Rafael Herbst (1936-2017)

Volker Kaibel and Rafael Mechtel

We introduce revlex-initial 0/1-polytopes as the convex hulls of reverse-lexicographically initial subsets of 0/1-vectors. These polytopes are special knapsack-polytopes. It turns out that they have remarkable extremal properties. In particular, we use these polytopes in order to prove that the minimum numbers gnfac(d, n) of facets and the minimum average degree gavdeg(d, n) of the graph of a d...

Rafael Lorente de No, 1946

Dev097394 1918..1936

Midbrain dopaminergic (mDA) neuron development has been an intense area of research during recent years. This is due in part to a growing interest in regenerative medicine and the hope that treatment for diseases affecting mDA neurons, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), might be facilitated by a better understanding of how these neurons are specified, differentiated and maintained in vivo. This ...

Troubleshooting the Herbst appliance.

Charles Nicolle (1866-1936).

Dept. of Medicine, TN Medical College & BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai 400 008 C Nicolle was born in Rouen, France, to a practising physician. He received his medical education in Rouen and completed his graduation from the hospital in Paris. In 1893, he further studied in the Pasteur Institute of Paris, under the direction of Metchnikoff and Roux. In 1902, he was appointed the first director of...