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86Daily Use of Energy Management Strategies and Occupational Well-being: The Moderating Role of Job DemandsFrontiers in Psychology 8. 2017.
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81A Longitudinal Study on Generalized Anxiety Among University Students During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in SwitzerlandFrontiers in Psychology 12. 2021.ObjectiveThe COVID-19 pandemic and government measures implemented to counter the spread of the infection may be a major stressor affecting the psychological health of university students. This study aimed to explore how anxiety symptoms changed during the pandemic.Methods676 students at Zurich University of Applied Sciences participated in the first and second survey waves. Anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-Scale-7. Risk and protective factors were examined.R…Read more
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75No Evidence for a Decrease in Physical Activity Among Swiss Office Workers During COVID-19: A Longitudinal StudyFrontiers in Psychology 12. 2021.PurposeThe COVID-19 lockdown interrupted normal daily activities, which may have led to an increase in sedentary behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of physical activity among Swiss office workers.MethodsOffice workers from two Swiss organizations, aged 18–65 years, were included. Baseline data from January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic became effective in Switzerland were compared with follow-up data during the lockdown phase i…Read more
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74Residuated lattices arising from equivalence relations on Boolean and Brouwerian algebrasMathematical Logic Quarterly 54 (4): 350-367. 2008.Logics designed to deal with vague statements typically allow algebraic semantics such that propositions are interpreted by elements of residuated lattices. The structure of these algebras is in general still unknown, and in the cases that a detailed description is available, to understand its significance for logics can be difficult. So the question seems interesting under which circumstances residuated lattices arise from simpler algebras in some natural way. A possible construction is describ…Read more
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55Praenomen petronii: The date and author of the satyricon reconsideredClassical Quarterly 61 (2): 660-676. 2011.
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48Middle school student and parent perceptions of parental involvement: unravelling the associations with school achievement and wellbeingEducational Studies 46 (4): 404-421. 2019.Parents play an important part in adolescents’ life and significantly contribute to youngsters’ academic success. However, parents’ and students’ perceptions regarding parental involvement may diff...
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44A Way to Interpret Łukasiewicz Logic and Basic LogicStudia Logica 90 (3): 407-423. 2008.Fuzzy logics are in most cases based on an ad-hoc decision about the interpretation of the conjunction. If they are useful or not can typically be found out only by testing them with example data. Why we should use a specific fuzzy logic can in general not be made plausible. Since the difficulties arise from the use of additional, unmotivated structure with which the set of truth values is endowed, the only way to base fuzzy logics on firm ground is the development of alternative semantics to al…Read more
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40Color in Reference Production: The Role of Color Similarity and Color CodabilityCognitive Science 41 (S6): 1493-1514. 2017.It has often been observed that color is a highly preferred attribute for use in distinguishing descriptions, that is, referring expressions produced with the purpose of identifying an object within a visual scene. However, most of these observations were based on visual displays containing only colors that were maximally different in hue and for which the language of experimentation possessed basic color terms. The experiments described in this paper investigate whether speakers’ preference for…Read more
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40Partial algebras for Łukasiewicz logics and its extensionsArchive for Mathematical Logic 44 (7): 913-933. 2005.It is a well-known fact that MV-algebras, the algebraic counterpart of Łukasiewicz logic, correspond to a certain type of partial algebras: lattice-ordered effect algebras fulfilling the Riesz decomposition property. The latter are based on a partial, but cancellative addition, and we may construct from them the representing ℓ-groups in a straightforward manner. In this paper, we consider several logics differing from Łukasiewicz logics in that they contain further connectives: the PŁ-, PŁ'-, PŁ…Read more
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37Using the Case Study Method to Teach Interpersonal CommunicationInquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 9 (3): 11-14. 1992.
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29De Descartes ą Athikté: métamorphoses du sensible chez ValéryAisthesis: Pratiche, Linguaggi E Saperi Dell’Estetico 5 (1). 2012.In this contribution, we shall examine how Valéry leaves Descartes, and the paradigm of sight, in favor of the dancer Athiktè, typical of the paradigm of hearing and touch. If Descartes offers the pattern of an analytic mapping, that method reveals itself irrelevant to take into account what Valéry calls the C.E.M (Corps Esprit Monde). On the other side, a dancer, like Athiktè appears as the model of poiesis, showing the natura naturans in progress
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29Body-Mind Aporia in the Seizure of OthelloPhilosophy and Literature 36 (1): 183-186. 2012.One of the most curious events in Othello is the titular character’s epileptic fit, which does not appear in the story by Cinthio that is the accepted source of the play’s plot. Why does Shakespeare invent such an incident? The easiest direction to take is the equation of epilepsy with demonic possession, a common belief in the early modern period. In this essay, however, I argue from textual and critical evidence for a philosophical interpretation of Othello’s epilepsy: namely, that his seizure…Read more
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28The Process of Ethical Decision-Making: Experts vs NovicesJournal of Academic Ethics 13 (1): 45-60. 2015.As one approach to examining the way ethical decisions are made, we asked experts and novices to review a set of scenarios that depict some important ethical tensions in research. The method employed was “protocol analysis,” a talk-aloud technique pioneered by cognitive scientists for the analysis of expert performance. The participants were asked to verbalize their normally unexpressed thought processes as they responded to the scenarios, and to make recommendations for courses of action. We fo…Read more
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25From Continuous to Discrete via V&V BarScience and Philosophy 6 (2): 37-44. 2018.The ‘continuous’ and the ‘discrete’ in nature and in science live and fight forever. The questionnaires and the Lickert scales are indispensable and widely used tools in social sciences research. Vougiouklis & Vougiouklis bar is a new tool introduced as an alternative to Lickert scales. We believe that such an alternative might offer some solutions to problems that crop up during the fight between continuous and discrete. Nevertheless, the greatest contribution of the V&V bar is that it offers t…Read more
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23« Une sensation plus véritable » : la relation entre l’intellection et la sensation selon PlotinLaval Théologique et Philosophique 66 (1): 33-43. 2010.Plotin considère parfois l’intellection comme une sorte de sensation, alors qu’il distingue par ailleurs fortement les deux activités. Le but de cet article est d’étudier cette description qui semble paradoxale dans la mesure où l’intellection est ramenée à un processus auquel elle est opposée en même temps. Nous devons tout d’abord mettre en lumière le lien entre la sensation et l’intellection. Il est ensuite nécessaire de montrer de quelle manière la sensation est considérée comme un modèle qu…Read more
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23Creative Communication Through the Nonverbal ExperienceInquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 7 (3): 30-31. 1991.
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22Individuation and the Organization in Complex Living Ecosystem: Recursive Integration and Self-assertion by Holon-LymphocytesActa Biotheoretica 68 (1): 171-199. 2019.Individuation and organization in complex living multi-level ecosystem occurs as dynamical processes from early ontogeny. The notion of living “holon” displaying dynamic self-assertion and integration is used here to explain the ecosystems dynamic processes. The update of the living holon state according to the continuous change of the dynamic system allows for its viability. This is interpreted as adaptation, selection and organization by the human that observes the system a posteriori from its…Read more
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20Notes on Antoine de la Sale's Reconfort de Mme du FresneMediaeval Studies 37 (1): 478-493. 1975.
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18Suppression of feeding by intrahypothalamic implants of estradiol in male and female ratsBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 3 (4): 273-274. 1974.
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17Feinstein/Veenendall, from page 14Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 9 (3): 26-26. 1992.
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14Stefan Vogt: Subalterne Positionierungen. Der deutsche Zionismus im Feld des Nationalismus in Deutschland 1890-1933, Göttingen: Wallstein 2016, 496 S (review)Zeitschrift für Religions- Und Geistesgeschichte 69 (3): 303-305. 2017.
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14We understand the workings of the human body as a series of interdependent physiological relationships: muscle interacts with bone as the heart responds to hormones secreted by the brain, all the way down to the inner workings of every cell. To make an organism function, no one component can work alone. In light of this, why is it that the accepted understanding that the physical phenomenon of the mind is attributed only to the brain? In The Embodied Mind, internationally renowned psychiatrist D…Read more
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13Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research in Practice: Between Imaginaries of Collective Experimentation and Entrenched Academic Value OrdersScience, Technology, and Human Values 41 (4): 732-761. 2016.Over the past decades, we have witnessed calls for greater transdisciplinary engagement between scientific and societal actors to develop more robust answers to complex societal challenges. Although there seems to be agreement that these approaches might nurture innovations of a new kind, we know little regarding the research practices, their potential, and the limitations. To fill this gap, this article investigates a funding scheme in the area of transdisciplinary sustainability research. It o…Read more
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11In Defense of Catholic FusionismCatholic Social Science Review 24 11-18. 2019.Patrick Deneen’s criticisms of liberalism are both penetrating and persuasive. Yet, Deneen does not adequately address liberalism’s strongest arguments. Deneen’s concept of “liberalism” is problematic because it minimizes the significant distinctions between classical liberalism and progressivism. Certain principles of classical liberalism, such as the free market and an increased awareness of human beings as rights-bearing individuals, are compatible with the Catholic faith. Progressivism, on t…Read more
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10On the Immortality of MindsIn Leonard A. Kennedy (ed.), Renaissance Philosophy: New Translations: Lorenzo Valla , Paul Cortese , Cajetan , Tiberio Baccilieri , Juan Luis Vives , Peter Ramus, De Gruyter. pp. 41-54. 1973.
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9Coding Ethical Decision-Making in ResearchScience and Engineering Ethics 23 (1): 121-146. 2017.This paper presents methods and challenges attendant on the use of protocol analysis to develop a model of heuristic processing applied to research ethics. Participants are exposed to ethically complex scenarios and asked to verbalize their thoughts as they formulate a requested decision. The model identifies functional parts of the decision-making task: interpretation, retrieval, judgment and editing and seeks to reliably code participant verbalizations to those tasks as well as to a set of cog…Read more
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7Determinants of self-regulated learning practices in elementary education: a multilevel approachTandf: Educational Studies 1-23. forthcoming..
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6Texte zur Strafrechtstheorie der NeuzeitNomos. 1993.Bd. 1. 17. und 18. Jahrhundert (Text 1-21) -- Bd. 2. 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (Text 22-41).