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  1. 1. Thermal tolerance of native vs. invasive marine species at the Northern coast of Portugal

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Sofie Michelsen; [2023]
    Keywords : Biodiversity; Climate change; Marine ecosystems; Marine heat waves; Intertidal environment; Invasive species; Macroalgae; Mussels; Sustainable Development; Thermal tolerance;

    Abstract : Two prominent factors posing a major threat to biodiversity in marine ecosystems are climate change and the establishment of invasive species, and the interaction between these two. Because of the upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water, the coast of Portugal is a thermal refuge and distribution edge for cold-adapted species, making it a particularly important study area from a biodiversity point of view. READ MORE

  3. 2. 3′-end fluorescence labelling of long RNAs using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiska institutionen

    Author : Johannes Lidberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Physical biochemistry; Fluorescence; In vitro transcription; RNA; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase; Nucleobase analogue; Chemistry;

    Abstract : Through recent years, RNA has rapidly gone from mainly being known as a passive information-carrying molecule within the central dogma of molecular biology to becoming the active ingredient in multiple therapeutics, such as in vaccines and potential drugs against cancer. However, one of the main challenges with RNA as a therapeutic is efficient delivery to cells. READ MORE

  4. 3. Discursive representation of the migrant crisis in two UK broadsheets during the summer of 2015 : Approaching newspaper discourse from a corpus-based and critical discourse analytical perspective

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Geraldine Gourpil; [2017]
    Keywords : Van Leeuwen’s Social Actor Network; corpus-based approach; CDA; frequencies; collocates; concordance;

    Abstract : By linguistically examining 162 articles published during the summer of 2015 in two UK broadsheets: The Guardian (TG) and The Daily Telegraph (TDT), this essay aims to analyse the discursive representation of the ‘migrant crisis’. To do so, the representation of the social actors migrating (SAM) during the ‘crisis’ was focused on. READ MORE

  5. 4. Comparing Test Design Techniques for Open Source Systems

    University essay from Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : SAVINO ORDINE; GUIDO DI CAMPLI; [2009]
    Keywords : testing; tdt; tc;

    Abstract : In this thesis we describe how to systematically test, where our target has been Open Source Systems. We have applied a series of common and overlapped test design techniques at defined levels, specifically using seven different functional and structural test approaches. READ MORE