1. Charge-transfer in YBa₂Cu₃O _x

   • Howard A. Blackstead
   • John D. Dow

   OriginalPaper Pages: 563 - 570

2. c-axis phonons and the enhancement of pairing correlations in high-temperature superconductors

   • M. Mierzejewski
   • J. Zieliński

   OriginalPaper Pages: 571 - 578

3. Spectrum of quasiparticles near the Bragg plane and influence of degeneracy points and open-form Fermi surface onT _c in superconductors

   • Yu. G. Peisakhovich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 579 - 588

4. Critical current density and flux pinning in Y_1−x Ho _x Ba₂Cu₃O_7−δ epitaxial films

   • Z. S. Peng
   • C. R. Wan
   • B. C. Yang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 589 - 592

5. Effect of interlayer interaction in high-T _c cuprate superconductors

   • Amit Pratap
   • Ajay Tripathi
   • R. S. Tripathi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 593 - 597

6. Chemical composition and surface chemistry of dc sputtered Pb-doped Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O thin films

   • S. P. Chowdhury
   • P. S. Asoka Kumar
   • V. Vasudeva Rao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 599 - 602

7. The ratio 2Δ₀/T _c in BCS superconductivity

   • P. Udomsamuthirun
   • S. Ratanaburi
   • S. Yoksan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 603 - 604

8. Thermal stability in high-T _c coil and magnet design by process control of Bi(Pb)-2223/Ag multifilamentary tapes

   • N. V. Vo
   • C. C. Neo
   • H. K. Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 605 - 614

9. A structural study of chemical stability of (Y_1−x Ca _x)(Ba_2−x La _x )Cu₃O_7−δ(x= 0.0, 0.2, and 0.4)

   • H. Rajagopal
   • A. Sequeira
   • J. V. Yakhmi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 615 - 618

10. The BCS Gap equation within the van Hove scenario of high-T _c superconductivity

    • R. Grassme
    • P. Seidel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 624

11. Double-sided YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ superconducting films prepared by laser ablation with a Si radiation heater

    • Zhou Veliang
    • Xiong Xuming
    • Yang Guozhen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 625 - 627

12. Coherence lengths and magnetic penetration depths in YBa₂Cu₃O₇ and YBa₂Cu₄O₈ superconductors

    • Dinesh Varshney
    • R. K. Singh
    • Sanjay Shah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 629 - 635

13. The As-prepared surfaces of C-axis-oriented Nd₁Ba₂Cu₃O_y thin films characterized using scanning probe microscopes

    • Wu Ting
    • M. Badaye
    • S. Tanaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 637 - 645

14. Vitalii Lazarevich Ginzburg on his eightieth birthday

    • Lev N. Bulaevskii

    Announcement Pages: 647 - 648