In: Foods, 2021, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 15 p
The growing body of literature concerning the hunted wild game meat (HWGM) supply chain is mainly focused on the final consumer, while little is known about upstream production processes. Even though the hunter plays a central role here, it is not well understood how hunters themselves perceive their role in the various phases of the production process. The present study explores Italian...
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In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2017, vol. 2017, no. 243, p. 155-181
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In: International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 2017, vol. 55, no. 1, p. 23-40
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In: Journal of economic geography, 2020, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 969-1001
Are cross-border workers responsive to changes in the exchange rate between the home and host countries' currencies? I answer this question by examining the effects of appreciation in the Swiss franc (CHF) relative to the euro (EUR) on labour supply decisions of Italian cross-border workers. I use hourly data on traffic flows in Ticino, the southernmost canton of Switzerland, together with...
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In: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020, vol. 17, no. 24, p. 12 p
As of 27 March 2020, 199 countries and territories and one international conveyance are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of the same date, Italy represents the third country worldwide in total number of cases and the first one in total number of deaths. The purpose of this study is to analyse the Italian case and identify key problem questions and lessons learned from the Italian...
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In: Brain sciences, 2020, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 24 p
This study examined the cross-cultural generalisability of the First Year Inventory (FYI) on an Italian sample, testing its construct validity, consistency, and structural validity. Six hundred ninety-eight parents of children aged 11–13 months completed the questionnaire. Similarities between analyses of Italian and American/Israeli samples were found, as were demonstrations of the...
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In: Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2019, vol. 72, no. 4, p. 1041–1044
In a recent article of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Hack et al. (2019) argue that linguistic ability rather than multilingualism is a significant predictor of dementia. In their longitudinal study, they investigated 325 religious sisters who were older than 75 years of age. Self-reports were used in order to determine multilingualism. They found that speaking two or three languages...
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Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2017.
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In: Verbal Communication, 2016, p. 429-446
Verbal communication involving more than one language is widespread, both historically and geographically. This chapter provides an overview of multilingual ‘regimes’ of communication, covering different phenomena such as lingua franca communication or receptive multilingualism. The chapter discusses the consequences of multilingual language use as an institutionalized pattern for individual...
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In: International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 2015, vol. 53, no. 1, p. 1-38
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