Croyances motivationnelles et compétences métacognitives :: entretiens et observations, relations et analyses chez deux catégories d’élèves

L’articulation des diverses facettes cognitives et motivationnelles des apprentissages s’avère difficile et complexe et est encore peu présente dans le monde de l’enseignement. Ce travail de recherche tente de mettre en évidence les différents aspects de leurs interactions. Il s’intéresse à la réciprocité des effets des croyances motivationnelles et des compétences métacognitives lors de situations d’apprentissage. Au travers de la création d’un outil diagnostic relatif à la motivation et à la métacognition, les profils de six élèves en difficulté et de six élèves performants ont été constitués. Ces derniers ont amené à des comparaisons intergroupes révélant chez les élèves, les différences de forces et de faiblesses dans les deux domaines, et à des comparaisons intra individuelles mettant en relation les différentes composantes de la métacognition et de la motivation et relevant certaines interactions spécifiques. Finalement une analyse fine des profils des élèves en difficulté amène à une meilleure compréhension des problématiques personnelles de ceux-ci et découle sur des orientations de remédiations

The PS 10 MHz High Level RF System Upgrade

In view of the upgrade of the injectors for the High Luminosity LHC, significantly higher bunch intensity is required for LHC-type beams. In this context an upgrade of the main accelerating RF system of the Proton Synchrotron (PS) is necessary, aiming at reducing the cavity impedance which is the source of longitudinal coupled-bunch oscillations. These instabilities pose as a major limitation for the increase of the beam intensity as planned after LS2. The 10 MHz RF system consists in 11 ferrite loaded cavities, driven by tube-based power amplifiers for reasons of radiation hardness. The cavity-amplifier system is equipped with a wide-band feedback that reduces the beam induced voltage. A further reduction of the beam loading is foreseen by upgrading the feedback system, which can be reasonably achieved by increasing the loop gain of the existing amplification chain. This paper describes the progress of the design of the upgraded feedback system and shows the results of the tests on the new amplifier prototype, installed in the PS during the 2015-16 technical stop. It also reports the first results of its performance with beam, observed in the beginning of the 2016 run

Swiss Software Industry Survey 2022

In 2022, the unemployment rate in Switzerland fell to a historic low of 2 percent. At the same time, the working population in Switzerland is getting older while net immigration remains constant. These developments are not leaving the Swiss software industry unscathed. Swiss software companies are already fighting fiercely for the few talents on the labor market and know that this war will be fought even more intensively in the near future. The eighth edition of the Swiss Software Industry Survey (SSIS) takes this situation as an opportunity to look more closely at the war for talent in the Swiss software industry. This year's SSIS aimed in particular to discover the extent to which domestic software companies are suffering from the war for talent and what measures they have taken in the past or are planning for the future to meet this challenge. Beyond focusing on labor market challenges, however, the SSIS 2022 remains the most comprehensive study of its kind in Switzerland. As such, it provides a detailed overview of the current state, emerging trends and long-term developments in the Swiss software industry. This year, the SSIS was conducted for the second time under the patronage of Swico, the industry association for digital Switzerland. This patronage ensures the future of the SSIS for the years to come. Besides, it enables us to be as close as possible to the Swiss ICT industry. In this sense, we would like to thank Swico and its Interest Group “Software, Services, and Consulting” for the trust they have placed in us and look forward to working with them in the years to come. As in previous years, we would also like to thank our partners sieber&partners, tranengineering and the Institute for Business Studies Basel (IWSB) as important supporters of the SSIS. We hope you enjoy reading this year’s SSIS Report

Swiss Software Industry Survey 2023

In our increasingly digital world, software plays a pivotal role in our daily lives. Yet, with this growth comes a growing concern: sustainability. But how are software and sustainability related? Software not only has the power to promote sustainability but can also be sustainable itself, touching on three dimensions of sustainability: economic, ecological, and social. The ninth edition of the Swiss Software Industry Survey (SSIS) takes the opportunity to look at the topic of sustainability within the Swiss software industry. Notably, however, this SSIS Report 2023 does not solely focus on sustainability. Being the most comprehensive study of its kind in Switzerland, the report once again provides an in-depth overview of the current state, emerging trends, and long-term developments in the Swiss software industry. This year, the SSIS was conducted for the third time under the patronage of Swico, the association of the ICT and internet industry in Switzerland. This patronage ensures the future of the SSIS for the years to come. Besides, it enables us to stay at the pulse of the Swiss software industry. In this sense, we would like to thank Swico and its Interest Group “Software, Services, and Consulting” for the trust they have placed in us and look forward to working with them in the years to come. As in previous years, we would also like to thank our partners sieber&partners, tranengineering, and the Institute for Business Studies Basel (IWSB) as important supporters of the SSIS. We hope you enjoy reading this year’s SSIS Report

A Modeling Approach for Blockchain-inspired Business Models: An Extension of the e3 -Value Method

Blockchain enables new ways of organizing economic activities. Blockchain promises to reduce costs and time associated with intermediaries and strengthen trust in an ecosystem of actors. The impact of this promising technology is reflected in an emerging stream of research and various companies exploring the potential uses of blockchain technology and building new blockchain-inspired business models. While there are promising use cases of this new technology, research and practice are still in their early stages in terms of changing existing and creating new business models. We propose an extension of the e3 -value method to capture and represent the characteristics of blockchain-inspired business models. The approach is particularly useful for the value-based analysis of blockchain-inspired business models and the fundamental economic evaluation of these. It provides the foundation for capturing, communicating, innovating and experimenting with blockchain-inspired business models. We demonstrate the practicality of the extended e3 -value method by evaluating and applying it to an existing blockchain business model