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Despite the literatures on the role of input in adult second language (L2) acquisition, and on artificial and statistical language learning, surprisingly little is known about how adults break into a new language in the wild. This paper reports on a series of behavioral and neuroimaging studies that examine what linguistic information adults can extract from naturalistic but controlled audio-visua

Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna doktorsavhandling analyserar Laos med avseende på relationen mellan landets ekonomiska integration och dess transport system. Avhandlingen presenterades vid Thammasat University, Thailand i september 2009. Studien är gjord inom ett större forskningsprojekt, MERN (Mekong Economic Research Network) med stöd från SIDA samt en rad institutioner i Laos och Thailand. JaThis dissertation provides an alternative perspective on the process of market integration by focusing on market integration within a nation's borders. The dissertation intends to go beyond traditional integration theory and examine various alternative approaches to market integration by using Lao PDR as an empirical example for assessing these alternative approaches empirically. The main objectiv

The Mesoproterozoic Eon [1,600-1,000 million years ago (Ma)] is emerging as a key interval in Earth history, with a unique geochemical history that might have influenced the course of biological evolution on Earth. Indeed, although this time interval is rather poorly understood, recent chromium isotope results suggest that atmospheric oxygen levels were <0.1% of present levels, sufficiently low to

Nowadays, most small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are seeking information technique(s) or packaged software for improving their market competitiveness. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system could be a good choice regarding it is a powerful system which is integrated software for operating different perspective of a business, all information within organization would be flow between eac

This thesis explores the geopolitical consequences of Western foreign aid withdrawal, with a focus on how it affects the foreign policy behavior of aid-recipient states. This thesis investigates the following central research question: How has the withdrawal of foreign aid affected the geopolitical realignment of recipient countries, and to what extent has it impacted their voting behavior in inte

As social media continues to advance rapidly and globalization intensifies, brands are grappling with a heightened complexity of crises. In this process, emotional factors are crucial in disseminating the crisis. Brands are increasingly attempting to influence the emotions of their audiences and ease crises through entertaining content. To explore the potential of brand entertainment strategies as

This thesis investigates gender image in Sichuan based TV dramas supplemented with interviews with women from the region. This research focuses on the region of cultural Sichuan including Chongqing municipality and its perceived differing regional gender hierarchy. It utilizes Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis and Visual Analysis to examine the representation of Gender in two television dramas,

Previous studies have proven that player motivation is tightly intertwined with players' self-reported game-related behaviors, but how does player motivation express in actual game play? In addition, does cultural background matter? The current study selected Tom Clancy's The Division 2, a popular tactical third person shooting action role-playing game, as the research target, investigatin

Glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) is known as an important microbial by-product which is crucial for preserving or accumulating soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the chemical structures of GRSP and its relationship with SOC using 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in three tropical forests. The three forests,