo-carcinogenesis Radiation carcinogenesis Radiation effects on non-human biota Radiation epidemiology Radiation Induced Bystander Effects, Adaptive Response, and Genomic Instability Radiation-induced inter- and intracellular signalling Radiation risk and its significance in the total risk structure Radiation-induced clustered DNA damage; biological relevance Radiation protection Radiation physics and chemistry Radiation quality: differences and similarities Radioecology and dosimetry of biota Radioprotectors and radiosensitizers Radon exposure and remediation Repair of radiation induced DNA double strand breaks in cells, repair pathways, new aspects Residue management Signalling and DSB repair Stem cells and radiation Threshold approaches: praises and critics Tumor angiogenesis, cytokines, chemokines Validity of the linear non-threshold model Use of probes to detect DNA damage processing in cells UV-irradiation and nucleotide excision repair Validity of the linear – non-threshold model