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University of Uppsala
University of Uppsala at Uppsala, Sweden; founded 1477 by Sten Sture, the Elder, and Archbishop Jakob Ulvsson. Its activities were suspended in 1510 as a result of religious disputes. It was reorganized in 1595. It is the oldest university of N Europe and has ranked among the world's great universities since its reorganization. The university's library contains more than 1 million volumes and about 20,000 manuscripts, notably the Codex argenteus of Bishop Ulfilas The university has faculties of theology, law, medicine, arts (historical-philosophical and linguistic), social science, science, and pharmacy and an institute of cancer research.
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The Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion: Sweden's Life Science Strongholds Join Forces.
PR Newswire; 5/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - "Stockholm-Uppsala has long been a leading European life...Med and chairman of the Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion Association, created today at a meeting in Uppsala. The founders are the Biotechvalley...
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A note on Penrosean growth, resource bundles and the Uppsala model of internationalisation.
Magazine article from: Management International Review; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Abstract and Key Results * The Uppsala model of the internationalisation process...the Firm may advance development of the Uppsala model. * Penrose's theory of growth is a powerful adjunct to the Uppsala model of the internationalisation process...
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Linnaeus's Uppsala
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Review; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...home for a half-century. THE CITY OF UPPSALA, SITUATED ALONG LAKE MALAREN just 45...river that meanders through the city, Uppsala Cathedral is flanked on its north, west and south sides by Uppsala University, the other institution for...
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Helicos and Uppsala University Collaborate to Study Genome Structure and Its Effects on Gene Expression Utilizing True Single Molecule Sequencing Technology.
Business Wire; 8/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...genomics research group at Sweden's Uppsala University aimed at gaining new insights...genes are regulated within cells. The Uppsala team, led by Claes Wadelius, will work...view of cellular gene regulation," said Uppsala University's Wadelius. The Uppsala...
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SHORT BREAKS: 48 HOURS IN Uppsala This Swedish city offers a relaxing alternative to nearby Stockholm, with its countless museums and saunas for getting rid of Christmas layers, says MARTIN THOMPSON
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...with a seasonal Scandinavian city break. Uppsala is an atmospheric old university city...to see the Swedes at play, the annual Uppsala Winter Swing Jazz Festival takes place...com). BEAM DOWN The ideal airport for Uppsala is Stockholm Arlanda. From London Heathrow...
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Research from Uppsala University in dementia provides new insights.(Clinical report)
Newspaper article from: Diabetes Week; 11/17/2008; 700+ words
; According to a study from Uppsala, Sweden, "Subjects with diabetes...and dementia. The population-based Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men started...wrote E. Ronnemaa and colleagues, Uppsala University (see also Dementia...
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Research from Uppsala University broadens understanding of Alzheimer disease.(Clinical report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 11/19/2008; 700+ words
; According to a study from Uppsala, Sweden, "Multiple lines of research...analyzed at two examinations of the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men, a...wrote J. Sundelof and colleagues, Uppsala University (see also Alzheimer Disease...
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Research from Uppsala University provides new data on epidemiology.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 12/15/2008; 700+ words
; According to recent research from Uppsala, Sweden, "Hospital discharge data on...these, 23,920 were in the county of Uppsala and 24% of these people had previous...wrote R. Gedeborg and colleagues, Uppsala University (see also Epidemiology...
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Researchers at Uppsala University target tissue engineering.
Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly; 7/31/2008; 700+ words
; According to a study from Uppsala, Sweden, " Inflammation has repeatedly...Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study." "We related...wrote E. Ingelsson and colleagues, Uppsala University (see also Tissue Engineering...
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Investigators at Uppsala University publish new data on type 2 diabetes.(Clinical report)
Newspaper article from: Diabetes Week; 1/26/2009; 700+ words
; ...diabetic Swedish men (participants in the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men...wrote J. Arnlov and colleagues, Uppsala University. The researchers concluded...study of Swedish men: report from the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM...
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Uppsala
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Uppsala , city (1990 pop. 109,500), capital of Uppsala co., E Sweden, on the Fyrisån River. It is...pharmaceuticals, and footwear. The city developed near Gamla Uppsala, now a small village, which became the pagan capital...
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Uppsala school of phytosociology
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Uppsala school of phytosociology A set of floristic...developed by G. E. Du Rietz and others in Uppsala, Sweden, starting in 1921, at first...them lies in the emphasis placed by the Uppsala scheme on exclusive or preferential species...
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University of Uppsala
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
University of Uppsala at Uppsala, Sweden; founded 1477 by Sten Sture, the Elder, and Archbishop Jakob Ulvsson. Its activities were suspended in 1510 as a result of religious disputes. It was reorganized in 1595. It is the oldest university...
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Ångström, Anders Jonas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Medelpad, Sweden, 13 August 1814; d . Uppsala, Sweden, 21 June 1874) astronomy...mathematics and physics at the University of Uppsala in 1833. In 1839 he received a docotorate...and then became a lecturer in physics at Uppsala. He went to Stockholm Observatory in...
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Arrhenius, Svante August
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...later a supervisor of the University of Uppsala. He also was employed as overseer on...Wijk), on Lake M å lar near Uppsala. In 1855 he married Carolina Christina...improved enough so that the family moved to Uppsala, where he could devote full time to his...
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