Why Does Romania Have a Negative Selection in Parliamentary Elections? An Analysis of the Recruitment and Selection System During the Last Three Legislative Terms by Ioana MUNTEAN, Marian PREDA

“…Romanian MPs complete their education, most frequently technical, with MA or PhD degrees. Some get a second BA in fields complementary to their activity in Parliament – such as political, administrative or social sciences. …”
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Social Vitality from the Perspective of Psychologists by Narges Pourtaleb, Behnaz MousavianAlenjagh, Somayyeh Ghanizadeh, Shirin Dilmaghani

“…Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 16 psychologists with PhD degrees and at least five years of teaching experience in the academic level. …”
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Writing scientific thesis/dissertation in biology field: Deviation in introduction context writing by Huda D Salman, Nahi Y Yaseen

“…Postgraduate students in the field of biology in Iraqi Universities must write and present a thesis or a dissertation as a partial fulfilment of the requirements to obtain their MSc or PhD degrees. Introduction chapter, in these thesis or dissertation, must be written clearly and aims to justify the significance of the research working and to link the work to other previous research. …”
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Educational scholarship and Ph.D. curriculum of medical education in Iran: A serious critique and a proposal by Eshagh Moradi

“…Medical education as a discipline currently accepts students with two M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Iran. This Ph.D. course was approved by the Curriculum Council Committee in Medical Sciences in 1386 AH (2016 AD). …”
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Investigating University EFL Teachers’ Perception, Practice, and Challenges in Self-Initiated Professional Development by Mitiku Garedew Tessema, Girma Gezahegn Belihu

“…The participants consisted of 35 EFL instructors with 12 holding PhD degrees and the remaining 23 holding MA degrees at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University. …”
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Monte carlo techniques in radiation therapy / by Seco,Joao, Verhaegen, Frank

“…Since then they have gained enormous popularity, judging by the number of papers published and PhD degrees obtained on the topic. Calculation power has always been an issue, so initially only simple problems could be addressed. …”

The Role of Childhood Traumatic Experiences, Attachment Styles, and Metacognitive Beliefs in Predicting Symptoms of Illness Anxiety Disorder among Students of University of Tabriz... by Touraj Hashemi Nosrat Abad, ‪Majid Mahmoud Alilou, Zahra Yousefi Kalekhaneh

“…In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 395 students (71 male, 324 female) of the University of Tabriz with associate, bachelor, master, and Ph.D. degrees were selected through the available sampling method. …”
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Orthodontics in the oral health care network of the Unified Health System (SUS) by Fábio Carneiro MARTINS, Brunna Rodrigues Machado dos SANTOS, Edgard Michel CROSATO, Maria Clara Lembro TEIXEIRA, Mariana GABRIEL, Maria Ercília de ARAÚJO, Paulo Savio Angeiras de GOES, Fernanda Campos de Almeida CARRER

“…Regarding human resources, most professionals were specialists or had MSc or PhD degrees; were civil servants; had been hired by direct administration; or had been hired via public tender. …”
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541 A Framework for Multicultural and Multidisciplinary Near-Peer Mentoring for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Education: A University of Florida Friend Group by Daniel Andrew Lichlyter, Myles Joshua T. Tan, Alfredo B. Satriya, Weston J. Schrock, Shaira L. Kee, Michael Aaron G. Sy, Mayra B. Silva, Trevor L. Schrock

“…METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Our group of eight friends comprise a multicultural and multidisciplinary cohort including students from the USA, Philippines, Indonesia, and Guatemala pursuing PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering, epidemiology, physics, and MD, PharmD, and DMD degrees. …”
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The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on smoking habits and lifestyle: A cross‐sectional study by Almu'atasim Khamees, Sajeda Awadi, Shireen Rawashdeh, Muna Talafha, Mai Alzoubi, Walaa Almdallal, Sharaf al‐Eitan, Ahmad Saeed, Raed M. Al‐Zoubi, Mazhar Salim Al‐Zoubi

“…Smoking was significantly more common among respondents who were older than 18 years old, married, held master's and PhD degrees, and working in non‐health‐related fields (p < 0.0001). …”
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Factors affecting the use of long term and permanent contraceptive methods: a Facebook-focused cross-sectional study by Naser Al-Husban, Dalia Kaadan, Jude Foudeh, Tara Ghazi, Yumen Sijari, Maher Maaita

“…Women who completed only high school level of education underwent tubal ligation significantly more than those with university (Bachelor) and post-university (Master or PhD) degrees (p < 0.0001 and 0.026, respectively). Only 1.83% of women's partners underwent vasectomy, the majority of these vasectomies (72.0%) were done because of the need for lifelong contraception. …”
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COVID-19 incidence, severity, medication use, and vaccination among dentists: survey during the second wave in Brazil by Rafael R MORAES, Marcos B CORREA, Paulo R MARTINS-FILHO, Giana S LIMA, Flavio F DEMARCO

“…The prevalence of use of controversial substances was 30% higher among dentists with residency or advanced training, such as postgraduate degrees, in comparison with participants holding MSc or PhD degrees. Participants with low confidence in vaccines were 2.1 times more likely to use controversial substances than participants with a very high confidence. …”
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The Purpose of a PhD in Engineering: Where Does Teaching Fit In? by Natascha Trellinger Buswell

“…Almost all professors in the US earn their doctorate degrees at doctoral universities with the highest research activity (R1), given that those institutions are the ones that confer PhD degrees; however, there exists a misalignment between earning a PhD at an R1 institution and preparing for a faculty career at a more teaching-focused institution (non-R1). …”
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Gender Representation Among Academic US Radiation Oncology Department Chairs: Who are They? by Kristin Hsieh, MD, Julie R. Bloom, MD, Brianna M. Jones, MD, Celina Hsieh, MD, Ali Hassan, BS, Anthony D. Nehlsen, MD, Lucas Resende Salgado, MD, Karyn A. Goodman, MD, MS, Sheryl Green, MBBCh, Jared P. Rowley, MD, Kunal K. Sindhu, MD

“…Seventy-six chairpersons (95.0%) are full professors, and 19 (23.8%) hold dual MD PhD degrees. Thirty-two chairpersons (40.0%) hold an official leadership role in a cancer center affiliated with their current institution (43.7% of men vs 11.1% of women; P = .08). …”
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Physician-scientist: Attitude of Graduates of Clinical Medicine Graduate Schools by Ken N. Kuo, Tsann-Long Hwang, Pei-Jer Chen

“…One hundred and forty-seven (54.9%) respondents had PhD degrees and 98 had Master's degrees (36.5%) while 23 had both degrees (8.6%). …”
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Genetics and Genomics Teaching in Nursing Programs in a Latin American Country by Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior, Emiliana Bomfim, Milena Flória-Santos

“…Overall, a higher number of participants with both master’s and Ph.D. degrees significantly agreed with competencies C2, C4, which refer to incorporating genetic and genomic technologies and information into registered nurse practice, and C5—demonstrating in practice the importance of tailoring genetic and genomic information and services to clients based on their culture, religion, knowledge level, literacy, and preferred language, when compared to those with Ph.D. only, and those with a master’s degree only (χ² = 8.73, <i>p</i> = 0.033; χ² = 8.61, <i>p</i> = 0.033; χ² = 8.61, <i>p</i> = 0.033, respectively). …”
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Blood donation in China from 2017 to 2021: A cross-sectional study by Jing Wang, Xinyao Pan, Jing Zhou, Ling Wang

“…Univariate analysis showed significant relationships between being a blood donor and being aged 30 or above ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]), being a doctor ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]), having Ph.D. degrees ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]), or being familiar with blood donation policy ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]). …”
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Factors That Determine Completion Rates of Biomedical Students in a PhD Programme by Benjamin Benzon, Katarina Vukojevic, Natalija Filipovic, Snježana Tomić, Merica Glavina Durdov

“…Based on these, the policies and structure of academic programmes granting PhD degrees in biomedicine might be improved. Literature review (State of the art): At the present moment, most European and all of the EU doctoral education systems in biomedicine are regulated by the Salzburg principles of the Bologna process. …”
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Pattern and perception of wellbeing, quality of work life and quality of care of health professionals in Southwest Nigeria by Oluwagbohunmi A. Awosoga, Nse A. Odunaiya, Olufemi O. Oyewole, Michael O. Ogunlana, Chidozie E. Mbada, Ogochukwu K. Onyeso, Opeyemi M. Adegoke, Ayomikun F. Ayodeji, Adesola C. Odole

“…Participants with master's or Ph.D. degrees reported improved QoWL while those with diploma reported better QoC. …”
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Requirements and criteria for the identification of research universities status in Ukraine by S.A. Tulchinskaya

“…It is an established fact that the main specific features of the research university are the following: 1) big numbers of students, receiving master's and PhD degrees; 2) deep involvement of the university departments and divisions to the research activity; 3) a high training level of graduates; 4) interconnection of education and research at all levels of the educational process; 5) an established relationships with external contractors, regional and local authorities, business; 6) university international research activity, its integration with the global scientific community; 7) a high level of «academic influence» of the university at the region and state level. …”
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