The Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation Proposal

A Comparative Study of the Defense of Nursing PhD Thesis in Iran and Top United States Universities

Background : The most important event in the doctoral course is the completion and defense of the dissertation, which leads to learning and improving the necessary skills to conduct research and improve performance in the field. Evaluating a doctoral dissertation defense program helps to identify the strengths and weaknesses of this process. Therefore, this comparative study has investigated th...

Identifying the guiding approaches of doctoral dissertations and examining the current and desirable situation from the perspective of Isfahan University students

Thesis and dissertation is one of the most important components of the higher education system and its accurate implementation leads to the increase and development of scientific production in any country. The doctoral dissertation can be examined from various aspects, one of which is to pay attention to the guidance approach and do it. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the ap...

Textual Engagement of Native English Speakers in Doctoral Dissertation Discussion Sections

Academic writing is no longer considered an objective and impersonal form of discourse. It is now seen as an attempt involving interaction between writers and readers; hence, academics are not only required to produce texts representing external realities but also to use language to recognize, build, and exchange social relations. The present study aimed to analyze how native English speakers, ...

Multi Channel Strategies: Strategy Formation and Web Channel Imple- mentation Doctoral Dissertation Proposal

Proposal Genetic Programming Based Tools for Nonlinear Systems Identification

The Doctoral Consortium of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control was held on April 11, 2010, in Chicago, USA. The objective of this Doctoral Consortium is to provide an opportunity for the Ph.D. students to discuss their dissertation research topics, research plans, and research methodologies with peers in the community, and use such feedbacks and suggestions...