Introduction The recent Society of Mathematical Biology annual meeting, 25-28 July, in Knoxville TN was an interesting interdisciplinary journey. Attendees had backgrounds in biology, medicine, mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, ecology, and public health. Coming from my own computational physics background, I’m doing a few reflective posts on what struck me during the conference. The […]
In March, the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) proposed a significant change to state requirements for continuing education (CE). They have termed this proposal MOCC, for Maintenance Of Core Competence.The FSMTB is accepting feedback on the proposal through 30 April. Looking at reactions to the MOCC proposal, the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals […]
I recently had a massage teaching colleague ping me about: 1) Why we need mitochondria? and 2) How many molecules of ATP are used per second in typical muscle contractions? Both questions are a matter of energy, thus piquing my underlying physicist nature. Glucose to ATP The first question really was really along the lines […]
The first of two starting points for this post is David Evans’s An ‘Unacceptable’ Degree? in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Evans is discussing hiring practices and the rejection of potential candidates who lack a “trophy degree.” One of the commentators mentions several reasons that a candidate would be rejected that, even if shared, wouldn’t […]
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