Experimental and analytical studies of end loss from a theta pinch have been carried out. Detailed diagnostic studies of a 25 cm long theta pinch operating with reversed trapped fields have been completed; spectroscopic studies, magnetic probe, pressure probe, double diamagnetic loop, luminosity studies and Thomson scattering studies of the plasma have been carried out over the 8 ysec duration of the transient loss. Two new diagnostic techniques have been developed based on the available Thomson scattering laser source. A study of plasma loss from a 10.5 long theta pinch with an axial Twyman-Green interferometer has been completed and reported. The basic studies needed for subsequent experimental work on heat conduction loss being diagnosed by Thomson scattering data in the end region, with and without mirror coil, has been completed as a part of the mirror field studies. Analytical studies continue to emphasize computational modeling of experiments. Zero-dimensional code studies of both collisional and collisionless experiments have been completed. Onedimenisonal codes are under development, with the first code, without thermal conduction, successfully describing Scylla I-C behavior. Implosion models, to be used with the above codes, are under study. ( \._B," r 1 B ZV J \ \ / \ ^ J \ \