Effects of Mass Loss on Stellar Evolution

Winds from Late Type Stars: Theory.- Winds in late-type stars: Mechanisms of mass outflow. (invited lecture).- The fluctuation theory of the stellar mass loss (invited paper).- Session V - Mass Loss and Stellar Evolution: Massive Stars.- Mass loss and evolution of massive stars (invited lecture).- The fraction of O-type supergiants in our galaxy in the LMC and in the SMC: an evidence of the correlation between mass loss rate and chemical abundance.- Evolution of a 30 M? star: the interplay of nuclear burning and mass loss.- On the significance of mass loss for the evolution of massive stars.- The ultraviolet to infrared spectrum of the large mass loss LMC supergiant S22 = HD 34664.- The influence of mass loss by stellar wind on the evolution of massive helium burning stars.- Stellar evolution with SMC chemical abundances.- Massive stars burning helium: the numbers of WR stars and red supergiants in galaxies.- Thermal instability of hydrogen burning shells in very massive stars.- Effects of a stochastic initial mass function on the upper main sequence band.- Mass loss from metal-poor stars.- Masses of Magellanic Wolf-Rayet stars: mass loss and evidence for a WR subclass vs. mass relation.- How massive the Wolf-Rayet stars are?.- The hydrogen/helium ratio on the surface of Wolf-Rayet stars.- Peculiarities in the distribution of galactic Wolf-Rayet stars: constraints on evolutionary scenarios?.- Session VI - Mass Loss and Stellar Evolution: Low Mass Stars.- Evolutionary effects of mass loss in low mass stars (invited lecture).- The initial/final mass relation for stellar evolution with mass loss.- Formation of a planetary nebula by continuous mass loss.- Effects of mass loss on the formation of planetary nebulae.- Miras, mass loss, and the origin of planetary nebulae.- Theoretical evidence of mass loss from globular cluster stars.- Effect of mass gain on stellar evolution.- Session VII - Mass Loss and Stellar Evolution: Intermediate Mass Stars.- On the consequences of mass loss from intermediate mass stars (invited lecture).- A determination of the characteristics of Cepheids from B-type companions.- What "masses" for Cepheids?.- Response of low-mass main sequence stars to accretion.- Session VIII - Effects of Mass Loss on The Evolution of Binary Stars.- The influence of mass loss on the evolution of binaries (Invited lecture).- Mass loss from interacting close binary systems (invited lecture, presented by C.D. Keyes).- Ionization effects in stellar winds of massive X-ray binaries.- Non conservative massive binary evolution (how much mass leaves the binary during the evolution from OB+OB to WR+OB).- On the evolutionary time scale of the accreting component in massive close binaries: consequences for the supernova event.- Observation of mass loss in R Cr B during the visual light minimum.- Non conservative evolutionary scenario for 100 Algols.- Infrared observations and mass loss of the binary system V86l Sco.- The nature of V86l Sco (=HD 152667).- Ultraviolet and optical observations of the mass-losing contact binary SV Centauri.- Mass transfer and stellar wind effects in the eclipsing binary RT Andromedae.- Properties of optically thick winds driven by radiation pressure.- Interacting stellar winds in a binary system.- Evolutionary computations for intermediate mass close binary systems.- Is this diagram an argument for binary orbital evolution due to mass-loss?.- Nova AQL 1918: a nude old nova.- Session IX - Effects of Mass Loss on the Interstellar Medium.- Stellar mass loss and HII region morphology in Magellanic irregular galaxies (Invited paper).- Stellar mass loss and galactic chemical evolution.- Subionization and decelerated flow in the vicinity of a B shell star.- Mass loss and ?Y/?Z ratio.- Concluding Remarks.- Author Index.