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Finnish-English codeswitching in advertising : opinions of teenagers and copywriters

1997

English/Spanish code-switching in Chicano short fiction

2002

“Oon tehny paljon ostoksia even tho I probably shouldn’t have” : Code-switching in a Finnish Fashion Weblog

2009

  Tämän proseminaaritutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli tutkia koodinvaihtoa suomenkielisessä muotiblogissa: millaisissa tilanteissa koodinvaihtoa ilmeni ja millä kielen eri osa-alueilla. Luemme säännöllisesti muotiblogeja ja osallistuimme syksyllä 2008 Sirpa Leppäsen englannin kielen syventävälle kurssille English as a Global Language, jossa teimme pienimuotoisen tutkielman samasta aiheesta. Mielestämme on tärkeää tutkia koodinvaihtoa blogitekstissä, joka ei täytä kaksikielisen blogin vaatimuksia, mutta joka sivuaa hyvin läheisesti kaksikielistä tekstiä. Blogien tutkimus on keskittynyt lähes pääasiallisesti kaksikielisiin blogeihin, joiden aihepiirit ovat hyvin erilaisia. Emme löytäneet aiempaa …

A few remarks on colloquial language in Italy

2016

The present work focuses on the analysis of colloquial Italian starting from the rasgos coloquializadores (a series of conversational markers) describing the Spanish sociolinguistic research on informal contexts. After a short introduction on the rasgos, the second part of this article deals with the pattern of colloquial Italian. It may be considered a macro-variety sharing features belonging to several varieties of the Italian linguistic repertoire, further supported by the use of dialect. The theoretical context is also based on a significant number of examples from spontaneous and colloquial speech collected in Palermo. These examples show both the varied features of colloquial Italian …

Autophagic cell death induced by Litchi fruit extracts in human colon cancer cells.

2016

Litchi chinensis is a tropical fruit which cultivation has been recently introduced in Sicily. Some findings have shown that Litchi extracts display antitumor effects but the underlying mechanisms have not been elucidated. This study focuses on the effects of Litchi hydro-alcoholic extracts in colorectal cancer cells. The results indicated that Litchi exocarp (peel), mesocarp (pulp) and endocarp (seeds) extracts reduce the viability of HT-29 colon cancer cells in a dose dependent manner. This effect was accompanied with G2/M arrest of the cell cycle followed by cell death. Interestingly, exocarp and endocarp extracts triggered an autophagic response in the first phase of treatment (16-24h) …

Neuromuscular adaptations to single-session combined strength and endurance training in untrained men : an examination of the order effect

2013

Understanding the adaptations to single-session combined strength (S) and endurance (E) training has received increased attention in scientific literature through the expand-ing use of combined training programs for practical purposes. However, the intra-session exercise order when performing both E and S in the same training session may limit potential strength development, as the neuromuscular adaptations to either training mode alone are very different. Research on the effect of the intra-session exercise order of combined training on various training-induced adaptations, i.e. the order effect, is currently limited, especially with regard to the neuromuscular adaptations. Therefore, the …

Sitcom, crisis y sociedad norteamericana: análisis de la ficción televisiva estadounidense desde los años 80 hasta la actualidad

2017

El propósito que persigue la tesis doctoral es profundizar en la esencia de la sitcom norteamericana, en cómo ha evolucionado a lo largo de los años, de qué manera el contexto histórico de una época ha afectado al formato y viceversa, cuáles son los intereses o intenciones que esconde tras sus tramas y ver el modo en el que han sido renovadas ciertas cuestiones como son los personajes y sus conflictos, la idea de familia, el papel de la mujer, los roles sexuales, la puesta en escena o el humor. Con el fin de alcanzar tal propuesta, se han utilizado tres series de televisión contemporáneas como eje central para analizar todos los aspectos relevantes, entre los que se hallan incluidos los ant…

The Aqua-Planet Experiment (APE): Response to Changed Meridional SST Profile

2013

This paper explores the sensitivity of Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM) simulations to changes in the meridional distribution of sea surface temperature (SST). The simulations are for an aqua-planet, a water covered Earth with no land, orography or sea- ice and with specified zonally symmetric SST. Simulations from 14 AGCMs developed for Numerical Weather Prediction and climate applications are compared. Four experiments are performed to study the sensitivity to the meridional SST profile. These profiles range from one in which the SST gradient continues to the equator to one which is flat approaching the equator, all with the same maximum SST at the equator. The zonal mean circ…

Does ns2 Really Simulate MPLS Networks?

2008

Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is being used in many corporate networks and public infrastructures and as a backbone technology of many Autonomous Systems. Because of its importance, what is needed is to find out simulators able to simulate MPLS networks whose results reflect the real environment as much as possible. In this article, we will show real measurements from the Railway Infrastructure Administrator (ADIF, the Spanish railway infrastructure manager) MPLS network and we will compare them with the results obtained by the freeware simulator ns2. We will check the level of reliability provided by the simulator and we will know under which parameters its results will be similar …

Three Stages of Consumers’ Multi-Stage Dichotomic Switching Process Pre-Switch, switch, and post-switch

2021

This research examines why and how consumers switch their mobile phones. We propose a framework that is grounded on decision-making and motivational theories and draws on the findings from a multinational qualitative survey on consumers’ mobile phone switching process. We show that consumers’ pre-switching decisions are affected by push and pull factors, their mobile phone selections are based on utilitarian or hedonic values, and their justifications for switching are based on cognition or affect. Furthermore, we identify two archetypical routes (i.e., cognitive and affective routes) and three conjoint routes that explain the dichotomic switching processes in pre-switch, switch, and post-s…