2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/82620The construction of a general effective lagrangian consistent with the symmetries of QCD and intended for applications to finite-density systems is discussed. The low-energy structure of the composite nucleon is described within the theory from vector-meson dominance. Results are given for finite nuclei and nuclear matter at one-loop order. All of the coupling constants, appropriately defined according to naive dimensonal analysis, are found to be natural.17 slides, LaTeX2e with epsf.sty, plus 7 figures in separate files; poster for INPC95 conference, August 1995Nuclear Theorytext