Andre Malraux, Tragic Humanist

Andre Acusta

Stochastic delay differential equations allow the stochastic differential equations to incorporate past data segments. They are widely used to solve systems having delay feedbacks. In the linear Gaussian case, the differential equations can be solved by computing the covariance functions through the double Laplace transform. It turns out that the solution can be decomposed into the sum of indep...

1-Andre D Bandrauk.pmd

Interaction of intense ultrashort (few-cycle) laser pulses with atoms and molecules leads to a highly nonlinear nonperturbative regime of electron dynamics and response. Ionized electrons are shown to be controlled by such pulses and the response is described by simple classical models of under and above barrier ionization followed by recollision with the parent ion or collision with neighborin...

Teaching with a Humanist

Tragic and sudden death

the death of a child is probably the most traumatic event any parent can experience. this tragedy is made worse if the child dies in its sleep, appar­ ently for no reason. Sudden infant death syndrome (SiDS) inevitably strikes horror into parents’ hearts; it usually happens at night and occurs in complete silence—there is no fight for life or breath to warn parents that something is horribly wr...

A Tragic Loss

T he circumpolar health community lost a much respected and loved friend, colleague and mentor on 17 June, 2014. Dr. Éric Dewailly, aged 59, a professor at Laval University in Québec, Canada, died in a tragic rockslide on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, while holidaying with his family. Eric was well known to many researchers across the Arctic. He was a superb pioneering scientist wh...