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Elterninitiative Kinderkrebsklinik spendet zwei neue Defibrillatoren

Bereits seit 1979 unterstützt die Elterninitiative die Kindermedizin an der Uniklinik Düsseldorf. Neben großen Bauvorhaben wie z.B. dem Elternhaus, in dem Eltern nahe ihrer Kinder auf dem Klinik-Campus wohnen können, werden auch kontinuierlich die Ausstattung und zahlreiche Aktionen auf den Stationen durch Stiftung unterstützt. Dazu zählen auch Angebote wie Clownsbesuche in der Klinik, Kinderkochkurse, therapeutisches Reiten, Musik- und Sporttherapie sowie  Ski- und Segelfreizeiten –auch für Geschwisterkinder.

Designing positive platforms: a guideline for a governance-based approach

Ana Manzanedo and Alícia Trepat Pont: “Everything that can become a platform will become a platform”. The potential of platforms “ is simply too compelling to deny: exponential scaling, exponential learning, and very low cost innovation and localization”. 1
The future of work will be defined by platforms, or so it seems with the “success” stories of the Ubers,  Airbnbs and Taskrabbits developed in a wide range of sectors.

Most people saw the Las Vegas shooting as a tragedy. Propagandists saw an opportunity.

Location

United States

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Using Open Data to Analyze Urban Mobility from Social Networks

Paper by Caio Libânio Melo Jerônimo, Claudio E. C. Campelo, Cláudio de Souza Baptista: “The need to use online technologies that favor the understanding of city dynamics has grown, mainly due to the ease in obtaining the necessary data, which, in most cases, are gathered with no cost from social networks services.

Estudio determina la ubicación de agua líquida en Marte

El año 2015 la NASA anunció el descubrimiento de la presencia de este elemento, una noticia que conmocionó al mundo científico debido a sus implicancias. Recientemente, un grupo de científicos de la Casa de Bello, la NASA, y las universidades de Arizona, de Talca y de Concepción, concluyeron que no se trataba de "flujos de agua líquida", sino que más bien de flujos rocosos con altos contenidos de agua. El equipo liderado por el académico Pablo García-Chevesich desarrolló un modelo que permite precisar dónde podría encontrarse abundante agua líquida en el planeta rojo.

Académicos realizan estudio físico matemático del bombo chinchinero

El trabajo de los profesores Sergio Floody y Luis Núñez es parte de "Levantamiento tipológico y construcción normalizada del bombo chinchinero", proyecto CreArt que busca aportar a la preservación de esta tradición nacional."Levantamiento tipológico y construcción normalizada del bombo chinchinero" es el título del proyecto financiado con recursos del fondo CreArt -impulsado por la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo (VID) de la Universidad de Chile- que se propone rescatar el sonido y la construcción del bombo urbano, también conoc

Let’s create a nation of social scientists

Geoff Mulgan in Times Higher Education: “How might social science become more influential, more relevant and more useful in the years to come?

Zero Rating & Internet Adoption

Workshop Paper & Research Agenda

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The Role of Telcos, ISPs, & Technology Companies in Expanding Global Internet Access

Publication Date

5 Oct 2017

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Livros da Direito Rio estão entre os finalistas do 59º Prêmio Jabuti

Jabuti é o mais tradicional e consagrado prêmio do livro no BrasilA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) tem duas publicações entras as finalistas do Prêmio Jabuti 2017. A coleção “História Oral do Supremo” e o livro “Controle judicial de uma administração pública complexa: A experiência estrangeira na Adaptação da Intensidade do Controle” estão entre os 10 indicados ao prêmio na categoria Direito, que em 2017 chega a sua 59ª edição.

Did fake news save Kenya from an Internet shutdown? Emerging Trends in Tech and Elections in Africa​

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featuring Grace Mutung'u, the 2016/17 OTF Information Controls Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center

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Technology and elections and the politics of technology​. How use of technology in Kenyan elections is shaping Internet freedom in Africa.

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Zwei ERC Starting Grants an HHU-Forscher

Projekt „PRO-PHAGE“ – Prof. Dr. Julia Frunzke

Preis für deutsch-niederländische Wissenschaftskooperation an Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren verliehen

Die Regierung der Niederlande hat Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren den Preis für deutsch-niederländische Wissenschaftskooperation 2018 verliehen. Der Preis wird zusammen mit der NWO (der niederländische Pendant zur DFG ) und der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung für zwei herausragende deutsche Wissenschaftler ausgelobt. Der Preis ist außerdem mit einem Forschungsaufenthalt in Amsterdam verbunden.
 

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren wird neuer Generalberichterstatter der Internationalen Liga für Wettbewerbsrecht

Am kommenden Sontag (8.10.2017) wird Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren bei der Generalversammlung der Internationalen Liga für Wettbewerbsrecht (LIGUE INTERNATIONALE DU DROIT DE LA CONCURRENCE) zum Generalberichterstatter ernannt. Der Generalberichterstatter wird für vier Jahre ernannt und bestimmt mit dem wissenschaftlichen Beirat Themen der Liga für die nächsten vier Jahre.

Information Seeding and Knowledge Production in Online Communities: Evidence from OpenStreetMap

Paper by Abhishek Nagaraj: “The wild success of a few online community-produced knowledge goods, notably Wikipedia, has obscured the fact that most attempts at forming online communities fail.

Game Jam: Presentation and awards

How do we build smart cities in a privacy and security-friendly way, when more and more movements and human actions are tracked by public wifi and camera systems? Join us... MORE

OKFestival 2018  – It’s time for a competition!

Over the last couple of months we have been examining the concept of OKFestival 2018 to create a backdrop for what will be an innovative, collaborative and inspiring event.  With collaborative input from networks, chapters and other interested parties, a concept has been developed.  This concept will shape all aspects of the event and will grow with the creation of the programme and the participation of communities.

Los corresponsales extranjeros analizan los retos de la profesión periodística en la Universidad

Los corresponsales extranjeros analizan los retos de la profesión periodística en la Universidad
 

FOTO: Manuel Castells

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Cooperatives are responsible for almost 10% of world employment, new study shows

Reposted from CICOPA’s Website.
Brussels, 25 September 2017 – CICOPA, the international organisation of industrial and service cooperatives, published today its second global report on “Cooperatives and Employment” [PDF]. .
For Bruno Roelants, Secretary General of CICOPA:

Data Technologies Colonize the Ontological Frontier

Writing recently in Medium, Salvatore Iaconesi — a designer, engineer and founder of Art is Open Source and Human Ecosystems — offers an extremely important critique of the blockchain and other data-driven network technologies.

Autonomous-Car Regulations: Lawmakers Are Ready To Let Go of the Steering Wheel

Location

United States

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