Historical Perspective of EXAFS and Near Edge Structure Spectroscopy.- I Theoretical Aspects of EXAFS and XANES.- The Transition Region Between XANES and EXAFS.- Bond Angle Determination by EXAFS: A New Dimension.- Role of Inelastic Effects in EXAFS.- Relaxation Effects in Inner-Shell Photoemission and Absorption.- Multiple Scattering Calculations of XANES.- Near Edge Absorption Structure in the Framework of the Multiple Scattering Model. Potential Resonances or Barrier Effects?.- Bond Length Determination Using XANES.- Double Ionization in Inner Shells.- II EXAFS Data Analysis.- The Reliability of ab initio Calculations in Extracting Structural Information from EXAFS.- EXAFS Analysis in Anisotropic Systems.- EXAFS in Metallurgy.- The Effect of the Noise on the Structural Parameters Deduced by EXAFS.- Debye-Waller Factors in R-space Analysis.- Thickness Effects on the Determination of EXAFS Amplitudes.- Thickness Effects in X-Ray Absorption Measurements.- Interference and Multiple Scattering Effects in Porphyrinic Complexes.- Multiple Scattering Effects in the EXAFS of Fe and TiFe.- A Model Comparison Between EXAFS and X-Ray Scattering.- EXAFS Database and Program Library.- Regular Methods in Real-Space Analysis of EXAFS.- Regular Methods of Solving Inverse Problems in Spectroscopy.- III XANES.- XANES Spectroscopy for Local Structures in Complex Systems.- Experimental and Theoretical XANES Studies of Selected Vanadium Compounds.- X-Ray Absorption of Crystalline Titanium Compounds: Evidence of Electronic Relaxation Effects.- Application of XANES to the Study of AsF5-Graphite Intercalation Compounds.- XANES of 3d Elements: Effects of Local Symmetry Evidenced Using High-Resolution Spectra.- The Adsorption of Oxygen on Nickel (001) Studied by XANES.- Near Edge Structure in Cerium and Cerium Compounds.- XANES at High-Pressure Phase Transitions.- Near Edge and EXAFS Studies of Amorphous Pd-Ge and Ni-Zr Alloys.- XANES Determination of V-Mixed Valence State in (V2O5)x(P2O5)100?x Binary Oxide Glasses.- L Edge Absorption Systematics of Some Transition-Metal (Pd,Ag), Main-Group-Metal (Sn,In) and Ionic (CsI) Systems.- X-Ray Absorption Spectra of Ruthenium L Edges in Ru(NH3)6Cl3.- Study of XANES at the K Absorption Edge in Some 3d Compounds.- Generalized Oscillator Strength for K-Shell Near Edge Structures in N2.- High-Resolution Analysis of the L2,3 White Lines of Pd.- IV Special Crystalline Systems.- Structural Studies of Superionic Conduction.- EXAFS and Near Edge Structures in Mixed Valent Sm1?xYxS and the Energy Threshold Puzzle.- High-Pressure EXAFS Study on Mixed Valent SmS.- Peculiarities of the EXAFS Spectra of III–VI Layered Compounds.- EXAFS Studies of Disorder in Crystalline Solids.- EXAFS Studies of Krypton Atoms in Matrices of Argon and Nitrogen.- EXAFS and XANES Investigations of Trace V and Ti in Coal.- Characterization of the Valence States of Iron in Spinels by X-Ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy.- High-Pressure Study of LIII Absorption Edges of Rare-Earth Mixed Valence Systems.- EXAFS of Antimony LIII Edge of Ferroelectric SbSI Above the Phase-Transition Temperature.- Structure of LaNi02 by EXAFS and X-Ray Diffraction: Local Environment of Ni+1.- EXAFS Study of the Disorder Effect Induced in Layered MnPS3 by Intercalation of Cations.- Structural Properties of Cd1?xMnxTe by EXAFS.- Oxidation States of Nickel in Reduced Phases of LaNi03 by XANES and EXAFS.- V Liquids and Disordered Systems.- Application of EXAFS and XANES to Structural Studies of Metallic Glasses.- EXAFS and X-Ray Diffraction in Solutions.- Local Order in Oxide Glasses.- EXAFS and XANES Spectra of Calcium Silicate Glasses.- EXAFS and XANES Investigation of the Coordination of Technetium in Borosilicate Glass.- Germanium Environment in Simple and Multi-Component Oxide Glasses.- Local Structure in Mixed Electrolytes.- Lattice Relaxation Around a Br? Ion in KCl1?xBrx.- Elastic Core Effect in Isovalent Solid Solutions.- Transition-Metal and Metalloid Contributions to EXAFS in Amorphous Alloys and Crystalline Compounds.- EXAFS Studies of Glassy Ni66B33: A Multi-Shell Modeling of the Ni-Ni Distribution.- EXAFS Study of Co1?xBx Glasses.- EXAFS on (AgI)x(Ag2O n B2O3)1?x Superionic Glasses.- Short-Range Order in Fe78?xNixB18Mo4 (x = 38,20,10,0) Metallic Glasses as Deduced by EXAFS Data.- VI Catalysts.- EXAFS on Catalysis.- EXAFS Studies of Metal-Ion Exchanged Layer Structures.- Fluorescence EXAFS of MgCl2-Supported Titanium Trichloride.- An EXAFS Study of a Highly Dispersed Rh/Al2O3 Catalyst.- EXAFS Investigation of TiO2-V2O5 Catalysts.- Correlation Between Catalytic Activity and EXAFS Studies of “Classical” and “Inorganic-Cluster-Derived” Platinum Catalysts.- EXAFS Studies of Industrial Pt/Al2O3 Catalysts.- EXAFS Study of Short-Range Order in Transition Aluminas.- Zeolite-Supported Rh Catalysts for Methanol Carbonylation: X-Ray Absorption Measurements.- VII Biological Systems.- EXAFS of Calcium in Biological Systems.- EXAFS Studies of Zinc and Copper in Chemical and Biochemical Systems.- A XANES Study of Co(II) in Cobalt Model Compounds and in Some Cobalt-Substituted Enzyme.- Mn(II) Binding to Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids.- On the Investigation by EXAFS Spectroscopy of a Selenocarbonyl Complex (CSe = Fe(II)TPP).- X-Ray Iron K Edge of Human Hemoglobins.- XANES of Calmodulin: Differences and Homologies Between Calcium-Modulated Proteins.- Nickel-Containing Enzyme: Urease.- VIII Related Techniques — Anomalous Scattering.- Anomalous X-Ray Scattering and Its Relationship to EXAFS.- Simultaneous Measurements of the Real and Imaginary Parts of the X-Ray Anomalous Dispersion Using X-Ray Interferometers.- Interferometric Measurement of Absorption µ(E) and Dispersion f?(E) at the K Edge of Copper.- Anomalous Scattering Factors from X-Ray Absorption Data by Kramers-Kronig Analysis.- IX Related Techniques — Electron Energy Loss.- Extended Energy Loss Fine Structure (EELFS) Technique: Bulk and Surface Investigation.- Extended Fine Structure in APS.- Geometrical Structure of Graphitic Carbon on Ni(111) Studied by Extended Energy Loss Fine Structure Spectroscopy (EELFS).- Oxygen on Ni(100): A Surface-Extended Energy Loss Fine Structure (SEELFS) Study.- X Instrumentation.- Laboratory EXAFS Systems.- Time-Resolved EXAFS.- A Versatile Spectrometer for Laboratory EXAFS Studies.- A Sample Cell for in situ EXAFS Measurements.- SSRL Beam Line Wunder.- Index of Contributors.