FCM - Doctoral theses

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Doctoral theses

Challenges of surveillance and prevention of accidents at work: The experience of the Piracicaba workers' health program; building prevention and revealing impunity. Author: Rodolfo Andrade de Gouveia Vilela, Advisor: APARECIDA MARI IGUTI. Date of defense: 20/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Magnetic Resonance Analysis in Patients with Partial Epilepsy: Correlation between Structural Lesions, Semiology and EEG. Author: S�rgio Luis Marques dos Santos, Advisor: FERNANDO CENDES. Date of defense: 19/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Environmentalism in the State of Mato Grosso: environmental NGOs in the shaping of Environmental Policy in the 90s. Author: Marta Gislene Pignatti, Advisor: ANA MARIA CANESQUI. Date of defense: 19/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

ACUTE INJURY OF THE GASTRIC MUCOSA OF RAT BY NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS: COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY BETWEEN INDOMETACIN AND CELECOXIB AND THE CYTOPROTECTION OF CO-MOMEPRAZOLE AND MISOPROSTOL. Author: M�riam Elias Cavallini, Advisor: NELSON ADAMI ANDREOLLO. Co-Advisor(s): KONRADIN METZE. Date of defense: 19/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Determination of the prognosis of patients with spinal cord injury undergoing neuromuscular electrical stimulation and conventional physical therapy, through physical therapy evaluation, clinical evaluation ASIA and symptomatic evoked potential, Author: Beatriz de Oliveira Peixoto , Advisor: ELIZABETH MARIA AB QUAGLIATO . Date of defense: 18/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Androgenic levels of women with premature ovarian failure. Author: Cristina Laguna Benetti Pinto, Advisor: ALOISIO JOSE BEDONE. Date of defense: 16/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

Use of Diuretics and Psychotropics and Hip Fracture in the Elderly: A Case-Control Study. Author: Tha�s Baleeiro Teixeira Braga, Advisor: GUN BIRGITTA BERGSTEN MENDES. Co-Advisor(s): DJALMA DE CARVALHO MOREIRA FILHO. Date of defense: 11/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY

Assessment of metabolic changes during and after weight loss in patients with class III obesity, undergoing vertical gastroplasty surgery with bandage and gastro-jejunal bypass. Author: Juliano Alves Pereira, Advisor: ELZA OLGA ANA MUSCELLI BERARDI. Date of defense: 11/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

In search of the lost (c)age: the Municipality and public policies aimed at the elderly population, Author: Jos� Luiz Riani Costa , Advisor: Pompeu Figueiredo de Carvalho . Date of defense: 09/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

"Minimally Invasive Approaches to Intracranial Lesions.", Author: Yvens Barbosa Fernandes , Advisor: ANTONIO GUILHERME BORGES NETO . Date of defense: 06/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Modulation of the IR/PTP1B association in insulin signal transmission in experimental models of insulin resistance. Author: Aparecida Emiko Hirata, Advisor: MARIO JOSE ABDALLA SAAD. Date of defense: 06/12/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Neurotoxic Action of Bothrops newiedi pauloensis (Jararaca pinta) Venom in Prepar. Neuromusc. Isol.- Purification.,Characteriz. Partial and Sequence of the Amino-Terminal Portion of two PLA2 Neurotexes. Pre-Synaptic, Neuwieditoxins I and II. Author: Caroline Ribeiro de Borja Oliveira, Advisor: LEA RODRIGUES SIMIONI. Date of defense: 03/12/2002.

An analysis of private medical-hospital care: the medical perspective of the city of Recife in the transition from the 20th century to the 21st. Author: Heloisa Maria Mendo�a de Morais, Advisor: ANA MARIA CANESQUI. Date of defense: 28/11/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

INTENSITY AND DURATION OF RECOVERY FROM SPHINTERIAL RELAXATION INDUCED BY THE RECTOANAL INHIBITORY REFLEX AND ITS CORRELATION WITH Constipation Due to Obstructed Evacuation. Author: Jo�o Gomes Netinho, Advisor: JUVENAL RICARDO NAVARRO GOES. Date of defense: 27/11/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Sexual Practices of Women in the Pregnancy-Puerperal Cycle, Author: Maria Cristina da Silva Lazar , Advisor: JOAO LUIZ DE CARVALHO PINTO E SILVA . Date of defense: 22/11/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INTESTINAL EMPTYING BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH COLONANAL ANASTOMOSES WITH AND WITHOUT A RESERVOIR, WITH THE USE OF SCINTILOGRAPHY. Author: Luciano Ricardo Pelegrinelli, Advisor: JUVENAL RICARDO NAVARRO GOES. Date of defense: 21/11/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Familial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Clinical Aspects and Investigation by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Author: Eliane Kobayashi, Advisor: FERNANDO CENDES. Co-Advisor(s): ISCIA TERESINHA LOPES CENDES. Date of defense: 19/11/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF REFLUX OF THE INTERNAL SAPHENOUS VEIN USING DUPLEX IN PATIENTS WITH VARIOSES OF THE LOWER LIMBS. Author: Eduardo Valen�a Barel, Advisor: GEORGE CARCHEDI LUCCAS. Date of defense: 15/10/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Hospital management from the perspective of the micropolitics of living work, Author: Alzira de Oliveira Jorge , Advisor: EMERSON ELIAS MERHY . Date of defense: 07/10/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Detection of cytamegalovirus in liver fragments from patients with extrahepatic neonatal cholestasis using polymerase chain reaction. Author: Adriana Maria Alves De Tommaso, Advisor: GABRIEL HESSEL. Date of defense: 27/09/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

Authority/order, discipline/control and cooperation/consensus: the immanent dimensions of organizations. - A theoretical study to think about health management -. Author: Maria Elisa Moreira, Advisor: Luiz Carlos de Oliveira Cecilio. Date of defense: 17/09/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Effectiveness of two Presentations and two Dosages of Misoprostol Vaginally, for Cervical Preparation and Labor Induction. Author: Ricardo Porto Tedesco, Advisor: JOSE GUILHERME CECATTI. Co-Advisor(s): ANIBAL EUSEBIO FAUNDES LATHAM. , Nelson Lourenco Maia Filho. Date of defense: 30/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis among patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus treated at a Brazilian university hospital. Author: Mari�ngela Ribeiro Resende, Advisor: MARCELO DE CARVALHO RAMOS. Date of defense: 30/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Acupuncture Techniques for Pain Relief in Labor - Clinical Trial. Author: Roxana Knobel, Advisor: JOSE CARLOS GAMA DA SILVA. Date of defense: 28/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

Empathy and Communication in the Doctor - Patient Relationship. An Autopoietic Semiology of the Bond. Author: Fernando Cesar Chacra, Advisor: EMERSON ELIAS MERHY. Date of defense: 27/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Regulation of insulin signal transmission in intact and healing skin of control and diabetic rats. Author: Fabiana Fernandes Fontana Pelegrinelli, Advisor: MARIO JOSE ABDALLA SAAD. Date of defense: 27/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Observation of the Reorganization of Brain Functions in Hemiplegic Patients, through SPECT, after Functional Electrical Stimulation. Author: Telma Dagmar Oberg, Advisor: DONIZETI CESAR HONORATO. Date of defense: 22/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Interrelationship between the insulin and leptin signal transmission pathways in the hypothalamus and ephagus of rats. Author: Jos� Barreto Campello Carvalheira, Advisor: MARIO JOSE ABDALLA SAAD. Date of defense: 22/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Associativism in collective health: a study of the Brazilian postgraduate association in collective health - ABRASCO. Author: Soraya Almeida Belisário, Advisor: ANA MARIA CANESQUI. Date of defense: 16/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

THE MENTAL HEALTH EQUIPMENT, ITS INSTITUTIONS AND THE KNOWLEDGE CLUB. Author: Arthur Hyppolito de Moura, Advisor: GASTAO WAGNER DE SOUSA CAMPOS. Date of defense: 15/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Children of adolescent mothers: Assessment of growth and development at one year of age. Author: Maria de Lourdes Fonseca Vieira, Advisor: ANTONIO DE AZEVEDO BARROS FILHO. Date of defense: 14/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

Multiple Sclerosis: Clinical Correlation, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Neuroimaging. Author: Ernane Pires Maciel, Advisor: BENITO PEREIRA DAMASCENO. Date of defense: 09/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Quantification of sphincter function by measuring the capacity to sustain the voluntary contraction pressure of the anal canal. Author: Luiz Henrique Cury Saad, Advisor: JUVENAL RICARDO NAVARRO GOES. Date of defense: 07/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Epilectic form of neurocysticercosis in childhood. Author: Lisiane Seguti Ferreira, Advisor: MARILISA MANTOVANI GUERREIRO. Date of defense: 01/08/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Hormonal and Metabolic Repercussions of the Use of Insulin Action Sensitizing Drugs in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Author: Heraldo Mendes Garmes, Advisor: DENISE ENGELBRECHT ZANTUT WITTMANN. Co-Advisor(s): MARCOS ANTONIO TAMBASCIA. Date of defense: 31/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Innovations in the institutional design of the SUS. Study in healthcare organizations in three municipalities in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Author: Liane Beatriz Righi, Advisor: GASTAO WAGNER DE SOUSA CAMPOS. Date of defense: 31/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Contribution of color Doppler ultrasound and ultrasonographic contrast in the rescue of lower limbs under critical ischemia considered irrevascularizable. Author: Luiz Roberto Felizzola, Advisor: ANA TEREZINHA GUILLAUMON. Date of defense: 31/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

FAVORABLE RESULTS OF PORcine INTESTINAL SUBMUCOSA IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SPRESSION URINARY INCONTINENCE. Author: Pedro Luiz Macedo Cortado, Advisor: PAULO CESAR RODRIGUES PALMA. Co-Advisor(s): VIVIANE HERRMANN RODRIGUES. Date of defense: 30/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Study of the mechanisms by which T TCR y lymphocytes modulate autoimmune experimental encephalomyelitis, Author: Blanca Maria Diaz Bardales , Advisor: LEONILDA MARIA BARBOSA DOS SANTOS . Date of defense: 17/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Hereditary thrombophilias in young patients with ischemic stroke. Author: Barbara Voetsch, Advisor: BENITO PEREIRA DAMASCENO. Co-Advisor(s): VALDER ROBERVAL ARRUDA. Date of defense: 10/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Misoprostol Versus Foley Catheter and Oxytocin for Labor Induction. Author: Olimpio Barbosa de Moraes Filho, Advisor: JOSE GUILHERME CECATTI. Co-Advisor(s): Rivaldo Mendes de Albuquerque. Date of defense: 05/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

EVALUATION OF THE ADRENAL FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH PARACOCCI- DIOIDOMYCOSIS, Author: Ricardo Mendes Pereira , Advisor: ANTONIA TERESINHA TRESOLDI . Co-Advisor(s): GIL GUERRA JUNIOR. Date of defense: 04/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

Assessment of cell cycle and apoptosis regulatory proteins in aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and influence on response to treatment. Author: K�tia Borgia Barbosa Pagnano, Advisor: SARA TERESINHA OLALLA SAAD. Date of defense: 01/07/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Hyaluronidase Versus Foley Catheter for Cervical Preparation in Pregnancies with Induction of Labor Indication. Author: Fernanda Garanhani de Castro Surita, Advisor: JOSE GUILHERME CECATTI. Co-Advisor(s): MARY ANGELA PARPINELLI. Date of defense: 14/06/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

Release of free radicals by leukocytes from patients with sickle cell anemia. Author: P�ricles Mendo�a Dias da Motta, Advisor: ANTONIO CONDINO NETO. Date of defense: 13/06/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

Dosage of Plasma Concentrations of Medications Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to a Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS-MS) and Its Application in Studies of Bioequivalence. Author: Celso Henrique de Oliveira, Advisor: GILBERTO DE NUCCI. Date of defense: 10/06/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY

Modification in the Skull Base Reconstruction Technique, in Jugular Foramen and Petroclival Region Surgeries, with Muscle Flaps. Author: Ricardo Ramina, Advisor: DONIZETI CESAR HONORATO. Co-Advisor(s): ANTONIO GUILHERME BORGES NETO. Date of defense: 06/06/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Adequacy of the Use of Antibiotics and Risk Factors for Hospital Infection at the Hospital das Cl�nicas of UNICAMP. Author: M�rcia Regina Campos Costa da Fonseca, Advisor: GUN BIRGITTA BERGSTEN MENDES. Date of defense: 03/06/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY

Calculation of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Using Myocardial Radioactive Counts. Author: Celso Dar�o Ramos, Advisor: EDWALDO EDUARDO CAMARGO. Date of defense: 14/05/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY

Comparison of Optical Intraoperative Visualization Systems with LANDERS Plano-Convex Lenses and Operative Inversion Lens System (ROLS). Author: Osias Francisco de Souza, Advisor: NEWTON KARA JOSE. Co-Advisor(s): Vital Paulino Costa. Date of defense: 24/04/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMO/OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

The use of acetic acid in the early diagnosis of cervical-uterine cancer. Author: Silvia Targino Bonfim, Advisor: LUIS GUILLERMO BAHAMONDES. Date of defense: 23/04/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

Study of tachycardia episodes detected by an implantable automatic defibrillator: diagnostic and therapeutic implications, Author: M�rcio Jansen de Oliveira Figueiredo , Advisor: LUIZ ANTONIO KANNEBLEY BITTENCOURT . Date of defense: 19/04/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Human Exposure to Lead in Mining Areas, Vale do Ribeira, Brazil. Author: Monica Maria Bastos Paolielo, Advisor: EDUARDO MELLO DE CAPITANI. Date of defense: 18/04/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Molecular characterization of bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) isolated in Brazil, Author: Jacqueline Filomena Campalans Barnier , Advisor: CLARICE WEIS ARNS . Date of defense: 16/04/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Assessment of the Evolution of Body Composition by Anthropometric Methods in Schoolchildren from Paul�nia-SP in Two Periods (1979/80 - 1993/94). Author: Mariana P�rto Zambon, Advisor: Lu�s Manuel Guimarey. Co-Advisor(s): ANDRE MORENO MORCILLO. Date of defense: 08/04/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL SCLEROTHERAPY AND SCLEROTHERAPY WITH SCLEROSANT AT LOW TEMPERATURE IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER LIMB TELANGIECTASIA. Author: Miguel Francischelli Neto, Advisor: GEORGE CARCHEDI LUCCAS. Date of defense: 26/03/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Electroneuromyographic evaluation in myotonic dystrophy: correlation with the nioptic phenotype and the expansion of CTG triplets on chromosome 19. Author: Beatriz Helena Miranda Pfeilsticker, Advisor: ANAMARLI NUCCI. Date of defense: 22/03/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

From biomedical medicine to complementary: a study on models of medical practice. Author: Nelson Felice de Barros, Advisor: EVERARDO DUARTE NUNES. Date of defense: 22/03/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Food consumption and health, Author: Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo Vianna , Advisor: ANA MARIA SEGALL CORREA . Date of defense: 21/03/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

In Search of Historical Suffering: Hysteria and the Paradigm of Melancholy. Author: Adriana Campos de Cerqueira Leite, Advisor: MARIO EDUARDO COSTA PEREIRA. Date of defense: 18/03/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

Evaluation of Some Aspects of the Cellular Type Immune Response in Animals Bearing Ehrlich's Ascetic Tumor and Treated with Titanocenes. Author: Marize Campos Valadares, Advisor: MARY LUCI DE SOUZA QUEIROZ. Date of defense: 07/03/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY

Study of the Growth of Children Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and its Relationship with the Antiretroviral Treatment Administered. Author: Vania Aparecida Leandro Merhi, Advisor: ANTONIO DE AZEVEDO BARROS FILHO. Co-Advisor(s): MARIA MARLUCE DOS SANTOS VILELA. Date of defense: 07/03/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

Effects of Vitamin E on Endothelium-Dependent Coronary Flow in Hypercholesterolemic Dogs. Author: Luiz Antonio Abdalla, Advisor: Paulo Afonso Ribeiro Jorge. Date of defense: 05/03/2002.

Factors associated with overweight in children, adolescents and adults in Rio de Janeiro. Author: V�nia Maria Ramos de Marins, Advisor: MARILISA BERTI DE AZEVEDO BARROS. Date of defense: 05/03/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Grief and Individuation: A Symbolic Investigation Through the Personal Fairytale; Case Study Carried out with Health Professionals in the Municipal Public Network of Campinas/ SP. Author: Edna Maria Pinheiro, Advisor: JOEL SALES GIGLIO. Date of defense: 28/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

Collective Health and Health Promotion: A Reflection on the Themes of the Subject and Change. Author: S�rgio Resende Carvalho, Advisor: GASTAO WAGNER DE SOUSA CAMPOS. Co-Advisor(s): EVELINA DAGNINO. Date of defense: 28/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Preoperative Tests in Outpatient Cataract Surgery in Adults: Is a Routine Necessary?, Author: Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti Lira , Advisor: CARLOS EDUARDO LEITE ARIETA . Date of defense: 27/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMO/OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Decentralization of Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer without the Possibility of Cure. Author: Nancy Mineko Koseki, Advisor: LUIZ CARLOS ZEFERINO. Date of defense: 27/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

Evaluation of the Therapeutic Approach in IA1 Cervical Carcinoma. Author: Sergio Bruno Barbosa, Advisor: KAZUE PANETTA. Co-Advisor(s): J�lio C�sar Teixeira. Date of defense: 27/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF TOCOGYNECOLOGY

The experience of chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis: meanings attributed by patients. Author: Claudinei Jos� Gomes Campos, Advisor: EGBERTO RIBEIRO TURATO. Date of defense: 26/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

History, Interdisciplinarity and Mental Health: The Dr. C�ndido Ferreira Health Service. Author: F�bio Bruno de Carvalho, Advisor: MARCOS DE SOUZA QUEIROZ. Date of defense: 26/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

Mental Health in Brazil: An Analysis of the Structuring and Development of the Field. Author: Maria Helena Melhado Stroili, Advisor: EVERARDO DUARTE NUNES. Date of defense: 25/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

DEMARCHE STRAT�GIQUE (HOSPITAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT): AN ENTERPRISE THAT SEEKS CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNICATION AND NETWORK SOLIDARITY. Author: Elizabeth Artmann, Advisor: EMERSON ELIAS MERHY. Date of defense: 25/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Psychopathology and Erectile Dysfunction: The Psychoanalytic Clinic of the Impotent. Author: Maria Virg�nia Filomena Cremasco Grassi, Advisor: MARIO EDUARDO COSTA PEREIRA. Date of defense: 22/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

The pedagogical projects of medical schools in Imperial Brazil. A contribution to the evaluation of higher education in the country. Author: Domenico Feliciello, Advisor: EVERARDO DUARTE NUNES. Date of defense: 22/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Health and work: mortality and violence in the Municipality of Campinas. Author: lída Azevedo Hennington, Advisor: DJALMA DE CARVALHO MOREIRA FILHO. Date of defense: 22/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Prospective Assessment of the Neurological and Neuropsychological Evolution of Patients with HIV Infection - Pattern of Evolution, Determinant Factors and Impact of Different Antiretroviral Schemes. Author: Augusto Cesar Penalva de Oliveira, Advisor: JAYME ANTUNES MACIEL JUNIOR. Date of defense: 21/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Correlation between Reading/Writing Manifestations and Cognitive Skills - Linguistics in Children with School Failure. Author: Patricia Abreu Pinheiro Crenitte, Advisor: SYLVIA MARIA CIASCA. Date of defense: 20/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Alexithymia in chronic pelvic pain. Author: Marli Rodrigues Lunezo G. de Oliveira, Advisor: MARIA ADELIA JORGE MAC FADDEN. Date of defense: 19/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

The influence of the number of monocytes in the bone marrow graft and the frequency of graft-versus-host disease. Author: Francisco Jos� Penteado Aranha, Advisor: IRENE GYONGYVER HEIDEMARIE LORAND METZE. Date of defense: 19/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CLINICS

Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Intracellular Ca 2+ Homeostasis in Candida parapsilosis. Author: Graziela Milani Narezzi, Advisor: ANIBAL EUGENIO VERCESI. Date of defense: 18/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Neuropsychological and Psychopathological evolution in patients with HIV/AIDS infection. Author: Maria do Carmo Martins de Oliveira, Advisor: PAULO DALGALARRONDO. Co-Advisor(s): ROGERIO DE JESUS PEDRO. Date of defense: 18/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

The process of alcoholization among the Pankararu: a study in ethnoepidemiology. Author: Moab Duarte Acioli, Advisor: EVERARDO DUARTE NUNES. Date of defense: 18/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of a Specific Antivenom in the Treatment of Hemorrhagic Syndrome Caused by Caterpillars of the Genus Lonomia. Author: Fan Hui Wen, Advisor: HELENO RODRIGUES CORREA FILHO. Date of defense: 15/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Depression and Society: Study of the Social Representations of Depression in a Group of Adults in the City of São Carlos. Author: Gl�ria Nilda Velasco Maroto, Advisor: MARCOS DE SOUZA QUEIROZ. Date of defense: 07/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

Spatial pattern of infant mortality in Goiânia-Goiás, in live birth cohorts between 1992 and 1996. Author: Otaliba Lib�nio de Morais Neto, Advisor: MARILISA BERTI DE AZEVEDO BARROS. Date of defense: 06/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Early Identification and Diagnosis of Signs of Risk for Childhood Autism. Author: Jo�o Luiz Leit�o Paravidini, Advisor: Roosevelt Moises Smeke Cassorla. Defense date: 05/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY

Neuropsychological Assessment: Comparative Study of Children with Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy and Learning Disabilities. Author: Maria de Lourdes Merighi Tabaquim, Advisor: SYLVIA MARIA CIASCA. Date of defense: 01/02/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

Supervision and Service Groups: A Group-Analytic Reflection. Author: Cláudia M�rcia Ambr�sio Archanjo, Advisor: MARIA JOSE FRANKLIN MOREIRA. Date of defense: 17/01/2002. Doctoral thesis linked to the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL PSICHIATRY