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Students' school‐level symptoms mediate the relationship between a school's observed moisture problems and students’ subjective perceptions of indoor…

2020

Moisture damage can influence the subjective assessment of indoor air quality (subjective IAQ) in various ways. We studied whether the frequency of symptoms reported across students at school level mediates the relationship between observed mold and dampness in a school building and students' subjective IAQ. To answer this research question, we tested a multilevel path model. The analyzed data were created by merging two nationwide data sets: (a) survey data from students, including information on subjective IAQ (N = 24,786 students); (b) data from schools, including information on mold and dampness in a school building (N = 222). After the background variables were adjusted, schools' obser…

Socio-emotional Problems Experienced by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Ethiopia

2015

This study compares the socio-emotional problems experienced by deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students with those of hearing students in Ethiopia. The research involved a sample of 103 grade 4 students attending a special school for the deaf, a special class for the deaf and a regular school. Socio-emotional problems were measured using Goodman's self-report measure, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for children and adolescents. Participants were selected from seven towns in Ethiopia. The results show that, compared to the hearing sample, the DHH students experienced more severe socio-emotional problems across all dimensions, regardless of whether they were in special classes o…

Long-term impacts of increased timber harvests on ecosystem services and biodiversity : A scenario study based on national forest inventory data

2020

The transition to a climate-neutral economy is expected to increase future timber demands and endanger the multifunctionality of forests. National scenario analyses are needed to determine long-term forest management impacts and support forest policy making in defining guidelines for the sustainable provision of forests’ ecosystem services and biodiversity (ESB). Using national forestry inventory data, the forest management model MASSIMO and a model to estimate harvesting costs, we simulated forest development in Switzerland under five politically relevant timber harvesting scenarios until 2106 (business as usual and four increased timber mobilisation scenarios). Model results were analysed…

Deliberative Democracy, Active Citizenship and Critical Culture: From Aristotle’s Rhetoric to Contemporary Political Philosophy

2013

The aim of this paper is to defend an adequate reading of Aristotle´s deliberative rhetoric that allows us to understand practical rationalization as a process of interpretation of human actions. After the consideration of rhetoric as a general human ability that is indispensable for political coexistence, the impact of the Aristotelian rhetorical proposal is presented, not just as a defense of the importance of rhetoric in a democratic society, but also as a novel attempt to understand what it means to speak of practical rationality.

"It’s useful but challenging, and it’s not for everyone" : motivational and practical reasons behind Finnish upper secondary students’ decision to no…

2016

Suomessa opiskellaan enenevässä määrin vain kahta kieltä opetuskielen lisäksi. Syitä tähän kehityskulkuun on etsitty mm. kielikoulutuksen rahoituksen leikkauksista muuttuneisiin asenteisiin, mutta mitään yksittäistä ratkaisevaa tekijää ei ole löydetty. Myöskään tilanteen korjaamiseksi aloitetut kieliohjelmat eivät ole onnistuneet vaikuttamaan toivotusti pitkällä aikavälillä. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on tutkia asiaa opiskelumotivaation näkökulmasta. Motivaatiolla on todettu olevan myönteinen vaikutus oppimistuloksiin, joten sen ymmärtäminen antaa mahdollisuuksia tukea oppijoita ja heidän tarpeitaan. Tutkimus toteutettiin kyselynä, johon osallistui 109 suomenkielistä koulua käyvää luki…

Nutritional supplement habits: the survey on a Sicilian group

2017

Dietary supplements are extensively used among athletes as well as amateurs attending gyms. Regardless of very poorly investigated information about the effects of these products – both desirable and adverse – a wide range of population is used to take them. The aim of this study was to investigate the supplement consumption in Sicilia, Italy. An online questionnaire has been administered to 588 subjects (55% male and 45% female) aged between 15 and 53 years, frequenters and non-frequenters of gyms. The questionnaire showed that 75% of subjects practice (more or less regularly) physical activity 3-4 times a week, whilst the 25% did not practice any sport. Saline Supplements (Gatorade, Power…

Sezioni Unite -Scenari

2017

Si esaminano rispettivamente le decisioni con cui le Sezioni Unite hanno ritenuto l’ammissibilità del ricorso proposto da un avvocato iscritto nell’albo speciale della Corte di cassazione, nominato quale sostituto dal difensore dell’imputato di fiducia o di ufficio non cassazionista. Hanno poi escluso, anche nei riti camerali, l'obbligo del difensore di indicare l'impossibilità di presenziare all'udienza nei casi di malattia imprevedibile. Infine, hanno chiarito i poteri del giudice dell'impugnazione e del giudice dell'esecuzione nei casi in caso di sentenza di condanna, relativa a un reato successivamente abrogato e qualificato come illecito civile, sottoposto a sanzione pecuniaria civile,…

Commento agli artt. 7, 8, 9, 10 del Codice del Processo Amministrativo

2012

Will drawing be used to study and teach architecture in the next century?

2022

In this millennium, the use of digital tools for representation (and survey, but the subject will not be discussed here) has rapidly and deeply modified the study and the design of architecture. The rapid evolution of this mutation prompts the following question: will drawing be the language of the architect in the next century?

Nuovi abitanti e diritto alla città. Un Viaggio in Italia

2013

In un mondo sempre più segnato da flussi, interscambi e mobilità di merci, economie, informazioni e servizi, le migrazioni tornano ad assumere – negli ultimi decenni – un ruolo di primo piano, con tutte le complessità e contraddizioni del fenomeno. L’Italia, in questo, non fa eccezione, con processi sociali inediti, che incidono sulla redistribuzione (e complementare resistenza alla redistribuzione) di risorse materiali ed immateriali, di diritti (riconosciuti o negati) e privilegi: dal diritto di cittadinanza al lavoro, dall’alloggio al diritto alla città, in termini di accesso e fruizione dei suoi spazi e delle sue risorse. Politiche e piani risultano tuttavia ancora piuttosto deboli e fr…