In: Vaccine: X, 2021, vol. 8, p. 7
Background: The Covid-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented disruption and suffering to people across the globe, with a disproportionate toll on the elderly. The development and equitable distribution of a vaccine seems to be the most promising and sustainable route ahead. The goal of this study was to explore older adults’ attitudes towards and beliefs regarding the Covid-19 vaccination in...
|
In: Journal of clinical medicine, 2020, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 15 p
Novel strategies are needed to address vaccine hesitancy (VH), which correlates with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In Switzerland, CAM providers play important roles in vaccine counseling of vaccine hesitant (VH) parents, and traditional vaccination messaging tends to overlook CAM provider perspectives. In the setting of a Swiss national research program on VH, our key strategy ...
|
In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 311-327
|
In: Higher Education, 2008, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 45-58
|
In: International Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 57, no. 6, p. 861-866
|
In: Form-finding, form-shaping, designing architecture : experimental, aesthetical, and ethical approaches to form in recent and postwar architecture = approcci sperimentali, estetici ed etici alla forma in architettura, dal dopoguerra ad oggi, 2015, p. 145-157
Nel corso degli anni Novanta del XX secolo, l’involucro esterno è diventato un elemento cruciale dell’architettura costruita. Ma tutte le “architetture epiteliali” possono essere lette secondo le medesime chiavi di lettura? Il testo indaga cosa si cela dietro o, ancora meglio, dentro agli spettacolari involucri dell’architettura recente e alle loro forme apparentemente arbitrarie....
|
In: Health policy, 2013, vol. 109, no. 2, p. 105-112
This article addresses three topics. First, it reports on the international interest in the health care reforms of Switzerland and The Netherlands in the 1990s and early 2000s that operate under the label “managed competition” or “consumer-driven health care.” Second, the article reviews the behavior assumptions that make plausible the case for the model of “managed competition.”...
|
In: International journal of wine business research, 2010, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 386-405
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a method by which to audit winemakers’ communication of regional wine brands and to illustrate the method’s conceptual basis through its empirical application to the Swiss wine Merlot Ticino. Design/Methodology/Approach – The audit is comprised of two parts: one captures producers’ intentions regarding the communication of the regional...
|
As observed in many advanced economies experiencing an increase of self-employment rates since the late 1970s, a flourishing small- and medium-size enterprise sector is traditionally associated with positive economic development and growth. In the regional context, areas benefiting from an established entrepreneurial culture are in general more successful and innovative, as well as better...
|
Theoretical and empirical research suggests a connection between the presence of role models and the emergence of entrepreneurs. Existing entrepreneurs may act as role models for self-employment candidates by providing successful examples. By explicitly considering the self- employment rates of the natives, which may influence locally the decisions of immigrants towards entrepreneurship, we...
|