Search for dissertations about: "Laos"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the word Laos.

2. 1. Tumor biological aspects of the mucin-like glycoprotein CD43

   Author : Sirle Laos; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : CD43; leukosialin; sialophorin; mucin; colon adenoma; proteolytic processing; ; NF-kappaB; p65; chemokine; p53; ARF; Fas; apoptosis; transformation;

   Abstract : Cancer cells overexpress aberrant forms and amounts of mucins, which contribute to tumor development by regulating cell growth, survival, adhesion, invasion and immune responses. CD43, a type I transmembrane protein, is a mucin-like molecule expressed under normal physiological conditions by most hematopoietic cell types. READ MORE

4. 2. Translating Foreign Ideas into Domestic Practices : Pharmaceutical Policies in Laos and Vietnam

   Author : Kristina Jönsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political and administrative sciences; goal-means rationality.; logic of appropriateness; logic of consequentiality; implementation; policy formulation; transmission dynamics; globalisation; pharmaceuticals; NDP; National Drug Policy; Vietnam; Translation; Laos; policy diffusion; Pharmacological sciences; pharmacognosy; pharmacy; toxicology; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Farmakologi; farmakognosi; farmaci; toxikologi;

   Abstract : Similar policies may be found in different countries. This, in turn, is an indication that policies travel. READ MORE

5. 3. Where Gendered Spaces Bend : The Rubber Phenomenon in Northern Laos

   Author : Anna-Klara Lindeborg; Aida Aragao - Lagergren; Susanne Stenbacka; Jonathan Rigg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Laos; LuangNamtha; rubber; gender; HatNyao; everyday life; bend; transitions; paradoxical spaces; intersectionality; ethnography; Hmong; phenomenon; gender contract; intersectionality; border-region; division of labour; China; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi; Geography;

   Abstract : This thesis seeks to understand and explain gendered everyday life in the village of HatNyao in Northwestern Laos, specifically in relation to rubber cultivation, by using an ethnographic approach and methods. The ‘rubber boom’ is changing the landscape of Northern Laos, and in the process is reshaping gendered everyday life. READ MORE

6. 4. Preserving Impermanence : The Creation of Heritage in Vientiane, Laos

   Author : Anna Karlström; Paul Sinclair; Frands Herschend; Beverley Butler; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Vientiane; Laos; heritage; impermanence; preservation; restoration; destruction; immateriality; materiality; narrativity; Buddhism; animism; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology; kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Ethnology; etnologi; historia; History;

   Abstract : This thesis is about the heritage in Vientiane. In an attempt to go beyond a more traditional descriptive approach, the study aims at bringing forward a discussion about the definition, or rather the multiplicity of definitions, of the concept of heritage as such. READ MORE

7. 5. When the first-world-north goes local : Education and gender in post-revolution Laos

   Author : Ann-Louise Bäcktorp; Britt-Marie Berge; Lars Dahlström; Ulla Ambosius Madsen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; gender; development cooperation; post-structuralism; post-colonialism; discourse analysis; Laos; ethnography; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of three global issues – development cooperation, education and gender - and their transformation to local circumstances in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), a landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Combining post-colonial and post-structural perspectives, it sets out to understand how discourses of education and gender in Laos intersect with discourses of education and gender within development cooperation represented by organisations such as the World Bank and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). READ MORE