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PublicationType: book-chapterJournal:Schlüsselwerke der sozialwissenschaftlichen KlimaforschungSoziologie der Nachhaltigkeit
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PublicationFrom Climatology to Climate Science in the Twentieth Century( 2018-07-18)
;Matthias HeymannThis chapter provides a short historical account of major developments and shifts in twentieth-century climate research. It explores a pattern of changes in the study of climate: from a geographical to a physical science; from an empirically focused study to a theory-based one; from the collection of measurements and descriptions to a search for causes and explanations; and from a bottom-up, local-scale practice to an increasingly top-down, global-scale science. The chapter pays particular attention to the roles of temporal and spatial scales, namely to the globalization of climate knowledge. A globalization of climate science and knowledge shifted attention away from local and regional human–climate interactions and the role of climate in human affairs to the investigation of purely physical processes, represented in differential equations.Type: book-chapterJournal: The Palgrave Handbook of Climate HistoryScopus© Citations 12 -
PublicationRegulating the gig economy: Promises and limits of social dialogue in Switzerland(Edward Elgar, 2023)
;Jean-michel Bonvin ;Nicola Cianferoni ;Jean-michel Bonvin ;Nicola CianferoniMaria Mexi -
PublicationType: book-chapterJournal: Ice and Snow in the Cold War
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PublicationType: book-chapterJournal: Abhandlungen zur Literaturwissenschaft
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PublicationVoice-based conversational agents for sensing and support: Examples from academia and industry( 2023)
;Caterina BérubéWhile mental and substance use disorders are worryingly prevalent worldwide, voice-based conversational agents (VCAs) are penetrating our homes and are increasingly used for health-related purposes. As voice interaction is less effortful and more accessible than visual interfaces, VCAs may constitute a scalable solution for the delivery of health interventions. In particular, VCAs may respond to a requenst for support, as well as proactively providing it to the user. Also, voice interaction may be used to timely sense critical health states by gathering questionnaire data, as well as passively collecting acoustic data streams associated with health-related variables. In this chapter, we review what is currently available for individuals with mental and substance use disorders through the lens of a sensing-and-support paradigm. In particular, we present examples of VCAs and voice technology from academia and industry, and identify current capabilities and potentials for the management of mental and substance use disorders. Furthermore, we seek to illustrate the implementation gaps in comparison to the sensing-and-support paradigm and discuss the possible reasons for such gaps (i.e., implementation, cost, data management, and privacy concerns).Type: book-chapterJournal: Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health and AddictionScopus© Citations 2 -
PublicationType: book-chapter