This document summarizes research on partisan biases and their effects on beliefs and the sharing of news. The key points are:
- People have "partisan brains" that shape their beliefs in identity-protecting ways, preferring news that upholds their own group or undermines the outgroup.
- Both Democrats and Republicans are more likely to believe news that aligns with their ideological values and identities. However, Republicans are more inclined to share politically aligned news on social media.
- Partisan biases can lead people to believe untrue news if it fulfills identity goals, rather than being driven by personal values or stereotypes alone. This helps explain the spread of fake news online.
Finding Ghosts Workshop Part 1: Introductionwindbridge
Some of the slides from the Introduction section of Finding Ghosts: Qualitative, Quantitative, Clinical, and Spiritual Approaches to Paranormal Investigation. July 12, 2014, Glendale, AZ
Man Bites Dog: The Stories Journalists Look For - Richard Fisher @ outREACH 2018outREACH Conference
What makes a good story in the eyes of a journalist? In this talk, BBC journalist Richard Fisher explores what makes a strong story that demands publication and social sharing – and how best to pitch editors with your stories to get their attention.
Vulnerability: The Key to Successful Agile AdoptionAndrea Goulet
Software development culture has been dominated by the hero. Rock stars, ninjas, and 10Xers have been the center of attention, giving the skewed perception that great software is the result of a single amazing developer. But this couldn't be further from the truth.
In this talk, Andrea Goulet, the CEO of Corgibytes, will share her experiences using vulnerability and empathy as drivers for Agile adoption and culture building.
Presented at AgileDC 2016
Finding Ghosts Workshop Part 1: Introductionwindbridge
Some of the slides from the Introduction section of Finding Ghosts: Qualitative, Quantitative, Clinical, and Spiritual Approaches to Paranormal Investigation. July 12, 2014, Glendale, AZ
Man Bites Dog: The Stories Journalists Look For - Richard Fisher @ outREACH 2018outREACH Conference
What makes a good story in the eyes of a journalist? In this talk, BBC journalist Richard Fisher explores what makes a strong story that demands publication and social sharing – and how best to pitch editors with your stories to get their attention.
Vulnerability: The Key to Successful Agile AdoptionAndrea Goulet
Software development culture has been dominated by the hero. Rock stars, ninjas, and 10Xers have been the center of attention, giving the skewed perception that great software is the result of a single amazing developer. But this couldn't be further from the truth.
In this talk, Andrea Goulet, the CEO of Corgibytes, will share her experiences using vulnerability and empathy as drivers for Agile adoption and culture building.
Presented at AgileDC 2016
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)
Spiritual literature is everywhere. It all points to a few common
principles about mastering living. Should we choose one and reject all others? Is the gospel of Christ different from the gospel of Buddha? Let’s explore together.
Is there a world-wide epidemic of "health care serial killers" (killer nurses?). Or is there an epidemic of falsely accused health care serial killers? Analysis of the case of Lucia de Berk together with discussion of the role of statistics - in that case, and in forensic statistics in general
Science, Technology and Ethics: Hacking Darwin with Jamie Metzl, PhDDr. Chris Stout
Could this be the most important book of our generation?
Jamie Metzl, PhD, JD, and polymath extraordinaire, writes “From this point onward, our species will take active control of our evolutionary process by genetically altering our future offspring into something different from what we are today. We are, in other words, beginning a process of hacking Darwin.” This is a quote from his latest book, Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity.
Enjoy these webinar slides from 'Bipolar Creativity: The Evidence and the Gaps', co-hosted by CREST.BD and the Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research. In this webinar, Dr. Sheri Johnson, Dr. Erin Michalak and Debbie Ann Smith discussed recent research findings exploring the relationship between creativity and bipolar disorder. You can also watch the video at: http://ow.ly/R9OtU
This is a PowerPoint presentation I did for my World Religions summative. The video doesn't work in the PowerPoint but the link to it will be included here. All rights go to the Church of Scientology International and YouTube for posting the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y2Wx2M7a5Wg
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)
Spiritual literature is everywhere. It all points to a few common
principles about mastering living. Should we choose one and reject all others? Is the gospel of Christ different from the gospel of Buddha? Let’s explore together.
Is there a world-wide epidemic of "health care serial killers" (killer nurses?). Or is there an epidemic of falsely accused health care serial killers? Analysis of the case of Lucia de Berk together with discussion of the role of statistics - in that case, and in forensic statistics in general
Science, Technology and Ethics: Hacking Darwin with Jamie Metzl, PhDDr. Chris Stout
Could this be the most important book of our generation?
Jamie Metzl, PhD, JD, and polymath extraordinaire, writes “From this point onward, our species will take active control of our evolutionary process by genetically altering our future offspring into something different from what we are today. We are, in other words, beginning a process of hacking Darwin.” This is a quote from his latest book, Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity.
Enjoy these webinar slides from 'Bipolar Creativity: The Evidence and the Gaps', co-hosted by CREST.BD and the Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research. In this webinar, Dr. Sheri Johnson, Dr. Erin Michalak and Debbie Ann Smith discussed recent research findings exploring the relationship between creativity and bipolar disorder. You can also watch the video at: http://ow.ly/R9OtU
This is a PowerPoint presentation I did for my World Religions summative. The video doesn't work in the PowerPoint but the link to it will be included here. All rights go to the Church of Scientology International and YouTube for posting the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y2Wx2M7a5Wg
National identity predicts public health support during a pandemicJay Van Bavel
Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in 2020 entitled "National identity predicts public health support during a pandemic"
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.
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.
Richard's aventures in two entangled wonderlandsRichard 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.
Earliest Galaxies in the JADES Origins Field: Luminosity Function and Cosmic ...Sérgio Sacani
We characterize the earliest galaxy population in the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the deepest
imaging field observed with JWST. We make use of the ancillary Hubble optical images (5 filters
spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
at > 2.3µm to construct an ultradeep image, reaching as deep as ≈ 31.4 AB mag in the stack and
30.3-31.0 AB mag (5σ, r = 0.1” circular aperture) in individual filters. We measure photometric
redshifts and use robust selection criteria to identify a sample of eight galaxy candidates at redshifts
z = 11.5 − 15. These objects show compact half-light radii of R1/2 ∼ 50 − 200pc, stellar masses of
M⋆ ∼ 107−108M⊙, and star-formation rates of SFR ∼ 0.1−1 M⊙ yr−1
. Our search finds no candidates
at 15 < z < 20, placing upper limits at these redshifts. We develop a forward modeling approach to
infer the properties of the evolving luminosity function without binning in redshift or luminosity that
marginalizes over the photometric redshift uncertainty of our candidate galaxies and incorporates the
impact of non-detections. We find a z = 12 luminosity function in good agreement with prior results,
and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
models for evolution of the dark matter halo mass function.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE SAMPLE RETURN.Sérgio Sacani
The return of a sample of near-surface atmosphere from Mars would facilitate answers to several first-order science questions surrounding the formation and evolution of the planet. One of the important aspects of terrestrial planet formation in general is the role that primary atmospheres played in influencing the chemistry and structure of the planets and their antecedents. Studies of the martian atmosphere can be used to investigate the role of a primary atmosphere in its history. Atmosphere samples would also inform our understanding of the near-surface chemistry of the planet, and ultimately the prospects for life. High-precision isotopic analyses of constituent gases are needed to address these questions, requiring that the analyses are made on returned samples rather than in situ.
Introduction:
RNA interference (RNAi) or Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) is an important biological process for modulating eukaryotic gene expression.
It is highly conserved process of posttranscriptional gene silencing by which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) causes sequence-specific degradation of mRNA sequences.
dsRNA-induced gene silencing (RNAi) is reported in a wide range of eukaryotes ranging from worms, insects, mammals and plants.
This process mediates resistance to both endogenous parasitic and exogenous pathogenic nucleic acids, and regulates the expression of protein-coding genes.
What are small ncRNAs?
micro RNA (miRNA)
short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Properties of small non-coding RNA:
Involved in silencing mRNA transcripts.
Called “small” because they are usually only about 21-24 nucleotides long.
Synthesized by first cutting up longer precursor sequences (like the 61nt one that Lee discovered).
Silence an mRNA by base pairing with some sequence on the mRNA.
Discovery of siRNA?
The first small RNA:
In 1993 Rosalind Lee (Victor Ambros lab) was studying a non- coding gene in C. elegans, lin-4, that was involved in silencing of another gene, lin-14, at the appropriate time in the
development of the worm C. elegans.
Two small transcripts of lin-4 (22nt and 61nt) were found to be complementary to a sequence in the 3' UTR of lin-14.
Because lin-4 encoded no protein, she deduced that it must be these transcripts that are causing the silencing by RNA-RNA interactions.
Types of RNAi ( non coding RNA)
MiRNA
Length (23-25 nt)
Trans acting
Binds with target MRNA in mismatch
Translation inhibition
Si RNA
Length 21 nt.
Cis acting
Bind with target Mrna in perfect complementary sequence
Piwi-RNA
Length ; 25 to 36 nt.
Expressed in Germ Cells
Regulates trnasposomes activity
MECHANISM OF RNAI:
First the double-stranded RNA teams up with a protein complex named Dicer, which cuts the long RNA into short pieces.
Then another protein complex called RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex) discards one of the two RNA strands.
The RISC-docked, single-stranded RNA then pairs with the homologous mRNA and destroys it.
THE RISC COMPLEX:
RISC is large(>500kD) RNA multi- protein Binding complex which triggers MRNA degradation in response to MRNA
Unwinding of double stranded Si RNA by ATP independent Helicase
Active component of RISC is Ago proteins( ENDONUCLEASE) which cleave target MRNA.
DICER: endonuclease (RNase Family III)
Argonaute: Central Component of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC)
One strand of the dsRNA produced by Dicer is retained in the RISC complex in association with Argonaute
ARGONAUTE PROTEIN :
1.PAZ(PIWI/Argonaute/ Zwille)- Recognition of target MRNA
2.PIWI (p-element induced wimpy Testis)- breaks Phosphodiester bond of mRNA.)RNAse H activity.
MiRNA:
The Double-stranded RNAs are naturally produced in eukaryotic cells during development, and they have a key role in regulating gene expression .
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.
26. Russian propaganda
“Falsehood diffused significantly farther, faster, deeper, and
more broadly than the truth in all categories of information,
and the effects were more pronounced for false political news
than for false news about terrorism, natural disasters, science,
urban legends, or financial information.” (Science, 2018)
64. Sharing Fake news
“Falsehood diffused significantly farther, faster, deeper, and
more broadly than the truth in all categories of information,
and the effects were more pronounced for false political news
than for false news about terrorism, natural disasters, science,
urban legends, or financial information.” (Science, 2018)