1. Editorial

   Editorial Commentary Pages: 3 - 4

2. Calendar

   Events Pages: 31 - 37

3. On the Control of the Friction Force

   • Emanuele Guglielmino
   • Kevin A. Edge
   • Rinaldo Ghigliazza

   OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 406

4. Influence of Transverse Shear on Stochastic Instability of the Elastic Beam

   • Ratko Pavlović
   • Predrag Kozić
   • Snežana Mitić

   OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 414

5. Elastic and Damage Longitudinal Shear Behavior of Highly Concentrated Long Fiber Composites

   • Stefano Lenci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 439

6. Mathematical Models for Waxy Crude Oils

   • A. Fasano
   • L. Fusi
   • S. Correra

   Legacy Pages: 441 - 482

7. Magnetohydrodynamic Rotating Flow of a Second Grade Fluid with a Given Volume Flow Rate Variation

   • S. Asghar
   • K. Hanif
   • T. Hayat

   OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 488

8. Book Review: Essay on the History of Mechanics

   BookReview Pages: 489 - 490

9. Book Review: Nonclassical Thermoelastic Problems in nonlinear Dynamics of Shells

   BookReview Pages: 490 - 491