In this paper we introduce a new coding scheme - so-called laminated turbo codes. It is characterized by a block-convolutional structure that enables us to combine the advantages of a convolutional encoder memory and a block-oriented decoding method. We show that this block-convolutional structure is superior in terms of its error correction capability compared to the pure block structure of the c

Our abilitiy to estimate speaker age was investigated with respect to stimulus duration and type as well as speaker gender in four listening tests with the same 24 speakers, but with four different types of stimuli (ten and three seconds of spontaneous speech, one isolated word and six concatenated isolated words). Results showed that the listeners' judgements were about twice as accurate as chanc

At the end of the 1980s, a tri-polar world comprising the US, EU and Japan emerged. However, the economic turbulence of the early 21st century has destabilized this order, and the rise of other Asian powers has implications for the formation of a new economic configuration. This book discusses the probability of the different tentative global economic power balances to emerge, as well as the diff

The European project has come a long way in establishing peace, creating a common market, and expanding its borders. At the same time, diminishing popular legitimacy has spurred talk about a European Union in crisis. How far has the EU really come in fulfilling its grand visions? Is the project barely half-way? Or could we say with some confidence that European integration is solidified and will c

Popular Abstract in Swedish Sjöfåglar påverkar undervattensväxter Liksom korna på betesmarken betar och påverkar växter på olika sätt, kan växtätande sjöfåglar påverka växter i sjöar. Svanar, sothönor och änder äter ofta undervattensväxter och jag har undersökt hur växterna påverka's av detta. Fågelsjöar är ofta näringsrika grunda sjöar, där växtproduktionen dominera's av undervattensväxter. OliSubmerged macrophytes are thought to stabilize clear-water states of shallow lakes. The aim of this thesis was to elucidate how waterfowl herbivory can affect abundance, distribution and species composition of submerged macrophytes in eutrophic lakes. I found that in a lake with sparse vegetation, which was in a colonization phase, small plants were uprooted and large plants were heavily grazed up

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Kulturarv har sedan ett par år kopplats samman med begrepp som jämställdhet, demokrati, mångfald och representation. Konsekvenserna har blivit krav på att fler företeelser och berättelser ska ges ställning som kulturarv. Men vad händer när komplicerade, svåra eller på annat sätt problematiska företeelser betraktas som kulturarv? I boken undersöks den friktion som uppstår när sådana företeelser möt

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Mathematical morphology is a powerful means to specify image manipulations; discrete-time cellular neural networks (DT-CNN) is the fast realization. The attractive combination has been sufficiently shown for simple problems but tends to fail in efficiency for more complex ones. The paper introduces a complement and argument swap (CAS) equivalence that allows to solve an image processing problem th

Traditionellt har examinationen av många kurser på LTH bestått av en skriftlig tentamen efter kursen avslutande. Detta instrument för att mäta och värdera studenternas kunskaper har ofta i stor utsträckning styrt studenternas studievanor, ofta med intensivt tentaläsande som följd. Kamratgranskning, eller ”Peer Review”, är en metod som kan användas som en del i en löpande examination under kursen g

Poverty and to fight poverty is certainly on top of the EU agenda and especially in the wake of the economic and financial crisis that has struck many European Member States. Poverty is a central element of the newly initiated EU2020 strategy and the EU´s ambition is to seek to lift at least 20 Million people out of poverty and social exclusion to the year 2020. This report has addressed the follo

Den här boken är fylld av exempel på hur man med hjälp av ny och gammal teknik kan förbättra situationen för människor med förståndshandikapp.Man visar hur teknik, pedagogik och fantasi kan öka utrymmet för både självständighet och eget skapande.