Literacy, Bêtise, and the Production of Species Difference in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 [PDF]
, 2018 Postwar literature (and postwar SF in particular) is marked by a concern that emerging techno-cultural developments would undermine the sovereignty of the humanist subject.
Seán McCorry, McCorry, S.
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Metaphor and Materiality in Early Prehistory [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper we argue for a relational perspective based on metaphorical rather than semiotic understandings of human and hominin1 material culture. The corporeality of material culture and thus its role as solid metaphors for a shared experience of ...
Gamble, C., Coward, Fiona
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Development of a sensitive cell culture system to assess prion infectivity and the efficacy of prion decontamination technologies [PDF]
, 2012 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) can be iatrogenically transmitted during transplants, grafts and transfusions from CJD infected donors and also contaminated surgical instruments.
Secker, Thomas
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The effect of modulating membrane lipid composition on the thermal sensitivity of tumour cells in culture [PDF]
, 1989 The plasma membrane, which separates intracellular contents from extra cellular milieu, consists of a lipid bilayer comprising mainly phospholipids and cholesterol together with various functional proteins, which control the interaction of the cell with ...
Kingston, Catharine Alison
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Evaluation of the best condition for ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells for the propose of cord blood transplantation [PDF]
, 2006 Introduction: Umbilical cord blood (CB) has been identified as a rich source for hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), and has provided an alternative to bone marrow transplantation.
Moezi, L. +8 more
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The human delusion: A discussion into the emergence of the posthuman through the deconstruction of the liberal humanist view of the self in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl [PDF]
, 2013 This dissertation will serve to investigate the deconstruction of the liberal humanist vision of the ‘self’ through a posthumanist reading of the two dystopian novels Oryx and Crake and The Windup Girl by Margaret Atwood and Paolo Bacigalupi respectively.
Kelly, Sarah
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Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of N-ferrocenylmethyl amino acid benzene carboxamide derivatives and N-ferrocenyl benzoyl amino alkane derivatives as anti-cancer agents. [PDF]
, 2012 The aim of this research was to explore the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of ferrocenyl-bioconjugates. A series of N-(ferrocenylmethylamino acid)-fluorinated-benzene carboxamide derivatives and a series of N-(ferrocenyl)-benzoyl-aminoalkane ...
Butler, William E.
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Navigating the Posthuman: The Sentient Spaceship as a Popular Culture Trope (1941-2020) [PDF]
Over the decades of its presence in science fiction (SF) megatext, the sentient spaceship trope, started by James Blish’s short story “Solar Plexus” (1941), has developed variations, including mechanical, human, nonhuman animal and AI elements.
Ibragimova, Iuliia
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Cowdria ruminantium infection in ticks in the Kruger National Park [PDF]
Adult Amblyomma hebraeum ticks, the principle vector of heartwater (cowdriosis) of domestic ruminants in southern Africa, were collected in pheromone traps placed in Kruger National Park, an exclusively wildlife sanctuary in South Africa.
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Strontium‑based metal‑organic framework/alendronate‑silk fibroin hydrogels promote tendon‑bone interface healing. [PDF]
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