m Making the Earth Flat By www.ams.org Published On :: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:34:37 -0400 Tom Patterson and Bojan Savric discuss the Equal Earth projection map that they created with Bernhard Jenny. Full Article
m Making Beautiful Mathematics By www.ams.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:31:56 -0400 Rob Schneiderman talks about the metaphorical connections between math and music Full Article
m Unmasking Deepfakes By www.ams.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:35:33 -0400 Hany Farid talks about fighting fake videos: "Mathematically, there's a lot of linear algebra, multivariate calculus, probability and statistics, and then a lot of techniques from pattern recognition, signal processing, and image processing." Full Article
m Low-Code Automation and the Future of Work By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:16:17 +0000 Strategy Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 13:15 Full Article
m Housing Advocates Sound Alarm as May Rents Collide with Coronavirus By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:19:54 +0000 Real Estate Strategy Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 13:15 Full Article
m Is the Federal Reserve helping Main Street or Wall Street? By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:30:01 +0000 Business Economics and Public Policy Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 13:15 Full Article
m The World’s Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:34:19 +0000 Organizations Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 13:30 Full Article
m In Effort to Stop Faulty Goods, China Asks Importers to Ensure PPE Meets Standards By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:36:45 +0000 Strategy Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 13:30 Full Article
m Fed Faces Risky, Inflationary Divorce from Treasury Post Covid By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:38:38 +0000 Business Economics and Public Policy Friday, May 1, 2020 - 13:30 Full Article
m Welcome to the Most Expensive US Stock Market in Two Decades By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:41:05 +0000 Business Economics and Public Policy Friday, May 1, 2020 - 13:45 Full Article
m Unemployment Claims from Asian Americans Have Spiked 6,900% in New York. Here's Why By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:43:20 +0000 Business Economics and Public Policy Friday, May 1, 2020 - 13:45 Full Article
m For Many Small Businesses, U.S. Coronavirus Aid Falls Short By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:45:47 +0000 Business Economics and Public Policy Healthcare Friday, May 1, 2020 - 13:45 Full Article
m euromicron AG takes on Funkwerk as a strategic anchor investor By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:52:00 +0200 euromicron AG, a medium-sized technology group and specialist for networking business and production processes, has taken on Funkwerk AG, Kölleda, as a strategic anchor investor. Funkwerk AG is a leading provider of innovative communication, information and security systems and intends to acquire a total of up to around 28% of euromicron AG’s increased share capital following the implementation of the resolved capital measures. Full Article
m Letter from the Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, Evelyne Freitag, to shareholders By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:19:00 +0200 Dear Shareholders, As Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, I am contacting you personally today in advance of the Annual General Meeting to ask for your continued trust and support. Full Article
m euromicron AG improves earnings in first half of 2019 By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:00:00 +0200 Consolidated sales of EUR 146.7 million EBITDA (before IFRS 16) increased strongly by EUR 3.8 million to EUR 2.1 million Forecast for 2019 as a whole confirmed Working capital ratio declines by 2 percentage points to 10.6% euromicron AG, a medium-sized technology group and specialist for the digital networking of business and production processes, published its preliminary figures for the first half of 2019 today. Full Article
m euromicron AG publishes 2019 Half-Year Report By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 06:58:00 +0200 Final half-year figures equivalent to the published figures EUR 3.8 million increase in EBITDA (before IFRS 16) shows improved quality of the margin Forecast for 2019 as a whole confirmed euromicron AG, a medium-sized technology group and specialist for the digital networking of business and production processes, published its report for the first half of 2019 today. Full Article
m euromicron AG bundles digital competencies and forms Digital Hub By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:03:00 +0200 euromicron AG, a medium-sized technology group and specialist for the digital support of business processes through secure infrastructures, is pooling its digital expertise at KORAMIS GmbH, the group subsidiary that specializes in cyber security and automation. With focus on digital platforms and services KORAMIS’ portfolio will also cover the areas Smart IoT, Smart Building as well as Data Management in the future. For this step the management of KORAMIS GmbH was extended by Andreas Schmidt. Full Article
m euromicron AG successfully completes 2019 capital increase By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:01:00 +0200 euromicron AG, a medium-sized technology group and expert on the digital networking of business and production processes, has now fully placed the capital increase it resolved on July 10, 2019. Full Article
m euromicron AG’s Annual General Meeting adopts all agenda items and elects new Supervisory Board By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:46:00 +0200 euromicron AG, a medium-sized technology group and expert on digital networking of business and production processes, held its Annual General Meeting 2019 in Frankfurt/Main on August 29, 2019. 42 percent of the share capital was represented. At the Annual General Meeting, the Executive Board reported on the operating performance in fiscal year 2018 and in the first half of 2019 and gave an outlook on the current fiscal year. One focus was on the implementation of the measures initiated to focus on and further develop the business model. Full Article
m euromicron involved in modernizing the campus of Kiel University By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:03:00 +0200 ssm euromicron GmbH, a system house subsidiary of euromicron AG, is involved in a project to provide the technical equipment for the new building for the Institute of Geosciences at Kiel’s Christian Albrechts University. The seven-story new building is part of a campus-wide modernization initiative that is one of the largest public high-rise projects in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Full Article
m euromicron AG publishes its report on the third quarter of 2019 By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:51:00 +0100 Final numbers for the first nine months match previously published figures Development of consolidated sales due to order postponements behind plan EBITDA (before IFRS 16) of €2.0 million and so slightly up year over year Capital increase completed successfully in the third quarter of 2019 Guidance for the whole of 2019 adjusted Full Article
m euromicron AG: New appointments to and expansion of the Executive Board of euromicron AG By www.euromicron.de Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:38:00 +0100 The Supervisory Board of euromicron AG (WKN A1K030) announced a new appointment and expansion of the Executive Board of euromicron AG today, thus initiating a first step for a new phase in the realignment of the Group. Effective January 1, 2020, Dr. Michael Hofer will be appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Dr. Andreas Schmid Chief Operations Officer (COO) on the Executive Board of euromicron AG. Full Article
m Hydel blow away rivals to keep Champs title By sportsjamaica.com Published On :: Hydel, despite trailing their rivals for two straight days, easily retained their title Full Article
m Barnes no longer Jamaica's coach - Last-minute goal brings sweet victory over Panama By sportsjamaica.com Published On :: THERE'S nothing like the sweet taste of victory, especially when it's long in coming. Full Article
m 'It was one of my best innings' By sportsjamaica.com Published On :: Kingston Tigers' wicketkeeper batsman, Chadwick Walton, continued his fine form this season Full Article
m Jamaica Olympic stars winless in Oregon By sportsjamaica.com Published On :: In-form American sprinter, Michael Rodgers, ran a world-leading 9.94 seconds and there were no Caribbean Full Article
m Watson chases Derby dream with He's Really OK By sportsjamaica.com Published On :: From the moment he became a trainer, Frederick Watson says his dream was to win the Derby. Full Article
m Austin eyes move to Aston Villa By sportsjamaica.com Published On :: English Premier League giants Aston Villa are weighing up a bid for Jamaica's ace central midfielder, Full Article
m Barnes saw it coming... but coach 'disappointed' he was cut ahead of Gold Cup By sportsjamaica.com Published On :: GIVEN the financial position of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), John Barnes had resigned Full Article
m L.A. County's biodiversity is on the map, thanks to UCLA researchers By newsroom.ucla.edu Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Located in a global hotspot for biodiversity, Los Angeles County is home to more than 4,000 distinct species of plants and animals, including 52 endangered species - more than any county outside of Hawaii. And with 1 million animal and plant species facing extinction due to human activity, according to the United Nations, efforts to better understand the factors that shape biodiversity in Los Angeles could help shape global conservation efforts. Full Article
m Irrigation expansion could feed 800 million more people By phys.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Water scarcity, a socio-environmental threat to anthropogenic activities and ecosystems alike, affects large regions of the globe. However, it is often the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations that suffer the severest consequences, highlighting the role of economic and institutional factors in water scarcity. In this way, researchers generally consider not only the physical constraints but socio-economic determinants as well. Full Article
m Some of the latest climate models provide unrealistically high projections of future warming By phys.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT A new study from University of Michigan climate researchers concludes that some of the latest-generation climate models may be overly sensitive to carbon dioxide increases and therefore project future warming that is unrealistically high. Full Article
m Study helps arboreta, botanical gardens meet genetic diversity conservation goals By phys.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT In a ground breaking study, an international team of 21 scientists led by Sean Hoban, Ph.D., Conservation Biologist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, evaluated five genera spanning the plant tree of life (Hibiscus, Magnolia, Pseudophoenix, Quercus and Zamia) to understand how much genetic diversity currently exists in collections in botanical gardens and arboreta worldwide. Full Article
m Citizen science project aims to reveal secret life of bees By www.edp24.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT In these unprecedented times, we are all spending much more time at home and in our gardens. And, now that spring has well and truly arrived, it's the perfect time to get reacquainted with one of our country's busiest workers - the bee. Full Article
m Ocean biodiversity has not increased substantially for hundreds of millions of years, study finds By www.sciencedaily.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT A new way of looking at marine evolution over the past 540 million years has shown that levels of biodiversity in our oceans have remained fairly constant, rather than increasing continuously over the last 200 million years, as scientists previously thought. Full Article
m The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases By qz.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Do biodiversity losses aggravate transmission of infectious diseases spread by animals to humans? The jury is still out but several scientists say there is a "biodiversity dilution effect" in which declining biodiversity results in increased infectious-disease transmission. Full Article
m Deadlier outbreaks could follow coronavirus pandemic if people don't stop destroying nature, say experts By meaww.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, infrastructure development and exploitation of wild species have created a 'perfect storm' for the spillover of diseases from wildlife to people. Full Article
m Namibia's environmental laws By www.namibian.com.na Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT THE Oxford Dictionary describes the environment as "the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates". Humankind has been reliant on the environment for its existence for as long as humans have been living on earth. In numerous ways, the future survival of humankind will depend on how we take care of our air, soil, rivers, oceans, animals and plants. Full Article
m Deep history in western China reveals how humans can enhance biodiversity By www.chinadialogue.net Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve is one of China's most popular tourist attractions, drawing more than five million visitors per year to the sparsely populated mountains of north-western Sichuan. The reserve has been home to farmer-herders for thousands of years, but to conserve the biodiversity and scenic quality of the reserve, park policies prohibit residents from farming, herding and wood cutting. Full Article
m Management of natural assets is key to sustainable development: Inclusive wealth provides the way forward By www.unenvironment.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Sovereign nations typically measure economic success in terms of GDP (income) but this approach is risky as it fails to track and measure the impact of this on nature. Inclusive wealth, on the other hand captures financial and produced capital, but also the skills in our workforce (human capital), the cohesion in our society (social capital) and the value of our environment (natural capital). Full Article
m The Executive Director's Statement to the 150th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives By www.unenvironment.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT In these unusual and tragic times, I am indeed grateful that we are able to connect virtually to continue the business of environmental governance. While the efforts of all your capitals are correctly focused on preventing human suffering, as parts of the world move slowly towards recovery, the environmental agenda remains one of our most powerful insurance policies in preventing future global pandemics like COVID-19. Full Article
m Remote cameras are revealing the human impact on rainforest species in Africa By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Tropical rainforests are the world's richest land habitats for biodiversity, harbouring stunning numbers of plant and animal species. The Amazon and the Congo basins, together with Asian rainforests, represent only 6 per cent of earth's land surface, and yet more than 50 per cent of global biodiversity can be found under their shade. Full Article
m How modelling articulates the science of climate change By www.economist.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT To imagine earth without greenhouse gases in its atmosphere is to turn the familiar blue marble into a barren lump of rock and ice on which the average surface temperature hovers around -18ºC. Such a planet would not receive less of the sunlight which is the ultimate source of all Earth's warmth. But when the energy it absorbed from the sunlight was re-emitted as infrared radiation, as the laws of physics require, it would head unimpeded back out into space. Full Article
m Parallel threats of COVID-19, climate change, require 'brave, visionary and collaborative leadership': UN chief By news.un.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT And against the backdrop of threatened lives, crippled businesses and damaged economies, the UN chief warned the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are also under threat. Full Article
m These key investments can build resilience to pandemics and climate change By www.greenbiz.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, the world's energies are rightly focused on efforts to contain the virus and manage the economic fallout. Yet, in the background, the climate emergency remains as urgent as ever. Full Article
m So You Want To Save Humanity? Manage Nature Like A Business By www.forbes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, any economic stimulus measures must safeguard nature or governments risk exposing humanity to further pandemics. Full Article
m The End of Neoliberalism and the Rebirth of History By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 Ordinary citizens felt like they had been sold a bill of goods. They were right to feel conned. Full Article
m The Startup Pay Premium By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Research from Chazen Senior Scholar Christian Moser suggests that who gets hired and how much they get paid could make the difference between a startup’s success and its failure. Full Article
m Has Davos Man Changed? By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz asks whether “Davos man” — rich, and powerful, perhaps out of touch, but representative of the global elite — has become more enlightened. Full Article
m Improving Workplace Safety: What Works By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500 The surprise player in affecting workplace safety overseas? Multinational buyers. Full Article