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The article offers the author's insights regarding the proposed amendment of Article 7 of the PILS in Switzerland under the Parliamentary Initiative. He mentions that the amendment will allow the country to agree to the negative effect of competence-competence. He argues that the proposed amendment would not be in the best interests of the Swiss economy and would unlikely boost the country as the major place for international arbitration.

The article presents information about the achievements of Swiss composer Klaus Huber, who was awarded the Siemens Music Prize in February 2009. Descriptions are given of Huber's compositional philosophy, his compositions' intentional slowness, and his history as a music instructor at European universities. Further comments are made concerning Huber's compositions "Inwendig voller Figur," "Metanoia," and "Tenebrae."

On 29 October 2022, a first-year male Common Yellowthroat was found at Diga della Pèpa, Magadino (canton of Ticino). The bird was observed regularly until 13 December 2022, the date of its last observation in the area. This is the first record of this species in Switzerland, as well as the first Parulidae and only the second record of a North American songbird in Switzerland after a Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia was found in Turtmann-Unterems (canton of Valais) on 1 May 2010. This is a notable observation, since most North American passerines in Europe are recorded along the coast and on islands of the Atlantic and the North Sea. Of the 46 accepted records of Common Yellowthroats in Europe, this is the first in the inland of the continent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Much critical debate in cultural studies is directed towards knowing if or how urban spaces and creative cells influence each other. Relevant publications stylize the city as the "space" of artistic creation par excellence. This is surely not fundamentally wrong. However, there are also many art forms of great worth produced in the inspiration of isolation. In order to reach a more differentiated view of the presumed interdependency between the city and art, it is worth asking oneself what urban, social, economic and political factors influence the evolution of the art business and the behavior of those involved (and naturally vice versa). This is investigated in the present article by means of the example of the jazz sociotope of the small-scale city of Bern. The result of this analysis is the discovery of a postmodern, somewhat proletarian subculture with strong creative potential that struggles to assert itself in the face of more potent agents on the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the Swiss version of IFLA 's Code of Ethics there is no mention about whistleblowing at all. This is where this article starts some considerations about methods of implementing stipulated guidelines (especially of ethical quality). In general, there are three methods which can be distinguished corresponding to three different types of ethics : firstly, focussing on prescribing procedures (procedural ethics such as discourse ethics or deontology), secondly, evaluating values and their collocation (virtue ethics), and thirdly, considering pros and cons by scenarios (utilitarianism). In praxis, these methodic guidelines should be amended by didactic methods in order to support adressees in adopting their Code of Ethics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In January 2012 in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, a petition “for modern libraries in the canton of St. Gallen (Library Initiative)”, which was signed by over 10 000 people, was submitted. The St. Gallen library initiative aims to achieve a modern, high-quality library supplies to the population in the entire canton. In July 2012 the state government submitted a counter proposal to the library initiative in the form of a library law - the first of its kind in Switzerland. This report presents the development and the experiences in the canton of St. Gallen and the draft of the Law Library St. Gallen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite insufficient data, multimorbidity is in Switzerland an emerging issue on the agenda of public health and medical institutions. In this article the most current issues for and obstacles towards valid prevalence figures are discussed. Available Swiss data sources which could be used for estimating prevalence of multimorbidity are illustrated. The biggest current challenge for the international research community is to create a uniform definition of multimorbidity concerning the types and a minimal number of included chronic conditions. Furthermore, to obtain valid and internationally comparable prevalence estimates in the future, methodological approaches regarding data assessment and the development of a measurement for the burden of multimorbidity should be broadly discussed in order to come to a consensus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a June 2010 conference of the History Seminar at the University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, and the Art History Institute of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, on the theme "Book Practices and Book Lore 1450 -1757." The focus of the meeting was on the contents of books in the pre-modern and early modern eras and how to deal with the flood of books and information from the 17th century forward.

When comparing different studies on prison violence, it must be taken into account that correctional facilities vary considerably among one another. Studies conducted in Switzerland have shown that every one inmate in four is violent at least once during incarceration. These violent acts differ in regard to manifestation and a specific characterization of violence according to type, target, implication and trigger appears to be necessary. Existing criminal prognostic instruments are not suitable for estimating the risk of violent behavior in prisons. Therefore, the development of specific models is essential. International studies have identified various risk factors. However, due to the aforementioned differences in facilities, these predictors can only partly be transferred to a Swiss setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Together with the hitherto unpublished letter of 6 September 1831, Tomášek sent the score of his Requiem op. 70 to the Zurich publisher, music writer and composer Hans Georg Nageli. The author of the letter expressed his firm belief that due to the "prosperity of music practice in Switzerland" and the influence of the reputable Nägeli, it should not be a problem to find opportunity and funding to put on the enclosed work in that country. With gratitude, Tomášek puts Nägeli in mind of the fact that he had published some of his piano works between 1803 and 1805, calling him "the one to determine the spirit in the music world". He briefly mentions several of his earlier compositions and, with a great deal of sarcasm, criticizes the contemporary "swamp of bad taste", in which the audience has recently fallen, misguided by the "mendacious" Rossini and his followers. Tomášek draws Nägeli's attention to an enclosed article of his called "On Criticism in Relation to Music", in which he appealed to "all respectable priests of art" to cultivate sensible criticism. He encourages Nägeli not to let his "whip" (meaning his feared sharp pen) "rest until things have changed". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the current musical theater scene in Switzerland, providing brief biographies of several people active in the scene, including Berlin composer Daniel Ott, Désirée Meiser, a producer and art director at the Gare du Nord, in Basel, Switzerland, and Leo Dick, a composer in Bern, Switzerland.