Sökning: "sensitive period"
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1. Essential fatty acids in the perinatal period. Short and long term effects in a rat model
Sammanfattning : Nutritional factors during a sensitive perinatal period may lead to developmental adaptations proposed to program for pathological conditions later in life. An adequate supply of essential fatty acids (EFA) during pregnancy and lactation is crucial for optimal fetal and postnatal development. LÄS MER
2. Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions in Brazil and Portugal : A Comparative Study
Sammanfattning : Background: Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) are health conditions for which adequate management, treatment and interventions delivered in outpatient setting could avoid the need of hospital admission. Hospitalizations for ACSC have been used to assess access, quality, and performance of the Primary Health Care (PHC). LÄS MER
3. Tree Rings as Sensitive Proxies of Past Climate Change
Sammanfattning : In the boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere, time series of tree-ring width (TRW) and maximum density in the latewood (MXD) are highly correlated to local instrumental summer-temperature data and are thus widely used as proxies in high-resolution climate reconstructions. Hence, much of our present knowledge about climatic variability in the last millennium is based on tree-rings. LÄS MER
4. Asine and the Argolid in the Late Helladic III Period : A Socio-Economic Study
Sammanfattning : The Late Helladic era of Greek prehistory has long held a fascination with archaeologists and scholars of Mediterranean ancient history. In the Argolid, which forms the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese, much attention has focused on palatial sites such as Mycenae and Tiryns. LÄS MER
5. The Effects of Age of Onset on VOT in L2 Aquisition and L1 Attrition : A Study of the Speech Production and Perception of Advanced Spanish-Swedish Bilinguals
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the role of age in second language (L2) acquisition and first language (L1) attrition. The focus is on Voice Onset Time (VOT) in the production and categorical perception of word-initial L1 and L2 stops in highly advanced L1 Spanish learners of L2 Swedish. LÄS MER