Der Pilotversuch muslimische Seelsorge im Testbetrieb Zürich: Evaluation des Nutzens und der Machbarkeit. Schlussbericht zuhanden des Staatssekretariats für Migration

Un projet pilote d’aumônerie musulmane dans les centres fédéraux pour requérants d’asile (CFA) a été mené au centre pilote de Zurich du 1er juillet 2016 au 30 juin 2017. Il a été sou-mis à l’évaluation continue du Centre Suisse Islam et Société (CSIS) de l’Université de Fri-bourg. L’évaluation portait d’une part sur des données statistiques concernant l’occupation du centre. D’autre part, elle consistait en une mission d’observation et en la réalisation de 49 en-tretiens, axés notamment sur des aspects qualitatifs, permettant d’étudier l’activité des trois aumôniers musulmans mandatés (correspondant à un poste à 70%) et leurs interactions. Enfin, il s’agissait d’envisager l’extension de ce service à d’autres CFA.Between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017, the Juch asylum centre in Zurich ran a Muslim chap-laincy pilot scheme, with a view to its possible roll-out across Switzerland’s federal asylum centres. The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society (SZIG/CSIS) of the University of Fribourg was charged with evaluating the project. It analysed occupancy data for the centre, studied the activities and interactions of the three Muslim chaplains (full-time equivalent: 0.7) based on participant observation and 49 qualitative interviews, and explored the various possibilities of setting up such a service in other federal asylum centres.Vom 1. Juli 2016 bis 30. Juni 2017 wurde im Testbetrieb Zürich ein Pilotprojekt für eine mus-limische Seelsorge in den Bundesasylzentren durchgeführt. Dieses wurde vom Schweizeri-schen Zentrum für Islam und Gesellschaft (SZIG) an der Universität Freiburg begleitend eva-luiert. Die Evaluation wertete statistische Daten zur Belegung des Asylzentrums aus und un-tersuchte mittels teilnehmender Beobachtung und 49 qualitativer Interviews die Tätigkeit und Interaktionen der drei im Pilotprojekt (mit einem Stellenumfang von insgesamt 70%) arbei-tenden muslimischen Seelsorger/innen sowie Möglichkeiten einer Ausweitung dieser Dienst-leistung auf andere Bundesasylzentren.Dal 1°luglio 2016 al 30 giugno 2017 si è svolto nel quadro della fase di test di Zurigo un pro-getto pilota di consulenza religiosa per musulmani nei centri federali per l’asilo. Il progetto pilota è stato accompagnato da una valutazione svolta dal Centro svizzero islam e società (CSIS) dell’Università di Friburgo. In questo contesto sono stati valutati dati statistici riguar-danti l’occupazione dei centri per l’asilo e, sulla base di un’osservazione dei partecipanti e di 49 interviste qualitative, sono state analizzate le attività e le interazioni dei tre consulenti reli-giosi musulmani coinvolti nel progetto pilota (per un grado di occupazione complessivo del 70%) nonché le possibilità di estendere questa prestazione ad altri centri federali per l’asilo

The method of finite-product extraction and an application to Wiener-Hopf theory

Copyright @ The Author, 2011. The publisher version of the article can be accessed at the link below.In this work we describe a simple method for finding approximate representations for special functions which are entire transcendental functions that can be represented by infinite products. This method replaces the infinite product by a finite polynomial and Gamma functions. This approximate representation is shown in the case of Bessel functions to be very accurate over a large range of parameter values. These approximate expressions can be useful for finding the roots of a transcendental equation and the Wiener-Hopf factorization of functions involving such Bessel functions.The method is shown to be potentially useful for other transcendental andWiener-Hopf problems, which involve other entire functions that have infinite product representations

Constraints from precision measurements on the hadron-molecule interpretation of X,Y,Z resonances

The precise measurement of binding energy, total width and DDpi branching fraction, constrains, in a model independent way, the loosely bound hadron molecule interpretation of X(3872). A full discernment is not yet possible on the basis of present data. Similar considerations might be extended to all those Y,Z resonances susceptible of a molecular description.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figur

Matrix Wiener-Hopf-Hilbert factorisation

A method is described for effecting the explicit Wiener-Hopf factorisation of a class of (2 x 2)-matrices. The class is determined such that the factorisation problem can be reduced to a matrix Hilbert problem which involves an upper or lower triangular matrix. Then the matrix Hilbert problem can be further reduced to three scalar Hilbert problems on a half-line, which are solvable in the standard manner

Approximate boundary conditions for diffraction by thin transmissive media

The object of this note is to describe a method that can be used to obtain useful boundary conditions to model various situations that arise in diffraction theory. In particular when wanting to apply the Wiener-Hopf technique to diffraction problems that involve thin transmissive media. Transmissive here means that the thin layer medium suffers a change in the physical quantities of density, acoustic velocity, and wave number from the surrounding medium. The present approach can be used to obtain approximate boundary conditions for other physical applications where thin strata of transmissive material arise

Oxygen Hydration Mechanism for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Pt and Pd Fuel Cell Catalysts

We report the reaction pathways and barriers for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on platinum, both for gas phase and in solution, based on quantum mechanics calculations (PBE-DFT) on semi-infinite slabs. We find a new mechanism in solution: O_2 → 2O_(ad) (E_(act) = 0.00 eV), O_(ad) + H_2O_(ad) → 2OH_(ad) (E_(act) = 0.50 eV), OH_(ad) + H_(ad) → H_2O_(ad) (E_(act) = 0.24 eV), in which OH_(ad) is formed by the hydration of surface O_(ad). For the gas phase (hydrophilic phase of Nafion), we find that the favored step for activation of the O_2 is H_(ad) + O_(2ad) → HOO_(ad) (E_(act) = 0.30 eV) → HO_(ad) + O_(ad) (E_(act) = 0.12 eV) followed by O_(ad) + H_2O_(ad) → 2OH_(ad) (E_(act) = 0.23 eV), OH_(ad) + H_(ad) → H_2O_(ad) (E_(act) = 0.14 eV). This suggests that to improve the efficiency of ORR catalysts, we should focus on decreasing the barrier for Oad hydration while providing hydrophobic conditions for the OH and H_2O formation steps