Entregar a docentes herramientas para incorporar de manera original contenidos económicos y financieros a sus clases, es el objetivo del curso en línea "La Ciudad de las Oportunidades", organizado conjuntamente entre el Instituto Milenio para el Estudio de Imperfecciones del Mercado y Políticas Públicas (MIPP), el Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial y el Banco Central. "Las finanzas son una espada de doble filo. Si las utilizamos correctamente podemos ampliar nuestro patrimonio y avanzar en nuestra vida creándose mayores y mejores oportunidades económicas.

En mayo de 2018, en medio del masivo movimiento feminista que se tomó las calles y universidades del país, un grupo de abogadas egresadas de la Casa de Bello notó la urgencia de crear una organización de juristas feministas que incorporara dicha perspectiva en su agenda.

Um das Jahr 2005 wurde ein Protein mit dem Namen CG9186 an Lipidspeichertröpfchen (kurz LD für „Lipid droplets“) der Fruchtfliege Drosophila melanogaster entdeckt. Lipide sind Fette und LDs ihre universellen Speicherorganellen. Neben der Energieversorgung entdecken Forscher immer mehr zelluläre Prozesse, an denen diese noch beteiligt sind. Die mit den LDs assoziierten Proteine sind maßgeblich an der Regulation der Speicherung, Remobilisierung und Verwertung der Lipide beteiligt. Hierdurch stehen sie im Fokus aktueller Forschung.

Today, the European Parliament voted 348–274 to pass a new copyright directive that includes problematic rules that will harm free knowledge. They did so after years of discussions, revisions, and more recently street protests.

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GovLab fellow Darshana Narayanan recently published an article for The Economist as part of the publication’s series of opinion pieces on how to fix democracy. An excerpt from the article is below – for the full article, click here.
Technology and political will can create better governance
by Darshana Narayanan
The Economist
Mar 22nd, 2019

Prof. Dr. Christiane Helzel, geschäftsführende Leiterin des Mathematischen Instituts der HHU, gratulierte den jungen Nachwuchsmathematikern zu ihrem Erfolg: „Um bei Olympia erfolgreich zu sein, braucht man Talent, gute Trainingsbedingungen und Fleiß.

MEPs have today voted to press ahead with a controversial copyright crackdown in a ‘massive blow’ for all internet users.
Despite a petition with over 5 million signatures and scores of protests across Europe attended by tens of thousands of people, MEPs voted by 348 to 274 in favour of the changes.
It is expected to lead to the introduction of ‘filters’ on sites such as YouTube, which will automatically remove content that could be copyrighted.

This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Reposted from Local Futures.

The way trade works in the global economy can be insane – it wastes resources, worsens climate change, and undermines the livelihoods of millions of small-scale producers worldwide. Yet it is an almost unavoidable consequence of de-regulatory ‘free trade’ agreements and the billions of dollars in supports and subsidies – many of them hidden – that prop up the global economy.

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The public sector is one of the fields of action in the AI strategy of the German government. Artificial intelligence has great potential for modernizing administration, while modernizing administration through AI in turn influences all other areas of society. In this article, Christian Djeffal takes a look at the AI strategy and stresses the importance…

MEPs will today vote on a controversial copyright crackdown that could restrict internet freedoms for millions of people. After years of negotiation, the final vote will be held on reforms that could result in automatic ‘upload filters’ which restrict what can be posted on social media platforms like YouTube.

Un programa de conversación sobre música nacional e internacional, así como sobre las actividades que realiza cotidianamente la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, son los temas que abordará el programa, conducido por el maestro Alberto Dourthé.

Acceso a becas, atención médica y dental, actividades deportivas, eventos artísticos y culturales, asistencia en temas de equidad e inclusión, movilidad nacional e internacional, medios de comunicación y organizaciones estudiantiles de todo tipo, son parte del universo de opciones disponibles para los estudiantes de nuestro plantel. Conoce algunas de las múltiples alternativas existentes para el desarrollo profesional y personal más allá de la sala de clases de cada carrera.

The EU’s proposed Terrorist Content Regulation gives national authorities sweeping new powers over comments, videos, and other content that people share using Internet platforms. Among other things, authorities – who may be police, not courts – can require platforms of all sizes to take content down within one hour. The Regulation also requires even small platforms to build upload filters and attempt to proactively weed out prohibited material.
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A internet vem se tornando, cada vez mais, uma plataforma para a construção de novos feminismos, para a organização de mobilizações políticas em prol de pautas que afetam mulheres e para a formação de feministas em todo o país. Por outro lado, é também através da internet que outras formas de violência (digital) contra a mulher são criadas e incentivadas.

The P2P Lab is happy to announce the results of the Open Call for Ideas in the context of the “Open Source Agriculture Workshop”.

The selection of the designers was made by members of the local community, informed by the following criteria: