----------------------- Special issue devoted to the 14th ILAS Conference in Shanghai, China on July 16-20, 2007. Paper should be submitted by November 1, 2007 to one of the special editors: Ilse Ipsen, Julio Moro, Peter Semrl, Jia-yu Shao, and Pei Yuan Wu. Additional information will appear in due course in the conference announcements and at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~hans/speciss.html. Responsible editor-in-chief is Richard A. Brualdi.