Let N = {0, 1, ···, n-1}. A strongly idempotent self-orthogonal row Latin magic array of order n（SISORLMA（n） for short） based on N is an n × n array M satisfying the following properties：（1） each row of M is a permutation of N, and at least one column is not a permutation of N;（2） the sums of the n numbers in every row and every column are the same;（3） M is orthogonal to its transpose;（4） the main diagonal and the back diagonal of M are 0, 1, ···, n-1 from left to right. In this paper, it is proved that an SISORLMA（n）exists if and only if n ？ {2, 3}. As an application, it is proved that a nonelementary rational diagonally ordered magic square exists if and only if n ？ {2, 3}, and a rational diagonally ordered magic square exists if and only if n ≠2.
The concept of a （q, k, λ, t） almost dltterence tamlly （ADF） nas oeen introduced and studied by C. Ding and J. Yin as a useful generalization of the concept of an almost difference set. In this paper, we consider, more generally, （q, K,λ, t, Q）-ADFs, where K = {k1, k2,.…, kr} is a set of positive integers and Q = （q1,q2,... ,qr） is a given block-size distribution sequence. A necessary condition for the existence of a （q, K, λ, t, Q）-ADF is given, and several infinite classes of （q, K, A, t, Q）-ADFs are constructed.
