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Start für neues TV-Format der Uniklinik Düsseldorf

In kurzen Beiträgen werden drei verschiedene Themen pro Sendung vorgestellt. In der ersten Ausgabe geht es um Hörprobleme, Prostatakrebs und chronische Schmerzen. „Ganz bewusst wollten wir anschaulich darstellen, was moderne Universitätsmedizin für die Menschen leisten kann. Daher freut es mich sehr, dass wir auch zwei Patientinnen gewinnen konnten, die Einblick in ihr Leben geben“, erklärt Stefan Dreising, Leiter der Unternehmenskommunikation der Düsseldorfer Uniklinik. Produziert wird das Magazin in Zusammenarbeit mit Rheinischen Post Mediengruppe.

Kserokopia #72 (23 kwietnia – 14 maja)

W najnowszym numerze Kserokopii prezentujemy kolejne głosy sprzeciwu przeciwko kierunkowi, w jakim zmierza europejska reforma praw autorskich. Ponadto zachęcamy do zapoznania się z decyzją Okręgowego Sądu Dyscyplinarnego Okręgowej Izby Radców Prawnych w Gdańsku w sprawie nieetyczności copyright trollingu, artykułem nt. prawnych uwarunkowań samplingu, pomysłem Komisji Europejskiej na dyrektywę reuse oraz kolejnymi krokami na drodze do implementacji dyrektywy o zbiorowym zarządzaniu prawami autorskimi. Miłej lektury!

Open Government and Open Contracting in Paraguay and Cameroon

This blog was written by Rodrigo Valdez (Girolabs) and Transparency International Cameroon.

Enrol Yourself! An Experiment in Using P2P and Commons-based Approaches to Reimagine Lifelong Learning

Zahra Davidson: Enrol Yourself is a social business that aims to redesign lifelong learning by harnessing the power of peer groups.
It all began when my good friend Roxana Bacian felt stuck in our jobs and started having regular conversations about the kind of learning and development we wanted to participate in – and couldn’t find!

Exhibition: 21 Minds thinking the future

In the "Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurts" permanent exhibition 21 experts on economy, science, society and politics put different perspectives on communication in the 21st century and the influence of digitalisation up for discussion.In Videostatements and Interviews the experts present their perspectives on possible trends in communication of the future.Joining them is Prof. Dr. Regina Ammicht Quinn, spokeswoman of the IZEW.for more information click here

Klinische Forschung: DDZ- und UKD-Wissenschaftlerin erhält Ferdinand-Bertram-Preis

Bis heute sind die Mechanismen der Insulinresistenz in den Skelettmuskeln und anderen Geweben von Typ-2-Diabetes Patienten nicht vollständig verstanden. Die Diabetologin Szendrödi erforscht in diesem Zusammenhang, welche Auswirkungen eine hyperkalorische Ernährung und wenig Bewegung auf Patienten mit einem Typ-2-Diabetes haben können. So konnte sie ableiten, dass ein manifester Typ-2-Diabetes durch eine verminderte Verbrennung des Nährstoffangebots an die Muskulatur gekennzeichnet ist.

Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract

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The Intellectual Dark Web, Explained: What Jordan Peterson Has In Common w/ The Alt-Right w/ Henry Farrell

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United States

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Trump’s U-turn on Chinese mega-firm ZTE damages U.S. power and credibility

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Author(s): Henry FarrellPublication Date: May 14, 2018Publication Type: Other WritingThe Trump administration made two very different policy statements on sanctions Sunday. President Trump said in a tweet that an earlier decision to impose massive U.S. sanctions on the Chinese telecommunications behemoth ZTE, for selling equipment to Iran, might be open to renegotiation.

When the workers nearly took control: five lessons from the Lucas Plan

Back in the 1970s, with unemployment rising and British industry contracting, workers at the arms company Lucas Aerospace came up with a pioneering plan to retain jobs by proposing alternative, socially-useful applications of the company’s technology and their own skills. The ‘Lucas Plan’ remains one of the most radical and forward thinking attempts ever made by workers to take the steering wheel and directly drive the direction of change.

Aadhaar Remains an Unending Security Nightmare for a Billion Indians

Yesterday was the 38th and last day of hearings in the Supreme Court case challenging the constitutional validity of India’s biometric authentication programme. After weeks of arguments from both sides, the Supreme Court has now reserved the matter for judgement.
The article by Karan Saini was published in the Wire on May 11, 2018.

Brianna Wettlaufer & Nuno Silva on Stocksy United

Creative workers in the so-called ‘passion industries’ are likely to have no control other their artistic work, experience precarity, and be poorly paid. While artist co-operatives have a long history, Stocksy, a multistakeholder co-operative, are combining an inclusive legal structure with a globally distributed membership.

Persuasori Social: trasparenza e democrazia nelle campagne elettorali digitali

Page Type: Event30 maggio 2018, Roma
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 30/05/2018 - 16:00 to 18:00luogo: via della Dogana Vecchia 5, Roma

The promise and peril of military applications of artificial intelligence

Michael C. Horowitz at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: “Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a moment in the national security space.

Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn’t Work

Book by Dan Honig: “Foreign aid organizations collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually, with mixed results. Part of the problem in these endeavors lies in their execution. When should foreign aid organizations empower actors on the front lines of delivery to guide aid interventions, and when should distant headquarters lead?

61° Nexa Lunch Seminar - ICT4D alla prova dei valori socio-culturali

Page Type: Eventlunch27 giugno 2018
Diego Mariani (Fondazione Arbor)
e Antonio Vetrò (Nexa Center)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 27/06/2018 - 13:00 to 14:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

60° Nexa Lunch Seminar - Game jam e game storm: innovativi workshop didattici basati sull'ideazione di giochi

Page Type: Eventlunch23 maggio 2018
Matteo Uggeri (Fondazione Politecnico di Milano)
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Connecting.nyc: Managing a top-level domain as a commons

Adrien Labaeye: Here’s the problem: The internet was initially built as a peer-to-peer network, but commercial interests changed it into a highly market-driven system over time. Domains are one reason for this change. Top-level domains such as .com and .net became resources that were used to make a profit. In the past couple of years, this phenomenon has extended to other domains like .nyc and .paris.

Consilience 2018

National Law School of India University, Bangalore organized The Future of Blockchain Technology: Evolving a Framework for its Adoption and Regulation in India on May 5, 2018. Swaraj Barooah panel on "e-Governance and Public Service Delivery using Blockchain Technology" at Consilience 2018.

Comment: India's NTP 2018 gets digital makeover but needs complimentary policies

Criticism notwithstanding, Indian bureaucratic mandarins—babus as they are referred to in local lingo—do come up with draft policies that are contemporaneous, and at times when it’s least expected.

Comment: India's NTP 2018 gets digital makeover but needs complimentary policies | Indian Television Dot Com

The blog post was published in Indian Television on May 8, 2018.