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Journal articles on the topic "Trends in MS theses and PhD"
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YILDIRIM, Tamer. "Trends in PhD Theses in Turkish Chemistry Education (1999-2019)." Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 20, no. 89 (2020): 1–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.14689/ejer.2020.89.10.
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Gould, Sara. "UK theses and the British Library EThOS service: from supply on demand to repository linking." Interlending & Document Supply 44, no. 1 (2016): 7–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ilds-10-2015-0033.
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Purpose – This paper aims to describe the transition of EThOS, the British Library’s E-Theses Online service, from its original role as a transactional document supply service to the service seen today where it forms part of the UK’s network of institutional repositories, open access and still-developing research funder mandates. Design/methodology/approach – The constituent parts of the EThOS service are described, and an analysis is given of the development of open access repositories, electronic theses and the way that PhD theses have become an important resource for cutting-edge research content for researchers worldwide. Findings – The value of doctoral theses for researchers continues to grow and be recognised. Many UK institutions have moved to mandatory open deposit of electronic theses, and many are digitising their older print thesis collections. Public funders are starting to track open deposit of the theses they fund; and research organisations are analysing the full UK metadata collection to understand trends in PhD research areas.
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Castro, Flávio De Souza, Pedro Figueiredo, Elisa A. Marques, Othavio Porto Backes, and Anelise Reis Gaya. "A review of the statistical methods used in Sports and Exercise Sciences PhD theses: a case study." Revista Brasileira de Ciência e Movimento 26, no. 4 (2019): 191. http://dx.doi.org/10.31501/rbcm.v26i4.8990.
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This study aimed to describe the statistical methods used and statistical practice in PhD thesis in sports and exercise sciences, and to examine the time trends of statistical methods prevalence. We analyzed 50 PhD theses supported by a post-graduate program recognized by CAPES and defended between January 2003 and December 2013. Most theses used more than two statistical methods, and T-test, ANOVA, multiple comparisons, correlation and reliability analysis were the most used approaches. Less than 50% of both experimental and observational theses reported the effect size (ES), confidence interval (CI), sample size calculation and observed power analysis. The use of multiple comparisons in experimental studies significantly increased in the last 5-years compared to 2004-2008 time period. No other significant changes were observed. Results suggest that several statistical methods are used in quantitative design studies. Due to the observed large prevalence of statistical deficiencies (lack of reporting ES, CI, power analysis), postgraduate programs should have qualified statisticians with a major say in checking the statistical quality of PhD theses and subsequent articles.
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Saeed, Riaz Ahmad, Saeed-ur-Rehman, and Rauf Ahmed. "Urdu Dissertations of Islamic Studies on Semitic Religions (MPhil, PhD) in Pakistani Universities: An Index and Bibliometric Review." Al-Milal: Journal of Religion and Thought 2, no. 1 (2020): 178–231. http://dx.doi.org/10.46600/almilal.v2i1.53.
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پاکستانی جامعات میں سامی مذاہب پر علومِ اسلامیہ کے(ایم فل ،پی ایچ ڈی) اردو سندی مقالات کا اشاریہ و شماریاتی جائزہ
 Urdu Dissertations of Islamic Studies on Semitic Religions (MPhil, PhD) in Pakistani Universities: An Index and Bibliometric Review
 Study of religions or Comparative Religions is a globally significance subject. Pakistan is also resourceful in this field. In many universities, there are special departments on this valuable subject. It is taught as compulsory course at BS & MA level in the departments of Isalmic studies in all universities. In many universities it’s also taught at MPhil and PhD level, some of them have produced hundreds of MS and PhDs dissertations on this subject. Due to its importance, it was a dire need to review and compile the titles of theses and dissertations, which are produced from the universities on the subject. In this study, efforts are made to review and compile a comprehensive index of such theses at MPhil and PhD level from Pakistani universities with statistical analysis. Due to its huge amount, the data is divided into two major types, Semitic and non-Semitic religions. The current study covers only Semitic/ Revealed and related topics. The word Semitic refers to the race of the son of Prophet Noah (A.S) or the areas where this race was spread and grew. Semitic Religions consists of; Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In this study, Biblometric approach is adopted with mix method approach. Total 393 theses of Islamic Studies on Semitic Religions are compiled and statistically evaluated in this paper. The study concludes that a good deal of literature and dissertations are available in Pakistani universities on Comparative Religions and Interfaith Studies. It is recommended that contents of theses should be analyzed for improvement of the Study of Religions in Pakistan
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Borges, Francisco, and Javier Benayas. "Research in EE and ESD in Portuguese public universities." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 20, no. 1 (2019): 57–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-05-2018-0091.
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Purpose This paper aims to outline the scientific production in Portuguese universities in environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). It takes doctoral theses presented in public universities as reference, assuming that, in Higher Education, the production of doctoral theses is a key beacon of the scientific development in academic fields of knowledge. Design/methodology/approach The theses selected were subject to documentary and content analyses. Findings The results allow the identification of research trends and the recognition of detached aspects, such as the influence of the UN Decade of ESD in the research themes and the clear preponderance of a qualitative-led research tradition. Originality/value This paper provides an original and extensive review of PhD studies on EE and ESD in Portuguese public universities.
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Malik, Shahab Alam, and Shujah Alam Malik. "Graduate school supervisees’ relationships with their academic mentors." Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 7, no. 2 (2015): 211–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jarhe-07-2013-0032.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to observe different aspects of working relationships between supervisees/mentees with their academic supervisors/mentors from the mentees’ perspective. Respondents were asked about networking, instrumental, psychological help received from their mentors and their working relationships with their mentors. Design/methodology/approach – A descriptive study was carried out in the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, a public university of Pakistan. Data were collected from its main campus of Islamabad only, the capital of Pakistan. Respondents were Master of Science (MS) and PhD level students actively engaged in research projects/theses with their mentors. A final sample of 104 respondents was used for data analysis, comprising of 65 MS and 39 PhD students, from six departments offering graduate programs. Descriptive analysis was mainly used here to observe mean differences (ANOVA) based on control variables of supervisees gender, academic program, supervisor designation, gender and selection. Findings – Major significant mean scores differences were observed between supervisees who selected supervisors themselves and those who were assigned supervisors by the concerned department. In academic programs (MS vs PhD), some significant differences in instrumental and psychological help were observed, whereas no significant differences were found on gender basis (both supervisees and supervisors), supervisor designation and supervisees’ category (full-time, part-time and faculty on leave). Originality/value – This study endeavored to observe relationships between supervisees and their supervisors in an academic environment using descriptive analysis. No such particular research in literature has been made earlier on national level and thus this study tries to fill that gap. This research’s outcomes can be useful to all the concerned parties i.e. the mentor, supervisees and the graduate school. Mentors can assess how supervisees rate the supervision style and contribution. Supervisees can benefit from the experiences of their fellows and the graduate schools can assess which aspects of relationship matter most to the supervisees at different levels.
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Mahmoud, Salameh Saleem. "Investigating the English Language Structural and Rhetorical Needs of Engineering Students at King Abdul-Aziz University." Journal of Education and Training 4, no. 1 (2017): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jet.v4i1.10426.
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This study aims at investigating the English language structural and rhetorical needs of engineering students at King Abdul-Aziz University. The instrumentation of the study is a triangulation of: a detailed analysis of the engineering students’ final and most important documents (assignments, senior projects, MS theses and PhD dissertations) in terms of the common grammar and rhetorical mistakes, semi-structured interviews with instructors in the faculty of engineering especially those teaching (X499) (a course in which graduate students develop their senior proposals), and a questionnaire based on previous literature about engineering students' structural and rhetorical needs to be filled by engineering students taking X499. The findings of the study revealed that there are many common mistakes frequently repeated by students in their writings. These findings were confirmed by the interviews with the professors teaching 499 and the results of the questionnaire. The study concluded with a recommendation that all the common mistakes in students' documents, instructors' suggestions and the common structural and rhetorical needs resulted from the questionnaire should be included in a well- designed motivating syllabus to be taught for engineering students.
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Jimenez, Adelina, Claudina Villarreal, Ruben Alfredo Toscano, et al. "Limonoids from Swietenia humilis and Guarea grandiflora (Meliaceae)Taken in part from the PhD and MS theses of C. Villarreal and M. A. Jiménez, respectively." Phytochemistry 49, no. 7 (1998): 1981–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9422(98)00364-1.
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Thompson, Donna, and Carolyn Grant. "Cooperative Community Opportunities and the ADS." EPJ Web of Conferences 186 (2018): 12014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818612014.
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The ADS is used daily by the astronomy community and benefits from the cooperative nature of our contributors. In this poster we will outline some of the ways that the library community can continue to contribute to this resource. As online publishing trends continue to evolve, conference proceedings and presentations, PhD theses and other digital artifacts are being deposited to research data repositories such as Zenodo or Dataverse. We will describe the process that ADS follows to include relevant collections from such repositories when properly curated by librarians or researchers. In addition, while most of what we receive is vetted before it gets to us, we sometimes find ourselves in the position of having to determine whether or not an article, proceeding or other submission is refereed. ADS has guidelines on how we determine this but sometimes the lines are not so clear and sometimes the arguments on both sides are compelling. The process that we follow will be outlined and we would appreciate feedback on this topic. Finally, given the expertise of librarians in their field and within their organization, the ADS encourages librarians to consider submitting curated institutional bibliographies for inclusion in the ADS.
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Leidolf, Andreas, and John A. Bissonette. "The effects of fire on avian communities: spatio-temporal attributes of the literature 1912 - 2003." International Journal of Wildland Fire 18, no. 5 (2009): 609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf08019.
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We reviewed the temporal, geographic, and biogeographic distribution, as well as relevant research and publication attributes, of 512 documents addressing the effects of fire on avian communities, to provide an assessment of the scope of this literature and recommendations for future research. We summarized relevant attributes of all documents to identify patterns that were then tested against appropriate null models. Most documents reported on original research, with the literature evenly divided between studies investigating controlled fire and those reporting on uncontrolled wildfires. Conceptual reviews made up the second largest category; methodological reviews, bibliographies, and meta-analyses were rare. Although the literature examined spans nearly a century, most documents were published within the last 15 years, with new literature being added at an increasing rate. However, increases seem to be skewed towards original research at the expense of synthesis. An overwhelming majority of documents were published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and in English. Other important publication outlets included MS and PhD theses and conference proceedings. The spatial distribution of documents by continent and biogeographic domain and division differed significantly from expectations based on land area. Future research on avian community response to fire should focus on (1) continued synthesis, emphasizing methodological reviews, bibliographies, and North America; (2) increasing research efforts in areas currently underrepresented in the literature, including Africa, Asia, and South and Central America; and (3) meta-analyses.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Trends in MS theses and PhD"
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Ugur, Erdogmus Feray. "Research Trends In Ceit Ms And Phd. Theses In Turkey: A Content Analysis." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610394/index.pdf.
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The main aim of this study is to look for trends in the instructional technology field in Turkey and to visualize general tendencies in the field in research topics, research types, and methodologies. Content analysis research design was used in this study. In this study, the unit of analysis was MS theses and PhD. theses published in instructional technology departments in Turkey, and the researcher aimed to analyze all of the population. Hence, 215 MS theses and 32 PhD. theses were analyzed in this study.
The data were categorized according to characteristics of the MS theses and PhD. theses (author, university, advisor, and publication year), research topics, research methods, sample type, sample size, data collection methods and research settings. These categories were statistically analyzed. In these statistical analyses both frequencies of these categories and fluctuations of these categories in time were analyzed.
The findings of the study indicated that most of the MS theses were published in the Middle East Technical University and most of the dissertations were published in Ankara University. In addition to this, most of the MS theses and PhD. theses used quantitative research methods, and experimental studies were the most popular type. Not surprisingly, the study results revealed that convenient sampling was the most preferred sampling method and most of the studies used 31 &ndash<br>100 subjects in their samples. Moreover, questionnaires, aptitude tests and interview schedules were the most common data gathering instruments used, and higher education was the most preferred research environment for the studies analyzed. Finally, most of the MS theses and PhD. theses focused on delivery system media formats, comparison studies and learner variables.
Book chapters on the topic "Trends in MS theses and PhD"
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Naseehath S. "ShodhGangotri." In Advances in Library and Information Science. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2201-1.ch015.
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ShodhGangotri is an open access repository of Indian research in progress which is a new initiative that complements ShodhGanga – the reservoir of Indian theses. ShodhGangotri hosts electronic version of approved synopses and research proposals submitted to the universities in India by research scholars for registering themselves for the PhD programme and reveals the trends and directions of ongoing research in India and helps to avoid duplication of research. This chapter examines the current status of ShodhGangotri in different aspects namely universities, issue date, discipline, and state. University-wise analysis shows that 48% of the total number of synopses is submitted by Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, 8.9% by Swami Ramanand Teerth Marthwada University, 8.7% by Dayalbagh Educational Institute, and 5.7% by Mahatma Gandhi University, and they occupy 1 to 4 positions, respectively. The chapter concludes with a suggestion that all universities and research institutions should make it mandatory to submit approved synopses and research proposals at the time of their PhD registration to make it experience the pulse of ongoing Indian research.
Conference papers on the topic "Trends in MS theses and PhD"
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Suarez-Rivera, Roberto, Rohit Panse, Javad Sovizi, et al. "Multi-Well Pressure History Matching in Delaware Play Helps Optimizing Fracturing for Subsequent Pads." In SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/204162-ms.
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Abstract Predicting fracture behavior is important for well placement design and for optimizing multi-well development production. This requires the use of fracturing models that are calibrated to represent field measurements. However, because hydraulic fracture models include complex physics and uncertainties and have many variables defining these, the problem of calibrating modeling results with field responses is ill-posed. There are more model variables than can be changed than field observations to constrain these. It is always possible to find a calibrated model that reproduces the field data. However, the model is not unique and multiple matching solutions exist. The objective and scope of this work is to define a workflow for constraining these solutions and obtaining a more representative model for forecasting and optimization. We used field data from a multi-pad project in the Delaware play, with actual pump schedules, frac sequence, and time delays as used in the field, for all stages and all wells. We constructed a hydraulic fracturing model using high-confidence rock properties data and calibrated the model to field stimulation treatment data varying the two model variables with highest uncertainty: tectonic strain and average leak-off coefficient, while keeping all other model variables fixed. By reducing the number of adjusting model variables for calibration, we significantly lower the potential for over-fitting. Using an ultra-fast hydraulic fracturing simulator, we solved a global optimization problem to minimize the mismatch between the ISIPs and treatment pressures measured in the field and simulated by the model, for all the stages and all wells. This workflow helps us match the dominant ISIP trends in the field data and delivers higher confidence predictions in the regional stress. However, the uncertainty in the fracture geometry is still large. We also compared these results with traditional workflows that rely on selecting representative stages for calibration to field data. Results show that our workflow defines a better global optimum that best represents the behavior of all stages on all wells, and allows us to provide higher-confidence predictions of fracturing results for subsequent pads. We then used this higher confidence model to conduct sensitivity analysis for improving the well placement in subsequent pads and compared the results of the model predictions with the actual pad results.
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Levon, Taylor, Kit Clemons, Ben Zapp, and Tim Foltz. "A Multi-Disciplinary Approach for Well Spacing and Treatment Design Optimization in the Midland Basin Using Lateral Pore Pressure Estimation and Depletion Modeling." In SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/204195-ms.
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Abstract With a recent trend in increased infill well development in the Midland basin and other unconventional plays, it has been shown that depletion has a significant impact on hydraulic fracture propagation. This is largely because production drawdown causes in-situ stress changes, resulting in asymmetric fracture growth toward the depleted regions. In turn, this can have a negative impact on production capacity. For the initial part of this study, an infill child well was drilled and completed adjacent to a parent well that had been producing for two years. Due to drilling difficulties, the child well was steered to a new target zone located 125 feet above the original target. However, relative to the original target, treatment data from the new zone indicated abnormal treatment responses leading to a study to evaluate the source of these variations and subsequent mitigation. The initial study was conducted using a pore pressure estimation derived from drill bit geomechanics data to investigate depletion effects on the infill child well. The pore pressure results were compared to the child well treatment responses and bottom hole pressure measurements in the parent well. Following the initial study, additional hydraulic fracture modeling studies were conducted on a separate pad to investigate depletion around the infill wells, determine optimal well spacing for future wells given the level of depletion, and optimize treatment designs for future wells in similar depletion scenarios. A depletion model workflow was implemented based on integrating hydraulic fracture modeling and reservoir analytics for future infill pad development. The geomechanical properties were calibrated by DFIT results and pressure matching of the parent well treatments for the in-situ virgin conditions. Parent well fracture geometries were used in an RTA for an analytical approach of estimating drainage area of the parent wells. These were then applied to a depletion profile in the hydraulic fracture model for well spacing analysis and treatment design sensitivities. Results of the initial study indicated that stages in the new, higher interval had higher breakdown pressures than the lower interval. Additionally, the child well drilled in the lower interval had normal breakdown pressures in line with the parent well treatments. This suggests that treatment differences in the wells were ultimately due to depletion of the offset parent well. Based on the modeling efforts, optimal infill well spacing was determined based on the on-production time of the parent wells. The optimal treatment designs were also determined under the same conditions to minimize offset frac hits and unnecessary completion costs. This case study presents the use of a multi-disciplinary approach for well spacing and treatment optimization. The integration of a novel method of estimating pore pressure and depletion modeling workflows were used in an inventive way to understand depletion effects on future development.
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Zhai, Zongyu, Ernesto Fonseca, Ali Azad, and Barbara Cox. "A New Tool for Multi-Cluster & Multi-Well Hydraulic Fracture Modeling." In SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference. SPE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/spe-173367-ms.
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Abstract Unconventional gas and tight oil reservoirs require cost-effective fracturing technologies to optimize cost versus productivity and ensure viable commercial development. Horizontal wells together with completion techniques to initiate transverse fractures have been the key to unlocking these vast resources. Variables in the completion design for fracture stimulation in a horizontal well include injection rate, fluid properties, solid loading, well spacing, cluster spacing, and the sequence and timing of pumping stages between wells in a multi-well pad. An optimized design is critical to improve hydrocarbon production and to reduce the cost. However in current practice, multi-cluster and multi-well design is primarily based on progressive experience and is typically of standardized design in a given area (e.g. the clusters and wells are evenly distributed). This is due in part by the limitations of existing hydraulic fracturing simulators, including: 1. An assumption of planar fractures; 2. Fracture interference within and among stages and adjacent wells is ignored; and 3. Numerical instability when modeling systems with large dimensionless toughness e.g. slick water injection into high-toughness rock. This paper describes an emerging non-planar 3D fracturing software package with the capability to simulate interference between hydraulic fractures propagating from multiple clusters and multiple wells. Thus, both simultaneous and sequential multiple fracture propagation can be modeled. Furthermore, numerical instability with large dimensionless toughness is solved and makes it possible to predict the fracture geometry equally well for slick water fluids. The case study in this paper shows how fracture interference and proppant distribution occurs within a stage as well as between well and stages. The simulated fracture patterns can be matched with field microseismic data and the simulated pressure trend is in agreement with field operational data. Using this approach, multi-cluster and multi-well designs can be optimized in a manner not previously possible.