This work was carried out in the ASCI graduate school. ASCI dissertation series number 281. iii The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.-Richard Hamming iv Acknowledgements When I started my PhD, I knew the road towards the finish would be a difficult and long one. The transformation process I passed through the last four years has been quite remarkable. I learned to be independent and...

in recent years, notable measures have been taken to protect the rights of participants in biomedical research in iran. the present study examines possible trends in adherence to ethical codes regarding informed consent after the development of the national code of ethics in biomedical research (ncebr) and establishment of research ethics committees. in this retrospective study, 126 dissertatio...

The eighth Ackermann Award is presented at this CSL’12, held in Fontainebleau, France. This is the sixth year in which the EACSL Ackermann Award is generously sponsored. Our sponsor for the period 2011–2013 is the Kurt Gödel Society. Besides providing financial support for the Ackermann Award, the KGS also committed itself to inviting recipients of the Award for a special lecture to be given in...

introduction: in scientific meetings, researchers present their research findings of their dissertations and the scientific identity of the universities deperd on the quality of these scientific documents. the more the principles of writing are observed in these dissertations, the more easily and fluently the writer ¨smessage is transferred to the readers. methods: this is a dexriptive study in...

s of the dissertations and licentiate theses are published below. Tervo’s dissertation was already included in the list of dissertations for 2011 GAiF 40(2011)2 as that was the year of printing. The dissertations and licentiate theses are available on-line as pdf's and can be accessed by clicking on the name of the dissertation. Moreover, the introduction to Nuutinen’s dissertation, divided in ...