In times where governments are increasingly unable to solve problems on their own, it is important to understand what motivates citizens to engage in co-production. Drawing on identity theory and on ...a sample of 966 citizens in Zurich, Switzerland, we analyze how public service motivation (PSM) is related to engagement in a digital co-production platform enabling citizens to support public service provision. As our dependent variable, effort intensity in platform use, is a behavioral outcome, we provide insights into the actual behavioral implications of PSM, going beyond self-reports. Using negative binomial regressions, we found a positive relationship between engagement and the PSM dimension "commitment to the public interest", and a negative one with the dimension "compassion". Additionally, social identification with the city moderates the relationship with engagement for certain PSM dimensions. In sum, our study contributes to a better understanding of what motivations drive citizens to collaborate with public organizations, which is an ongoing trend in many countries around the world.
Die Entscheidung, ob eine Leistung in kleinen Gemeinden ausgelagert oder in Eigenerstellung erbracht werden soll, erfolgt vor allem unter dem Druck zur Effizienzsteigerung und gleichzeitigen ...Einsparungen der Kosten in den Verwaltungen, sich wandelnden Anforderungen und Erwartungen, einem steigenden Bedürfnis nach Professionalisierung sowie zunehmender Komplexität der zu bearbeitenden Materien. Durch diese Herausforderungen sehen sich besonders die Kleingemeinden gefordert. Die Studie geht der Frage nach, welche Aufgaben Gemeinden, insbesondere die Kleingemeinden im Kanton Zürich, überhaupt noch selbständig erfüllen und welche Aufgaben schon mehrheitlich ausgelagert wurden. Zudem werden die Gründe eruiert, warum manche Aufgabenbereiche fast ausschliesslich in Eigenerstellung erbracht werden, während anderes fast vollständig ausgelagert wurden.Die Studie basiert auf einer quantitativen Befragung von 51 Kleingemeinden im Kanton Zürich sowie auf Interviews mit sieben Gemeindeschreiber:innen.
To examine longitudinal changes in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence and to determine the clustering of children who were seropositive within school classes ...in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland from June to November 2020.
Prospective cohort study.
Switzerland had one of the highest second waves of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Europe in autumn 2020. Keeping schools open provided a moderate to high exposure environment to study SARS-CoV-2 infections. Children from randomly selected schools and classes, stratified by district, were invited for serological testing of SARS-CoV-2. Parents completed questionnaires on sociodemographic and health related questions.
275 classes in 55 schools; 2603 children participated in June-July 2020 and 2552 in October-November 2020 (age range 6-16 years).
Serology of SARS-CoV-2 in June-July and October-November 2020, clustering of children who were seropositive within classes, and symptoms in children.
In June-July, 74 of 2496 children with serological results were seropositive; in October-November, the number had increased to 173 of 2503. Overall SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence was 2.4% (95% credible interval 1.4% to 3.6%) in the summer and 4.5% (3.2% to 6.0%) in late autumn in children who were not previously seropositive, leading to an estimated 7.8% (6.2% to 9.5%) of children who were ever seropositive. Seroprevalence varied across districts (in the autumn, 1.7-15.0%). No significant differences were found among lower, middle, and upper school levels (children aged 6-9 years, 9-13 years, and 12-16 years, respectively). Among the 2223 children who had serology tests at both testing rounds, 28/70 (40%) who were previously seropositive became seronegative, and 109/2153 (5%) who were previously seronegative became seropositive. Symptoms were reported for 22% of children who were seronegative and 29% of children who were newly seropositive since the summer. Between July and November 2020, the ratio of children diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection to those who were seropositive was 1 to 8. At least one child who was newly seropositive was detected in 47 of 55 schools and in 90 of 275 classes. Among 130 classes with a high participation rate, no children who were seropositive were found in 73 (56%) classes, one or two children were seropositive in 50 (38%) classes, and at least three children were seropositive in 7 (5%) classes. Class level explained 24% and school level 8% of variance in seropositivity in the multilevel logistic regression models.
With schools open since August 2020 and some preventive measures in place, clustering of children who were seropositive occurred in only a few classes despite an increase in overall seroprevalence during a period of moderate to high transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the community. Uncertainty remains as to whether these findings will change with the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and dynamic levels of community transmission.
NCT04448717.
Hemoglobin (Hb) Zürich‐Albisrieden (ZA) α2 59(E8) Gly > Arg; HBA2:c.178G > C is a rare and highly unstable α‐chain variant. A few simple and compound heterozygotes (αZAα/αα and –/αZAα, respectively) ...have been described so far in Switzerland and China. We describe here a case of homozygosity for the Hb ZA mutation (αZAα/αZAα) in a Brazilian child with severe congenital hemolytic anemia and ineffective erythropoiesis.
Studierende, die an der ETH Zürich das Lehrdiplom für Maturitätsschulen absolvieren, verfügen in jedem Fall bereits über einen fachlichen Studienabschluss auf Masterstufe. Aus diesem Grund ist in ...diesem Studiengang auch keine Abschlussarbeit mehr vorgesehen. Während des Studiums hingegen verfassen die Lehrdiplomstudierenden umfangreiche Arbeiten mit einem pädagogischen Fokus. Das Konzept dieser sogenannten «Mentorierten Arbeiten» wird im Kurzporträt vorgestellt. (DIPF/Orig.)
The enormous growth of European cities around 1900 was disillusioning: the rapid change was experienced as chaos. Criticisms of dense neighbourhoods, overcrowded flats, unhealthy everyday life and ...the lack of green space in the city grew ever louder. Sweeping reform was demanded that affected urban planning and social and private existence. The vision of the garden city promised a comprehensive alternative to the European city of the past. As a result, new strongly uniform and attractive neighbourhoods emerged in both Swiss and German cities. Ideas of order and discipline, as well as visions of social justice and integration, found visible expression there. At the same time, however, public and motorized transport set in motion a dynamic that disrupted the traditional city fabric and ushered in a comprehensive separation of functions: agglomeration began to take shape. Using Zurich as an example, this book describes the twentieth-century changes to the city; it provides a compact description of social and legal conditions, theoretical positions and their practical implementation in urban planning.
Becoming a Crystallographer Egli, Martin
Molecular Frontiers journal,
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a common question posed to children, and answers such as firefighter, policeman, athlete, doctor, or teacher are probably just as common. Some, like ...Oliver Sacks, recall an early fascination with metals, the periodic table, and chemical reactions that planted the seeds for the later pursuit of the natural sciences or medicine (neurology in his case). We are familiar with memories of chemists that include their first chemistry set, followed by complaints by parents over strange smells and close calls due to particularly exothermic reactions. For others, including myself, a future in research remained more obscure until a later period in adolescence or perhaps even the undergraduate years. Rather than seeking out a field, the field finds you. In actuality, teachers and mentors with expertise in and enthusiasm for a field exert a force that charts a path toward scientific research throughout life. Here, I stress the importance of terrific teachers and mentors from high school onwards to the undergraduate, Ph.D., and postdoc years for setting me on a track (and on occasion preventing me from derailing) to research in structural chemistry and molecular mechanism using crystallography as the main tool.
The Institut für Psychoanalyse Zürich-Kreuzlingen (IfP) was founded as a working group in 1972. Its founder Norman Elrod graduated from the Carl-Gustav-Jung-Institute in Zurich and followed a ...politically and philosophically reflected psychoanalysis. In addition, he was engaged in the treatment of psychotic patients. Quite a few of his co-workers worked in the Psyichiatria Democratica in Italy as well as in institutions in Germany and Switzerland, where they also contributed greatly to psychoanalytically inspired multiprofessional care for severely ill individuals, including forensic patients.
Das Schweizerische Sozialarchiv hat eine lange Tradition der Sammlung rechtsextremen Materials. Der Artikel skizziert Umfang und Schwerpunkte dieser Sammlung und diskutiert Erwerbungsstrategien und ...Benutzungsbedingungen im Lichte der Frage, ob Bibliotheken solche Literatur „neutral“ behandeln oder wegen politischer Kontaminationsgefahr aus ihren Beständen fernhalten sollen.
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