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Psiquiatra Pablo Salinas sobre propuestas de mejoras laborales

Mejorar las condiciones de trabajo en el país para impactar positivamente en la salud física y mental de los trabajadores, es la razón detrás del debate que durante las últimas semanas se ha expresado en dos proyectos de ley diferentes: la propuesta del gobierno de flexibilizar la jornada laboral, y el proyecto de la diputada Camila Vallejo de reducirla de 45 a 40 horas semanales.

Neues Monitoring zu E-Zigaretten und Tabakerhitzern in Deutschland

Auf der einen Seite können sie eine weniger schädliche Alternative zum Tabakrauchen bieten, andererseits können sie süchtig machen und so möglicherweise - vor allem junge - Nichtraucherinnen und Nichtraucher zum Nikotin-, vielleicht sogar zum Tabakkonsum verleiten. Die vom Bundesministerium für Gesundheit geförderte "Deutsche Befragung zum Rauchverhalten" (DEBRA Studie) wird in den kommenden drei Jahren den Konsum von E-Zigaretten und Tabakerhitzern in der Bevölkerung und deren Zusammenhang mit dem Tabakrauchen im 2-Monats-Rhythmus untersuchen.

Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin

A review of Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin by Janey Biehl (Oxford University Press, 2015, 344pp, _22.99)

Derek Wall: Almost every day, we learn of new horrors in the Middle East. Syria and Iraq are suffering from a brutal war. Fundamentalist groups like the so-called Islamic State and authoritarian leaders are murdering innocent citizens. Yet there is one sign of possible hope: in Northern Syria, the Kurdish people and their allies have established a secular, feminist and ecological republic, called Rojava, which means ‘the West’.

Title of „Appelate Professor“ for Dr. Enno Freye removed

Until 1981 Freye worked as an Anesthetist at the University Hospital Düsseldorf. Since then he has not been in any professional relationship to the University Hospital, the Medical Faculty or any other institution of institute of the HHU. The decision is based on German law (Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz NRW, § 49, Abs. 2).

Entzug der Außerplanmäßigen Professur von Dr. Enno Freye

Enno Freye war als Anästhesist bis 1981 am Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (UKD) tätig. Er steht seitdem in keinerlei Dienstbeziehung mehr zum UKD, zur Medizinischen Fakultät oder sonstigen Einrichtungen bzw. Instituten der HHU. Grundlage der Entscheidung ist das Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz NRW, § 49, Abs. 2..

Open Letter to GCHQ Regarding Threats Posed by their Ghost Proposal

Today I join several cybersecurity, civil liberties, civil society organizations and researchers in responding to the United Kingdom's GCHQ recent proposal to silently add 'ghost' users from law enforcement or the security services to online chats and calls, including those conducted via encrypted messaging tools like WhatApp, iMessage, or Signal.
Location

United States

Growing an Internet Exchange Point in Burkina Faso

BFIX, the Burkina Faso Internet exchange point, was established as an association in Burkina on February 19, 2015 by Internet Service Providers (ISP), mobile telecommunication operators, and some public institutions such as the University of Ouagadougou and the government agency in charge of promoting information and communication technologies (“Agence de Promotion des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication – ANPTIC”).

Reflections on the 2019 European parliamentary elections

With around 200 million people voting across Europe, the make-up of the new European Parliament for the next five years has been decided.
While the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) won the most seats, its contingent is down on the previous election. The traditional centre-left grouping of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) – which I was a member of – has also been squeezed by the rise of populist parties. Anti-establishment parties won close to a third of seats, including the Brexit Party in the UK, and they head to Brussels to be destructive, not constructive. 

Neue Datenschutzbeauftragte der HHU seit 1. Mai 2019

Dr. Ursula Hilgers wird alle Mitarbeiter/innen der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf bei der Einhaltung und Sicherstellung des Datenschutzes an der HHU unterstützen. Alle Beschäftigten der HHU können sich jederzeit in Angelegenheiten mit Bezug zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten ohne Einhaltung des Dienstweges an sie wenden.
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AI Has Already Taken Over. It’s Called the Corporation

Futurists warning about the threats of AI are looking in the wrong place. Humanity is already facing an existential threat from an artificial intelligence we created hundreds of years ago. It’s called the Corporation.

Académicos discutieron propuesta de criterios para acreditación de ues

Reflexionar y debatir participativamente acerca de los criterios y estándares institucionales dispuestos en Ley 21.091 sobre Educación Superior, fue el objetivo de una jornada en la que integrantes del cuerpo académico de la Casa de Bello se reunieron a revisar la propuesta del Consejo Nacional de Acreditación (CNA) en la materia. Dicho planteamiento para el aseguramiento de la calidad de las universidades se encuentra en proceso de consulta en las instituciones de educación superior.

Descubren estructura clave para la reparación del corazón

Se trata de los cilios primarios, necesarios para reparar el corazón del daño que genera el infarto del miocardio. El hallazgo, publicado por la prestigiosa revista Circulation, fue realizado por los doctores Elisa Villalobos, Alfredo Criollo y Sergio Lavandero, investigadores del Centro Avanzado de Enfermedades Crónicas (ACCDiS), en conjunto con el grupo del Dr. Joseph A.

Proyecto Proyecto complementará modelo educativo con e-learning

Añadir tecnología como herramienta clave en el proceso de aprendizaje para pregrado y postgrado es uno de los desafíos de la Casa de Bello para los próximos años, razón por la cual el plantel ya trabaja en una propuesta que evalúa la incorporación de cursos no presenciales para sus alumnos.

OPEN 2019 Community Gathering – Decentralised Collaboration

The OPEN 2019 Community Gathering is an open space event designed to strengthen the network of communities and organisations that are working on building a collaborative, regenerative economy.

When: Thursday, 27 June – Friday, 28 June9:00 am – 8:00 pm

Where: University of London, Malet Street, London

Soutenance de thèse de M. Victor Genevès

Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que le vendredi 12 avril 2019 a eu lieu au Campus de l’ENS Paris-Saclay, la soutenance de thèse de doctorat en droit de M. Victor Geneves, qui fut dirigée par les professeur(e)s Pierre Trudel et Stéphanie Lacour dsans le cadre d’une cotutelle internationale de thèse avec l’École Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay.

Let’s talk about The North Face defacing Wikipedia

Yesterday, we were disappointed to learn that The North Face, an outdoor recreation product company, and Leo Burnett Tailor Made, an ad agency retained by The North Face, unethically manipulated Wikipedia. They have risked your trust in our mission for a short-lived marketing stunt.
In a video about the campaign, Leo Burnett and The North Face boasted that they “did what no one has done before … we switched the Wikipedia photos for ours” and “[paid] absolutely nothing just by collaborating with Wikipedia.”

Vamos falar sobre The North Face estragando a Wikipédia

Ontem, ficamos desapontados ao saber que The North Face, uma empresa de produtos para recreação ao ar livre, e a Leo Burnett Tailor Made, uma agência de publicidade contratada pela The North Face, manipularam de forma não ética a Wikipédia. Eles colocaram em risco sua confiança em nossa missão para um golpe de marketing de curta duração.
Num vídeo sobre a campanha, Leo Burnett e The North Face se gabaram de que “fizeram o que ninguém fez antes… trocamos as fotos da Wikipédia pelas nossas”, “pagando absolutamente nada, apenas colaborando com a Wikipédia”.

The GovLab at NYU Tandon announces the 100 Questions Initiative

Sourcing 100 questions on key societal challenges that can be answered by data insights

Finding Common Ground on U.S. Net Neutrality

After more
than a decade of regulatory ping pong, net neutrality’s future in the United
States is still unclear.

Since
2004, FCC rulemakings have been caught in a vicious cycle. They have been passed,
fought in court, and returned to the FCC with minor (and sometimes major)
revisions. In the last few years there have also been numerous attempts to pass
legislation, cementing net neutrality once and for all, but nothing has
succeeded in Congress.

María Loreto Nervi: "Giannini se preguntaba por la educación"

"Humberto Giannini. El itinerario inconcluso", recientemente lanzado por Editorial Universitaria, es el libro de la académica de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades en el cual revisa de la mano del propio Giannini, sus planteamientos filosóficos y memorias biográficas, en lo que fueron casi dos años de entrevistas y conversaciones que hoy nos presenta en este material. Una nueva puerta y oportunidad para conocer más a uno de los filósofos más relevantes de nuestro país.