Search for dissertations about: "defense mechanisms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 395 swedish dissertations containing the words defense mechanisms.

  2. 1. Phytoplankton defense mechanisms against grazing : the role of grazing infochemicals

    Author : Veronica Lundgren; Edna Granéli; Takeshi Yasumoto; Aaron Barkoh; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Akvatisk ekologi; Aquatic Ecology;

    Abstract : Many phytoplankton species have evolved a variety of different defenses to decrease losses from grazing; morphological features, changes in life-history/behavior, and production of toxins. These defenses may be associated with costs. Therefore, some phytoplankton only express the defense when needed, i.e. READ MORE

  4. 2. Borderline psychopathology and the defense mechanism test

    Author : Elisabet Sundbom; Bengt-Åke Armelius; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Defense Mechanism Test; defense mechanisms; percept-genetics; Structural Interview; Borderline Personality Organization; Borderline Personality Disorder; Principal Component Analysis; PLS-discriminant analysis;

    Abstract : The main purpose of the present studies has been to develop the Defense Mechanism Test (DM1) for clinical assessment of severe psychopathology with the focus on the concept of Borderline Personality Organization (BPO) according to Kemberg. By relating the DMT and the Structural Interview to each other, the concurrent validity of the concept of Personality Organization (PO) for psychiatric inpatients has been investigated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Stealthy Sensor Attacks on Feedback Systems : Attack Analysis and Detector-based Defense Mechanisms

    Author : David Umsonst; Henrik Sandberg; Hideaki Ishii; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik;

    Abstract : In this thesis, we investigate sensor attacks on feedback systems and how anomaly detectors can be used as a defense mechanism. We consider an attacker with access to all sensor measurements and full knowledge about the closed-loop system model. READ MORE

  6. 4. Innate defense mechanisms of the nasal airway

    Author : Henrik Widegren; Lund näs- och halssjukdomar Öron-; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; neutrophils; Leukotriene B4; CC10; TNF-alpha; innate immunity; allergic rhinitis; Airway inflammation;

    Abstract : Allergic and infectious rhinitis are prevalent conditions that besides a direct morbidity also causes exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The immune mechanisms associated with various forms of rhinitis are not fully understood. READ MORE

  7. 5. Mechanisms behind pH changes by plant roots and shoots caused by elevated concentration of toxic elements

    Author : Muhammad Tariq Javed; Maria Greger; Sylvia Lindberg; Marinus L. Otte; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Elodea canadensis; Eriophorum angustifolium; fluorescence microscopy; mechanisms; metals and metalloid; pH changes; protoplasts; phytofiltration; phytostabilization; root exudates; Plant Physiology; växtfysiologi;

    Abstract : Toxic elements are present in polluted water from mines, industrial outlets, storm water etc. Wetland plants take up toxic elements and increase the pH of the medium. In this thesis was investigated how the shoots of submerged plants and roots of emergent plants affected the pH of the surrounding water in the presence of free toxic ions. READ MORE