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Cinema culture in schools
In 2009 the project “Kinokultur in der Schule” was launched with the aim to sensitize secondary school students for the film medium and to stimulate their interest in present-day Swiss film culture. To achieve this objective, teachers are provided with classroom materials on current Swiss film productions, which can ...
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The state of health of the elderly in Switzerland
Together with SHARE Switzerland, based at the University of Lausanne, and FORS, we are carrying out a study on the health of the elderly population in Switzerland on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health. Based on data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) prevalences ...
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Bringing Real Estate Portfolios on a Climate-Friendly Track
With the entry into force of the Paris Climate Convention of the United Nations on 4 November 2016, the coun-tries of the world have set themselves the ambitious goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, or better still below 1.5 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels. If the ...
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Call-E – Virtual Call Agent
The industrial project partner offers online brokering of loans, mortgages and insurances. The brokering process involves several phone calls of a call agent with a potential client. This is time-consuming and highly repetitive. For this reason, we want to develop a dialogue system which can take over part of the ...
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COMBuST
VSHN PaaS product APPUiO is transforming the DevOps culture in Switzerland. APPUiO currently lacks usage-based accounting. This project will enable a robust usage-based billing for APPUiO, and develop capabilities such as price simulators, cost forecasts and sand-boxing to test new billing models. ...
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DermaIR – Increasing the Capabilities of Dermatoscopy Using Thermal Imaging Sensors
We want to extend the abilities of standard epiluminescence microscopy (also known as dermatoscopy) by adding dynamic thermal imaging capabilities. Giving the physicians additional information about the temperature of the lesion will drastically improve the differential diagnostic of various skin disease. ...
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Development of an educational program for relatives of patients with refractory cachexia
The refractory cachexia can lead to suffering conditions in relatives of cancer-affected people, which can have a reciprocal impact. Educative interventions can alleviate this suffering and increase the quality of life of the actors involved in the disease process through an interdisciplinary approach. The aim is, ...
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Does the POS-DemA improve dementia care in Swiss nursing homes
Background: 50% of nursing home residents are suffering from dementia (PwD) including other co-morbidities, which may lead to uncontrolled symptom burden. A comprehensive symptom assessment in order to avoid symptoms being ignored or misinterpreted, is difficult to conduct due to memory deficits and communication ...
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Health and prevention in early childhood
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Historic Ageing Airplane
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How to assess participation and environment together in children and youth?
Introduction The Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY) (Coster et al., 2011) is a standardized parent-reported assessment to determine the extent and participation pattern of children and youth between 5 and 17 years, their levels of participation involvement, related environmental ...
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Implementation of aquaponic technology in Kunming, China: Construction of prototype for cultivation of fish and vegetables
This project proposes to introduce the Aquaponic technology (AP) to China’s urban population. The objective is to devise AP systems suitable for efficient food production on smallest surfaces, which will be implemented in urban areas. Two solutions should be developed: (i) a prototype greenhouse facility for the ...
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MOSTCH4: Mini Onsite System To valorize manure in methane
In the project MOSTCH4; Mini Onsite System To valorize manure in methane, a miniaturized fermentation system for farmyard manure and other agricultural residues is being developed in cooperation with SUPSI, the University of Applied Sciences for Technology and Architecture of Southern Switzerland and the company ...
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Professional development options for banking professionals
The study analyses how the framework conditions for the careers of professionals (+/- 45 years) will change. On the basis of the findings on the changed framework conditions, action models for employees (+/- 45 years) as well as line and HR managers in the finance industry and a guideline with concrete instructions ...
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Psychosomatic comorbidities: Use of Screening instruments in General and Pediatric Practice
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Research report: Updated review and developments in jihadist radicalisation in Switzerland – updated version of an exploratory study on prevention and intervention
Based on the study ‘Background to jihadist radicalisation in Switzerland’ (Eser Davolio et al. 2015 with a sample of 66 jihadist-motivated travellers), the research status and current level of data available are analysed using an increased sample of jihadist-motivated persons. In comparison to studies ...
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Skillue - Digital marketplace for skills and market values
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Workplace Concept for industrial maintenance
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Frequentist estimation of the evolutionary history of sequences with substitutions and indels
High throughput sequencing technologies have permitted a wide range of scientists to observe an astonishing molecular diversity across all domains of life. Since all observed molecular sequences area result of a long evolutionary history, most informative inferences can be made only when analysing genomic sequences ...
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Discourse analysis on Antibiotic Resistance (French linguistic usage)
Due to the increase in antimicrobial resistance in Switzerland and in the light of the health policy priorities "Health 2020", the Confederation has launched a national strategy against antibiotic resistance (StAR strategy) in cooperation with the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Food Safety and Veterinary ...