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Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Maria Hedlund.
1. Demokratiska genvägar : Expertinflytande i den svenska lagstiftningsprocessen om medicinsk genteknik
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about expert influence and democracy and focuses on how political decision-making about issues highly dependent on qualified scientific expertise should come about in order to be democratic. The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate, from a democratic perspective, the Swedish legislative process concerned with medical gene technology ? an archetypal case where the decision-making processes involve a marked level of expertise. LÄS MER
2. Mechanisms of P fimbriae cell activation
Sammanfattning : Microbial attachment to host cells plays a central role in the induction of inflammatory responses and the production of the disease. Uropathogenic Gram negative bacteria carry surface lectins that specifically recognize oligosaccharide receptor epitopes expressed on glycolipids or glycoproteins. LÄS MER
3. The impact of vascular structure and function on tumor growth, retinopathy, and antiangiogenic therapy
Sammanfattning : Tumors produce multiple angiogenic factors to stimulate neovascularization that is essential for tumor growth, invasion and metastasis. Despite the known angiogenic functions of each individual factor, the interplay between these angiogenic factors in the tumor local environment and in modulation of the host functions remain poorly understood. LÄS MER
4. MRI Contrast Enhancement and Cell Labeling using Gd2O3 Nanoparticles
Sammanfattning : There is an increasing interest for nanomaterials in bio-medical applications and in this work, nanoparticles of gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3 ) have been investigated as a novel contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Relaxation properties have been studied in aqueous solutions as well as in cell culture medium and the nanoparticles have been explored as cell labeling agents. LÄS MER
5. Tourists' vacation choice structure : Influence of values and implications for green tourism
Sammanfattning : In the vacation choice structure, denoting how vacation choices such as choice of destination, travel mode, and accommodation, are related and prioritized by tourists, every choice plays an important and unique role. Although it has been recognized that vacation choices inter-relate in several different aspects, previous research has primarily studied the primacy aspect. LÄS MER