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The fall armyworm (FAW), an important migratory pest native to the Americas, was first detected in a nonnative region (West Africa) in 2016. In the following years, it quickly spread to multiple regions worldwide. FAW exhibits long-distance seasonal migration in both the Americas and Asia, primarily to take advantage of suitable seasonal habitats as they appear along the migratory pathways. Tropic

Combining pheromone trapping and genetic analyses can be useful whentrying to resolve complexes of closely related insect taxa that are difficult to distinguishbased on morphological characters. Nearctic and Palearctic populations of the spruceseed moth, Cydia strobilella L., have been considered taxonomically synonymoussince 1983, but more recent work revealing distinct sex pheromones for Canadia

Around the world, the treatment of food waste is a major administrative and environmental problem throughout the food supply chain. Beijing, as any other mega city, is facing vast issues of sustainable food waste treatment in addition to efforts for food waste reduction. Presently the majority of Beijing's food waste is treated together with the mixed residual waste in landfills (53%) and inci

Palaeoceanographic changes over the last 6800 years are documented in a diatom record from core MD05-2908 from the southern Okinawa Trough. Changes in diatom components are used to reflect variations in the strength of the Kuroshio Current and the influence of coastal waters, and these changes are compared with records of the East Asian summer monsoon, which exerts an important influence on region

In a working world faced with technological innovation, rampant viruses, environmental and climate change, and a volatile global political situation, agricultural workers face the continuing dual human rights dilemma of occupational health and safety and access to a healthy environment. More than a third of the world's working population is engaged in agriculture, which plays a vital role in d

Inspired by cultural geographer David Crouch’s description of heritage as a journey,3 this paper looks at how the narrator’s physical and mental voyage towards the old capital of her childhood incorporates multiple spatiotemporal layers of urban cultural heritage in order to reach a deeper understanding of the living historical city she calls home.

This thesis consists of three self-contained papers. The first paper, Sorting on Unobserved Skills into New Firms, adds to the literature on worker characteristics and post-entry firm performance by putting the unobserved quality of workers in the center of analysis. Although human capital features prominently in theoretical work on the post-entry performance of new firms, empirical analysis has l

This thesis investigates the volatility spillover and contagion effects to the frontier markets from the developed markets and emerging markets and tries to identify if there exists any potential volatility effect which may have impact on the investment decision of these markets. In view of the growing globalization, financial markets become increasingly interdependent and the chances for the vola

Microsoft Word - Recensionsuppgift VT2017.doc Industri och imperier VT 2017 RECENSIONSUPPGIFT Enligt litteraturlistan ingår i delkursen ett ”större vetenskapligt verk som väljs utifrån särskild lista i samråd med examinator”. Här följer en lista på tänkbara arbeten, av vilka de flesta är tillgängliga vid något av universitetets bibliotek eller Lunds stadsbibliotek. Du kan välja fritt från denna li

https://www.historiska.lu.se/media/utbildning/dokument/kurser/HISA16/20171/Recensionsuppgift_VT2017.pdf - 2026-06-21

Studying family, migration, and welfare from multidisciplinary perspectives This research environment offers a platform for sharing and deliberating sociological and anthropological analyses pertaining to family- and gender relations, migration and social welfare. Our studies address topics such as the vulnerable position and experiences of migrants across different regions, evolving dynamics of c

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/research-environments-and-groups/family-migration-and-welfare-famiw - 2026-06-21

Diviner [A] + [B] Friday, 26 September 2025, at 15:00–16:00Diviner [A] + [B] by Mariella Otto & Gabriele de Seta.Screening (ca. 20 min), followed by an artist talk, Q&A and book launch.The title Diviner spans several new works by visual artist Mariella Otto, where Diviner [A] / [B] – a book and a video work – have been realised in collaboration with researcher Gabriele de Seta (ITA/NO), in 2025.  

https://www.iac.lu.se/mariella-otto-and-gabriele-de-seta - 2026-06-21

25 to 31 October 2022 Cellist Éric-Maria Couturier will be sharing his experience in a diverse panorama of activities in Malmö from the 25 October 2022 to the 1 November 2022, organised by PhD candidate Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete.Soloist at Ensemble Intercontemporain – Member of Trio Talweg – Professor at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris and Conservatoire National Supé

https://www.iac.lu.se/research/visiting-researchers/eric-maria-couturier-artist-residency - 2026-06-21

10 May & 13-14 October Japan and the Tsunami Focus Asia in May 2012 took as its topic the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami that on Friday 11 March the same year devastated the seaboard of North-Eastern Honshu. The lectures presented at Focus Asia set the disaster into a context, and examined the consequences of the tragedy.Drawing upon her extensive research regarding the tsunami th

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2011 - 2026-06-21