Essays about: "about orphan"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words about orphan.

  1. 1. Orphan G-Protein Coupled Receptors : Can we deorphanize the remaining orphans despite all the challenges?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Micaela Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Deorphanization; Heterodimerization; High-throughput screening; Orphan G-protein Coupled receptor; Pseudogenes; Reversed pharmacology;

    Abstract : G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a key role in a broad range of biological processes by binding to a wide variety of signaling molecules, which have resulted in 34% of all FDA-approved drugs which target GPCRs. The human genome encodes for approximately 800 GPCR members of which about 140 non-olfactory receptors remain orphans with an unknown function and endogenous ligand. READ MORE

  3. 2. Vinst och förlust : en fylogenetisk studie av kloroperoxidas-liknande enzym hos jästsvampar

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Beatrice Bylén; [2021]
    Keywords : fylogenetik; sekvenshomologi; Saccharomycotina; knoppjästsvamp; HGT; genförlust; α β-hydrolas; kloroperoxidas;

    Abstract : Knoppjästsvampar är en typ av svampar med encellig morfologi. Knoppjästsvampar utgör Saccharomycotina, en understam till Ascomycota och innefattar mer än 1000 idag beskrivna arter, bland annat bakjästen Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Trots att S. READ MORE

  4. 3. ”Love and patience is most important” : A qualitative interview study about the views and experiences from physical therapists working with orphan children diagnosed with cerebral palsy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Åsenlöf: Fysioterapi

    Author : Kajsa Samuelson; Frida Lidén; [2020]
    Keywords : Cerebral palsy; Orphan children; Physical therapy; Social support; Love;

    Abstract : Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a diagnosis found worldwide. Literature indicates the importance of teaching families how to support the child. Orphan children are an exposed group and if the child also is diagnosed with CP the child is even more exposed. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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. 5. 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