1. Publisher's note

   Announcement Pages: iii - iii

2. On estimates of lower and upper limits for the masses of compact components in close binaries

   • G. M. Beskin
   • N. V. Borisov
   • L. A. Pustil'nik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 149

3. Selection effects in the observed variation of spectral index with redshift

   • A. A. Ubachukwu
   • A. C. Ugwoke
   • J. N. Ogwo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 157

4. The lack of thermical equilibrium as a consequence on the universe expansion

   • Roberto Aquilano
   • Mario Castagnino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 167

5. The lambda 6708 feature in Ap stars

   • R. Faraggiana
   • M. Gerbaldi
   • F. Delmas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 200

6. A theory of galactic mass and rotation curves

   • Clark Jeffries

   OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 215

7. X-ray rings by grain diffraction

   • Marcella Contini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 222

8. Dynamical evolution of triple systems with big differences in the masses of bodies. A criterion for stability

   • J. Anosova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 238

9. Inhomogeneous cylindrically-symmetric models in string cosmology

   • Can Battal Kilinç
   • Ilhami Yavuz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 245

10. Quantum cosmology

    • W. G. Tifft
    • W. J. Cocke
    • C. L. Devito

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 283

11. Circumstellar material in the symbiotic binary V443 herculis

    • A. Skopal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 302

12. Comments on some possible models of TMC-1

    • T. W. Hartquist
    • D. A. Williams
    • P. Caselli

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 303 - 308

13. Comments on torsion, massive electrodynamics and gravitation induced by scalar fields

    • M. Sharif

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 309 - 310

14. List of forthcoming papers

    Legacy Pages: 311 - 311

15. The Kluwer LATEX style file

    Announcement Pages: 315 - 316