Editor's Note: It seems appropriate, in this issue of JSS containing the ®ndings of our annual Top Scholars/Institutions study, to pay tribute to the persistent authors who make a journal like this, and a study like that, possible. In their honor, we dedicate the following humorous, anonymously-authored, letter! Dear Sir, Madame, or Other: Enclosed is our latest version of Ms. #1996-02-22-RRRRR...

It is a major problem in topological geometry to describe all compact projective planes P with an automorphism group Σ of sufficiently large topological dimension. This is greatly facilitated if the group is known to be a Lie group. Slightly improving a result from the first author’s dissertation, we show for a 16-dimensional plane P that the connected component of Σ is a Lie group if its dimen...

The metallothioneins are a family of heavy-metal binding proteins of low molecular weight. They function in the regulation of trace metal metabolism and in the protection against toxic heavy metal ions. In man, the metallothioneins are encoded by at least 10-12 genes separated into two groups, MT-I and MT-II. To understand the genomic organization of these genes and their involvement in heredit...

Flocks participating in sire referencing schemes can achieve greater genetic gains than those achievable by within-flock selection. However, requirements for joining these schemes can be prohibitive to some producers. The objectives of this study were to determine whether less restrictive schemes or schemes of shorter duration could achieve rates of gain and reduce inbreeding as efficiently as ...

While holding great development opportunities to be seized, Africa has been identified as particularly vulnerable to climate changes, and the ZRB is no exception to that. With increasing demands to the Zambezi system in terms or water and energy, and rising challenges in the form of less runoff due to climate change, it is paramount to plan ahead. In particular, it must be understood how major ...

T the ripe age of eighty-four Lloyd Morgan has passed away. jje wag for many years the distinguished and greatlyeloved Principal of University College, and when the College deceived its charter in 1909 converting it into Bristol diversity Lloyd Morgan was designated the first Vicehancellor. He relinquished this office almost immediately, nd Sir Igambard Owen was appointed in his stead. His ecis...