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...

OF THE DISSERTATION Biomimetic Catalysts of Graphene Conjugates and Palladium Nanoparticles

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Applications of Integer Programming Methods to Solve Statistical Problems by Michael James Higgins Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics University of California, Berkeley Jasjeet Sekhon, Co-chair Deborah Nolan, Co-chair Many problems in statistics are inherently discrete. When one of these problems also contains an optimization component, integer programming may be used to facilitate a solution t...

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is still a syndrome generating more questions than answers. Research today focuses mainly on two areas: understanding the pathophysiology and finding better methods to select patients benefiting from a shunt operation. Even though the background of the disease remains unclear, there is wide agreement that there are two pillars of the d...