Grandiosity, Item 5, is defined as "Exaggerated self-opinion and unrealistic convictions of superiority, including delusions of extraordinary abilities, wealth, knowledge, fame, power, and moral righteousness" [ 1]. Figure 4 depicts the option characteristic curves for this item as being generally flatter and less peaked than those of other items.
To the biologist, this readily recognizable representation is an improvement over unsupervised visualization algorithms (e.g. in [ 13]), and while this approach to data visualization was already applied some years ago [ 14], to our knowledge, FAME is the first web-based application that both generates data and automatically visualizes results.
Some teams bring in a lot of experience and knowledge (and fame), other teams are in it for the lolz.
Each square represents an area of your life such as Career, Self Help and Knowledge, Health, Wealth, Fame and Reputation, Love and Marriage, Children and Creativity, Helpful People and Travel, SELF.
The U.S. regulatory system is built on the tacit assumption that the main threat to research subjects comes from overly ambitious academic researchers, who might be tempted to gamble with subjects' health in the pursuit of medical knowledge or academic fame.
America suffers from an insatiable hunger...for food, technology, houses, money, power, fame, knowledge, phones, gossip, information, clothes, cars, computers, televisions.
Every single course sounds like it's a one way ticket to fame, fortune, knowledge, and power.
Al-Badawī achieved great fame for his knowledge of Islamic sciences, but he eventually abandoned speculative theology and devoted himself to contemplation in seclusion.
Perhaps my consternation is indicative of my being at the tail-end of a generation that grew up wanting to be the best at something, in the knowledge that this could bring fame and fortune.
Gauri Shinde, India (World Premiere) Money, fame and a knowledge of English.
