Saved by the Nerd

The Telencephalon Saved by TLC

The telencephalon is one of the most complex parts of the brain, and its patterning is still poorly understood. In this issue of Neuron, describe a novel Wnt antagonist Tlc, a member of the secreted Frizzled-related protein (sFrp) family. Secreted from the anterior boundary of the zebrafish neural plate, Tlc appears to protect the telencephalon from obliteration by a more caudal neural Wnt signal.

Saved by Design? The Case of Legal Protection by Design

This discussion note does three things: (1) it explains the notion of 'legal protection by design' in relation to data-driven infrastructures that form the backbone of our new 'onlife world', (2) it explains how the notion of 'by design' relates to the relational nature of what an environment affords its inhabitants, referring to the work of James Gibson, and (3) it explains how this affects ou...

Surgery Saved the Day

“Saved by Faith [Alone]” in Paul Versus “Not Saved by Faith Alone” in James

Robert Stein is the Mildred and Ernest Hogan Professor of New Testament at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Stein has a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, taught at Bethel College and Bethel Theological Seminary from 1969-1997, and has served as a Professor at Southern since 1997. He is a renowned scholar and has writ ten numerous books, articles, and book reviews. His mos...

Valuing “ Lives Saved ” vs . “ Life - Years Saved ”

There is long-standing debate whether to count “lives saved” or “life-years saved” when evaluating policies to reduce mortality risk. Historically, the two approaches have been applied in different domains. Environmental and transportation policies have often been evaluated using lives saved, while life-years saved has been the preferred metric in other areas of public health including medicine...