Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in 2020 entitled "National identity predicts public health support during a pandemic"
NIMH-COR at Calif. St. Univ., Long Beach program historyJohn Jung
A Brief History of the NIMH-COR research career mentoring program started by John Jung in 1983 at Calif. State University, Long Beach (as of 2006).
(Note: This powerpoint file must be downloaded to see animation effects which are disabled online)
National Council Magazine - Suicide Prevention EditionDavid Covington
Editorial advisor for “Suicide Prevention is Everybody’s Business: Not Another Life to Lose” special edition including Surgeon General’s revised National Strategy.
NIMH-COR at Calif. St. Univ., Long Beach program historyJohn Jung
A Brief History of the NIMH-COR research career mentoring program started by John Jung in 1983 at Calif. State University, Long Beach (as of 2006).
(Note: This powerpoint file must be downloaded to see animation effects which are disabled online)
National Council Magazine - Suicide Prevention EditionDavid Covington
Editorial advisor for “Suicide Prevention is Everybody’s Business: Not Another Life to Lose” special edition including Surgeon General’s revised National Strategy.
The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions available now:
AFRICAN HISTORY
John Parker and Richard Rathbone
AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
AND ELECTIONS L. Sandy Maisel
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
Charles O. Jones
ANARCHISM Colin Ward
ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Julia Annas
ANCIENT WARFARE
Harry Sidebottom
ANGLICANISM Mark Chapman
THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE John Blair
ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia
ANTISEMITISM Steven Beller
ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn
ARCHITECTURE Andrew Ballantyne
ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes
ART HISTORY Dana Arnold
ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland
THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
Michael Hoskin
ATHEISM Julian Baggini
AUGUSTINE Henry Chadwick
Autism Uta Frith
BARTHES Jonathan Culler
BESTSELLERS John Sutherland
THE BIBLE John Riches
THE BRAIN Michael O’Shea
BRITISH POLITICS Anthony Wright
BUDDHA Michael Carrithers
BUDDHISM Damien Keown
BUDDHIST ETHICS Damien Keown
CAPITALISM James Fulcher
THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe
CHAOS Leonard Smith
CHOICE THEORY Michael Allingham
CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson
CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead
Citizenship Richard Bellamy
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Helen Morales
CLASSICS
Mary Beard and John Henderson
CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard
THE COLD WAR Robert McMahon
CONSCIOUSNESS Susan Blackmore
CONTEMPORARY ART
Julian Stallabrass
CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY
Simon Critchley
COSMOLOGY Peter Coles
THE CRUSADES Christopher Tyerman
CRYPTOGRAPHY
Fred Piper and Sean Murphy
DADA AND SURREALISM
David Hopkins
DARWIN Jonathan Howard
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Timothy Lim
DEMOCRACY Bernard Crick
DESCARTES Tom Sorell
DESIGN John Heskett
DINOSAURS David Norman
DOCUMENTARY FILM
Patricia Aufderheide
DREAMING J. Allan Hobson
DRUGS Leslie Iversen
THE EARTH Martin Redfern
ECONOMICS Partha Dasgupta
EGYPTIAN MYTH Geraldine Pinch
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN
Paul Langford
THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball
EMOTION Dylan Evans
EMPIRE Stephen Howe
ENGELS Terrell Carver
ETHICS Simon Blackburn
THE EUROPEAN UNION
John Pinder and Simon Usherwood
EVOLUTION
Brian and Deborah Charlesworth
EXISTENTIALISM Thomas Flynn
FASCISM Kevin Passmore
FEMINISM Margaret Walters
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Michael Howard
FOSSILS Keith Thomson
FOUCAULT Gary Gutting
FREE WILL Thomas Pink
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
William Doyle
FREUD Anthony Storr
FUNDAMENTALISM Malise Ruthven
galaxies John Gribbin
GALILEO Stillman Drake
GAME THEORY Ken Binmore
GANDHI Bhikhu Parekh
Geography
John Matthews and David Herbert
GEOPOLITICS Klaus Dodds
GERMAN LITERATURE
Nicholas Boyle
GLOBAL CATASTROPHES
Bill McGuire
GLOBALIZATION Manfred Steger
GLOBAL WARMING Mark Maslin
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE
NEW DEAL Eric Rauchway
HABERMAS James Gordon Finlayson
HEGEL Peter Singer
HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood
HIEROGLYPHS Penelope Wilson
HINDUISM Kim Knott
HISTORY John H. Arnold
History of Life Michael Benton
History of Medicine
William Bynum
HIV/AIDS Alan Whiteside
HOBBES Richard Tuck
HUMAN EVOLUTION BernardWood
HUMAN RIGHTS Andrew Clapham
HUME A. J. Ayer
IDEOLOGY Michael Freeden
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY Sue.
No one’s been more influential than John Weeks in advocating for integrative health and health creation as the standard of care. View (and share!) this stunning 68-page eBook and discover what John’s colleagues—the leading lights of integrative health and medicine—have to say about his incalculable contributions to the field.
Supporting courageous voices discuss suicide and mental illness safely and responsibly. Presented at the LGBTI Mental Health Conference 2014, Sydney, 26-27 June 2014.
The world is facing a red alert for children’s health: Routine vaccination coverage dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNICEF’s latest report, The State of the World’s Children 2023: For every child, vaccination, explores the reasons behind this red alert and the steps we as a global community must take to make sure that no child is left behind.
The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research provides pilot grants to faculty in the Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing to enable and support HIV/AIDS research projects. Junior faculty at other JHU schools are eligible to apply if the proposal meets all other criteria. The prime purpose of these awards is to strengthen the individual’s ability to secure independent funding. We plan to award up to ten $50,000 grants per year, depending upon the number of fundable applications and availability of funds. The CFAR Scholar Grants were previously named the Faculty Development Awards.
Personality Profile and Suicidal Behaviour among College Studentspaperpublications3
Abstract: The World Health Organization recognizes suicide as one of the world’s leading causes of death worldwide. Research into personality traits related to suicidality suggests substantial variability among suicidal behaviour. A potentially useful approach that accounts for this complexity is to identify the personality traits and other key contributing risk factors. This study aims at investigating the relationship between personality traits and suicidal ideation among college students The surveying approach under the descriptive method is adopted in the current investigation.100 undergraduate students participated the study and completed NEO-Five Personality Inventory – Revised, Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire. Results revealed that 11(11%) participants had suicidal ideation within the past one month. The study also revealed that high neuroticism; low extraversion and low conscientiousness have positive relation with suicidal ideation. Further, they study also revealed that openness to experience and agreeableness have insignificant relation with suicidal ideation. The study highlighted that personality traits/ individual differences are key contributing factor to suicidal ideation.
Social Unrest and Mental Health
World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP) Symposium
at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting 2021
Vincenzo Di Nicola, MPhil, MD, PhD, DFAPA, FCPA President, CASP; President-Elect, WASP Professor of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, QC
Learning objectives
To understand the association between social unrest and mental health …
Specifically, to:
Identify the social determinants of unrest
Offer case examples of social unrest
Review WHO prevalence estimates and overall mental health impacts of social unrest
Discuss special considerations for children, youth & families
Plan for presentation
Social unrest and mental health: 30-45 minutes – V Di Nicola Social determinants: Triggers, aggravators & attenuators, circularity
Case examples (evidence-based studies)
Hong Kong Protests Black Lives Matter
WHO Prevalence Estimates (data)
Protests, Riots & Revolutions: A systematic review
Children, Youth & Families: Special considerations
“A Social Psychiatry Manifesto”
Vincenzo Di Nicola , MPhil, MD, PhD, FRCPC, DFAPA
Psychiatric Grand Rounds
VA Boston Mental Health Care System
Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency
April 4, 2020 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Purpose Statement
To give an overview of the history and current status of Social Psychiatry with some applications of relevance Veterans and their families
Several sentences that describe the training.
• What is the current knowledge deficit, or gap?
A better understanding of the contributions of social psychiatry
• How does the information you are presenting fill that gap?
By providing the broader context of social psychiatry to understand veterans and their families
• How will it benefit Veterans?
By providing a broader context, the presenter hopes to inform clinicians and policy-makers of the importance of social context and family and social relationships
Objectives
The objectives are what the learners will be able to do after attending the training. It is best that each objective has only one item being focused on.
At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:
1. Describe and define Social Psychiatry;
2. List the three main branches of Social Psychiatry;
3. Name two major public health projects of Social Psychiatry;
4. Give at least two examples of the clinical and policy relevance of Social Psychiatry for Veterans and their families.
Presented by Jo Valentine, MSW, Associate Director, Office of Health Equity, Division of STD Prevention, CDC, at the 2012 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting
The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions available now:
AFRICAN HISTORY
John Parker and Richard Rathbone
AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
AND ELECTIONS L. Sandy Maisel
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
Charles O. Jones
ANARCHISM Colin Ward
ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Julia Annas
ANCIENT WARFARE
Harry Sidebottom
ANGLICANISM Mark Chapman
THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE John Blair
ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia
ANTISEMITISM Steven Beller
ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn
ARCHITECTURE Andrew Ballantyne
ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes
ART HISTORY Dana Arnold
ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland
THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
Michael Hoskin
ATHEISM Julian Baggini
AUGUSTINE Henry Chadwick
Autism Uta Frith
BARTHES Jonathan Culler
BESTSELLERS John Sutherland
THE BIBLE John Riches
THE BRAIN Michael O’Shea
BRITISH POLITICS Anthony Wright
BUDDHA Michael Carrithers
BUDDHISM Damien Keown
BUDDHIST ETHICS Damien Keown
CAPITALISM James Fulcher
THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe
CHAOS Leonard Smith
CHOICE THEORY Michael Allingham
CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson
CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead
Citizenship Richard Bellamy
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Helen Morales
CLASSICS
Mary Beard and John Henderson
CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard
THE COLD WAR Robert McMahon
CONSCIOUSNESS Susan Blackmore
CONTEMPORARY ART
Julian Stallabrass
CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY
Simon Critchley
COSMOLOGY Peter Coles
THE CRUSADES Christopher Tyerman
CRYPTOGRAPHY
Fred Piper and Sean Murphy
DADA AND SURREALISM
David Hopkins
DARWIN Jonathan Howard
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Timothy Lim
DEMOCRACY Bernard Crick
DESCARTES Tom Sorell
DESIGN John Heskett
DINOSAURS David Norman
DOCUMENTARY FILM
Patricia Aufderheide
DREAMING J. Allan Hobson
DRUGS Leslie Iversen
THE EARTH Martin Redfern
ECONOMICS Partha Dasgupta
EGYPTIAN MYTH Geraldine Pinch
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN
Paul Langford
THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball
EMOTION Dylan Evans
EMPIRE Stephen Howe
ENGELS Terrell Carver
ETHICS Simon Blackburn
THE EUROPEAN UNION
John Pinder and Simon Usherwood
EVOLUTION
Brian and Deborah Charlesworth
EXISTENTIALISM Thomas Flynn
FASCISM Kevin Passmore
FEMINISM Margaret Walters
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Michael Howard
FOSSILS Keith Thomson
FOUCAULT Gary Gutting
FREE WILL Thomas Pink
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
William Doyle
FREUD Anthony Storr
FUNDAMENTALISM Malise Ruthven
galaxies John Gribbin
GALILEO Stillman Drake
GAME THEORY Ken Binmore
GANDHI Bhikhu Parekh
Geography
John Matthews and David Herbert
GEOPOLITICS Klaus Dodds
GERMAN LITERATURE
Nicholas Boyle
GLOBAL CATASTROPHES
Bill McGuire
GLOBALIZATION Manfred Steger
GLOBAL WARMING Mark Maslin
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE
NEW DEAL Eric Rauchway
HABERMAS James Gordon Finlayson
HEGEL Peter Singer
HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood
HIEROGLYPHS Penelope Wilson
HINDUISM Kim Knott
HISTORY John H. Arnold
History of Life Michael Benton
History of Medicine
William Bynum
HIV/AIDS Alan Whiteside
HOBBES Richard Tuck
HUMAN EVOLUTION BernardWood
HUMAN RIGHTS Andrew Clapham
HUME A. J. Ayer
IDEOLOGY Michael Freeden
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY Sue.
No one’s been more influential than John Weeks in advocating for integrative health and health creation as the standard of care. View (and share!) this stunning 68-page eBook and discover what John’s colleagues—the leading lights of integrative health and medicine—have to say about his incalculable contributions to the field.
Supporting courageous voices discuss suicide and mental illness safely and responsibly. Presented at the LGBTI Mental Health Conference 2014, Sydney, 26-27 June 2014.
The world is facing a red alert for children’s health: Routine vaccination coverage dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNICEF’s latest report, The State of the World’s Children 2023: For every child, vaccination, explores the reasons behind this red alert and the steps we as a global community must take to make sure that no child is left behind.
The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research provides pilot grants to faculty in the Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing to enable and support HIV/AIDS research projects. Junior faculty at other JHU schools are eligible to apply if the proposal meets all other criteria. The prime purpose of these awards is to strengthen the individual’s ability to secure independent funding. We plan to award up to ten $50,000 grants per year, depending upon the number of fundable applications and availability of funds. The CFAR Scholar Grants were previously named the Faculty Development Awards.
Personality Profile and Suicidal Behaviour among College Studentspaperpublications3
Abstract: The World Health Organization recognizes suicide as one of the world’s leading causes of death worldwide. Research into personality traits related to suicidality suggests substantial variability among suicidal behaviour. A potentially useful approach that accounts for this complexity is to identify the personality traits and other key contributing risk factors. This study aims at investigating the relationship between personality traits and suicidal ideation among college students The surveying approach under the descriptive method is adopted in the current investigation.100 undergraduate students participated the study and completed NEO-Five Personality Inventory – Revised, Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire. Results revealed that 11(11%) participants had suicidal ideation within the past one month. The study also revealed that high neuroticism; low extraversion and low conscientiousness have positive relation with suicidal ideation. Further, they study also revealed that openness to experience and agreeableness have insignificant relation with suicidal ideation. The study highlighted that personality traits/ individual differences are key contributing factor to suicidal ideation.
Social Unrest and Mental Health
World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP) Symposium
at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting 2021
Vincenzo Di Nicola, MPhil, MD, PhD, DFAPA, FCPA President, CASP; President-Elect, WASP Professor of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, QC
Learning objectives
To understand the association between social unrest and mental health …
Specifically, to:
Identify the social determinants of unrest
Offer case examples of social unrest
Review WHO prevalence estimates and overall mental health impacts of social unrest
Discuss special considerations for children, youth & families
Plan for presentation
Social unrest and mental health: 30-45 minutes – V Di Nicola Social determinants: Triggers, aggravators & attenuators, circularity
Case examples (evidence-based studies)
Hong Kong Protests Black Lives Matter
WHO Prevalence Estimates (data)
Protests, Riots & Revolutions: A systematic review
Children, Youth & Families: Special considerations
“A Social Psychiatry Manifesto”
Vincenzo Di Nicola , MPhil, MD, PhD, FRCPC, DFAPA
Psychiatric Grand Rounds
VA Boston Mental Health Care System
Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency
April 4, 2020 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Purpose Statement
To give an overview of the history and current status of Social Psychiatry with some applications of relevance Veterans and their families
Several sentences that describe the training.
• What is the current knowledge deficit, or gap?
A better understanding of the contributions of social psychiatry
• How does the information you are presenting fill that gap?
By providing the broader context of social psychiatry to understand veterans and their families
• How will it benefit Veterans?
By providing a broader context, the presenter hopes to inform clinicians and policy-makers of the importance of social context and family and social relationships
Objectives
The objectives are what the learners will be able to do after attending the training. It is best that each objective has only one item being focused on.
At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:
1. Describe and define Social Psychiatry;
2. List the three main branches of Social Psychiatry;
3. Name two major public health projects of Social Psychiatry;
4. Give at least two examples of the clinical and policy relevance of Social Psychiatry for Veterans and their families.
Presented by Jo Valentine, MSW, Associate Director, Office of Health Equity, Division of STD Prevention, CDC, at the 2012 National Chlamydia Coalition meeting
Making your research and teaching more efficient, transparent and impactfulJay Van Bavel
Science is hard and keeping up with the latest changes in technology and research practices can feel overwhelming. This workshop is designed to increase your productivity by making your research and teaching more efficient, transparent, and impactful. This will introduce you to a wide variety of strategies and technologies that you can employ in your work.
The role of brain-to-brain synchrony in collective performanceJay Van Bavel
The is a summary of our research on collective intelligence, group cooperation, social identity and brain-to-brain synchrony presented by Diego Reinero at the 2019 Social & Affective Neuroscience Society Conference.
This is the presentation I gave at SPSP 2019 examine differences in moral contagion among Democrat and Republican leaders. We analyzed the language leaders used on Twitter and examined the retweet rate for moral and emotional words.
A talk on the neuroscience of cooperation I gave at the Summer Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience in Lake Tahoe in July 2018. The talk reviews research and theory on the psychology and neuroscience underlying human cooperative decision-making.
This is a short talk I gave about the Partisan Brain as part of symposium on Neuropolitics at the International Neuropsychological Society’s annual meeting in Washington, DC (Feb 2018)
2017 demystifying the academic job marketJay Van Bavel
This is a slide deck for navigating the academic job market for phd students and postdocs in psychology (as well as the social and cognitive sciences). It describes the job market, offers concrete advice on preparing materials, explains the interview process, and discusses negotiation strategies.
(May 29th, 2024) Advancements in Intravital Microscopy- Insights for Preclini...Scintica Instrumentation
Intravital microscopy (IVM) is a powerful tool utilized to study cellular behavior over time and space in vivo. Much of our understanding of cell biology has been accomplished using various in vitro and ex vivo methods; however, these studies do not necessarily reflect the natural dynamics of biological processes. Unlike traditional cell culture or fixed tissue imaging, IVM allows for the ultra-fast high-resolution imaging of cellular processes over time and space and were studied in its natural environment. Real-time visualization of biological processes in the context of an intact organism helps maintain physiological relevance and provide insights into the progression of disease, response to treatments or developmental processes.
In this webinar we give an overview of advanced applications of the IVM system in preclinical research. IVIM technology is a provider of all-in-one intravital microscopy systems and solutions optimized for in vivo imaging of live animal models at sub-micron resolution. The system’s unique features and user-friendly software enables researchers to probe fast dynamic biological processes such as immune cell tracking, cell-cell interaction as well as vascularization and tumor metastasis with exceptional detail. This webinar will also give an overview of IVM being utilized in drug development, offering a view into the intricate interaction between drugs/nanoparticles and tissues in vivo and allows for the evaluation of therapeutic intervention in a variety of tissues and organs. This interdisciplinary collaboration continues to drive the advancements of novel therapeutic strategies.
Slide 1: Title Slide
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Slide 2: Introduction to Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Definition: Extrachromosomal inheritance refers to the transmission of genetic material that is not found within the nucleus.
Key Components: Involves genes located in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and plasmids.
Slide 3: Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondria: Organelles responsible for energy production.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in mitochondria.
Inheritance Pattern: Maternally inherited, meaning it is passed from mothers to all their offspring.
Diseases: Examples include Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and mitochondrial myopathy.
Slide 4: Chloroplast Inheritance
Chloroplasts: Organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plants.
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in chloroplasts.
Inheritance Pattern: Often maternally inherited in most plants, but can vary in some species.
Examples: Variegation in plants, where leaf color patterns are determined by chloroplast DNA.
Slide 5: Plasmid Inheritance
Plasmids: Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
Features: Can carry antibiotic resistance genes and can be transferred between cells through processes like conjugation.
Significance: Important in biotechnology for gene cloning and genetic engineering.
Slide 6: Mechanisms of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Non-Mendelian Patterns: Do not follow Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
Cytoplasmic Segregation: During cell division, organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts are randomly distributed to daughter cells.
Heteroplasmy: Presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell, leading to variation in expression.
Slide 7: Examples of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Four O’clock Plant (Mirabilis jalapa): Shows variegated leaves due to different cpDNA in leaf cells.
Petite Mutants in Yeast: Result from mutations in mitochondrial DNA affecting respiration.
Slide 8: Importance of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Evolution: Provides insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Medicine: Understanding mitochondrial inheritance helps in diagnosing and treating mitochondrial diseases.
Agriculture: Chloroplast inheritance can be used in plant breeding and genetic modification.
Slide 9: Recent Research and Advances
Gene Editing: Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 are being used to edit mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.
Therapies: Development of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) for preventing mitochondrial diseases.
Slide 10: Conclusion
Summary: Extrachromosomal inheritance involves the transmission of genetic material outside the nucleus and plays a crucial role in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology.
Future Directions: Continued research and technological advancements hold promise for new treatments and applications.
Slide 11: Questions and Discussion
Invite Audience: Open the floor for any questions or further discussion on the topic.
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
Spectroscopy is a branch of science dealing the study of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflect spectroscopy in the UV-VIS spectral region.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy is an analytical method that can measure the amount of light received by the analyte.
A brief information about the SCOP protein database used in bioinformatics.
The Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) database is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for the structural and evolutionary relationships of proteins. It provides a detailed and curated classification of protein structures, grouping them into families, superfamilies, and folds based on their structural and sequence similarities.
Richard's entangled aventures in wonderlandRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
National identity predicts public health support during a pandemic
1. National identity predicts public
health support during a pandemic
Jay Van Bavel, New York University @jayvanbavel: psyarxiv.com/ydt95
2. Lessons from a pandemic
1. People do not appreciate
the risks they run,
2. It goes against human
nature for people to shut
themselves up in rigid
isolation as a means of
protecting others,
3. People often unconsciously
act as a continuing danger
to themselves and others
3. Lessons from behavioral science
Van Bavel et al., NHB: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0884-z
4. Leadership, cooperation & social identity
Van Bavel et al., NHB: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0884-z
5. The potential benefits of national identity
Van Bavel et al., NHB: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0884-z
6. The potential harm of national narcissism
Van Bavel et al., NHB: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0884-z
7. Global study on national identity & health
• Open call for collaborators from around the globe
• Survey translated & administered in 67 countries
• Final sample size = 46,500
• Self-report measures (out of 10) of:
• National identity (M = 8.04, α = .72)
• National narcissism (M = 5.36, α = .82)
• Political ideology (M = 5.36, α = .82)
• Physical distancing (M = 8.61, α = .74)
• Physical hygiene (M = 8.21, α = .72)
• Policy support (M = 8.30, α = .81)
• Multi-level models (HLM)
Van Bavel et al., under review: https://psyarxiv.com/ydt95
8. Global study on national identity & health
Van Bavel et al., under review: https://psyarxiv.com/ydt95
11. National identity predicts health support
• National identity predicts all measures of public health support
(including personal hygiene, spatial distancing, and public policy)
• This is not explained by malignant forms of national identity
(national narcissism) or political ideology (conservatism/liberalism)
15. A tale of two leaderships
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80
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Predicted % Reduction in Visiting Non−Essential Ser vices
by County Partisan Lean
Red: Trump lean in 2016 vote
Blue: Clinton lean in 2016 vote
Gollwitzer et al., in press, NHB: https://psyarxiv.com/t3yxa/
• Using geotracking of 15 million
smartphones per day
• Counties that voted for Trump
over Clinton in 2016, exhibited
14% less social distancing
• Reduced distancing predicted
increased COVID-19 infections &
mortality growth rates
16. Social Identity may be key to collective health
• National identity predicts all
measures of public health support
• Polarization can undercut public
health behavior, especially when
identity leaders downplay risks
• Leaders who rally people around a
common (“Us”) may be more
effective in ensuring public health
during a pandemic
18. Authors
Jay J. Van Bavel1 ✉, Aleksandra Cichocka2,3, Valerio Capraro4, Hallgeir Sjåstad5, John B. Nezlek6,7, Tomislav Pavlović8, Mark Alfano9, Michele J.
Gelfand10, Flavio Azevedo11, Michèle D. Birtel12, Aleksandra Cislak6, Patricia L. Lockwood13,14, Robert M. Ross9, Kristina K. Stoyanova15, Koen
Abts16, Elena Agadullina17, David M. Amodio1,18, Matthew A. J. Apps14, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta19, Sahba Besharati20, Alexander Bor21,
Becky L. Choma22, Charles Crabtree23, William A. Cunningham24, Koustav De25, Christian T. Elbaek21, Waqas Ejaz26, Harry Farmer12, Daniel
Flichtentrei27, Andrej Findor28, Renata Franc29, Biljana Gjoneska30, Estrella Gualda31, Yusaku Horiuchi23, Toan L. D. Huynh32, Mostak A. Imran33,
Agustin Ibanez34,35,36,37,38, Jacob Israelashvili39, Katarzyna Jasko40, Jaroslaw Kantorowicz41, Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko42, Andre Krouwel18,
Yordan Kutiyski18,43, Michael Laakasuo44, Claus Lamm45, Caroline Leygue46, Ming-Jen Lin47, Mohammad S. Mansoor48, Antoine Marie49,50,
Lewend Mayiwar51, Honorata Mazepus41, Cillian McHugh52, Panagiotis Mitkidis21, Andreas Olsson53, Tobias Otterbring21,54, Dominic J. Packer55,
Anat Perry39, Michael Bang Petersen21, Arathy Puthillam56, Julian Riano-Moreno57,58, Tobias Rothmund11, Petra C. Schmid59, Catalin Augustin
Stoica60, Drozdstoy St. Stoyanov15, Shruti Tewari61, Bojan Todosijević29, Manos Tsakiris62,63, Hans H. Tung46, Meltem Yucel64, Edmunds Vanags65,
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Ceren F. Ay5, Mouhamadou El Hady Ba70, Sergio Barbosa71, Brock Bastian72, Maria Paula Bernal Zárate57, Michał Białk73, Ennio Bilancini74,
Natalia Bogatyreva17, Leonardo Boncinelli75, Jonathan E. Booth76, Sylvie Borau77, Ondrej Buchel78, C. Daryl Cameron79, Chrissie F. Carvalho80,
Hom Nath Chalise81, Xiaojun Cheng82, Chiara Cerami83,84, Kate Cockcroft20, Jane R. Conway85, Mateo A. Córdoba-Delgado86, Chiara Crespi87,
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Editor's Notes
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioural sciences can be used to help align human behavior with the recommendations of epidemiologists and public health experts. Here we review experimental and correlational data from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping. In each section, we note the nature and quality of prior research, including uncertainty and unsettled issues. We identify several insights for effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and also highlight important gaps researchers should move quickly to fill in the coming weeks and months.
Over 100 years ago, Science magazine published a paper on lessons from the Spanish Flu pandemic (Soper, 1919). The paper argued that three main factors stand in the way of prevention: (1) people do not appreciate the risks they run, (2) it goes against human nature human nature for people to shut themselves up in rigid isolation as a means of protecting others, and (3) people often unconsciously act as a continuing danger to themselves and others. Our paper provides some insights from the past century of work on related issues in the social and behavioural sciences that may help public health officials mitigate the impact of the current pandemic. Specifically, we reviewed research on threat perception, social context, science communication, aligning individual and collective interests, leadership, and stress and coping. These are a selection of relevant topics, but readers may also be interested in work on psychological reactance (Byrne, & Hart, 2009; Burgoon, Alvaro, Grandpre, & Voulodakis, 2002), collective emotions and social media (Garcia & Rime, 2019; Brady et al., 2020), and the impact of economic deprivation and unemployment (Brooks-Gunn & Klebanov, 1994; Jin, Shah, & Svoboda, 1995).
Existing research can be leveraged to formulate effective public health messages, identify cultural and structural factors related to disease spread, sustain prosocial motivations in large societies, manage anxiety and loneliness, and motivate compassion for at-risk populations. We review topics that are broadly relevant to numerous stages of the current pandemic to help policy-makers, leaders, and the public better understand how to manage risk, reduce social conflict, improve communication, enhance cooperation, model effective leadership, and provide social and emotional support . Because of overlap with sentences before and after, we can cut this sentence if needed for words.
New Zealand Deaths per 100,000 = 0.49
US Deaths per 100,000 = 57.97
Thirteen new infections were confirmed in New Zealand on Tuesday, taking the country’s total number of cases since the pandemic began to 1,293, with 22 deaths. This compares with the U.S. tally of more than 5.2 million cases and 170,000 deaths.
New Zealand Deaths per 100,000 = 0.49
US Deaths per 100,000 = 57.97
Using the geotracking data of 15 million smartphones per day, we show that counties that voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in 2016 exhibited 14% less physical distancing between March and May, 2020. Partisanship was a stronger predictor of physical distancing than numerous other factors, including counties’ median income, COVID-19 cases, and racial and age make-up. Contrary to our predictions, this finding strengthened over time and remained when stay-at-home orders were active. Additionally, counties’ consumption of conservative media (Fox News) predicted reduced physical distancing. Finally, reduced physical distancing in pro-Trump counties was associated with subsequently higher COVID-19 infection and fatality growth rates
