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

Quelle place occupent les Nouvelles Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication et notamment les applications mobiles dans les musées?

Ce travail de Bachelor présente deux analyses qui ont été réalisées sur les nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) auprès des musées. La première est une analyse quantitative réalisée auprès de musées de trois pays (France, Suisse et Belgique francophone). 91 musées ont donné leur avis sur la question de la présence des TIC dans les musées. La seconde analyse présente des critères qui permettent d’évaluer les applications mobiles sur leur contenu. Ce sont 53 applications mobiles d’Europe, des Etats-Unis et d’Australie qui ont été analysées et qui retiennent les meilleures pratiques

The causalweight package for causal inference in R

We describe R package “causalweight” for causal inference based on inverse probability weighting (IPW). The “causalweight” package offers a range of semiparametric methods for treatment or impact evaluation and mediation analysis, which incorporates intermediate outcomes for investigating causal mechanisms. Depending on the method, identification relies on selection on observables assumptions or on instrumental variables when selection is on unobservables, approaches that may also be applied to tackle non-random outcome attrition and sample selection. Inference is based on the bootstrap

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

Asymptotic optimality of the cross-entropy method for Markov chain problems

The correspondence between the cross-entropy method and the zero-variance approximation to simulate a rare event problem in Markov chains is shown. This leads to a sufficient condition that the cross-entropy estimator is asymptotically optimal.Comment: 13 pager; 3 figure

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

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

Threading salen-type Cu- and Ni-complexes into one-dimensional coordination polymers: solution versus solid state and the size effect of the alkali metal ion

Compartmentalization of metal ions is crucial in biology as well as in materials science. For the synthesis of single source precursors, the preorganization of different metal ions is of particular interest for the low-temperature generation of mixed metal oxides. On the basis of a potentially Ω-shaped salen-type ligand providing an N2O2 as well as an O2O2 coordination site, mixed metal coordination compounds with Cu(II) or Ni(II) and alkali metal ions have been studied for their structural and optical properties. UV–vis and 1H NMR titrations show that the obtained compounds adopt partially different structures in solution compared to the solid state. In the latter case, the coordination geometry is mainly governed by the size of the alkali metal ion as well as the transition metal ion used