Section I: Low Temperature Theory. - 1. Solitons in Biology and Possible Role of Bisolitons in High-Tc Superconductivity. - 2. Quantum-Mechanical Derivation of the Davydov Equations for Multi-Quanta States. - 3. A Classical and Quantum Theory of Dynamical Self-Trapping in Nonlinear Systems and its Implication to Energy Transfer in Biological Systems. - 4. Vibron Solitons: A Semiclassical Approach. - 5. When Is A Soliton?. - 6. Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of the Davydov Model. - 7. Quantum Effects on the Davydov Soliton. - 8. Davydov Ansatz and Proper Solutions of Schrödinger Equation for Fröhlich Hamiltonian. - 9. Unitary Transformation and Decoupling of Excitons and Phonons in ACN. - 10. Soliton Generation in Infinite and Half-Infinite Molecular Chains. - 11. Soliton Dynamics in the Eilbeck-Lomdahl-Scott Model for Hydrogen-Bonded Polypeptides. - 12. Influence of Davydov Splitting on Solitons in Alpha-Helix. - 13. Interaction of an Extra Electron with Optical Phonons in Long Molecular Chains and Ionic Crystals. - 14. Self-Trapping in a Molecular Chain with Substrate Potential. - Section II: Exciton-Phonon Coupling. - 15. On the Calculations of the Exciton-Phonon Coupling Parameters in the Theory of Davydov Solitons. - 16. Quantum Chemical Calculations of Molecular Parameters Defining Davydov Soliton Dynamics in Polypeptides. - 17. On Ab Initio Estimations of the Nonlinearity Parameters in the Davydov Model. - Section III: Temperature Stability. - 18. The Quantum Theory of Solitons with Thermal Vibration Taken into Account. - 19. Davydov Solitons at 300 Kelvin: The Final Search. - 20. Influence of Heat Bath and Disorder on Davydov Solitons. - 21. Perturbation Estimate of the Lifetime of the Davydov Soliton at 300K. - 22. The Temperature Dependence of Exciton-Phonon Coupling in theContext of Davydov's Model; The Dynamic Damping of Soliton. - 23. Temperature Effects on the Davydov Soliton. - 24. Thermal Stability of the Davydov Soliton. - Section IV: Experimental Results. - 25. The Amide-I Band in Acetanilide: Physical Properties and Biological Suggestions. - 26. Incoherent Neutron Scattering and Infra-Red Measurements in Acetanilide and Derivatives. - 27. Spectroscopy of the Amide-I Modes of Acetanilide. - 28. Biomolecular Dynamics Studied by Vibrational Spectroscopy. - 29. Molecular Crystals and Localized Vibrational States. - 30. Search for Remote Transfer of Vibrational Energy in Proteins. - Section V: Related Topics. - 31. Davydov's Soliton and Fröhlich's Condensation: Is There a Connection?. - 32. The Soliton and Bisoliton Input into the Elastic Scattering of Slow Neutrons. - 33. Dissociation of Davydov Solitons by Electromagnetic Waves. - 34. Vibrational Properties and Energy Transport in Acetanilide by Molecular Dynamics. - 35. On the Possible Role of Phonon-Modulated Tunneling in Excimer Formation. - 36. Excimers in Molecular Crystals: The Relaxation of a Nonlinear Oscillator. - 37. The Nonresonant DST Equation as a Model for McClare's Excimer. - Section VI: The Discrete Self-Trapping Equation. - 38. Introduction to the Discrete Self-Trapping Equation. - 39. Energy Localization in Small Biomolecules. - 40. Local Modes and Degenerate Perturbation Theory. - 41. Quantum and Classical Descriptions of Chaos in the DST Equation. - 42. Eigenvalue Statistics and Eigenstate Wigner Functions for the Discrete Self-Trapping Equation. - 43. The Discrete Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation: Nonadiabatic Effects Finite Temperature Consequences and Experimental Manifestations. - Participants. - Workshop Photograph. Language: English