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Nicolas Rashevsky’s Mathematical Biophysics

This paper explores the work of Nicolas Rashevsky, a Russian émigré theoretical physicist who developed a program in ‘‘mathematical biophysics’’ at the University of Chicago during the 1930s. Stressing the complexity of many biological phenomena, Rashevsky argued that the methods of theoretical physics – namely mathematics – were needed to ‘‘simplify’’ complex biological processes such as cell ...

Congenital CSF Rhinorrhoea sans Encephalocoele, sans Trauma, sans Tumour

The authors describe a case of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea due to a congenital defect in cribriform plate, an anomaly that has not been described hitherto. It was successfully treated surgically.

Statement Nicolas Schiper

Cloud-based applications are everywhere around us. They range from performance sensitive services such as web search, e-commerce, and social networking to mission-critical applications such as air-traffic control and the power grid. These applications tend to be complex, involve a large number of computers, and must face all sorts of failures ranging from power outages and software bugs to mali...

'Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything:' resourcing mental health services for older people.

Nicolas Gruber : Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics

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