Mathematical tools improve theory and prediction in psychiatry
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Wer als junger Erwachsener in wechselnden Jobs oder in Jobs ausserhalb des erlernten Berufs arbeitet, mindert bei Bewerbungen seine Chancen. Massnahmen, Arbeitslose möglichst rasch, unspezifisch und...
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Young people who frequently change jobs or work in positions that are unrelated to their vocational or academic studies are hampering their job chances. Indiscriminate measures that aim to get...
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The emotional facial expression of others influences how positive or negative we perceive an odour. The basis of this effect seems to be the activity of a brain area that is relevant for smelling and...
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Le fitness et le wellness sont des besoins croissants dans notre société, généralement au détriment de l'environnement et consomment de grandes quantités d'énergie. Dans NEST, le bâtiment de recherche...
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Fitness und Wellness stehen für ein wachsendes Bedürfnis unserer Gesellschaft, das meist auf Kosten der Umwelt geht und grosse Energiemengen verschlingt. Im NEST, dem Forschungs- und Innovationsgebäude...
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There is a growing need in our society for fitness and wellness, which generally incurs environmental costs and swallows up large quantities of energy. At NEST, the Empa and Eawag research and...
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If the firms are doing their marketing in collaboration with their partners, they can expand rapidly to global markets. This is found by research of the professor Peter Gabrielsson and doctoral student...
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Conscious comparison and indirect copying increase the similarity of supply chain management practices of peer group companies, sometimes at the cost of quality and operating culture.
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The long-term use of over-the-counter (OTC) anti-inflammatory drugs can inhibit muscle growth in young, healthy individuals engaging in weight training, according to a new study from Karolinska...
View ArticleFiskalunion: Gemeinsam sind wir stark, getrennt vielleicht noch stärker?
Die beiden Volkswirte Reinhard Neck und Dmitri Blüschke haben kürzlich berechnet, wie sich eine Fiskalunion, also eine gemeinsame Steuer- und Ausgabenpolitik, auf eine Währungsunion wie die Euro-Länder...
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Ethical lapses by managers have an adverse impact on customer purchasing behavior. This is the finding of a study by Professors Niels Van Quaquebeke, Christian Barrot, and Jan Becker from Kühne...
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Biomass has great potential in Switzerland for future heat and electricity generation and fuel production. This potential is far from being exhausted. Energy derived from wood, farm manure and waste...
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Children who live full time with one parent are more likely to feel stressed than children in shared custody situations. The benefit holds regardless of the level of conflict between the parents or...
View ArticleProfessor Roberta Capello (Politecnico di Milano) is awarded the ERSA Prize...
The € 5.000 ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2017 has been awarded to Professor Roberta Capello, full Professor of Regional Economics at Politecnico di Milano, School of Architecture, Urban Planning and...
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A research team was able to show that people are less willing to cooperate to maintain public goods than to provide new ones. The investigators took a closer look at the paradigm of reciprocity: I will...
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