Die beiden Wandspiele sind auf die Bedürfnisse der kleinen Patienten im Krankenhaus maßgeschneidert. Unter anderem ermöglichen spezielle Einstellungen ein Spielen auch wenn bereits eine Transfusionsnadel gelegt worden ist. „Gerade für kleinere Kinder ist der Aufenthalt im Krankenhaus nicht einfach. Lange Aufenthalte, fremde Menschen und die medizinischen Behandlungen können anstrengend sein. Umso mehr freuen wir uns, dass wir dank der Spende der BBBank und wünschdirwas mit den neuen Spielgeräten für etwas Abwechslung sorgen können“, sagt Professor Dr.

Am 15. Januar 2018 fand in den Räumlichkeiten des ITM ein internes Doktorandenseminar für die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der zivilrechtlichen Abteilung statt, das von Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren geleitet wurde.

The essay below serves as introduction to the Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The conference brought together experts from around the world to discuss conflicting national laws governing online speech -- and how courts, Internet platforms, and public interest advocates should respond to increasing demands for these laws to be enforced on the global Internet.
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Chapter by Ruth Kattumuri in the book Governance and Governed: “The changing dynamics of leadership and growing involvement of people in the process of governance can be attributed to an enhanced access to technology, which enables the governed to engage directly and instantly. This is expected to lead to a greater sense of accountability on the part of leaders to render outcomes for the benefit of the public at large.

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Die Aktionswoche, die vom AStA der HHU organisiert und von unterschiedlichen Einrichtungen und Gruppen der Studierendenschaft getragen wurde, hat mit einer Reihe von Veranstaltungen zu mehr Toleranz und Diversität aufgerufen. "Wir haben gezeigt, wie unterschiedlich die Studierenden dieser Universität sind und wie vielfältig das Zusammenleben und gemeinsame studieren hier ist. Außerdem haben wir ein eindeutiges Signal gegeben: Wie unterschiedlich ihr auch sein mögt, ihr seid hier willkommen!

Man geht davon aus, dass solche Veränderungen in den Zellen bereits vor der Geburt des Kindes auftreten und über Jahre danach erhalten bleiben können. Es müssen aber weitere Veränderungen nach der Geburt hinzukommen, um klinisch eine Leukämie auszulösen.

This blog has been written by Natalia Mazotte and Ariel Kogan, co-directors of Open Knowledge Brazil (OKBR). It has been translated from the original version at https://br.okfn.org/2017/12/29/como-foi-o-ano-de-2017-para-a-okbr by Juliana Watanabe, volunteer of OKBR.

It is very clear that power in our societies is changing. After the financialization of our economies under neoliberal globalization, we have a new layer of corporate power emerging from the platform economy. This process is very well described by Frank Pascuale in the recommended text we excerpt below, under the concept of Functional Governance. Please read the full text carefully, as well as the videotaped presentation.

Brian Tokar: Since the 1960s, the theory and praxis of social ecology have helped guide efforts to articulate a radical, counter-systemic ecological outlook with a goal of transforming society’s relationship to non-human nature. For many decades, social ecologists have articulated a fundamental ecological critique of capitalism and the state, and proposed an alternative vision of empowered human communities organized confederally in pursuit of a more harmonious relationship to the wider natural world.

Written by Stacco Troncoso and Ann Marie Utratel: One of the most difficult systems to reimagine is global manufacturing. If we are producing offshore and at scale, ravaging the planet for short-term profits, what are the available alternatives? A movement combining digital and physical production points toward a new possibility: Produce within our communities, democratically and with respect for nature and its carrying capacity.

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Author(s): Henry FarrellPublication Date: January 16, 2018Publication Type: Other WritingThis is not the dystopia we were promised. We are not learning to love Big Brother, who lives, if he lives at all, on a cluster of server farms, cooled by environmentally friendly technologies. Nor have we been lulled by Soma and subliminal brain programming into a hazy acquiescence to pervasive social hierarchies.

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CALL FOR OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR The Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi (CCG at NLUD), invites applications for the post of Office Administrator. Role CCG is a young, continuously evolving organization and the Office Administrator is expected to be an active participant in building a collaborative and merit-based institution. The Centre administrator will […]

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