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19. Multilingualism in Switzerland

Grünert, Matthias

In: Manual of Romance Sociolinguistics, 2018, p. 526-548

This chapter deals with the two Romance languages which are officially recognized as minority languages of Switzerland, Romansh and Italian, and with Francoprovençal and French dialects spoken marginally in the francophone area of Switzerland. Romansh, the language that has gained new recognition in the process leading to the quadrilingual Swiss Confederation, is considered in most detail. The...

Université de Fribourg

50 years of radiation protection and nuclear power in Switzerland : a brief history

Völkle, Hansruedi

In: Atoms For Peace: an International Journal, 2006, vol. 1, no. 2-3, p. 239-244

This article presents a short history of research in nuclear physics as well as of 50 years of nuclear power and radiation protection in Switzerland. After the International Conference 'Atoms for Peace' held in 1955 in Geneva the first research reactor was installed in Switzerland. A national environmental radioactivity monitoring programme was started in 1956. Today some 40% of the...

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Age-period-cohort analysis of Swiss suicide data, 1881-2000

Ajdacic-Gross, V. ; Bopp, M. ; Gostynski, M. ; Lauber, C. ; Gutzwiller, F. ; Rössler, W.

In: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 2006, vol. 256, no. 4, p. 207-214

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Altruistic Individualists: Motivations for International Volunteering Among Young Adults in Switzerland

Rehberg, Walter

In: Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2005, vol. 16, no. 2, p. 109-122

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Application of ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) roots to determine erosion rates in mountain torrents

Hitz, Oliver M. ; Gärtner, Holger W. ; Heinrich, Ingo ; Monbaron, Michel

In: Catena, 2008, vol. 72, no. 2, p. 248-258

Due to the effect of global change, the potential risk of natural hazards occurring in alpine areas is expected to increase to an even higher risk-level than has been recorded during the last century. These global changes potentially also have distinct influences on fluvial processes in torrents causing erosion on slopes and riverbanks in forested areas. Dating the time of root exposure along...