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Nudging patients into clinical trials

Bradley J. Fikes in the San Diego Union Tribune: “The modern era’s dramatic advances in medical care relies on more than scientists, doctors and biomedical companies. None of it could come to fruition without patients willing to risk trying experimental therapies to see if they are safe and effective.

Announcing Internet Monitor AccessCheck

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A Real-Time Tool to Test Website Availability Worldwide

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Users in the AccessCheck closed beta can test websites in over 40 countries.

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Internet Monitor, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, is excited to announce AccessCheck, a tool that lets you check in real time whether users in different countries can access different websites.

Announcing Internet Monitor AccessCheck

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A Real-Time Tool to Test Website Availability Worldwide

Teaser

Users in the AccessCheck closed beta can test websites in over 40 countries.

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Internet Monitor, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, is excited to announce AccessCheck, a tool that lets you check in real time whether users in different countries can access different websites.

43° Nexa Lunch Seminar - Big Data e tecnologie semantiche - Utilizzare i Linked Data come driver d'integrazione di dati

Page Type: Eventlunch27 luglio 2016Giuseppe Futia (Research Fellow del Centro Nexa)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 27/07/2016 - 13:00 to 14:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

Open Data as a Human Right: the Case of Case-Law

This blog post was written by Simon Matet and Antoine Dusséaux. French version follows the English one

Dirty Picture Project: Two Bollywood Virgins (pro) Take Down Sultan

By Lily Xiao and Victoria Christie[1] for the Dirty Picture Project. For more details on this project, write to Aarti at aarti.bhavana@nludelhi.ac.in Upon its release, the immensely popular Sultan was screening at our local PVR no less than ten times a day. With Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma at the helm, Sultan is a must see for […]

Evidence-based policy and policy as ‘translation’: designing a model for policymaking

Jo Ingold  and Mark Monaghan at the LSE Politics and Policy Blog: “It’s fair to say that research has never monopolised the policy process to the extent that policies are formulated solely, or even primarily, upon evidence.

El amarillo y el turquesa: los colores que marcaron las performances

En la jornada de inauguración del encuentro “eX-céntrico”, el hall central de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile congregó al público que asistió a la primera conferencia del evento, a cargo de la académica María Emila Tijoux, tras la cual pudieron participar de las múltiples performances artísticas de la primera jornada del  10° Encuentro del Instituto Hemisférico de Performance y Política de la U.

El regreso de una luchadora

Tras 44 años de su primera visita a Chile, Angela Davis, la mítica activista afroamericana volvió a nuestro país para ser parte del 10° Encuentro del Instituto Hemisférico de Performance y Política de la U. de Nueva York como una de sus conferencistas centrales.

Artistas, académicos y autoridades inauguraron el Encuentro eXcéntrico

Con la apertura ceremonial de la poeta mapuche María Huenuñir, comenzó el 10° Encuentro del Instituto Hemisférico de Performance y Política de la U. de Nueva York que se realiza en nuestro país gracias a la U. de Chile y el Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes. La académica María Emilia Tijoux estuvo a cargo de la conferencia inaugural donde se refirió a las relaciones que generan los chilenos con los migrantes, los imaginarios que se construyen sobre ellos y los orígenes coloniales de estas apreciaciones.

"Palabra Pública": la nueva revista de la Universidad de Chile

"Un medio de comunicación en el que converge el periodismo y la reflexión académica", de esa forma se presenta Palabra Pública, la nueva revista de la Universidad de Chile que aspira a constituirse en una publicación vinculada con la sociedad e incidente en el debate nacional. El nuevo medio también estrena su sitio web el cual ofrece las versiones en portugués e inglés del dossier académico que incluye cada número.A partir de este 18 de julio un nuevo medio de comunicación sale a las calles y se abre espacio en la web.

Reforma a la Educación Superior: U. de Chile entró al debate

Los investigadores Carolina Guzmán, del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE) de la Universidad de Chile, y Ernesto Águila, director del Departamento de Estudios Pedagógicos (DEP) de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades; junto a Camila Rojas, presidenta FECh, desmenuzaron este lunes 18 de julio la Reforma a la Educación superior.

Vaga de estágio em programação – ITS Rio

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The Daesh State: The Myth Turns into a Reality

As I sat through the fruitful discussions at the 2016 Milton Wolf Seminar, one thing became clear: understanding the mechanisms through which Daesh operates is not only crucial to any effective counter measure, narrative or communication strategy, but also for...

Datavores of Local Government

Tom Symons at NESTA: “How data can help councils provide more personalised, effective and efficient services.
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Seguro-garantia e combate à corrupção em obras públicas são temas centrais do curso de Direito, Seguro, Resseguro e Regulação da FGV

Relançamento do curso teve palestra do jurista Modesto CarvalhosaA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio) organizou no último dia 20 de julho, palestra com o jurista e advogado Modesto Carvalhosa sobre “O contrato do seguro-garantia – Performance Bond – e o combate à corrupção”.

Ethics for Big Data and Analytics

From smart city to open city: Lessons from Jakarta Smart City

Putri, D.A., CH Karlina, M., Tanaya, J., at the Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance, Indonesia: “In 2011, Indonesia started its Open Government journey when along with seven other countries it initiated Open Government Partnership. Following the global declaration, Indonesia launched the Open Government Indonesia (OGI) in January 2012 with the aim to introduce open government reforms, including open data. This initiative is supported by Law No.

Technology Is Monitoring the Urban Landscape

Quentin Hardy in the New York Times: “Big City is watching you.

Big data for government good: using analytics for policymaking

Kent Smetters in The Hill: ” Big Data and analytics are driving advancements that touch nearly every part of our lives.