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Seaweed Invasions and Novel Chemical Defences
(2012-11-08)
Biological invasions pose a risk to the biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems in invaded areas. The reasons why some introduced species become dominant and widespread in their new environments is still largely an ...
Byggnaden som kunskapskälla
(2012-01-10)
Buildings are indeed mute, yet many historians and architects claim that they can nevertheless speak. The challenge is to understand their language. This thesis examines the building as a source of knowledge. Setting out ...
Negotiating ‘Culture’, Assembling a Past: the Visual, the Non-Visual and the Voice of the Silent Actant
(2012-09-12)
The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the processes surrounding the creation of a scientific visual representation, where, both in the practical creation of this visualisation and in the way it is communicated, ...
Assessment of dietary patterns and prey consumption of marine mammals: Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea
(2012-02-09)
The Baltic Sea has been severely affected by pollution and resource overexploitation during the last centuries. The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a good example of how a species can be affected by such changes. In the ...
Traditionell kalkbränning på Gotland
(Hantverkslaboratoriet, Göteborgs universitet, 2012)
Gotländsk kalk har bränts till murning, putsning och avfärgning i obruten hantverkstradition under minst 1000 år. I Buttle socken på Gotland upphörde traditionen i mitten av 1950-talet då den sista kommersiella hantverksmässiga ...
Urban Climate and Air pollution in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : An overview of results from five field studies
(University of Gothenburg / Göteborgs universitet, 2012)
The report Urban Climate and Air pollution in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso contains an overview of results from five field studies as well as suggestions for air pollution mitigation strategies suitable for Ouagadougou.
Osmoregulation at different stages of the yeast life cycle
(2012-05-02)
The ability to adapt to changing and potentially harmful conditions in the surrounding environment is crucial for fitness and survival of all living cells; in particular unicellular organisms, since they are frequently ...
Synthesis, Pharmacological Characterization and QSAR Modelling of 4-Phenylpiperidines and 4-Phenylpiperazines Effects on the dopaminergic neurotransmission in vivo
(2012-11-19)
The endogenous neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) is involved in several functions that are controlled from the central nervous system (CNS), for example behaviour, memory, cognition and reward. A disturbed dopaminergic ...
Studies of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover and hydrothermal heat fluxes
(2012-10-26)
Since reliable ice extent estimates from satellite data became available in 1979 the Arctic sea ice cover has followed a declining long term trend. Over the last decade the decline has accelerated with record low sea ice ...
Non-linear Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Biomedical Studies
(2012-11-21)
This thesis is based on the application of non-linear optical microscopy and spectroscopy
techniques within biomedical research. Non-linear optical microscopy
gives the possibility of exciting fluorophores using near ...