Essays about: "Orphan"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 48 essays containing the word Orphan.

  1. 26. Näringsbehov hos moderlösa föl

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Pauline Klasson; [2015]
    Keywords : föl; näringsbehov; moderlösa föl; mjölk; mjölkersättning;

    Abstract : No summary of feeding recommendations for foals exists today, which is why this subject was chosen for a literature study. The aim of this study was to describe nutrient requirements of healthy full term foals and how the feeding should be designed to raise foals if they lose their mother. READ MORE

  3. 27. Amino acid deprivation of the hypothalamic cell-line N25/2 induces changes in regulation of numerous transporters from the SLC family

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Microbiology

    Author : Tauseef Ahmad; [2015]
    Keywords : solute carriers; amino acid starvation; mTOR Pathway; AAR Pathway; amino acid transport systems; membrane transport proteins; amino acid transporters;

    Abstract : Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. They are essential for cell survival and normal cellular functions as they are the key precursors to numerous cellular pathways and processes. Availability of amino acids exhibit vital role in regulation of gene expression in all mammalian cells. READ MORE

  4. 28. Cultural Trauma and Cultural Identity : A Study of Pilate in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Ulrika Persson; [2014]
    Keywords : African-American; cultural trauma; cultural identity; identity formation; double consciousness; unhomeliness; the Other ;

    Abstract : This essay is a study of the character Pilate in Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon. It employs a postcolonial theoretical perspective in order to explore the cultural trauma that Pilate experiences in the aftermath of slavery. Furthermore, it analyses the impact of that trauma on the formation of Pilate’s own cultural identity. READ MORE

  5. 29. Writing One’s Self Into Being : An Analysis on Self-authoring as a mean of Agency in Frances Burney’s Evelina – or a Young Lady’s Entrance Into the World

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Euridiki Granouzis Larsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Agency; self-authoring; gendered act; sexuality; two Evelinas; importance of a name; Evelina.;

    Abstract : This essay aims to explore Evelina’s abilities to self-author her life as a tool of agency, self-authoring means to be able to write your own life. Evelina was written by Frances Burney in 1778 and tells the story of a young orphan lady who visits London. She is inexperienced and makes mistakes that can be seen as fatal in the social sphere. READ MORE

  6. 30. The orphan and the saviour- a relationship of love, gratitude and commodities : A critical discourse analysis of the construction of the narrative about the helper and the orphanage child.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Britta Holmberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Voluntourism; orphanage tourism; Otherness; discourse; orphanage; orphan; development aid; volunteering; volunteers; Voluntourism; barnhemsturism; den Andre; diskurs; barnhem; föräldralösa barn; bistånd; volontärarbete; volontärer;

    Abstract : This study explores the construction of the orphanage child and the helper in the context of voluntourism, orphanage tourism, support and establishment of orphanages. Since residential care is rarely put forward as a “good solution” for children without parental care in Sweden or other Western countries, the purpose of this study is to understand how orphanages for children from the South are legitimised as a solution in narratives about the helpers and the orphans. READ MORE