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 ...