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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"doctoral studies"”.
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The Multiple Roles of Women Pursuing Doctoral Studies
… they perform in life and work while pursuing doctoral studies. Forty-four women educational administrators enrolled in Virginia Tech's fall 1996 dissertation seminar were selected to participate in a telephone interview. Each participant's responses were recorded and transcribed. Data were …
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Mass Spectrometric Interrogation of Thioester-Bound Intermediates on Nonribosomal Peptide and Polyketide Assembly Lines
… at interdisciplinary boundaries. The doctoral studies presented here have furthered the understanding of the biosynthesis of key natural products produced by NRPSs and PKSs. Valuable information has been attained by intersecting interests in pharmacognosy with enzymology and by pushing …
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Identity positioning of doctoral students in networked learning environments
… various social contexts. The descriptions of doctoral experiences of identity positioning in networked learning environments is the focus of this thesis. I set out to examine to what extent doctoral students in two NL programs experience identity positioning; how they describe this process; …
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The Administrative Preparation of Music Department Chairs in NASM-Accredited Programs.
… was to investigate demographic variables and doctoral coursework of music department chairs from NASM-accredited programs and compare these to administrative preparation. The researcher used a questionnaire that assessed administrative preparation on a Likert scale from Very Unprepared to Very …
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Essays on delegation and social norms
This thesis presents the results of my doctoral studies at Middlesex University London. It contains different papers related to Labour Markets and presents some results on production, delegation and dishonest behaviour. The first study compares how group size interacts with both constrained and …
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Recomendaciones para educar la afectividad en jóvenes universitarios con base en la estructura de la persona y el método de la experiencia de Juan Manuel Burgos
… the experience of J. M. Burgos to complete the doctoral studies in Leadership and Management of Higher Education Institutions at the University Anahuac Mexico. The objective of the research is to understand affectivity as an essential dimension of the person and the possibility of educating it …
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Essays on human capital
This thesis presents the results of my doctoral studies at Middlesex University. It contains three studies on human capital investment, education and cognitive abilities. The first study follows a macro approach and assesses the impact of various human capital measures on productivity. The main …
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Vliv fosforečnanů na mobilitu arzenu v kontaminovaných oblastech
… ICP-OES, or EPMA. The results obtained during my doctoral studies are presented in the form of three manuscripts. The first study explores the long-term impact of continuous input of relatively low phosphate discharged from a small- capacity wastewater treatment plant on arsenic mobility within a …
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A qualitative study of the self-reported beliefs and behaviors of graduates of three doctoral programs in adult education
… interviews with eight recent graduates of doctoral programs in adult education from each of three different universities (a total of twenty-four respondents). The question that was addressed by this study is: "What are the shared beliefs and behaviors of those who have completed doctoral …
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Lessons of a Public Consultation = Egy társadalmi konzultáció tanulságai
In parallel with my doctoral studies I started to work in the field of European development policy and policy communication. As I got more into depth in my doctoral research and in my professional life, the similarities underlying the practical and theoretical spheres became more and more obvious, …
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String field theory and tachyon dynamics
… this thesis we present some works done during my doctoral studies. These results focus on two directions. The first one is motivated by tachyon dynamics in open string theory. We calculate the stress tensors for the p-adic string model and for the pure tachyonic sector of open string field theory …
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Debugging the future: quality of life, academic success and student acceptability of assistive technology
… group is receiving support to pursue future doctoral studies. Participants provided self-report of their academic strengths and challenges, acceptability of AT, and quality of life. I offered participants multiple opportunities to learn about and engage in different types of AT. Types of AT …
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Composing Malaysian popular music for the Orchestra in the early 21st century
… I had composed, conducted and recorded during my doctoral study in London, I have selected four pieces to be included in the composition portfolio for discussion and analysis. Accounting for lived professional experience of more than 26 years in Malaysia, and connecting these experiences to the …
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A phylogenetic framework for large-scale analysis of microbial communities
… phylogenetic approach implemented during my doctoral studies. The aims of the work range from the high-quality visualization of large phylogenies to the reconstruction of phylogenetic trees at unprecedented scale and resolution. Large-scale and accurate phylogeny reconstruction is crucial in …
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Identification and Characterization of Novel CRISPR-Cas Immune Effectors
… upon sensing an infection in the cell. In my doctoral studies I have studied three proteins containing CARF domains fused to various other domains that are activated upon binding cOAs. The first protein I characterized, called cyclic oligoadenylate-activated membrane protein 1 (Cam1) contains …
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Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis - Entrepreneurial Finance in the EU27: State Interventions, Zombie Firms, and Sectoral Performance
… literature, I noticed a lack of empirical studies examining the impact of COVID-19 on the financial performance of companies across sectors. Given my strong quantitative orientation, I aimed to address this issue through corporates’ financial data analysis. During my doctoral studies, I had …
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Novel Memetic Computing Structures for Continuous Optimisation
This thesis studies a class of optimisation algorithms, namely Memetic Computing Structures, and proposes a novel set of promising algorithms that move the first step towards an implementation for the automatic generation of optimisation algorithms for continuous domains. This thesis after a …
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Developing a Theoretical Framework for Change Management Through Critical Reflection: A Mental Health Perspective
… the PhD through portfolio route to complete my doctoral studies, this portfolio offered a means of critical reflection on the importance of managing change in the context of three large scale projects in mental health development. In pursuit to develop a change management framework, frequently …
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Investigating the role of cell-autonomous ROS status in the regulation of hippocampal neural precursor cells in adult mice
… neurogenesis, are yet to be elucidated. In my doctoral studies, we identified redox regulation as a key pathway regulating the cellular state equilibrium. I further explored the role of cellular oxidative stress in the neurogenic course and in adaptive neurogenic responses. Our results show …
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Characterising Triflupromazine as a potential agent to treat glioblastoma multiforme
… the development of resistance in GBM. During my doctoral studies, I have taken forward a drug screen project aimed to identify small molecule inhibitors that sensitise glioma neural stem cells to cell death. My findings identified Triflupromazine, a brain-penetrant phenothiazine as a potent …
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