| Name | World Continuing Education Alliance |
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| Activity Title | Invariant death |
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| Details | The coil of a snail’s shell expresses the duality of constraint and process. The logarithmic spiral of growth constrains overall form. Particular snails modulate the process of shell deposition, varying the parameters of the logarithmic spiral. To interpret the variety of snail shells, one must recognize the interplay between broad geometric constraint and the special modulating processes of individual types. The pattern of death in populations follows the same duality of invariant geometric constraint and modulating process. The invariant geometry of death’s curve arises from the intrinsic order of large samples. I extend the large-sample concept to clarify the invariant geometry of death. I then illustrate the role of particular biological processes in modulating death’s curve: the stretch of death’s time in nematode response to physiological perturbation. To restate the puzzle: How can we relate small-scale molecular and physiological process to population consequence? |
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| Competence | Public Health |
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| Start Date | <span class="not-set">(not set)</span> |
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| End Date | <span class="not-set">(not set)</span> |
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| Event Time | 03:30 PM |
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| Location | World Continuing Education Alliance eLearning System |
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| Cost (UGX) | 0 |
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| CPD Points | 1 |
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