Mathematical Demography and Population Biology

Nathan Keyfitz

In concert with the MPE 2013 initiative, the NSF’s Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) at Ohio State will host the Keyfitz Centennial Symposium on Mathematical Demographyin June 2013, cosponsored by the OSU Institute for Population Research (IPR).

The main goal of the Symposium is to serve as a forum for presentation of ongoing research on the mathematics of population. The program will encompass research on human and non-human populations, and both theoretical and applied research. In bringing together mathematical demographers and population biologists, the symposium will adhere to Keyfitz’s view that population itself is an object worthy of study, not limited to particular species.

Tony Nance
Mathematical Biosciences Institute
tony@mbi.osu.edu

Female orgasm captured in series of brain scans

Nan Wise, 54, a sex therapist, who is a Rutgers PhD candidate, reached orgasm by self-stimulation. The researchers explained that every part of her brain was activated when she reached orgasm.

Wise said:

"When I first started grad school in '80s, we didn't have these methods. Now we can study how the brain is recruiting these regions to create the big bang of orgasm. Secondary to an epileptic seizure, there's no bigger brain networking event. It's a fantastic opportunity to examine the connectivity of the brain. Theoretically, it's going be helpful to know how things work. I think the caveat is understanding that sexuality is very complex."

In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, UK, Wise said:

"It's my dissertation. I'm committed to it."

Female Orgasm in Brain Regions