La filósofa, académica de la Universidad de Columbia, reconocida por su trabajo en el ámbito del Postcolonialismo, Feminismo, Marxismo, Globalización y Literatura, es una de las invitadas al Seminario "Los velos de la violencia: Reflexiones y las experiencias étnicas y de género en Chile y América Latina", instancia donde recibirá la distinción Doctor Honoris Causa por parte de la Universidad de Chile. El público podrá seguir sus conferencias en línea en streaming.jgm.uchile.cl/.

La cirugía y la quimioterapia son los únicos tratamientos que existen actualmente para enfrentar esta patología en canes. La búsqueda de nuevas alternativas que sean eficaces para hacer frente a esta frecuente enfermedad es emergente a nivel mundial, y en Chile, el único grupo dedicado a avanzar en este terreno se encuentra en la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias (Favet) de nuestro plantel, y actualmente avanza en el estudio de una droga para el tratamiento de la neoplasia mamaria canina.

(Free) book by Andrew Therriault:  “The 2016 US elections will be remembered for many things, but for those who work in politics, 2016 may be best remembered as the year that the use of data in politics reached its maturity. Through a collection of essays from leading experts in the field, this report explores how political data science helps to drive everything from overall strategy and messaging to individual voter contacts and advertising.

Paper by Cass R. Sunstein: “Why are some nudges ineffective, or at least less effective than choice architects hope and expect? Focusing primarily on default rules, this essay emphasizes two reasons. The first involves strong antecedent preferences on the part of choosers. The second involves successful “counternudges,” which persuade people to choose in a way that confounds the efforts of choice architects. Nudges might also be ineffective, and less effective than expected, for five other reasons.

Evento será realizado no dia 2 de setembro, às 11h, no Centro CulturalA FGV Direito Rio lança no dia 2 de setembro, às 11h, a terceira fase do projeto História Oral do Supremo, que consiste em contar a história do STF através da trajetória dos seus ministros nos primeiros 25 anos da Nova República, de 1988 a 2013. Os ministros que terão suas vidas relatadas em livro nesta nova etapa do projeto são Luís Roberto Barroso, Luiz Fux, Ilmar Galvão, Francisco Rezek e Moreira Alves, os dois primeiros ainda em atividade no Supremo.

Palestra: International Law and the International Refugee Crisis11h00O Evento: A Coordenação do CJUS, com o apoio da Cátedra Jean Monnet, convida para a palestra International law and the International refugee crisis, com o professor doutor Ralph Wilde.

Encontro contou com participação de 31 estudantes dos países do blocoO professor Evandro Menezes de Carvalho e quatro alunos da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (Direito Rio) – Bernardo Padula (4º Período), Eduardo Cavaliere (8º Período), Gustavo Cavaliere (8º Período) e Eduardo Soares (8º Período) – participaram da 3ª edição da "Summer School" do Centro de Estudos de BRICS da Universidade Fudan, em Shanghai, na China.

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Summer Seminar 2016 on Digital Economy was held in the last week of August 2016 in Tokyo. Prof. Xue, as a Member of Academic Advisory Council of The Asia Pacific Institute for the Digital Economy (APIDE) joined the seminar and taught at several sessions to the governmental officers from the APEC economies. Prof.

Samantha Ehlinger in FedScoop: “The Transportation Department is looking for public input on how to better interpret and use data on fatal crashes after 2015 data revealed a startling spike of 7.2 percent more deaths in traffic accidents that year.

Femke Mulder, Julie Ferguson, Peter Groenewegen, Kees Boersma, and Jeroen Wolbers in Big Data and Society: “The aim of this paper is to critically explore whether crowdsourced Big Data enables an inclusive humanitarian response at times of crisis. We argue that all data, including Big Data, are socially constructed artefacts that reflect the contexts and processes of their creation.

Literature review by Sanket Subhash Khanwalkar: “Despite heavy investment by the United States and several other national governments, terrorism related problems are rising at an alarming rate. Lone-wolf terrorism, in particular, in the last decade, has caused 70% of all terrorism related deaths in the US and the West. This literature survey describes lone-wolf terrorism in detail to analyse its structure, characteristics, strengths and weaknesses.

Hiroaki Itai, Akira Inoue, and Satoshi Kodama in Special Issue on Nudging of The Tocqueville Review/La revue Tocqueville

Book edited by Vinod Kumar, T. M.: “The present book highlights studies that show how smart cities promote urban economic development. The book surveys the state of the art of Smart City Economic Development through a literature survey. The book uses 13 in depth city research case studies in 10 countries such as the North America, Europe, Africa and Asia to explain how a smart economy changes the urban spatial system and vice versa.

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Date: Tue, 08/30/2016Launches “Promoting Content in Africa” at African Peering and Interconnection Forum in Tanzania

Jean-Paul Chretien, Caitlin M. Rivers, and Michael A.

El Departamento de Estudios Pedagógicos (DEP) de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades inició esta semana en San Salvador una experiencia de trabajo con docentes de ese país para impulsar la formación ciudadana. Se trata de la primera iniciativa en este campo que espera contribuir al fortalecimiento de la democracia y la ciudadanía en el contexto latinoamericano. Este proyecto es parte del Convenio Marco entre la Casa de Bello y la U. de El Salvador.

El primer Encuentro de Educación Continua (EC) contó con la participación de 37 unidades pertenecientes a más de 12 facultades para reflexionar en torno a su significado y rol en la Educación Superior, intercambiar experiencias y aportar a la construcción de la política universitaria al respecto. "La EC nos presenta la oportunidad de llegar a mucha gente que no se formó en el pregrado con nosotros, a los cuales podemos transmitir nuestra forma de ver el mundo desde la vida académica como Universidad de Chile", destacó el Rector Vivaldi.

El sábado 20 de agosto del 2016 a las 10 de la mañana comenzará el evento con el desfile de grupos folklóricos por la calzada sur de la Alameda y hasta el mediodía, entre las calles Carmen y San Diego, para luego trasladarse a un escenario en el Parque San Borja, donde a partir de las 13 horas continuará esta celebración con la presentación en vivo de las delegaciones participantes y otras actividades hasta las 20 horas.

Jaipur based Enterprise email provider Data Xgen Technologies has launched a paid email service in Hindi Devnagari script. This is especially for .bharat domain names, but can also be used for other domains. As of now, the company offers email packages starting at Rs 99, Rs 499, Rs 999 and Rs 1,499, which look like monthly plans.

The blog post by Sneha Johari was published in Medianama on August 29, 2016.

Since its release on July 6th, Pokemon Go acquired an immediate success and captured the attention of more than 15 million users in the first week. A phenomenon of 200 million dollars income worldwide. The game suggests a virtual reality where users hunt Pokemons using GPS and a map of the roads and the buildings surrounding them. During the capturing […]
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