. FOREWORD .......................................................... 1
        Yoshiaki SHIRAI and Kenichiro ISHII

Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Algorithm and Computational Complexity]

 . Efficient Dynamic Job Scheduling Algorithms for Multiprocessor
   Systems ........................................................... 3
        Saptarshi MAHESH, C.Siva Ram MURTHY and C.Pandu RANGAN

 . Complexity of Finding Alphabet Indexing .......................... 13
        Shinichi SHIMOZONO and Satoru MIYANO

[Software Systems]

 . Unification-Failure Filter for Natural Language .................. 19
        Alfredo M.MAEDA, Hideto TOMABECHI and Jun-ichi AOE

 . Process Composition and Interleave Reduction in Parallel Process
   Specification .................................................... 27
        Makoto TSUJIGADO, Teruo HIKITA and Jun GINBAYASHI

[Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Pattern Recognition]

 . Calculation of Exact Statistics on Directional Data in the 2-D Space
            ......................................................... 37
        Hajimu KAWAKAMI

 . A Segmentation Method for Sign Language Recognition .............. 49
        Eiji OHIRA, Hirohiko SAGAWA, Tomoko SAKIYAMA and Masaru OHKI

[Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science]

 . An Extended Centering Mechanism for Interpreting Pronouns and
   Zero-Pronouns .................................................... 58
        Shingo TAKADA and Norihisa DOI

 . Automatic Alignment of Japanese-Chinese Bilingual Texts .......... 68
        Chew Lim TAN and Makoto NAGAO

[Bio-Cybernetics and Neurocomputing]

 . Detection of the K-Complex Using a New Method of Recognizing
   Waveform Based on the Discrete Wavelet Transform ................. 77
        Zhengwei TANG and Naohiro ISHII

LETTERS
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[Algorithm and Computational Complexity]

 . On the Negation-Limited Circuit Complexity of Clique Functions ... 86
        Tetsuro NISHINO and Keisuke TANAKA

 . On the Number of Negations Needed to Compute Parity Functions .... 90
        Tetsuro NISHINO and Jaikumar RADHAKRISHNAN

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J78-D-I, J78-D-II, No.1 in Japanese)  92