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The most prevailing hypothesis regarding mechanisms behind specific language impairment today is the hypothesis of general limitations of processing capacity. Such an hypothesis can hardly be tested by available language assessment tools, especially not by instruments in use for clinical assessment of the lexical-semantic domain in children. Reduced naming speed is by some researchers considered a

Here we report an investigation of ultrathin tin oxide films on Pt3Sn(111) using low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM), microspot low-energy electron diffraction (μ-LEED), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), surface X-ray diffraction (SXRD), and high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Oxidation at ∼390–410 °C produces triangular, two-dimensional oxide islands that nucleate rapidly

BACKGROUNDThe Eurasian spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, is one of the most serious pests of Norway spruce (NS, Picea abies), with the ability to infest and kill vigorous trees through pheromone-mediated mass attacks. During outbreaks, I. typographus has been observed to occasionally attack Scots pine (SP, Pinus sylvestris). We investigated in the laboratory whether I. typographus is attracted

Localizer orientation can significantly impact the automatic tube-current modulation (ATCM) in computed tomography (CT). The purpose of this study was to introduce a methodology for assessing ATCM consistency and to compare the outcomes in image noise and radiation dose between a single anterior–posterior (AP) localizer and a combination of lateral and AP (LAT + AP) localizers. A total of 299 pros

Background:Preparing for the end of life is believed to help mitigate emotional suffering for both patients and their caregivers. However, empirical evidence on the emotional benefits of feeling prepared for death remains limited.Aim:This study uses data from the international iLIVE project to examine how perceived end-of-life preparedness is associated with emotional suffering among patients and

Performance Walk with Interconnected BodiesIn Community Walk, it is the garments that set the framework. In pairs, you move out into the landscape—physically connected by a specially designed costume created by the playful artist Charlotte Østergaard. She guides you in exploring and challenging the costume together.The costume creates a new relation between you, shaping how you move forward. You f

Denna rapport undersöker relationen mellan arkitektur och identitet genom en jämförande studie av Västra Hamnen i Malmö, Sverige, och Beirut waterfront vid Beiruts kust, Libanon. Genomanalys av bostads design, arkitektoniska uttryck, material och utformning av offentliga rum belyses hur stadsbyggnad kan skapa eller underminera känslan av tillhörighet, minne och identitet i olika kulturella och kliArchitecture plays a crucial role in shaping not only the physical fabric of cities but also the emotional and psychological experiences of those who inhabit them. It holds the power to evoke memory, identity, and a sense of belonging, especially in cities with complex histories or contrasting urban trajectories. Having the privilege to feel at home in two cities so geographically distant yet emot

The book is a summary of excursion guides for the Lund University course NGEA 04 “Ecosystem analysis”—a field course week held on Öland 2000 to 2025. The guide serves as an introduction and overview of basic information about certain physical geographical environments, features, and general physiographic and ecological traits of southern Öland. Primarily, it offers a general introduction to the is

This paper explores the emergence and role of rural capitalists in colonial Sub-Saharan Africa by comparing three peasant-based economies: Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika. Using social tables, we estimate the population and income shares of better earning agricultural producers and assess their impact on rural inequality and development. We find that rural capitalists in each colony ad

The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has made it easier than ever to create chatbots capable of generating human-like responses to user inputs. Moreover, improvements in text-to-speech and speech-to-text make it possible to converse with these systems, not just in text but also through speech. These improvements have led to an increase in chatbot applications across various contexts, such

Numerous studies show an association between military pressures and fiscal development, often based on cross-national correlations between wars and fiscal outcomes (e.g., tax ratios). However, investments in fiscal capacity may take time to yield higher tax revenues, obscuring the importance of factors that contributed to those investments. This article shifts attention from fiscal outcomes to the

Many audio applications, including echo-cancellation and active noise control, rely on the availability of accurately estimated room impulse responses (RIRs). For these applications, it is common that the source signal is short and primarily consists of speech or music, which may cause the estimation of the RIR to be poorly conditioned. Although priors on the amplitudes of the RIR could in princip

Childhood stunting (height‑for‑age z‑score < −2) remains a global public health challenge, and national averages often mask subnational clustering and spatial heterogeneity of underlying determinants. Across four papers, this thesis integrates geocoded household data with gridded geospatial surfaces from nationally representative survey data to map stunting hotspots, quantify spatially varying and