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Analyzing linguistic variation and change using gamification web apps: The case of German-speaking Europe by Leemann, Adrian, Derungs, Curdin, Elspaß, Stephan

“…Research on regional linguistic variation typically involves data collection in the field. This process itself can take up several months if not years. In the…”
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Gemeindefusionen in der Schweiz: Evaluation der wirtschaftlichen, demokratischen und gesellschaftlichen Effekte by Derungs, Curdin, Fetz, Ursin

“…In the political debate and research of the last 20 years, the economic, democratic and social effects of municipal mergers have been discussed controversially…”
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Soil attributes and microclimate are important drivers of initial deadwood decay in sub-alpine Norway spruce forests by Fravolini, Giulia, Egli, Markus, Derungs, Curdin, Cherubini, Paolo, Ascher-Jenull, Judith, Gómez-Brandón, María, Bardelli, Tommaso, Tognetti, Roberto, Lombardi, Fabio, Marchetti, Marco

“…Deadwood is known to significantly contribute to global terrestrial carbon stocks and carbon cycling, but its decay dynamics are still not thoroughly…”
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Comprehensive energy demand and usage data for building automation by Heer, Philipp, Derungs, Curdin, Huber, Benjamin, Bünning, Felix, Fricker, Reto, Stoller, Sascha, Niesen, Björn

“…Buildings are essential in satisfying our daily need for comfort (privacy, protection from weather, etc.) and are responsible for almost half of the world’s…”
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Dialect borders—political regions are better predictors than economy or religion by Derungs, Curdin, Sieber, Christian, Glaser, Elvira, Weibel, Robert

“…The impact of geography on language and dialect variation has been subject to a vast number of studies in linguistics, as well as the broader humanities. Most…”
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Prediction of Soil Formation as a Function of Age Using the Percolation Theory Approach by Egli, Markus, Hunt, Allen G., Dahms, Dennis, Raab, Gerald, Derungs, Curdin, Raimondi, Salvatore, Yu, Fang

“…Recent modeling and comparison with field results showed that soil formation by chemical weathering, from bedrock or unconsolidated material, is limited…”
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Development and evaluation of a geographic information retrieval system using fine grained toponyms by Palacio, Damien, Derungs, Curdin, Purves, Ross

“…Geographic information retrieval (GIR) is concerned with returning information in response to an information need, typically expressed in terms of a thematic…”
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Junge Erwachsene in der Gemeindepolitik – Einflussfaktoren auf deren Vertretung in Deutschschweizer Gemeindeexekutiven by Derungs, Curdin, Wellinger, Dario

“…Many Swiss municipalities find it challenging to fill their local council executive offices with sufficiently qualified persons. Young adults under the age of…”
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Characterising landscape variation through spatial folksonomies by Derungs, Curdin, Purves, Ross S.

“…Describing current, past and future landscapes for inventory and policy making purposes requires classifications capturing variation in, for example, land use…”
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Environmental factors drive language density more in food-producing than in hunter-gatherer populations by Derungs, Curdin, Köhl, Martina, Weibel, Robert, Bickel, Balthasar

“…Linguistic diversity is a key aspect of human population diversity and shapes much of our social and cognitive lives. To a considerable extent, the…”
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Are prominent mountains frequently mentioned in text? Exploring the spatial expressiveness of text frequency by Derungs, Curdin, Samardžić, Tanja

“…Data-driven GIScience shows a growing interest in making spatial information from large text data. In this paper, we quantify and thus evaluate the relation…”
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Effekte der Urbanisierung auf die Vertretung von Frauen in politischen Behörden von Schweizer Gemeinden by Derungs, Curdin, Nieffer, Ruth, Wälter, Raphael

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Environmental factors drive language density more in food-producing than in hunter–gatherer populations by Derungs, Curdin, Köhl, Martina, Weibel, Robert, Bickel, Balthasar

“…Linguistic diversity is a key aspect of human population diversity and shapes much of our social and cognitive lives. To a considerable extent, the…”
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From text to landscape: locating, identifying and mapping the use of landscape features in a Swiss Alpine corpus by Derungs, Curdin, Purves, Ross S.

“…In this paper, we demonstrate how a large corpus, consisting of about 10 000 articles describing Swiss alpine landscapes and activities and dating back to…”
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Reducing hot water consumption through real-time feedback and social comparison using persuasive technologies: evidence from a Swiss energy-efficient district by Tomic, Uros, Sütterlin, Bernadette, Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn, Marek, Reto, Derungs, Curdin, Sandmeier, Ernst

“…The buildings sector is a substantial contributor to total energy consumption and, according to current forecasts, will remain so in the near future. Technical…”
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Mining nearness relations from an n-grams Web corpus in geographical space by Derungs, Curdin, Purves, Ross S.

“…Interacting with spatial data effectively requires systems that not only process references to locations, but understand spatial natural language. Empirical…”
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Decomposition and stabilisation of Norway spruce needle-derived material in Alpine soils using a ^sup 13^C-labelling approach in the field by Egli, Markus, Hafner, Simon, Derungs, Curdin, Ascher-jenull, Judith, Camin, Federica, Sartori, Giacomo, Raab, Gerald, Bontempo, Luana, Paolini, Mauro, Ziller, Luca, Bardelli, Tommaso, Petrillo, Marta, Abiven, Samuel

“…Only scarce information is available on how organic C is incorporated into the soil during the decay and how (micro) climate influences this process…”
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Decomposition and stabilisation of Norway spruce needle-derived material in Alpine soils using a ¹³C-labelling approach in the field by Egli, Markus, Hafner, Simon, Derungs, Curdin, Ascher-Jenull, Judith, Camin, Federica, Sartori, Giacomo, Raab, Gerald, Bontempo, Luana, Paolini, Mauro, Ziller, Luca, Bardelli, Tommaso, Petrillo, Marta, Abiven, Samuel

“…Only scarce information is available on how organic C is incorporated into the soil during the decay and how (micro) climate influences this process…”
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Decomposition and stabilisation of Norway spruce needle-derived material in Alpine soils using a super(13)C-labelling approach in the field by Egli, Markus, Hafner, Simon, Derungs, Curdin, Ascher-Jenull, Judith, Camin, Federica, Sartori, Giacomo, Raab, Gerald, Bontempo, Luana, Paolini, Mauro, Ziller, Luca, Bardelli, Tommaso, Petrillo, Marta, Abiven, Samuel

“…Only scarce information is available on how organic C is incorporated into the soil during the decay and how (micro) climate influences this process…”
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From products to processes: Academic events to foster interdisciplinary and iterative dialogue in a changing climate by Addor, Nans, Ewen, Tracy, Johnson, Leigh, Çöltekin, Arzu, Derungs, Curdin, Muccione, Veruska

“…In the context of climate change, both climate researchers and decision makers deal with uncertainties, but these uncertainties differ in fundamental ways…”
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