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Control Interactions in the Theory of Planned Behavior: Rethinking the Role of Subjective Norm by La Barbera, Francesco, Ajzen, Icek

“…Research with the theory of planned behavior (TPB) has typically treated attitude (ATT), subjective norm (SN), and perceived behavioral control (PBC) as…”
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Radial variations in the stellar initial mass function of early-type galaxies by Martín-Navarro, Ignacio, Barbera, Francesco La, Vazdekis, Alexandre, Falcón-Barroso, Jesús, Ferreras, Ignacio

“…The hypothesis of a universal initial mass function (IMF) – motivated by observations in nearby stellar systems – has been recently challenged by the discovery…”
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Fingerprints of stellar populations in the near-infrared: an optimized set of spectral indices in the JHK bands 0 by Eftekhari, Elham, Vazdekis, Alexandre, La Barbera, Francesco

“…ABSTRACT Stellar population studies provide unique clues to constrain galaxy formation models. So far, detailed studies based on absorption line strengths have…”
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Radial constraints on the initial mass function from TiO features and Wing–Ford band in early-type galaxies by La Barbera, Francesco, Vazdekis, Alexandre, Ferreras, Ignacio, Pasquali, Anna, Cappellari, Michele, Martín-Navarro, Ignacio, Schönebeck, Frederik, Falcón-Barroso, Jesús

“…At present, the main challenge to the interpretation of variations in gravity-sensitive line strengths as driven by a non-universal initial mass function (IMF)…”
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The Massive Ancient Galaxies at z > 3 NEar-infrared (MAGAZ3NE) Survey: Confirmation of Extremely Rapid Star Formation and Quenching Timescales for Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe by Forrest, Ben, Marsan, Z. Cemile, Annunziatella, Marianna, Wilson, Gillian, Muzzin, Adam, Marchesini, Danilo, Cooper, M. C., Chan, Jeffrey C. C., McConachie, Ian, Gomez, Percy, Kado-Fong, Erin, Barbera, Francesco La, Lange-Vagle, Daniel, Nantais, Julie, Nonino, Mario, Saracco, Paolo, Stefanon, Mauro, van der Burg, Remco F. J.

“…We present near-infrared spectroscopic confirmations of a sample of 16 photometrically selected galaxies with stellar masses  >11 at redshift z  > 3 from the…”
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The nature and origins of the low surface brightness outskirts of massive, central galaxies in Subaru HSC by Jackson, Thomas M, Pasquali, Anna, La Barbera, Francesco, More, Surhud, Grebel, Eva K

“…ABSTRACT We explore the stellar mass density and colour profiles of 118 low redshift, massive, central galaxies, selected to have assembled 90 per cent of…”
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The Rapid Buildup of Massive Early-type Galaxies: Supersolar Metallicity, High Velocity Dispersion, and Young Age for an Early-type Galaxy at z = 3.35 by Saracco, Paolo, Marchesini, Danilo, Barbera, Francesco La, Gargiulo, Adriana, Annunziatella, Marianna, Forrest, Ben, Lange Vagle, Daniel J., Marsan, Z. Cemile, Muzzin, Adam, Stefanon, Mauro, Wilson, Gillian

“…How massive early-type galaxies (ETGs) assembled their mass, on which timescales the star formation quenched, and when their supersolar metallicity has been…”
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Consumers’ concern towards palm oil consumption: An empirical study on attitudes and intention in Italy by Verneau, Fabio, La Barbera, Francesco, Amato, Mario, Sodano, Valeria

“…PurposePalm oil is a versatile ingredient of many food and non-food products. Yet, over the last year it has rapidly become a controversial product due to its…”
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Building the Largest Spectroscopic Sample of Ultracompact Massive Galaxies with the Kilo Degree Survey by Scognamiglio, Diana, Tortora, Crescenzo, Spavone, Marilena, Spiniello, Chiara, Napolitano, Nicola R., D'Ago, Giuseppe, Barbera, Francesco La, Getman, Fedor, Roy, Nivya, Raj, Maria Angela, Radovich, Mario, Brescia, Massimo, Cavuoti, Stefano, Koopmans, Léon V. E., Kuijken, Konrad H., Longo, Giuseppe, Petrillo, Carlo E.

“…Ultracompact massive galaxies (ucmgs), i.e., galaxies with stellar masses and effective radii , are very rare systems, in particular at low and intermediate…”
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On the accretion of a new group of galaxies on to Virgo: I. Internal kinematics of nine in-falling dEs by Bidaran, Bahar, Pasquali, Anna, Lisker, Thorsten, Coccato, Lodovico, Falcón-Barroso, Jesus, van de Ven, Glenn, Peletier, Reynier, Emsellem, Eric, Grebel, Eva K, La Barbera, Francesco, Janz, Joachim, Sybilska, Agnieszka, Vijayaraghavan, Rukmani, Gallagher, John, Gadotti, Dimitri A

“…ABSTRACT Galaxy environment has been shown to play an important role in transforming late-type, star-forming galaxies to quiescent spheroids. This…”
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Edible Insects and Global Food Security by Verneau, Fabio, Amato, Mario, La Barbera, Francesco La

“…Starting in 2008 and lasting up until 2011, the crisis in agricultural and, in particular, cereal prices triggered a period of riots that spread from the…”
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Understanding Support for European Integration Across Generations: A Study Guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior by La Barbera, Francesco, Ajzen, Icek

“…Recent events, such as failed constitutional referenda, low voting turnout in the European Union parliamentary elections, and the 2016 Brexit referendum in the…”
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Assessing the Role of Food Related Lifestyle in Predicting Intention towards Edible Insects by Verneau, Fabio, La Barbera, Francesco, Amato, Mario, Riverso, Roberta, Grunert, Klaus G.

“…Although recent literature has shown that switching to an insect-based diet could provide several relevant advantages—from a nutritional, environmental,…”
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The Effect of Verbal and Iconic Messages in the Promotion of High-Quality Mountain Cheese: A Non-Hypothetical BDM Approach by Marescotti, Maria Elena, Amato, Mario, Demartini, Eugenio, La Barbera, Francesco, Verneau, Fabio, Gaviglio, Anna

“…To ensure the sustainable development of mountain livestock farming, the adequate remuneration of high-quality dairy products is fundamental. In this sense,…”
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Educating to Tolerance: Effects of Communicating Social Psychology Research Findings by La Barbera, Francesco

“…The effect of communicating social psychology research findings on ingroup bias in a classroom setting has been investigated. Two hundred and twenty one high…”
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Five Dimensions of European Identity: A Contribution to the Italian Adaptation and Validation of the In-Group Identification Scale by La Barbera, Francesco, Capone, Vincenza

“…Recent approaches define collective identity as a multi-component construct. Nonetheless, there is a lack of research about the dimensionality of in-group…”
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MUSE observations of M87: radial gradients for the stellar initial-mass function and the abundance of sodium by Sarzi, Marc, Spiniello, Chiara, La Barbera, Francesco, Krajnović, Davor, van den Bosch, Remco

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The initial mass function of early-type galaxies: no correlation with [Mg/Fe] by La Barbera, Francesco, Ferreras, Ignacio, Vazdekis, Alexandre

“…The initial mass function (IMF) of early-type galaxies (ETGs) has been found to feature systematic variations by both dynamical and spectroscopic studies. In…”
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The effect of communication and implicit associations on consuming insects: An experiment in Denmark and Italy by Verneau, Fabio, La Barbera, Francesco, Kolle, Susanne, Amato, Mario, Del Giudice, Teresa, Grunert, Klaus

“…It has been widely noted that the introduction of insects in Westerns' diet might be a promising path towards a more sustainable food consumption. However,…”
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The (galaxy-wide) IMF in giant elliptical galaxies: from top to bottom by Weidner, Carsten, Ferreras, Ignacio, Vazdekis, Alexandre, La Barbera, Francesco

“…Recent evidence based independently on spectral line strengths and dynamical modelling point towards a non-universal stellar initial mass function (IMF),…”
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