Search for dissertations about: "Maria Lindgren"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Maria Lindgren.
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1. The Second Journey : Travelling in Literary Footsteps
Abstract : In a time dominated by mass tourism and the search for what has been termed authenticity, travel narratives are again of academic interest. This study seeks to demonstrate how travel writers from the 1980s and 1990s increasingly turn to earlier texts for inspiration and guidance. READ MORE
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2. On cell-penetrating peptides and cell-junction interactions
Abstract : Cell-penetrating peptides have the remarkable ability to carry hydrophilic macromolecules over the cellular membrane in an energy and protein independent manner. To synthesise and characterise new variants of cell-penetrating peptides, mainly aimed at finding analogues with minimised side effects and efficient cellular delivery, was one of the two main objectives of this thesis. READ MORE
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3. Exploring Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease : Interaction Studies with Applications for Drug Discovery
Abstract : A variety of HIV-1 protease inhibitors and their interactions with the enzyme have been characterized in order to identify novel and improved drugs against AIDS. The investigated inhibitors were represented by clinical and non-clinical inhibitors, active site and allosteric inhibitors, transition-state analogues and metal-ions. READ MORE
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4. Composite Supplies in the Common System of VAT
Abstract : This thesis is about the tax treatment of composite supplies in the common system of value added tax (VAT) of the European Union. A composite supply is a single supply that consists of various distinguishable parts that are combined to form a cohesive unit assessed as such for VAT purposes, even though at least some of those parts might constitute their own single supplies in other circumstances. READ MORE
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5. Steel as the Answer? : Viking Bodies, Power, and Masculinity in Anglophone Fantasy Literature 2006–2016
Abstract : This dissertation examines the motif of the popular Viking in contemporary Anglophone fantasy literature, with a focus on masculinity, power, embodiment,and sexuality. The study draws on queer-theoretical perspectives on masculinity and the method of queer reading, and approaches the Viking as at once bound up with the legitimization of normative and hegemonic forms of masculinity and open to (queer) negotiations and possibilities beyond normative male masculinities. READ MORE