February and March Meteors

Characterizing Mortality from Substance Abuse in Iran: An Epidemiological Study during March 2014 to February 2015

Background: Drug abuse is a severe and chronic disorder that leaves morbidity, disability and premature mortality in the society. The study of death due to substance abuse provides useful information for local, national and international administrators. Thus, by identifying the factors that have an impact on overdose-related mortality we can provide suitable intervention for vulnerable groups. ...

Bruce D. Sidell (20 March 1948-8 February 2011).

The discipline of comparative and evolutionary physiology suffered the loss of one of its most creative scholars earlier this year, with the all-too-young passing of Bruce Sidell. As all who knew Bruce – either personally or from reading his many excellent publications – realize, his science exemplified the 'curiosity-driven' approach to investigation that commonly leads to the most novel and f...

Ulf Svante von Euler: 7 February 1905-10 March 1983.

On Meteors, Earthworms and Wimps

We study a model of mass redistribution on a finite graph. We address the questions of convergence to equilibrium and the rate of convergence. We present theorems on the distribution of empty sites and the distribution of mass at a fixed vertex. These distributions are related to random permutations with certain peak sets.

Denis Parsons Burkitt - 28 February 1911--23 March 1993.