Search for dissertations about: "resists"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word resists.
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1. Un-common Sociality : Thinking Sociality with Levinas
Abstract : The present investigation develops the notion of sociality based on Emmanuel Levinas’s thought, and proposes an understanding of sociality that resists becoming a common foundation: an un-common sociality which interrupts the reciprocal shared common, and thereby, paradoxically, makes it possible. By engaging in the larger debate on community, this work gives voice to Levinas on the question of community without a common ground, a topic and a debate where he has previously been underestimated. READ MORE
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2. Interactions of Prion Proteins and PrP-derived Peptides in Scrapie infection
Abstract : Prion diseases are fatal and incurable spongiform encephalopathies that occur amongst mammals. The central pathological event is the misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into an amyloid, neurotoxic isoform called scrapie (PrPSc). PrPSc is the main, or sole, constituent of infectious prions. READ MORE
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3. An aesthetics of resistance : the open-ended practice of language writing
Abstract : This dissertation investigates the relation between poetry and theory in the poetic practice of language writing. The topic is approached from the idea that language writing takes place in the tension of an open-ended state. READ MORE
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4. You are how you eat : decelerated eating may protect from obesity and eating disorders
Abstract : On a new framework for anorexia nervosa, learning to eat is central intervention; as patients regain a normal pattern of eating their problems dissolve. Mandometer®, a development of previous methods, allows simultaneous recording of eating rate and the development of satiety as well as experimental manipulation of eating rate. READ MORE
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5. Integration of Two-Dimensional Materials for Electronics and Photonics
Abstract : Two-dimensional (2D) materials with a thickness on the atomic scale promise to continue the trend of increasing performance in electronics, photonics, and sensing. However, despite record-breaking demonstrations of individual devices, the commercial exploitation of 2D materials is still limited. READ MORE