Un estudio detectó que una molécula normalmente ignorada del ácido ribonucléico (ARN) se activa en las personas después de vacunarse, incidiendo directamente en la producción de anticuerpos. Vinicius Maracaja-Coutinho, académico de la Universidad de Chile e investigador del Centro Avanzado de Enfermedades Crónicas (ACCDiS), fue parte de este descubrimiento que a futuro permitiría monitorear la eficiencia de vacunas para enfermedades como la influenza, el hanta o el COVID-19, entre otras.

Los doctores en física Pablo Moya, Miguel Kiwi y Francisco Muñoz calcularon el denominado "índice de carga", que relaciona variables como las capacidades de nuestro sistema de salud y los números de contagios y muertes relacionadas al COVID-19, y plantean que la cuarentena decretada para siete comunas de la Región Metropolitana "va en la línea de las medidas que se deben tomar, pero es insuficiente y tardía".Este miércoles 25 de marzo, el Ministerio de Salud entregó un nuevo recuento de casos conocidos de COVID-19 en el país: 1.142 personas contagiadas y tres fallec

Voici un petit article de Jeff Heinrich concernant la cyberjustice durant cette période de pandémie. 

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On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

A Coordenação de Relações Internacionais da FGV Direito Rio anuncia a Universidade de Michigan como sua nova parceira de intercâmbio de longa duração.
Considerada a faculdade pública dos Estados Unidos (QS World University Rankings 2019-2020), a Universidade de Michigan é reconhecida por sua tradição na excelência em pesquisa, aprendizado e ensino, esportes e artes. 
A partir de 2021.1, os alunos de graduação da Escola poderão se candidatar para o intercâmbio em uma das melhores universidades do mundo.

In seiner neuen Funktion als Dekan der Juristischen Fakultät begrüßte Prof. Dr. Christian die Studierenden zum Beginn des Sommersemesters – einem Semester unter dem Einfluss der Corona-Epidemie - per Videobotschaft aus dem Homeoffice. Offiziell ist der Semesterbeginn bis zum 20. April verschoben, aber laut Prof. Kersting bemühe sich die Fakultät, die Auswirkungen der Situation auf ihre Studierende so gering wie möglich zu halten: „Wir werden bereits ab dem 6. April mit einem eingeschränkten Programm beginnen.

More
important than ever: With most people in the U.S. and many other
countries ordered to stay at home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a
lack of Internet access in rural and poor areas is making people feel more
disconnected than ever, according to an Associated Press story at
NWAonline.com. Stella Ashcraft “lives from check to check and can’t afford
internet. Her senior-citizen center, where she plays bingo, does puzzles and

The Corona pandemic has made us all painfully aware of how dependent we are on tech companies. This should not put an end to critical debates around tech regulation but reinforce the argument to treat these companies as what they are: public utilities. An article by Timo Seidl. Just a few months ago, in what…
The post The Techlash in Times of Corona appeared first on HIIG.

Die Lage als Chance begreifen: Mit sehr persönlichen Worten macht die Rektorin Studierenden und Beschäftigten Mut, dass wir alle gestärkt aus der Krise hervorgehen. Gemeinsam lässt sich Vieles schaffen. Zahlreiche Strukturen werden technisch aufgerüstet, digitale Lehrformate vorbereitet.

How much screen time is good for my child? How much control is necessary?

“No economic interest, under no circumstance, can be above the reverence of life.” –  Manfred Max-Neef, Chilean economist, 1932 -2019

A national conversation has begun which is alarming, yet also familiar. It talks about costs and trade-offs, losses and accounts. It is a conversation about human lives framed in the language of economics.

"Stay at home" is the federal government's demand. But what if " staying at home " is just as dangerous as, or even more dangerous than, the coronavirus? Especially for people in abusive relationships, the "contact ban" can have side effects. This article deals with the challenges of people who are exposed to emotional or physical violence in a supposed shelter and in times of exceptional situations.

By Vedangini Bisht and Shubham Chaudhary INTRODUCTION On March 4, 2020, the Supreme Court of India, in the case of Internet And Mobile Association Of India v Reserve Bank Of India, overturned the April 2018 circular of Reserve Bank of India. The 2018 RBI circular had banned all the RBI regulated entities from trading in […]

Den Anfang macht Ökonom Prof. Dr. Jens Südekum, seit dem Jahr 2014 Professor für Internationale Volkswirtschaftslehre am Düsseldorfer Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), mit einem Beitrag zu den wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise. Jens Südekum gehört laut Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung zu den fünfzehn einflussreichsten deutschen Volkswirten. Im Dezember 2019 wurde er in den Wissenschaftlichen Beirat beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) berufen und berät Bundesminister Peter Altmaier unabhängig in allen Fragen der Wirtschaftspolitik.