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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 118 avhandlingar innehållade ordet KA.
6. Genetics and biomarkers of frailty : towards individualized management of the frailty syndrome
Sammanfattning : Frailty is an age-related, dynamic state of multisystem physiological decline and is a strong predictor of disability and mortality. To move towards an individualized management of frailty, a better understanding of its biological underpinnings and an early identification of frail older adults are necessary. LÄS MER
7. Herpes Simplex Virus 1 DNA replication and its role in recombination and transcription
Sammanfattning : Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is one of nine different herpesvirus infecting man. They are all capable of establishing a life-long latent state following the primary infection. HSV-1 as well as other herpesviruses may reactivate from the latent state and give rise to a productive infection with clinical symptoms or asymptomatic shedding. LÄS MER
8. Lak-ka-pid-lak-ka-perd : Contemporary urban conditions with special reference to thai homosexuality
Sammanfattning : Major Asian cities like Hong Kong, Taipei and Bangkok have been constantly on the verge of rapid transformation, whether politically, socially, and particularly sexually, due to the process of capitalisation, modernisation, and globalisation over the last decade. In response to the impact of the transformation on the historical and traditional space of the city, the region's unique cultural and historical background has produced certain conditions of urban arrangements that may have put into disarray the traditional relationship between binary oppositions, whether tradition/modernity, old/new, global/local, heterosexual/homosexual, and the like. LÄS MER
9. Mechanisms of excitability in the central and peripheral nervous systems : Implications for epilepsy and chronic pain
Sammanfattning : The work in this thesis concerns mechanisms of excitability of neurons. Specifically, it deals with how neurons respond to input, and how their response is controlled by ion channels and other active components of the neuron. LÄS MER
10. The Asian monsoon - 50-7 ka BP
Sammanfattning : The Asian monsoon is one of the largest climatic systems on Earth. It covers an area from the Arabian Sea to the South China Sea and from northern Australia to northern China with the world’s highest population density. Moreover, the Asian monsoon transports heat energy and humidity to higher latitudes. LÄS MER