In July 2020, two Holocaust memorials disappeared from a Jewish cemetery in Stockholm where Holocaust survivors who died soon after coming to Sweden for medical treatment in 1945 are buried. Though it occurred in the midst of both the global #TakeItDown movement and the Swedish government’s plans to establish a Holocaust museum in Sweden, this removal garnered no media attention or public outcry.

Among the hundreds of sites that housed survivors of Nazi persecution who came to Sweden in the spring and summer of 1945, one of the largest was at the small village of Öreryd. Between June 1945 and September 1946, around a thousand Jewish and non-Jewish Polish survivors came to this site, where they were expected to stay only until they were well enough to return to their home countries or migra

We present an index providing estimates of the number of cuneiform inscriptions derived from individual archaeological locations, along with bibliographical references for these estimates. Archaeological finds of cuneiform inscriptions are known from across Europe, Asia, and Africa, with the present index including an aggregate 430,000 inscriptions distributed across 600 locations. This index can

The Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae breeds on islands and islets in the Mediterranean region and feeds its young on migratory birds caught in the air. The breeding season is scheduled to coincide with the peak of bird migration. Between 12 and 20 September 1997 we measured flight tracks of falcons within a range of 4 km from their breeding cliffs on Isola di San Pietro 6 km off the south-west co

The moult of Barred Warblers Sylvia nisoria was studied during three winter seasons in southeastern Kenya at a southward passage site (Ngulia) and a wintering site (Mtito Andei). Most Barred Warblers migrating through Ngulia in November had yet to commence winter moult. These birds probably moulted subsequently in winter in northern Tanzania. In December, birds were found in heavy moult at Mtito A

The possibility that albatrosses use a geomagnetic bi-coordinate map for long-distance navigation at sea was investigated by evaluating how five different geomagnetic parameters (i.e. total field intensity, horizontal and vertical field intensity, inclination and declination) vary in areas where foraging albatrosses have been recorded by satellite telemetry in the Southern Ocean. Our objective was

Extensive ringing data from a coastal site (Falsterbo Bird Observatory) in southwesternmost Sweden were used to investigate the occurrence of reverse autumn migration among 20 passerine bird species oF widely different migration categories. The data demonstrate that reverse migration is a widespread and regular phenomenon among nocturnal as well as diurnal migrants and among irruptive migrants, te

The surface of dry or wet asphalt roads reflects partially linearly polarized light, the degree of linear polarization p of which depends on the darkness and roughness of asphalt: the darker and/or the smoother the asphalt, the higher the p of light reflected from it. If the asphalt is sunlit and the direction of view is parallel to the solar-antisolar meridian, then the direction of polarization

Robins captured as passage migrants by the Baltic Sea in Sweden at Falsterbo and Ottenby Bird Observatories, respectively, differ with respect to body mass, fat load and orientation behaviour. Relatively more birds with large visual fat deposits are captured at Ottenby than at Falsterbo, but robins at Falsterbo carry more fat than robins at Ottenby. Robins with small fat loads at Ottenby probably

This paper presents a methodology for estimation of physically interpretable building energy performance characteristics such as: heat loss coefficient, azimuth angle dependent solar gain, and diurnal periodicity in heat-demand. The models are demonstrated on a case-study with hourly observations of district-heating connected apartment buildings in Denmark. The weather model inputs are obtained fr

Two-view estimation is a fundamental problem in 3D computer vision, and an important sub-task of multi-view estimation pipelines such as Structure-from-Motion (SfM) and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). In recent years, the main focus in the field has been on keypoint-based methods, where interest points are first detected and matched across the two images, followed by robust estimatio

The increasing demand for energy-efficient and sustainable construction necessitates the need for building envelope designs that effectively balance moisture safety with sustainability. Improper moisture management in building envelopes can lead to severe consequences, including construction damage, decreased energy performance, and health risks associated with microbial growth. For instance, wate

René Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy explores foundational philosophical and theological questions through a method of radical skepticism. Central to this exploration is the concept of the evil demon, a hypothetical being that challenges human capacity to comprehend and perceive reality. Descartes’ meditations are pivotal to the development of rationalist philosophy, bridging epistemolo

This thesis explores the philosophical and historical perspectives of Ibn Khaldun and Oswald Spengler regarding the cyclical nature of civilizations. By analyzing Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah and his theory of asabiyya (social cohesion), alongside Spengler’s kulturseele (cultural soul) in The Decline of the West, the study examines their respective explanations of the rise and fall of societies. Ibn K

The presentation brings together two of her recent film installations and a selection of her sculptural works from the past decade. It highlights Barba’s continuous engagement with the representational function of images and language as they are channeled through cinematic apparatuses.For Barba, cinema is a sovereign and speculative instrument that critically questions the singular properties of s

The Exhibition Notes installation includes Blind Volumes (2016/2022), a work that uses steel frames as a support, a kind of stage on which films and kinetic sculptures are displayed. Eight further artworks are choreographed around the gallery, transforming it into a place for experimentation. The gallery thus becomes a space where the constitutive elements of film, celluloid, projector and sound a

In Radiant Exposures the artist introduces an exhibition architecture with two angled walls that steers visitors through the space and also provides a structure in which Barba’s films are screened and the artist’s sculptural works installed in a carefully orchestrated setting. Yet, signaling the importance of both film and sound as major themes in Rosa Barba’s practice, visitors will encounter the

The COVID-19 pandemic was a novel biological hazard that emerged in 2019 and significantly impacted various sectors of society. While sectors such as the economy and health were severely affected, the education sector was no stranger to the grave impact of the pandemic. While the pandemic called for regulations such as lockdowns and social distancing, the education sector was required to shift the