Essays about: "escaping"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 75 essays containing the word escaping.

  1. 1. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2024]
    Keywords : antiracism; slavery; American history; assimilationism; agency; discourse; antirasism; slaveri; amerikansk historia; assimilationism; agency; diskurs;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. READ MORE

  3. 2. Escaping the Stereotypical : A character analysis of Addie LaRue in V.E.Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Milla Fyrman; [2023]
    Keywords : Stereotypes; Fantasy; Characterization; Heroes; V.E. Schwab; The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue;

    Abstract : With the support of earlier research about female heroes and the representation of female characters in fantasy, this essay argues that V.E. READ MORE

  4. 3. Computational prediction of cell-cell interactions in the brain-tumour microenvironment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Paula Camargo Romera; [2023]
    Keywords : Cancer; Glioblastoma; Computational Biology; Bioinformatics; Microenvironment; Brain tumour; Interactions; Systems Biology;

    Abstract : Glioblastoma is the fastest-growing, and the most common malignant brain tumour in adults. It is normally treated with surgery and radio- or chemotherapy, but the approximate life expectancy is of 15 months with a high probability of cancer recurring. Therefore, there is a need for decreasing its severity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Design, production and in vitro evaluation of brain shuttle scFc-scFv8D3 affinity-mutants

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaci

    Author : Jonathan Efverström; [2023]
    Keywords : Blood-brain barrier; In-Cell BBB-trans assay; mTfR1; Transferrin receptor; scFc-scFv8D3; Blod-hjärn barriären; mTfR1; Transferrin receptorn; scFc-scFv8D3;

    Abstract : The blood brain barrier (BBB) is a challenge when developing monoclonal antibodies for neurological diseases as antibodies do not cross the BBB making brain distribution challenging. An antibody construct which binds mTfR1 to pass the BBB, scFc-scFv8D3, have previously been developed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Calibration and preparation of the data analysis of the DORN experiment on board the Chang'E 6 lunar mission.

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Íñigo de Loyola Chacartegui Rojo; [2023]
    Keywords : Radon; lunar mission; alpha spectrometry; space instrumentation; performance testing and validation;

    Abstract : As part of the first agreement between the French (CNES) and the Chinese (CNSA) space agencies in terms of space exploration, the DORN instrument will fly on board the Chinese Chang'E 6 mission in 2024. It aims to measure the amount of Radon escaping from the lunar soil to better understand what governs the concentration of this noble gas which contributes to the endogenous origin of the lunar exosphere. READ MORE