Undergraduate and Graduate Communication Sciences and Disorders Students׳ Views regarding the Pursuit of a Doctorate of Philosophy Degree by Danielle R. Osmelak

“…Purpose: There is a recognized shortage of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) professionals who hold a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in the field of CSD. The purpose of this study was to explore CSD students׳ views towards pursuing a PhD and to investigate the relationship between CSD students׳ exposure to research and their views regarding the pursuit of a PhD in order to understand and generate possible solutions to the PhD shortage. …”
Get full text

The Molecular Medicine PhD program alumni perceptions of career preparedness. by Valerie Chepp, Claire Baker, Sarah Kostiha, Jonathan D Smith

“…Overall, graduates felt the MolMed curriculum prepared them well for their current career (mean 3.4 out a 4-point Likert scale); and, knowing what they know now, they would likely pursue a PhD degree again (mean 3.7 out of 4). Four overarching themes emerged from the content analysis of the narrative survey data: curriculum and other training experiences; professional skills; importance of a strong advisor/mentor; and, networking and career development. …”
Get full text

Nurses' neglected capacity for controlling chronic diseases by Reza Negarandeh, Fatemeh Bakhshi

“…Now, Iran has lots of graduated nurses from bachelor to Ph.D. degree that is well-educated in preventive and community-based care. …”
Get full text

Awake responses suggest inefficient dense coding in the mouse retina by Tom Boissonnet, Matteo Tripodi, Hiroki Asari

Get full text

The cryo-EM structure of a 12-subunit variant of RNA polymerase I reveals dissociation of the A49-A34.5 heterodimer and rearrangement of subunit A12.2 by Lucas Tafur, Yashar Sadian, Jonas Hanske, Rene Wetzel, Felix Weis, Christoph W Müller

Get full text

Are they publishing? A descriptive cross-sectional profile and bibliometric analysis of the journal publication productivity of Italian physiotherapists by Stefano Vercelli, Elisa Ravizzotti, Matteo Paci

“…This study aimed to provide point prevalence of Italian physiotherapists who are academics, holding a PhD degree, or being authors of scientific papers. The scientific journal productivity of physiotherapists was also thoroughly analyzed. …”
Get full text

Fault Detection and Fault Tolerant Control for Anti-lock Braking Systems )ABS) Speed Sensors by Using Neural Networks by Ayad Abdulkareem, Abdulrahim Humod, Oday Ahmed

Get full text

BOOK REVIEW: Geacu Sorin, „Raul Călinescu – fondatorul biogeografiei româneşti”, Editura Curtea Veche, Bucureşti, 2019, 333 p. by Dumitru MURARIU

“…Doctor Sorin Geacu, a devoted biogeographer, with PhD degree acquired in both Geography and Biology, senior researcher in the Institute of Geography of the Romanian Academy and a unique researcher and explorer of libraries and archives, provides us with impressive documentation on the life and scientific career of prof. dr. …”
Get full text

Glycolysis is reduced in dengue virus 2 infected liver cells by Chanida Chumchanchira, Suwipa Ramphan, Wannapa Sornjai, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Pathrapol Lithanatudom, Duncan R. Smith

Get full text

Identifying and Prioritizing Organizational Entrepreneurship Strategies Affecting Creativity and Perceptions of Students' Abilities in Iranshahr by esa dehani, abdolmohamad taheri, alireza ghasemizad

Get full text

A Contributory Study into the Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the Academic Authority Questionnaire among Faculty Members by Nasrin Dabirian, Akram Ranjbar, Manochehr Karami, Farzaneh Fazli, Naser Kamyari

“…It is of note that 125 (61%) units were male and 170 (82.8%) had a PhD degree. The mean age of the samples was 43.7 with a standard deviation of ±8.1. …”
Get full text

Multitarget-Based Virtual Screening for Identification of Herbal Substances toward Potential Osteoclastic Targets by Siripat Chaichit, Pathomwat Wongrattanakamon, Busaban Sirithunyalug, Piyarat Nimmanpipug, Supat Jiranusornkul

Get full text

Decoupling from yolk sac is required for extraembryonic tissue spreading in the scuttle fly Megaselia abdita by Francesca Caroti, Everardo González Avalos, Viola Noeske, Paula González Avalos, Dimitri Kromm, Maike Wosch, Lucas Schütz, Lars Hufnagel, Steffen Lemke

Get full text

APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF NEW INFORMATION OPERATORS IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES by Олеся Петрівна Нечуйвітер

“…In view of this it is important to acquaint young scientists with modern trends in mathematical modeling during their training for PhD degree, in particular. The development of information technology has contributed to the emergence of new approaches to obtaining, processing and analyzing information in scientific research. …”
Get full text

A 2D-proteomic analysis identifies proteins differentially regulated by two different dengue virus serotypes by Chanida Chumchanchira, Suwipa Ramphan, Atchara Paemanee, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Pathrapol Lithanatudom, Duncan R. Smith

Get full text

Une première approche de la reconstruction des principaux pôles internationaux de formation des scientifiques mexicains à partir de 1960 by Rocío Grediaga Kuri, Estela Maldonado Pérez

“…Using the National System of Researchers (SNI) data base, we had reconstructed the formative processes of the SNI’s members, especially locating institutions and countries where they had obtained their PhD degree. After analyzing inflexions in public policy measures, we established three different periods to see potential changes in reference poles during time: 1) before 1984, date of implementation of SNI, which has been a major change in scientific economic and status reward system; 2) between 1985 and 1996, period characterized by a generalization of academic’s merit pay programs within the higher education public institutions; 3) 1996 to date, when the Mexican government via the Education Ministry (SEP) and the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) have given additional resources to improve degrees of the academics in Mexico. …”
Get full text

Responding to the Indeterminacy of Doctoral Research in Design by Meredith Davis, Luke Feast, Jodi Forlizzi, Ken Friedman, Ali Ilhan, Wendy Ju, Gerd Kortuem, Maria Hellström Reimer, Carlos Teixeira

“…Internationally, “contributions to knowledge” under the PhD degree title range from evidence-based investigations documented in a dissertation to personal reflections on making artifacts. …”
Get full text

A comparison of doctoral training in biomedicine and medicine for some UK and Scandinavian graduate programmes: learning from each other by Anwen Williams, Meriel G. Jones, Roland Jonsson, Robert A. Harris, Michael J. Mulvany

“…Although the historical bases for graduate training in the United Kingdom (UK) and Scandinavia both stem from the original concept developed by von Humboldt, and both award a ‘PhD degree', their paths have diverged. There are thus significant differences in the manner in which graduate training is organised. …”
Get full text

BOOK REVIEW: Geacu Sorin, „Raul Călinescu – fondatorul biogeografiei româneşti”, Editura Curtea Veche, Bucureşti, 2019, 333 p. by Dumitru MURARIU

“…Doctor Sorin Geacu, a devoted biogeographer, with PhD degree acquired in both Geography and Biology, senior researcher in the Institute of Geography of the Romanian Academy and a unique researcher and explorer of libraries and archives, provides us with impressive documentation on the life and scientific career of prof. dr. …”
Get full text

Application of new synthetic methodologies to access 2,6-anti-tetrahydropyrans : towards the total synthesis of apicularen A by Chua, Sin Siu

“…This dissertation is intended to be a comprehensive research progress report of my pursuit towards a PhD degree in Chemistry at Nanyang Technology University under the tutelage of Dr. …”
Get full text