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          Call for Abstracts
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          mini-Conference on Optimization in the Natural Sciences</font></span></p>
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            2014)</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Dear
              Colleagues,</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">the organizers
            of the EURO mini-Conference on Optimization in the Natural
            Sciences (EURO mini 2014) have a pleasure to invite you to
            take part in this conference to be held in Aveiro, Portugal
            on 5-9 February, 2014, </font></span><a
          href="http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/" target="_blank"><span
            lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"
              color="#0000ff">http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/</font></span></a><span
          lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">.
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The
              conference aims at discussing the latest research in
              optimization and its applications to the Natural Sciences.
              The main objective of the meeting is to encourage the
              exchange of knowledge and recent achievements, and to
              establish collaborations among researchers and
              practitioners working in the areas of Computer Science /
              Optimization / Statistics, and Physics / Chemistry /
              Biology / Medical Sciences. We welcome abstracts related
              to any aspects of optimization in the Natural Sciences, in
              particular, related to the following topics:</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Topics</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">=============================</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Analysis of microarray data or next generation sequencing</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Applications of modeling and optimization in physics,
              biology, chemistry, and medicine</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Billiard theory and applications</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Biomedical engineering</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Design
              optimization</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Data
              visualization for optimal decisions</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Image
              processing </font>
          </font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Infinite and semi-infinite optimization with applications
            </font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Inverse
              problems</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Linear
              and nonlinear optimization and applications</font></font></span></p>
      <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION:
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Multi-criteria optimization with applications</font></font></span></p>
      <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION:
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Multi-scale optimization with applications</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Optimal
              control applied to biological models
            </font></font></span></p>
      <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION:
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Optimal
              mass transfer</font></font></span></p>
      <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION:
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Optimization in bioinformatics and computational biology</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Shape
              optimization</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Solution of optimization problems using statistical
              methods</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Statistics in high-dimensional data</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Statistical methods and visualization</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
              Statistical and probabilistic modeling</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Wave
              scattering</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Abstracts
              should be written in English and contain no more than 600
              characters (no formulas or mathematical notations are
              allowed). Each attendee is allowed to present ONE paper at
              the conference. To submit an abstract, please use the
              abstract submission system of EURO-Online available on the
              conference website (<a
                href="http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/" target="_blank"><font
                  face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="en-US">http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/</span></font></a>).
            </font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Location
              and Venue</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">==============================</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The
              conference will be held in Aveiro city (Portugal). Aveiro
              is located about 80km from the Porto Airport and 250km
              from Lisbon Airport. However is quite easy and quick to
              travel from any of these cities to Aveiro: 2h30 from
              Lisbon and 40min from Porto.</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Aveiro is
              situated on the estuary of Vouga river and is surrounded
              by a system of marshlands that run 50km parallel to the
              sea. The town has famous channels where typical boats
              (moliceiro) sail, bridges and pastel-coloured houses that
              are somewhat reminiscent of Amsterdam or Venice.
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">A special
              attention deserve:<span>
              </span>Aveiro Cathedral (15th-18th centuries) and its
              gothic cross; Misericórdia Church; São Bartolomeu and
              Senhor das Barrocas chapels; 18th-century churches of
              Santo António, Nossa Senhora da Apresentação and São
              Gonçalo; the Regional Museum (housed in the ancient
              Convento de Jesus); the city hall and beautiful<span> </span>building

              in the New Art style; the train station and the beautiful
              tiles of the old Fonte Nova factory (1916) where the
              Cultural and Congress Center is situated now; the Infante
              D. Pedro park; the Barra and Costa Nova beaches (the last
              one is also known for its typical beach houses); Humberto
              Delgado square; Carcavelos bridge and S. Roque channel.</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Confirmed
              Invited Speakers</font></font></span></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">==============================</font></font></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• Aleksander
          Dudin, Belarusian State University, Belarus,
        </font></span><a href="http://www.apa.bsu.by/" target="_blank"><span
          lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"
            color="#0000ff">http://www.apa.bsu.by/</font></span></a></p>
    <span lang="EN-US">
      <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION:
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• Giuseppe
            Buttazzo, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa,
            Italy,
          </font></span><a href="http://www.dm.unipi.it/pages/buttazzo/"
          target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New
              Roman" size="3" color="#0000ff">http://www.dm.unipi.it/pages/buttazzo/</font></span></a></p>
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• Gueorgui
            Smirnov, University of Minho, Portugal,
          </font></span><a href="http://intranet.uminho.pt/4881.page"
          target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New
              Roman" size="3" color="#0000ff">http://intranet.uminho.pt/4881.page</font></span></a></p>
      <span lang="EN-US">
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          <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• Leonid
              Bunimovich, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA,
            </font></span><a
            href="http://people.math.gatech.edu/%7Ebunimovh/"
            target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New
                Roman" size="3" color="#0000ff">http://people.math.gatech.edu/~bunimovh/</font></span></a></p>
      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">
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        <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• Michael
            Greenacre, Department of Economics and Business, University
            Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain,
          </font></span><a
          href="http://www.barcelonagse.eu/faculty.php?id=118"
          target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New
              Roman" size="3" color="#0000ff">http://www.barcelonagse.eu/faculty.php?id=118</font></span></a><span
          lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">
            </font></font></span></p>
    </span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">
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          <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• Sergey
              Tabachnikov, Pennsylvania State University, Department of
              Mathematics, USA,
            </font></span><a href="http://www.math.psu.edu/tabachni/"
            target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New
                Roman" size="3" color="#0000ff">http://www.math.psu.edu/tabachni/</font></span></a></p>
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          <span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Important
            Dates<span> </span>
          </font></font></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span></span></font></font></span><span
        lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">===============================</font></font></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Deadline
            for abstract submission (<font color="#ff0000">extended</font>) 15/11/2013</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
            Notification of acceptance: 30/11/2013</font></font></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Deadline
            for registration fee payment for inclusion in the abstract
            book: 15/01/2014</font></font></span></p>
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      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span></span></font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Registration
            Fee</font></font></span></p>
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      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">===============================</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Regular
            early (up to 1/12/2013): 285 euros</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Regular
            late (<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif';
              FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">up to 15/01/2014</span>):
            360 euros</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Student
            early (up to 1/12/2013): 150 euros</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">• Student
            late (<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif';
              FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">up to 15/01/2014</span>):
            200 euros</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">•
            Accompanying person:<span>
            </span>50 euros</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Conference
            fee includes a get-together party, coffee breaks,
            participant’s package, abstract book and participation in
            all the sessions.</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Organizing
            Institutions</font></font></span></p>
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      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">=================================</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• EURO - The
          Association of European Operational Research Societies,
        </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif';
        FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><a
          href="http://www.euro-online.org/" target="_blank"><span><font
              face="Times New Roman" color="#0000ff">http://www.euro-online.org</font></span></a></span><span
        lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">.</font></font></span></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• EUROPT - EURO
          Working Group on Continuous Optimization,
        </font></span><a href="http://europt.iam.metu.edu.tr/"
        target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"
            size="3" color="#0000ff">http://europt.iam.metu.edu.tr/</font></span></a><font
        face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="COLOR: #333333"
            lang="EN-US">.</span></font></font></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="COLOR: #333333"
            lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"
                size="3" color="#000000">• CIDMA -
                <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif';
                  FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">Center for Research
                  & Development in Mathematics and Applications</span>,
              </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
              'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><a
                href="http://cidma.mat.ua.pt/ma/home.php"
                target="_blank"><span><font face="Times New Roman"
                    color="#0000ff">http://cidma.mat.ua.pt/ma/home.php</font></span></a></span><span
              lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"
                  color="#000000">.</font></font></span></span></font></font></p>
    <font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="COLOR: #333333"
          lang="EN-US">
        </span></font></font>
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      class="MsoListParagraph"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">
          <font color="#000000"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"
              lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></font></font></font></p>
    <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr;
      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">• Department of
          Mathematics, University of Aveiro,
        </font></span><a href="http://www.ua.pt/dmat/" target="_blank"><span
          lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"
            color="#0000ff">http://www.ua.pt/dmat/</font></span></a><span
        lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">.</font></font></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Secretariat</font></font></p>
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      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal">
      <font size="3"><font face="Calibri">================================</font></font></p>
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      <font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Neusa Lagarto, </font></font><a
        href="mailto:neusa@ua.pt" target="_blank"><span><font
            face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#0000ff">neusa@ua.pt</font></span></a><font
        size="3"><font face="Calibri">.</font></font></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Contacts</font></font></span></p>
    <font face="Calibri"><font size="3">
      </font></font>
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      COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font
        face="Calibri"><font size="3">
        </font></font><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font
            size="3">=================================</font></font></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">For all questions
          please contact:
        </font></span><a href="mailto:DMAT-miniEURO2014@ua.pt"
        target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"
            size="3" color="#0000ff">DMAT-miniEURO2014@ua.pt</font></span></a><span
        lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3" color="#ff0000">.</font></font></span></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Please visit our
          website </font>
      </span><a href="http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/" target="_blank"><span
          lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"
            color="#0000ff">http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/</font></span></a><span
        lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> for more
            information.</font></font></span></p>
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