El Dr. Rodrigo Vidal, jefe del Servicio de Oftalmología del Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile (HCUCH), explica los riesgos de mirar al sol, sea con o sin un eclipse, y por qué es urgente que todas y todos, incluyendo de forma especial a los niños, tengan protección para mirar este evento astronómico que se desarrollará el próximo 2 de julio.
El trabajo de la directora del Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM), Viviana Meruane, apunta a la búsqueda de daños en este tipo de materiales, lo cual contribuirá a disminuir pérdidas y eventualmente salvar vidas. Este avance fue publicado en la última edición de la revista científica internacional "Structural Control and Health Monitoring".Predecir los daños en los materiales compuestos es actualmente un proceso complejo, caro y lento, pero con algo de ayuda de la ciencia esto podría cambiar.
Radio Universidad de Navarra, con representantes de ARU, asiste a la constitución del nuevo Parlamento Europeo en Estrasburgo
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03/07/19 11:03
Eva Lus
If you run a billion (or even million) dollar brand, does it make sense to spend a few thousand dollars to protect your mark from copycats? Or if you are a songwriter, does it make sense to spend thirty-five dollars to register a copyright on your song? The answer is yes. But the recent "SUPREME" trademark drama shows why this answer isn't so obvious to all.
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Evento também foi organizado pela FGV EBAPE e Columbia Global CentersO Global Conference on Transparency Research 2019 é um evento co-realizado pela FGV Direito Rio, FGV EBAPE e Columbia Global Centers. São patrocinadores a CAPES, Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID), World Bank Group, e apoiadores a Controladoria Geral da União, LATAM Digital, Embaixada da Nova Zelândia e o IDRC. Os coordenadores acadêmicos são os professores Gregory Michener (EBAPE) e Michael Freitas Mohallem (FGV Direito Rio).
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Artificial intelligence is the term on everyone’s lips – and it evokes both great hopes and dystopian horror scenarios. But how can you explain the enthusiasm for the technology? The technological debate about AI seems to be rooted in a deep cultural layer in which human desires and fears are hidden. In this article, Theresa…
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It’s been a little over a year since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented, but almost immediately, people noticed its impact. First, there was the flurry of emails seeking users’ consent to the collection and use of their data.
Die Deutsche Leberstiftung unterstützt mit ihren Vernetzungsstipendien den wissenschaftlichen Austausch zwischen Forscherinnen und Forschern sowie hepatologischen Forschungseinrichtungen. Die Stipendien können für die Durchführung zeitlich begrenzter klinischer oder grundlagenwissenschaftlicher Projekte in einer anderen als der eigenen Forschungseinrichtung genutzt werden.
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The European Union must work harder to tackle the spread of disinformation on the internet, the Open Knowledge Foundation has warned. In a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, chief executive Catherine Stihler has called for action to be ‘prioritised’ regarding online platforms that fail to do enough to tackle disinformation or do not fulfil promises made.
La también abogada de la New York University, School of Law, Estados Unidos, se integró como académica a la Escuela de Salud Pública (ESP) el año 2008 y encabezó esa unidad académica desde el mes de septiembre de 2017 hasta su reciente fallecimiento, marcando un hito al ser la primera mujer en asumir esa responsabilidad. La académica será velada en la Sala 211 de la ESP, a partir de la tarde de este 24 de junio.La comunidad universitaria comunica el fallecimiento de la Dra.
La campeona mundial de nado en aguas gélidas y egresada y magíster en Psicología de la U. de Chile, Bárbara Hernández, volvió a hacer noticia tras convertirse en la primera chilena en cruzar el Canal de Catalina, una travesía que le tomó una noche entera de nado sin descanso. Este 2019 decidió por primera vez en su carrera dedicarse sólo al nado. Sobre el desafío de cruzar los siete océanos y las dificultades de ser deportista en Chile, habla la llamada "Sirena de Hielo", en la siguiente entrevista con Prensa U. de Chile.
Este 26 de junio se inicia la tercera y última fase de implementación de la Ley sobre Composición Nutricional de los Alimentos y su Publicidad, en la que se incorporan las Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas y se reduce la cantidad de nutrientes críticos por cada 100 gramos o ml conducente a sellos.
A cultural disconnection between the man-made world and the biosphere lies behind the grave challenges we face today. We either don’t think about rivers, soils, and biodiversity at all – or we treat them as resources whose only purpose is to feed the economy. This ‘metabolic rift’ – between the living world, and the economic one – leaves us starved of meaning and purpose. We have to heal this damaging gap.
Algorithms analyse expressions, tone to check for traits such as confidence, anger in video interviews.
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After many false starts, the plan to wire India’s digital future may finally take off with Jio GigaFiber’s entry.
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Power desperately finds ways to propagate at the slightest hint of losing lustre, which the social network is beginning to experience at the moment.
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Bad route: A small routing error led to Internet outages in the Northeastern United States on June 24, Inc.com reports. Small network services provider DQE Communications shared inaccurate routing information with Verizon, which then passed it along to the wider network.