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Begripligheten av finskspråkiga gymnasisters svenska uttal: lyssnarvärderingar
2018

 
 
 The aim of this study is to investigate how comprehensible L1 Finnish speakers’ L2 Swedish is considered to be and whether any listener- or speaker-specific background factors relating to the comprehensibility judgements can be found. The research material consists of Swedish read-aloud texts by 21 Finnish-speaking upper secondary school students. Judgements are given by 64 native Swedish-speakers (Finland-Swedish n = 35, Sweden-Swedish n = 29) using a verbalized scale from 1 to 7. The study shows that L2 Swedish, pronounced by L1 Finnish speakers, is on average considered to be comprehensible but the listener has to concentrate closely. Both Finland-Swedish and Sweden-…
Alarmist by bad design: Strongly popularized unsubstantiated claims undermine credibility of conservation science
2019
“Unless we change our ways of producing food, insects as a whole will go down the path of extinction in a few decades.” or “Our work reveals dramatic rates of decline that may lead to the extinction of 40% of the world's insect species over the next few decades.” These are verbatim conclusions of the recent paper by Sánchez-Bayoa and Wyckhuys (2019) in Biological Conservation. Because of fundamental methodological flaws, their conclusions are unsubstantiated. Like noted by The Guardian, the conclusions of the paper were set out in unusually forceful terms for a peer-reviewed scientific paper. The current case…
A New Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT) to Assess the Quality of Life at Work in the Italian Academic Context
2022
Refereed/Peer-reviewed The present study provides evidence for a valid and reliable tool, the Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT), to investigate the quality of life at work in academics within the Italian university sector. The AQ@workT was developed by the QoL@Work research team, namely a group of expert academics in the field of work and organizational psychology affiliated with the Italian Association of Psychologists. The tool is grounded in the job demands-resources model and its psychometric properties were assessed in three studies comprising a wide sample of lecturers, researchers, and professors: a pilot study (N = 120), a calibration study (N = 1084), and a validation study …
Extension of landslide susceptibility models: a test in the Platani river basin (Southern Sicily)
2009
Landslide susceptibility assessment in the upper Imera river basin (central Sicilian chain)
2009
Susceptibility assessment for flows landslide in the upper Salso river basin (Sicily)
2009
Finnish diabetes‐related quality of life questionnaire for children and adolescents: Reliability and validity
2020
Aim To study the psychometric properties, reliability, and validity of the FinDiab quality of life questionnaire (FDQL), a strength‐oriented quality of life (QOL) questionnaire for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Methods Participants were 215 youths with T1D (aged 10–17 years). They completed FDQL and comparison questionnaires (KINDL‐R and SDQ). Demographic and disease measures were collected from the participants’ medical records. The questionnaire’s psychometric properties were investigated. Construct validity was studied through principal component analysis using Promax rotation, reliability with alphas, and criterion and convergent validity with correlations between…
Students’ Perceptions of Instructional Rubrics in Neurological Physical Therapy and Their Effects on Students’ Engagement and Course Satisfaction
2021
One of the main challenges faced by physical therapy (PT) students is to learn the practical skills involved in neurological physical therapy (PT). To help them to acquire these skills, a set of rubrics were designed for formative purposes. This paper presents the process followed in the creation of these rubrics and their application in the classroom, noting that students perceived them as valid, reliable, and highly useful for learning. The perception of the validity and usefulness of the rubrics has different closely related dimensions, showing homogeneous values across the students´ sociodemographic and educational variables, with the exception of dedication to studying, which showed a …
Innovación y sostenibilidad: Influencia sobre el valor de marca de la tienda
2018
La presente Tesis Doctoral pretende contribuir al progreso del conocimiento sobre la innovación, la sostenibilidad y el valor de marca de la tienda en el contexto del comercio minorista de la gran distribución de alimentación. De acuerdo con esta línea, este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar las relaciones entre estas variables. A partir de esta premisa y para alcanzar el objetivo planteado, la Tesis Doctoral se estructura en tres partes. La primera parte de esta Tesis, que sigue a la introducción de la misma, persigue establecer los fundamentos teóricos que configuran su marco conceptual. Para ello, se analiza la naturaleza y alcance de las principales variables que sustentan esta inves…
La formación de la lealtad y su contribución a la gestión de destinos turísticos
2009
El estudio del turismo sostenible, abordado desde la perspectiva del consumidor, se está convirtiendo en un área relevante para los gestores turísticos, que han tomado conciencia de la importancia de la continuidad de las relaciones con los clientes bajo un planteamiento responsable. Este trabajo, circunscrito en esa realidad, analiza el proceso de formación de la lealtad en sus dos vertientes (actitudinal y conductual) a partir de un conjunto de variables antecedentes (valor percibido, calidad de servicio, satisfacción y compromiso del turista) y variables moderadoras (capacidad de carga turística, búsqueda de variedad y características sociodemográficas del turista). La revisión de la lit…