Search for dissertations about: "AIDS"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 492 swedish dissertations containing the word AIDS.

2. 11. HIV-1 envelope protein gp120. Glycovirology of the V3 loop

   Author : Britt Losman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; AIDS; HIV-1; Carbohydrates; V3-region; V1-region; Coreceptors;

   Abstract : The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection usually is lethal as a consequence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV-1 is an enveloped virus and the trimeric envelope glycoprotein complex, gp120/gp41, is responsible for binding of the virus both to the primary cellular receptor CD4 and the coreceptors, CXCR4 and CCR5. READ MORE

4. 12. HIV Patient Monitoring Framework Through Knowledge Engineering

   Author : Charles Otine; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Action Research; Antiretroviral therapy ART ; AIDS; Classification; Databases; Data Mining; Data Warehousing; Health; ICT; IT; HIV; Open Source; Knowledge Discovery; Knowledge Engineering; Machine Learning; Regression;

   Abstract : Uganda has registered more than a million deaths since the HIV virus was first offi¬cially reported in the country over 3 decades ago. The governments in partnership with different groups have implemented different programmes to address the epidemic. READ MORE

5. 13. Short modified peptides and their metabolites inhibit HIV replication

   Author : Elin Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HIV-1; AIDS; GPG-NH2; G-NH2; antiretroviral drugs; Dipeptidyl peptidase IV; CD26; prodrug;

   Abstract : Several drugs inhibiting the replication of HIV-1, the causative agent of AIDS, are available today. However, HIV-1 treatment is hampered by side effects, poor adherence and development of resistance. READ MORE

6. 14. Moving through Choreography – Curating Choreography as an Artistic Practice

   Author : Marie Fahlin; André Lepecki; Cristina Caprioli; Joanna Sandell; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Choreography; curating; dressage; centaur; centauring; exhibition; exhibitor; articulation; affect; transposition; composition; transcarnation; touch; tack; aids; terminology; ‘found practice’; ‘found choreography’; expanded choreography; one; oneness; manège; poetry; intimacy; listening; entanglement; embodiment; discursivity; diagram; performing; preforming; Utbildning på forskarnivå i performativa och mediala praktiker; Third-Cycle Studies in Performative and Mediated Practices;

   Abstract : The purpose of the artistic research, Moving through Choreography – Curating Choreography as an Artistic Practice, has been to consider choreography and curating in their similarities and differences. Thus, at different phases of the working process, choreography and curating were treated as one and the same artistic practice; while, in other moments, as practices that are distinct from each other. READ MORE

7. 15. Not the Whole Story : The Impact of the Church, Traditional Religion and Society on the Individual and Collective Perceptions of HIV in Swaziland

   Author : Gunilla Hallonsten; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HIV; AIDS; gender; churches; traditional religion; focus groups; Swaziland; southern Africa; symbolic power; symbolic violence; male dominance; HIV-related stigmatization; silence; denial; mis-recognition.;

   Abstract : The thesis is an attempt to contribute to a critical discussion around the discourses that characterize HIV in southern Africa in general, and in Swaziland in particular. The aim of the study is to explore and visualize the experiences of HIV-positive Swazi Christians in church and society, as well as an attempt to explain these experiences with the contributions of key informants and the Swazi tradition. READ MORE