Lessons from the RNA World: humility and hubris

Lessons from the RNA World: humility and hubris.

The research community I have lived in for the past 20 years, near the 3′ end ofmRNAs, began as a small enclave of labs and now is a vibrant city full of them. The field has moved from outlines of how 3′ ends were formed to the biochemistry of all the components involved, and now includes mRNA regulation via 3′UTRs, developmental controls,miRNAs, and networks of interactingmRNAs, non-coding RNA...

Heat, Humility, and Hubris: The Conundrum of the Fiske Report

LIBRARY TRENDS, Vol. 63, No. 1, 2014 (“New Perspectives on Intellectual Freedom,” edited by Mark McCallon), pp. 57–74. © 2014 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Abstract The “Fiske Report” is the popular title for a study conducted in the late 1950s under the auspices of the University of California School of Librarianship with the financial support of the Fund for the Republic, a li...

‘we, the Redeemers’ — Hubris and Humility in International Humanitarianism

Hubris-Humility Effect and Domain-Masculine Intelligence Type in Czech Republic

Czech adults completed a self-assessed intelligence measure that yielded a score on domainmasculine intelligence (DMIQ), a composite of mathematical/logical and spatial intelligences. They also completed a sex role inventory. The sex of the participants but not their sex role was related to DMIQ. There was a positive relationship between masculinity and DMIQ, but only for males. Cultural issues...

Lessons from the Navajo: assistance with environmental data collection ensures cultural humility and data relevance.

BACKGROUND The Navajo Nation suffers from a legacy of environmental pollution from historical uranium mining activities, resulting in adverse public health outcomes and continuous exposure. OBJECTIVE Partner with a Navajo graduate student and community members in a field campaign to characterize the spatial distribution and geochemistry of uranium for a multipathway uranium exposure assessmen...