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1. 1. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world

   Författare :Lars Samuelsson; Roger Fjellström; Johan Brännmark; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental ethics; ecocentrism; reasons; reason for action; normative reason; moral status; moral standing; moral considerability; final value; intrinsic value; biocentrism; nature-considerism; nature; nature as a whole; the natural world; complexity; indispensability; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. LÄS MER

3. 2. Vindkraft, landskap och mening. En studie om vindkraft och människans rumsliga preferenser

   Författare :Tom Böhler; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; culture; technology; nature; view of nature; renewable energy; ecocycles; environment; ecological modernisation; discourse; discursive coalitions; meaning; landscape; wind power; Sweden;

   Sammanfattning : The point of departure for this thesis is a core question in present-day environmental work, namely how to balance the conservation of nature against its utilisation. A wind power venture on a large scale energy production will, for instance, obviously have an impact on the natural scenery of the coastline. LÄS MER

4. 3. Beastly Lessons: Natural Utopias in Seventeenth-Century England

   Författare :Sandra Iren Kottum; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; theriophily; animals; nature; utopias; emblems; empiricism; anthropocentrism; language of nature; beast literature; malleability; politics; animal exemplarity; animal language; colonialism; vegetarianism; early modern zoology; Leviticus; Royal Society; bestiaries; fables; The Parly of Beasts; The Blazing World; The Way to Health; James Howell; Margaret Cavendish; Thomas Tryon; early modern England; Golden Age; paradise; misanthropy; ecocriticism; self-fashioning;

   Sammanfattning : The present study investigates the motif of virtuous animal instructors in three selected English texts from the second half of the seventeenth century: James Howell’s The Parly of Beasts (1660), Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World (1666), and Thomas Tryon’s The Way to Health (1683). These authors proposed solutions to the challenges facing early modern England, most notably the Civil War, the emerging empirical science, and the incipient colonization of the Americas. LÄS MER

5. 4. Defense-peptides against mycobacteria

   Författare :Charlotte M A Linde; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Antimicrobial peptides; NK-lysin; granulysin; PR-39; Mycobacterium;

   Sammanfattning : Several members of the genus Mycobacterium can cause serious infections in both man and animal. One of the world's most serious infectious diseases, tuberculosis, is caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Specific defense to tuberculosis/mycobacteriosis is dependent on the individual's ability to mount a proficient immune response. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Dying Dreamer - Architecture of Parallel Realities

   Författare :Malin Zimm; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :Architecture; Against Nature; A Rebours; Artifice; Artificiality; Domestic Interior; Dream; Experience; Fiction; Hypertext; Huysmans; Imagination; Individuality; Interactivity; Interface; Obsession; Obsessive Dreambuilding; Perception; Representation;

   Sammanfattning : The objective of this licentiate thesis is to investigatearchitectural experience and creation in virtual space and itsrepresentational problems. The thesis comprises three articlespublished during the years 2001-2003, and a website,www.arch.kth. LÄS MER