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Università della Svizzera italiana

Psychological impact of COVID-19 outbreak on families of children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing peers : an online survey

Levante, Annalisa ; Petrocchi, Serena ; Bianco, Federica ; Castelli, Ilaria ; Colombi, Costanza ; Keller, Roberto ; Narzisi, Antonio ; Masi, Gabriele ; Lecciso, Flavia

In: Brain sciences, 2021, vol. 11, no. 6, p. 16

When COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic, many countries imposed severe lockdowns that changed families’ routines and negatively impacted on parents’ and children’s mental health. Several studies on families with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) revealed that lockdown increased the difficulties faced by individuals with ASD, as well as parental distress. No studies have...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Autoimmune hepatitis : serum autoantibodies in clinical practice

Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli, Benedetta ; Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ; Vergani, Diego

In: Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2021, p. 14

Circulating autoantibodies are a key diagnostic tool in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), being positive in 95% of the cases if tested according to dedicated guidelines issued by the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group. They also allow the distinction between type 1 AIH, characterized by positive anti-nuclear and/or anti-smooth muscle antibody, and type 2 AIH, characterized by positive...

Université de Fribourg

The Economics of Secession : a Review of Legal, Theoretical, and Empirical Aspects

Madiès, Thierry ; Rota-Grasiozi, Grégoire ; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre ; Trépier, Cyril

In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2018, vol. 154, no. 1, p. 1-18

The aim of this paper is to present a review of the legal, theoretical, and empirical aspects of secessions from an economic perspective. This survey provides interesting insights into recent events such as the Brexit and the threat of secession made for instance by Scotland and Catalonia. International law does not grant a general right to secede, nor does it forbid secession. Furthermore,...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Measuring Populist Attitudes on Three Dimensions

Schulz, Anne ; Müller, Philipp ; Schemer, Christian ; Wirz, Dominique Stefanie ; Wettstein, Martin ; Wirth, Werner

In: International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 2018, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 316-326

Università della Svizzera italiana

Exchange rate effects on cross-border commuting : Evidence from the Swiss-Italian border

Bello, Piera

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...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Declarative performance testing automation : automating performance testing for the DevOps era

Ferme, Vincenzo ; Pautasso, Cesare (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021INFO002.

Recent trends in industry show increasing adoption of Development and Operations (DevOps) practices. Reasons for increasing DevOps adoption are the focus on the creation of cross-functional teams, and the ability to release high-quality software at a fast pace. Alongside the adoption of DevOps, performance testing continues to evolve to meet the growing demands of the modern enterprise and its...

Université de Fribourg

Japanese City Pop abroad : findings from an online music community survey

Sommet, Moritz ; Kato, Ken

City Pop is a loosely defined musical genre that first emerged in Japan in the late 1970s. Having undergone several recontextualizations and revivals in its country of origin, the genre has recently gained an international following among young Internet users. The most enthusiastic of City Pop’s new fans meet in social media groups and online forums; as of late 2020, a dozen fan communities...

Université de Fribourg

The effects of anti-corruption videos on attitudes toward corruption in a Ukrainian online survey

Denisova-Schmidt, Elena ; Huber, Martin ; Prytula, Yaroslav

In: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2019, p. 304-332

This paper presents the outcomes of an anti-corruption educational intervention among Ukrainian students based on an online experiment. More than 3,000 survey participants were randomly assigned to one of three different videos on corruption and its consequences (treatment groups) or a video on higher education (control group). The data suggest a high level of academic dishonesty and...