Doctoral Dissertation Topics in Education: Do They Align with Critical Issues?

CRITICAL PHENOMENA IN CREEP AND DAMAGE Doctoral Dissertation

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 11000, FI-00076 AALTO http://www.aalto.fi Author Jari Rosti Name of the dissertation Manuscript submitted 26.8.2010 Manuscript revised 26.10.2010 Date of the defence 27.11.2010 Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Monograph Faculty Department Field of research Opponent(s) Supervisor Instructor Abst...

Doctoral Dissertation

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Doctoral Dissertation

The construction of a low-cost and reliable array antenna system is required to facilitate the practical use of the adaptive antenna in the mobile communication field. The array antenna system can be verified by DOA (Direction of Arrival) estimation. This dissertation describes the attempt to achieve a high-precision adaptive antenna and the examination of this device, which suppresses the numb...

Issues and challenges in international doctoral education in nursing.

Education is a driving force in improving the health and welfare of communities globally. Doctoral education of nurses has been identified as a critical factor for provision of leadership in practice, scholarship, research, policy and education. Since the genesis of doctoral education in nursing in the USA in the 1930s, this movement has burgeoned to over 273 doctoral programs in over 30 countr...

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