Essays about: "Nonhuman"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 63 essays containing the word Nonhuman.

  1. 21. Lateralized behavior in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Kiki Spoelstra; [2021]
    Keywords : lateralized behavior; limb side preference; Hylobates lar; white-handed gibbons; nonhuman primates;

    Abstract : The evolutionary origins of human handedness are not yet fully understood as evidence of lateralized behavior in nonhuman primates is inconclusive. In the present study, lateralized behavior in both spontaneously occurring motor patterns and a tube task was examined in 15 white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar). READ MORE

  3. 22. Vad katten säger du? : kommunikation mellan katt och människa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Carita Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : kommunikation; katt; interspecifik kommunikation; kroppsspråk;

    Abstract : Vi människor har haft stor nytta av det verbala språket för att förstå varandra och utvecklas som art. Eftersom det talade språket fått så stor betydelse för oss verkar vi ha tappat en del av förmågan att läsa andra former av ickeverbal kommunikation såsom doft- och kroppsspråk, något som ickemänskliga djur däremot förstår väl. READ MORE

  4. 23. Actants and Networks in 'Skagboys' – Thatcher, Crime and Mundane Artifacts as Mediators

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Thomas Pedersen; [2020]
    Keywords : Skagboys; ANT; Actor-Network Theory; Thatcher; Crime; Heroin; Irvine Welsh; Bruno Latour; Mediator; Trainspotting; Literature; Scotland; Edinburgh; Agency; Detection; Objects in literature;

    Abstract : While Skagboys portrays the descent into heroin addiction of young, working class Scots during the Thatcher era, shifting the analysis from a strictly human perspective to one focusing on the agency of objects opens up the novel to new readings wherein morality emerges through nonhuman actors. Welsh’s work has traditionally been hailed as Scottish working-class realism that portrays its characters unideologically, to the point that the novels, through the characters, appear without morality. READ MORE

  5. 24. "Why Did I Live"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Tora Åsling; [2020]
    Keywords : Mary Shelley; Meredith Ann Pierce; Humanism; Posthumanism; Anthropocentrism; Speciesism; Artificial Life; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how Mary Shelley and Meredith Ann Pierce criticise Western patriarchal societies through the depiction of the creation of artificial life. The thesis discusses how Shelley and Pierce’s critique consequently includes a critique of Humanism, since the school of thought had a pivotal role in the formation of the civilizational model of these Western societies. READ MORE

  6. 25. Models for predicting efflux transport over the blood-brain barrier

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaci

    Author : Marjaneh Janani; [2020]
    Keywords : efflux transport; brain; blood-brain-barrier; Verapamil; Risperidone; Prazosin;

    Abstract : Aim: The general aim of this research is development and evaluation of novel methods for predicting active transport over the human blood-brain-barrier (BBB), while this project specifically aims to i) review the literature and select suitable methods and substrates, ii) develop models for determining in vitro kinetic properties of selected compounds, analyze the in vitro data using the developed models and to use Maximum Transport Activity (MTA) approach (Karlgren et al., 2012), iii) perform Physiology Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling and compare to in vivo literature data. READ MORE