Remarkable and Fearsome

Fearsome Creatures and Nature's Gothic

“In Venice, I am treated as a nobleman.... I really am somebody, whereas at home I am just a hack,” (1) said Albrecht Dürer of his life and studies abroad. During his travels, he came under the influence of Italian Renaissance, which had a transforming effect on the way he viewed art. Challenging his Gothic roots as well as his use of color, travel opened the door to the work of Leonardo da Vin...

Overreaction to Fearsome Risks

When risks threaten, cognitivemechanismsbias people toward actionor inaction. Fearsome risks are highly available. The availability bias tells us that this leads people to overestimate their frequency. Therefore, they also overreact to curtail the likelihood or consequences of such risks. More generally, fear can paralyze efforts to think clearly about risks. We draw on a range of environmental...

Overreaction to Fearsome Risks Harvard Environmental Economics Program

Khan Krum - “The Fearsome”: A Noble Bulgarian with Iris-Fibroma?

A 40-year-old Caucasian, the otherwise healthy male patient, presented with 3-years history of a prominent tumor-like formation, located on his back, without subjective complaints. Initially, the lesion was 1-2 cm in size but gradually increased to a visible-pronounced tumor-like formation. No other dermatologic diseases, neither other known abnormalities were reported for the medical and famil...

Remarkable Opportunities and Challenges

Myocardial infarction (MI) secondary to coronary artery disease is a leading cause of morbidity and death throughout the world. Although reperfusion therapies have provided dramatic advances in the treatment of acute MI, a substantial fraction of patients is not able to undergo successful reperfusion promptly. In patients having large MIs, loss of more than a billion cardiomyocytes can occur, o...