2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/82072Effetive field theory is believed to provide a useful framework for describing low-energy nuclear phenomena in a model-independent fashion. I give here a brief account of the basic features of this approach, some of its latest developments, and examples of actual calculations carried out in this framework.12 pages, Invited talk at the First Yamada Symposium on Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Nuclear Phyiscs (NDM03), Nara, Japan, June 2003Nuclear Theorytext