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Academic boredom(s): a person-centered investigation

Should we refer to boredom or boredoms? Research on the emotion of boredom sets itself apart from studies on other emotions by posing the question: is boredom a singular concept or does it have multiple facets? In this manuscript presenting empirical resea ...

2023

Geographic clusters of objectively measured physical activity and the characteristics of their built environment in a Swiss urban area

Stéphane Joost, Idris Guessous, Marco André Vieira Ruas, Cédric Gubelmann

Introduction Evidence suggests that the built environment can influence the intensity of physical activity. However, despite the importance of the geographic context, most of the studies do not consider the spatial framework of this association. We aimed t ...

PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE2022

Who Is Listening? Spokesperson Effect on Communicating Social and Physical Distancing Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Robert West, Andreas Oliver Spitz, Ahmad Abu-Akel

Effective communication during a pandemic, such as the current COVID-19 crisis, can save lives. At the present time, social and physical distancing measures are the lead strategy in combating the spread of COVID-19. In this study, a survey was administered ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2021

The population genetics of crypsis in vertebrates: recent insights from mice, hares, and lizards

Jeffrey David Jensen, Susanne Petra Pfeifer, Stefan Jean Laurent

By combining well-established population genetic theory with high-throughput sequencing data from natural populations, major strides have recently been made in understanding how, why, and when vertebrate populations evolve crypsis. Here, we focus on backgr ...

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2020

Energy transition challenges in under-occupied homes: Assessment of two peri-urban neighbourhoods of single-family houses

Judith Elisa Drouilles

Current planning policies aim at putting a stop to urban sprawl by favouring densification processes. In this context, future developments are more likely to happen in strategic urban areas than in existing peri-urban neighbourhoods of single-family houses ...

2020

Determinants of pro-environmental behavior: A comparison of university students and staff from diverse faculties at a Swiss University

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Ralph Hansmann, Rafael Laurenti

In the context of an initiative to become a carbon neutral campus, an online survey (N = 1864) of students, scientists, and administrative and technical staff of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2020

Fitting Markovian binary trees using global and individual demographic data

Sophie Myriam Hautphenne, Katharine Felicity Turner

We consider a class of continuous-time branching processes called Markovian binary trees (MBTs), in which the individuals lifetime and reproduction epochs are modelled using a transient Markovian arrival process (TMAP). We develop methods for estimating th ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2019

Spatial distribution of mammography adherence in a Swiss urban population and its association with socioeconomic status

Stéphane Joost, Idris Guessous, Rebecca Himsl

Purpose: Local physical and social environment has a defining influence on individual behaviour and health-related outcomes. However, it remains undetermined if its impact is independent of individual socioeconomic status. In this study, we evaluated the s ...

2018

Spatial distribution of mammography adherence in a Swiss urban population and its association with socioeconomic status

Stéphane Joost, Idris Guessous, Rebecca Himsl

2018

Mobile Health Applications to Promote Active and Healthy Ageing

Kamiar Aminian

The European population is ageing, and there is a need for health solutions that keep older adults independent longer. With increasing access to mobile technology, such as smartphones and smartwatches, the development and use of mobile health applications ...

Mdpi Ag2017

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