Essays about: "the orphans"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words the orphans.

  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. Beyond vulnerabilities: Exploring the coping mechanisms of children as family heads in child-headed households in Kampala district Uganda.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Lambert Buzaare; [2021-10-07]
    Keywords : coping mechanisms; child-headed households; strengths and abilities;

    Abstract : Uganda is a signatory of both local and international child protection protocols and has further shown its great commitment to child welfare through various agencies put up to implement child welfare-related issues. Yet with all this, children in Uganda continue to be abused and their rights violated. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Enlightenment of Swedish Child Welfare to China : A Comparative Study of Swedish and Chinese Child Welfare

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Li Xiao; [2021]
    Keywords : China and Sweden; child welfare; system and content; enlightenment;

    Abstract : Social welfare is the product of the development of human society. Western countries began to build their own welfare systems in the late 19th century. Child welfare is also their focus. READ MORE

  5. 4. (Dis)empowering marginalized children? : Local NGOs’ role for social capital in Eastern Congo (DRC).

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

    Author : Dante Magi; [2017]
    Keywords : Social capital; community work; marginalized children; empowerment; DR Congo.; Capital social; travail communautaire; enfants marginalisés; autonomisation; RD Congo.;

    Abstract : Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): one of the richest nations in natural resources; one of the poorest in human rights. In the past decades, DRC has undergone two civil wars, alongside with a history of exploitive colonization. READ MORE

  6. 5. Human development is the success : A field study on Ssenyange Education Centre's work with orphans in Uganda

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Beatrice Frimodig; Charlotte Wilck; [2017]
    Keywords : orphan; orphans; inclusion; exclusion; care; uganda; belonging; human development; public issues; private troubles; identification; identity; orphanage; ssenyange; education; grounded theory; social sustainability; social change; field study; living condition; children; comfort; social science;

    Abstract : This essay presents a field study executed at Ssenyange Education Centre, in Uganda. At this day school/boarding school/orphanage the children’s living conditions has been examined during two months through participating observations and informal conversations. Grounded theory has inspired this research’s methodological approach. READ MORE