Rootedness, Activism, and Centralization: The Case of the Swiss People’s Party by Adrian Favero

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Respiratory symptoms of Swiss people with primary ciliary dyskinesia by Myrofora Goutaki, Leonie Hüsler, Yin Ting Lam, Helena M. Koppe, Andreas Jung, Romain Lazor, Loretta Müller, Swiss PCD Research Group, Eva S.L. Pedersen, Claudia E. Kuehni

“…We assessed the prevalence and frequency of respiratory and ear symptoms and studied differences by age and sex among an unselected population of Swiss people with PCD. Methods We sent a questionnaire that included items from the FOLLOW-PCD standardised questionnaire to all Swiss PCD registry participants. …”
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Antyeuropejski wymiar referendów szwajcarskich. Casus Szwajcarskiej Partii Ludowej by Agnieszka Nitszke

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Prevalence of probable sarcopenia in community-dwelling older Swiss people – a cross-sectional study by Julia Wearing, Peter Konings, Rob A. de Bie, Maria Stokes, Eling D. de Bruin

“…Methods Handgrip strength and reported determinants (age, height, weight, osteoarthritis of hands, medications, fall history, physical activity, activities of daily living (ADL) and global cognitive function) were collected in a cross-sectional study of 219 community-living Swiss people (75 years and over). Probable sarcopenia was estimated based on cut-off values for handgrip strength as recommended by EWGSOP2. …”
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Referendum on Immigration in Switzerland by Vasily Gribovsky

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“No one from the countryside possibly imagines how you feel in heavy seas” - Swiss people on their way to America - Extended Abstract by Sabine August

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Radical Nationalists in Austria and Switzerland: Cooperation in the Authorities by Gribovsky Vasily

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Anti-immigration Agenda of Populist Parties in Switzerland by E. P. Shavlay, M. I. Sigachev, E. S. Sleptsov

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In the Name of Sovereignty. Right-Wing Populism and the Power of the Judiciary in Western Europe by Oscar Mazzoleni, Gerrit Voerman

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Contextual perceived group threat and radical right-wing populist party preferences: Evidence from Switzerland by Carl C. Berning

“…I find clear evidence for a contextual effect of perceived group threat on individual-level Swiss People’s Party preferences.…”
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Citizens with a Migration Background Involved in a Radical-Right Wing Party Restricting Immigration by Simon Mastrangelo, Leonie Mugglin

“…The populist radical right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP / UDC) has been largely known for its xenophobic discourses and its political agenda restricting immigration through popular initiatives such as the vote against minarets (2009), the deportation of “criminal foreigners” (2010) and the initiative against “mass immigration” (2014). …”
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Linguistic Politeness and Greeting Rituals in German-speaking Switzerland by Felicity Rash

“…This paper describes the results of research into linguistic politeness in German-speaking Switzerland (GSS) and into one type of politeness in particular, namely the speech acts of greeting and leave-taking denoted by the German verb grüssen.[1] German-speaking Swiss people adhere to strict conventions of polite behaviour which have been eroded over time in the English-speaking world. …”
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Wpływ stosowania form demokracji bezpośredniej oraz zasady federalizmu na kształt polityki imigracyjnej i integracyjnej Szwajcarii by Aleksandra Matykiewicz

“… THE INFLUENCE OF USING FORMS OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF FEDERALISM ON THE SHAPE OF SWISS IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION POLICY Switzerland’s migration policy today is the result of international commitments, the needs of the labor market and an aging society, as well as the fears of some Swiss people about the influx of foreigners. Despite the restrictive immigration policy, 39.5% of permanent residents of Switzerland are immigrants or descendants of immigrants in the first generation. …”
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How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmes by Eva Spittka, Vivien Benert, Matthias Wagner, Stephanie Fiechtner

“…Based on a secondary analysis of the 2017 data set of the continuous Swiss content analysis study, this paper discusses the representation of Switzerland and the Swiss people in terms of representation in television programmes of the SRG SSR and in terms of media production. …”

Two successful decades of Swiss collaborations to develop new anti-malarials by Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen, Timothy Wells, Marcel Tanner, Sergio Wittlin

“…Finally, this progress would not have been possible without the engagement of the Swiss people and the support of the federal government through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the State Secretariat of Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and the Swiss Republic and Canton of Geneva.…”
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Tuberculous sacroiliitis with secondary psoas abscess in an older patient: a case report by Luisa Kramer, Vanessa Geib, John Evison, Ekkehardt Altpeter, Jasmin Basedow, Jan Brügger

“…Abstract Background Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. Among native Swiss people, tuberculosis is more common in older people than in younger people. …”
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Handgrip strength in old and oldest old Swiss adults – a cross-sectional study by Julia Wearing, Peter Konings, Maria Stokes, Eling D. de Bruin

“…Methods In a cross-sectional study, maximal isometric handgrip strength of the dominant hand was evaluated in 244 Swiss people aged 75 years and over (62.7% women), with mean age (SD) of 84.5 (5.6) years in men and 83.1 (5.9) years in women. …”
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