Search for dissertations about: "Allan Gordon"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Allan Gordon.

2. 1. On improvement of exercise tolerance in patients with chronic heart failure, with special reference to local muscle training

   Author : Allan Gordon; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Chronic heart failure; creatine; exercise capacity; local muscle training; skeletal muscle; ;

   Abstract : Reduced heart pump function and skeletal muscle abnormalities are considered important determinants for the low physical exercise capacity in chronic heart failure. Because of reduced ventricular function, traditional physical rehabilitation with whole body training may cause under perfusion and low local work intensity, thereby producing suboptimal conditions for skeletal muscle training. READ MORE

4. 2. “One of the Most Intensely Exciting Secrets” : The Antarctic in American Literature, 1820-1849

   Author : Johan Wijkmark; Åke Bergvall; Mark Troy; Orm Øverland; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Adam Seaborn; Symzonia; James Fenimore Cooper; Monikins; Sea Lions; Edgar Allan Poe; “MS. Found in a Bottle; ” Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym; Peter Prospero; “The Atlantis; ” Antarctic literature; 19th-century American literature; utopia; Symmes; hollow earth; evolution; great chain of being; race; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study examines a small body of 19th-century American literature about the Antarctic: Adam Seaborn's (pseud.) Symzonia (1820), Edgar Allan Poe's "MS. Found in a Bottle" (1833) and The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838), Peter Prospero's (pseud. READ MORE