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Sexual Climax in Female Macaca mulatta

The view that female infra-human primates do not achieve orgasm is widespread [e.g. FORD and BEACH, 1952; MORRIS, 1967]. It has been assumed that this aspect of sexual behaviour is qualitatively different in man. While there has been much experimentation in the neurophysiology and endocrinology of sexual behaviour in infra-human primates over the past 30-40 years, the assumption that female mon...

Turing instability in pioneer/climax species interactions.

Systems of pioneer and climax species are used to model interactions of species whose reproductive capacity is sensitive to population density in their shared ecosystem. Intraspecies interaction coefficients can be adjusted so that spatially homogeneous solutions are stable to small perturbations. In a reaction-diffusion pioneer/climax model we will determine the critical value of the diffusion...

Opera postuma

It seems incredible that twelve volumes of medical works written in Morgagni's own handwriting should have been completely lost to sight until 1952, when Professor Adalberto Pazni, combing through the catalogues in the Laurenziana Library in Florence for the names of medieval doctors, should have discovered them by chance. How they came to be there is a story full of interest, a detective story...

Interaction in Digitally Augmented Opera

— This paper reviews an experimental opera production, where digitally augmented content was used interactively during the performance. Projected graphics and spatialized sounds were designed to support the story. The animated 3D graphics acted as virtual stage, narrative element, or reflection of thoughts of a character. The special effects were partly un...