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Università della Svizzera italiana

Text mining for online mental health state and personality assessment

Ríssola, Esteban A. ; Crestani, Fabio (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021INFO009.

Advances on psycho-linguistics have evidenced that the ways in which people use words could act as a reliable source to assess a wide array of behaviours. Language use acts as an indicator of the individuals’ current mental state, personality and even personal values. In this thesis, we focus on language analysis to study two closely related processes which encompass integral components of...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Exploring the behavioural base for the Swiss energy transition : The role of attitudes and heterogeneity in the preferences of electricity consumers

Motz, Alessandra ; Maggi, Rico (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021ECO003.

In the context of the international climate change mitigation efforts, several countries have been scaling up their efforts to decarbonize their economies and energy systems. The restructuring of the electricity systems has brought about new challenges, among which the acceptance of the new infrastructures and technologies, and the need of ensuring an optimal level of security of supply. This...

Université de Fribourg

Fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder : Their perceptions of paternal role a predictor of caregiving satisfaction, self-efficacy and burden

Rudelli, Nicola ; Straccia, Claudio ; Petitpierre, Geneviève

In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2021, vol. 83, p. 101744

Background: The positive effect of a father’s involvement in children’s upbringing is now recognised. However, research on fathers raising children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are still few. This study examines the relationship between the perception, fathers of children with ASD have of the importance of their role in the development of their children and the feelings...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

The influence of Green Nudges in a marketing strategy to reduce consumption of natural resources for packaging while maintaining or increasing profits

Mueller, Nadja Jennifer ; Shepherd, Mark (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 95.

Environmental pollution became a serious problem and is impacting our planet today. According to the World Economic Forum, plastic “is one of the world’s leading drivers of climate change”. Literature states that cardboard boxes, such as Tetra Pak, require less natural resources than plastic bottles. Making a change and decreasing environmental pollution requires the active involvement...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Understanding the intention-behaviour gap in eco-friendly consumption : why consumers’ eco-friendly purchase intentions differ from their actual purchasing behaviour ?

Teixeira, Stefanie ; Connerton, Timothy (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 105.

Due to current global challenges, changes in consumer behaviour are required for an eco-friendly development based on responsible demand (Hirsch and Terlau, 2015). However, a difference between intentions towards eco-friendly consumption and actual behaviour has been observed (Hirsch and Terlau, 2015). For instance, 30% to 50% of consumers mentioned intend to purchase eco-friendly products,...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Risk prediction in early phases of clinical trial protocol design

Perritaz, Alex ; Teodoro, Douglas (Dir.)

Mémoire de master : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; MASID 107.

The purpose of this study is to develop a solution able to determine the validity of a specific protocol before moving to a new stage of the clinical trial. This makes it possible to rule out ineffective protocols and to preserve financial resources. While the risks associated with the clinical trial design lead to substantial savings, they also prevent effective and promising drugs from...

Université de Fribourg

The bright side of sound: perspectives on the biomedical application of sonoluminescence

Canaparo, Roberto ; Foglietta, Federica ; Giuntini, Francesca ; Francovich, Andrea ; Serpe, Loredana

In: Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2020, vol. 19, no. 9, p. 1114–1121

Light is a physical phenomenon that is very important to human life, and has been investigated in its nature, behaviour and properties throughout human history although the most impressive improvements in the use of light in human activities, and of course in medicine, began just two centuries ago. However, despite the enormous progress in diagnosis, therapy and surgery to assess health and...

Université de Fribourg

Household resources and individual strategies

Deschênes, Sarah ; Dumas, Christelle ; Lambert, Sylvie

(Working Papers SES ; 517)

The question of diverging interests and preferences within couples over the use of household resources and the consequences of these conflictual views has been present for a long time in the development literature, albeit in a somewhat scattered way. This paper selectively reviews the abundant literature that offers insights into the intrahousehold decision-making process, the strategies put...