to complete their PhD with a job in hand and so they select their dissertation topic, in part, based on “what sells” (the demand side of the market). Yet, students also consider the cost of various research topics borne in terms of time to completion. As new data becomes more readily available—for example, with the digitization of an increasing number of historical records—the set of feasible q...

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The Calcitonin Gene Family of Peptides: Receptor Expression and Effects on Bone Cells Susanne Granholm, Department of Oral Cell Biology, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden The calcitonin gene family of peptides consists of calcitonin (CT), two calcitonin gene related peptides (α-CGRP, β-CGRP), adrenomedullin (ADM), amylin (AMY), three calcitonin receptor activating peptides (CRSP1-3) and i...

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich introduced electronic dissertations in the year 2000. During the first phase the ETH Library scanned print documents retrospectively and made them available over the internet. Later authors were encouraged to provide the library with their own digital versions. With this very pragmatic approach a large collection could be built up within a ...

Background: Scientific writings provide a link between production of knowledge and its use. They guide to plan for necessary improvements in treatment and prevention modalities. Inadequate and incomplete reporting of research studies weakens the medical literature. Aim: The aim of the study was bibliometric analysis of dissertations submitted by medical post‐graduate (PGs) students. Material an...

This paper provides an overview of 18 doctoral dissertations in the field accounting and auditing that were defended at universities Serbia deposited NaRDuS repository a summary critical elements three selected dissertations.

BACKGROUND A study evaluated the relationship between the defense of dissertations and their publication within the realm of the entire Medical School of the University of São Paulo (FM-USP). The existence of differences among different areas of knowledge and the time between defense of dissertations and their publication is questioned. OBJECTIVE To characterize publications related to disser...