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This article traces publishing patterns in the Swedish humanities between 1840 and 1880; a period characterized by a new publishing regime yet bridging two dominant publication forms, the dissertation, and the disciplinary journal. Using the prominent historian Wilhelm Erik Svedelius as an entry point, the article charts how scholars in the humanities navigated the publishing landscape in a more diverse era in European historiography, before the advent of disciplinary platforms for research and boundary work. The article demonstrates that Svedelius and his contemporaries used a plethora – or smorgasbord – of formats and hybrid genres; learned journals, transactions, yearbooks, and commercial printers that together formed an ephemeral ecosystem shared across the humanities. In this pre- or semi-professional system, neither platforms nor formats were guarantors of epistemic value and forgotten genres such as printed speeches or biographies provided the opportunity to express scholarly tradecraft, evaluated by the community on the basis of their ‘scientific’ quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the factors contributing to the low utilization of quantitative research approaches among social work research students. A census sampling technique was employed to conduct a survey of 1268 students who had completed their final year research dissertations. The descriptive statistics revealed that 81% (n = 1022) of social work students employed qualitative research, 16% (n = 208) used mixed methods, and only 3% (n = 38) utilized quantitative approaches. A multiple linear regression analysis revealed factors that were statistically significant (ρ<.05) in predicting low utilization of quantitative approaches that include; the supervisor’s preference, the student’s secondary education, training in research methods, competency in statistics, methodological flexibility and suitability, resources constraints, professional assistance, and fear of failure. These findings prompt recommendations for social work training institutions to enhance their research capacity, adopt co-supervisions, advocate for quantitative research, and prioritize continuous research mentorship in statistical tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay argues for a connection between studying the history of geography as an academic discipline and the research experiences and knowledge productions of undergraduate geography students. The whereabouts of undergraduate dissertation research and the conceptions of what the field actually constitutes shapes geography students' perceptions of the discipline, and thus affects shifts in what future and novice practitioners see as geography, or geographical knowledge. When comparing the local educational versions of academic geography taught at one university to more traditional, perhaps canonical, narratives on the history of geography, it becomes obvious that although there are many similarities, the timelines between disciplinary trends and educational practices never fully match. • The social and educational contexts of geography departments are indispensable sources for the history of geography. • The whereabouts of undergraduate research and the conceptions of what the field actually constitutes shapes geography students' perceptions of the discipline. • These spatialities of dissertation research affect shifts in what novice practitioners see as geographical knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to investigate the graduate theses between the years of 2010 and 2022 about refugee children in Türkiye. In this regard, 157 theses that are accessible at the Council of Higher Education's Databases of the National Thesis Center were examined. The method of this research was case study, and content analyses were used. The theses included in the study have been analyzed concerning the years they were published, the kind of thesis, the research techniques, the purpose of the research, the sample size, the age, gender, and ethnicity of the sample, as well as the cities where the data was gathered. The findings of the research are presented in the tables in the form of percentages and frequencies. According to the results, it was seen that most postgraduate-level theses about refugee children were made in 2019. As a method, it was determined that the most qualitative research method was used. The aims of the research were examined in five categories: education, social cohesion, psychology, health, and others. When the ethnic identities of the study groups in these theses were examined, it was seen that most Syrians were present. As a result of the research, it was also determined that most of these were conducted for refugee children in İstanbul. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A bibliometric analysis was conducted over the bibliographies of chemistry and physics doctoral dissertations between 1970 and 2020 to ascertain what types of documents are cited, average ages of cited references and overall changes of dissertation references that have occurred with the advent of electronic resources. The study reviewed 50 dissertations for each discipline with 10 dissertations from each decade (n = 100). Results measured 12,065 total references and found that the median age of journals increased in both chemistry and physics, doubling from 2010 to 2020. Only a few dissertation studies have been done on a longitudinal base to evaluate changes in publication trends. Similarities between the two disciplines with increases in the percentages of journal articles and declines in the number of books, other dissertations, and material types are calculated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Yarn and spinning technology is a complex process that is a combination of raw materials, machinery, and automation technology where continuous improvements, researches and innovations run progressively. For the evolution of spinning technology, academic publications, postgraduate theses, and technological contributions of related shareholders must be considered as adherent supplements. Aim of this study is to examine the accomplished 236 postgraduate theses related to conventional and novel textile fibre types, staple spun/filament yarn technology and machinery, yarn types with structural and functional varieties, and modified spinning technologies in Turkish Universities. Moreover, it is aimed to reveal any trend in theses on yarn technology and the regional textile clusters in Türkiye. The methodology of the pursuit is a quantitative assessment where postgraduate level, thesis subject, year of thesis defence, and raw materials used in the theses are concerned. The findings showed that researchers focussed on conventional spinning systems and yarns in parallel with the spinning capacity and import potential of the country. Other extractions of the study are; classical ring system is mostly studied by the researchers, modern spinning technologies are included in many theses, reflections of global circumstances are distinguished in theses with keywords of manmade/recycled fibres, and blended yarns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to reveal the dissertations written in the Music Education Teaching Departments of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Fine Arts Education between 2014-2021 in Turkey. The study was planned as a qualitative method research and a case study was adopted. The data of the study were collected from the YOK National Thesis Center and a total of 132 dissertations were reached. The aforementioned data were analyzed by content analysis and interpreted by considering the themes of 'year, university, subjects, method, design and sample group'. The findings of the study showed that the majority of these theses were written in 2019; at Gazi University; on instrument education (violin education), adopted quantitative method and experimental design, and studied with pre-service music teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We conducted a content analysis of generic qualitative counseling dissertations (GQR; N = 70), examining their methodological justifications, coherence, and trustworthiness. Dissertations authors often presented vague methodological justifications. Findings have implications for constructing methodological justifications, integrating relevant literature, and awareness of how GQR compares to other qualitative methodologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study is a citation analysis of serials in postgraduate Theses and dissertations of library and information science of public universities in Southeast Nigeria submitted from 2013 to 2021. The study was guide by five research questions in line with the objectives of the study. The study employed a descriptive survey design with a sampled population of 296 derived through census method from four public universities offering library and information science. The principle instruments used in collecting data for this study were self-designed checklists. With the checklists, 12455 serials citations were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mode, mean and range and data presented in tables, charts and graphs using frequencies and percentile. The study found that the most cited serials types were journals with 76.5% citations followed by conference proceedings/reports with 20% and the least cited being government publication with only .5 citations. This affirms other citation analysis, which found that journals are the most frequently used type. It was further discovered that serials used were either in print or electronic form. The study also revealed that multi authorship is the most frequently cited author pattern in library graduates theses and dissertations, while annual serials citations range from 1034 to 2205. The study indicated that the average age of serials used was 0 - 20. The study recommended among other things that there should be documentation librarian in each university library whose duty should be tracking down research reports, ensuring proper documentations and upward delivery to the university library circulation unit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our study compares journal citations from dissertations granted at three universities (Penn State, Cornell, and Auburn) using a novel bibliometric approach: text mining. We first tested the validity of text mining as a method for collecting journal title mentions by comparing text mining results with human-tallied results on a set of dissertations. We then text mined a group of dissertations using a preexisting list of journal titles in order to count journal title mentions in combination with the number of dissertations citing each title. The combination of journal title mentions and number of citing dissertations created a ranking for comparison across institutions. Our study presents text mining as a reliable and less time-intensive option for certain types of bibliometric analyses and also shows the utility of a ranked score approach (CD rank) for making cross-institutional citation comparisons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the last ten years, the rate of valorisation of theses in general medicine (GM) has increased, particularly thanks to the creation of departments of GM. In Saint-Étienne, students are asked to write their thesis in article format and to submit it to a scientific journal. This study questioned the point of view of post-graduate MG students on this valorisation. They describe the valorisation as an added value of their work, which is acquired in the form of personal experience or by the dissemination of their writing to a more or less large audience depending on the subject. These ideas are often acquired in the course of the thesis work. The article format is well received, as it is reassuring with its already familiar writing codes. However, the editorial constraints it requires can sometimes be a source of difficulty. The importance of the thesis supervisor is also emphasised by the students. He or she is seen as a guide who will be able to accompany them through the process, thanks to his or her experience of the exercise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2008 Meier and Conkling first tested Google Scholar's coverage of the engineering literature against citations gathered from the Compendex database. Since that time, other studies have used the same methodology and found improvement in Google Scholar's coverage. This study uses engineering dissertations from Proquest Dissertations & Theses to create a data set of citations for the comparison of fee-based databases, Compendex and Scopus, against Google Scholar. From 1950 to 2017 Google Scholar outperformed both Compendex and Scopus in discoverability of citations in nine engineering subjects. These results have implications for collection management and information literacy program planning for librarians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The metadata of theses and dissertations are inserted in the repositories automatically or manually, in Dublin Core format, different from the one used by the libraries, generating duplicity of work. The objective is to compare the procedures of thematic treatment of theses and dissertations existing in the online catalogue and in the repository, through the analysis of subject metadata. An exploratory study was carried out with a case study on the use of vocabulary control in theses and dissertations metadata, with the institutional repository of São Paulo State University and the Athena online catalog of the same institution. The exploratory study had two stages: documentary study of the historical trajectory of treatment of theses and dissertations at university and analysis of procedures of thematic treatment of theses and dissertations in databases, by authors and catalogers. The analysis of thematic treatment procedures employed observation of functioning and of routines and patterns, for evaluation of vocabulary control in the analysis of subject metadata. The results obtained revealed that the vocabulary control is not done in the search interfaces for information retrieval and neither in the alphabetical list of keywords, which means lack of guidance to authors, regarding the assignment of descriptors. The analyses showed two thematic treatments, which results in different subject representations, in natural language, in the repository, and in controlled language, in the catalogue. Two proposals were elaborated for the thematic treatment in subject metadata of theses and dissertations in repositories and library catalogues. It is concluded that the proposals may be assisted by the elaboration of an indexing policy of the repository that foresees the sharing of data resulting from self-archiving of theses and dissertations with the catalogue and that can accept the attribution of controlled vocabulary descriptors, besides the attribution of keywords. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many young scientists are trained in research groups, yet little is known about how individual doctoral dissertations are carved out of collaborative research projects. This question is particularly pronounced in high-energy physics, where thousands of physicists share an experiment’s apparatus, data, and the authorship of publications. Based on qualitative interviews with researchers working at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, this paper analyses what makes a PhD dissertation ‘doable’ in this context. Describing the levels of work organisation, the challenges, and the actors involved in constructing ‘doable’ dissertations in collaborative research, I argue that doctoral dissertations are the emergent product of alignment work performed throughout the PhD. Individualisation is achieved by temporally, qualitatively and formally distinguishing dissertations from work on collective publications. I discuss how these processes shape the roles of students and advisors, and the content and value of dissertations in collaborative research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Microcredit is considered an important public policy to combat and alleviate poverty. The article undertook an integrative review of the literature on the subject, considering the period from 2013 to 2021, the term "microcredit" was searched in the Capes Catalog of Theses and Dissertations. Aiming to portray the methodological panorama of dissertations on microcredit produced in Brazil, the work answered the following questions: what are the main methodologies used in dissertations on microcredit produced in Brazil? Has the experimental method been used to evaluate microcredit programs in Brazil? From a sample of 100 dissertations, it was concluded that there is a great concentration in the use of the monographic method, used in 65% of the dissertations. The experimental method was not used in any of the analyzed dissertations, which demonstrates the great opportunity to innovate in the literature on the subject using this method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is a preliminary review of the Annotated Bibliography of Mindanao Studies, which is a four-volume compilation based on a one-year survey by members of the Mindanao Studies Consortium. It focuses on the PhD dissertations produced by Mindanao scholars or scholars of the island and argues that these 'local intelligentsia' play the role of 'discursive mediators' between the local communities and the outside academic, policy and civil society world. To the now-classic question posed by Gayatri Spivak, 'Can the Subaltern Speak?', the possible answer would be 'yes, but often through these mediators'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our study explores journal citations from 62 doctoral dissertations in rural sociology from 2004 to 2021 at The Pennsylvania State University. A citation analysis of 7,234 journal citations identified three ranked lists: number of citations (Cit Rank), number of dissertations citing the journal (Diss Rank), and the average combined rank of citation counts and dissertation counts (CD Rank). Our study identifies 31 journal titles based on Cit Rank and Diss Rank 43 unique titles across the three ranking methods. Analysis of variance between (CD Rank and Cit Rank) is 5.51 and (CD Rank and Diss Rank) is 4.77. The average difference in range between Cit Rank and Diss Rank is 9.4. Correlation between (Cit Rank and Diss Rank) using Kendall tau b is.538 and Spearman rho.734. Correlation between (CD Rank and Cit Rank) demonstrates a stronger correlation using Kendall tau b.796 and Spearman rho.934. Correlation between (CD Rank and Diss Rank) demonstrates a stronger correlation using Kendall tau b.757 and Spearman rho.911. In sum, there is a strong correlation between CD Rank and both Cit Rank and Diss Rank. Finally our study assesses our findings organizing them into the following categories: rural studies, sociology, agriculture, development, natural resources and environment, health, demography and geography, general social sciences. The core journal title list that our research has generated will help librarians better develop and manage their collections in support of rural sociology research. The journal title list also provides an excellent starting point for researchers exploring empirical research in rural sociology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author sought to understand the pattern of use of information resources by the university undergraduates in the Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences discipline. This study analyzed 6754 citations from 361 undergraduate dissertations from 2014-2018 submitted to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. According to the findings journals were appeared to be the most preferred source of citation among the Veterinary Medical students. Data sets conformed to the Leimkuhler model derived from Bradford’s law. In the ranked list of core journals in Veterinary science, Journal of dairy science took the first place with 108 citations. Further, results indicated that the students utilized current information mostly for their research. Further observation on authorship patterns of the journal citations indicated that the students of selected veterinary dissertations had mostly cited journal articles which have been authored in collaboration. Recommendations were drawn towards improving the library collection in a user-centric manner and strengthening library instruction. The study contributes to the realm of library literature where research that focuses on citation analysis of Veterinary dissertations which is in scarce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To mark the CILIP Health Libraries Group celebrations of their 75th anniversary, this year's Virtual Issue brings together Health Information and Libraries Journal manuscripts that have been particularly influential or generated most interest in our readers, or represent a significant event in the journal's own history, while still having relevance to contemporary health library and knowledge service practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "A Rapid Lipid-Based Approach for Normalization of Quantum Dot-Detected Biomarker Expression on Extracellular Vesicles in Complex Biological Samples," "Cancer Dynamics Under a Chemotherapeutic Stress Gradient Using a Microfluidic In Vitro Tumor Environment," "Cells Exhibiting Strong P16ink4a Promoter Activation In Vivo Display Features of Senescence," "HLA-G Dimer Prolongs Kidney Allograft Survival by Inhibiting CD8+ T Cell Activation and Granzyme B Expression," "Lysophosphatidic Acid Suppression of CD8 T Cell Signaling and Function," and "Targeting Therapeutic T Cells to the Bone Marrow Niche." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines bibliographies of student dissertations and faculty publications in the fields of reading and educational leadership to determine the types of items that were cited during preweb (1983–1990), emergent (1991–1998), and post-web (1999–2014) time periods. Cited items were examined for the following characteristics: format such as books, journal articles, technical reports, etc.; citation age; and scholarliness of journal articles as determined by impact factor. Seventy-five student dissertations as well as 63 faculty articles written between 1983 and 2014 were inspected, resulting in a total of 11,082 cited items. Results indicate that over all time periods students cited a diverse set of materials including journal articles, monographs, technical reports, and dissertations while faculty cited primarily journal articles and monographs. Moreover, students lean toward citing journals with a lower impact factor than faculty who generally cited journals with a medium or high impact factor. Additionally, the average citation age found in students' bibliographies was 12.4 years while the average citation age for faculty publications was 9.6 years. Cited items exhibited a continuously longer citation age from pre-web, through emergent, to post-web years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of library resources by Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sociology and Anthropology graduate students was assessed through an examination of bibliographic references cited in a sample of theses and dissertations accepted during the academic years 2010–2013. Five variables were identified and quantified: type of material (monographs, journals, or other), format (print, electronic or both), language of material (English, Hebrew, or other), year and “age” of publication, and availability of item in Hebrew University's library holdings. Results showed a larger percentage of citations to books than to journals, with predominant usage of books in print format and predominant usage of journals in print & electronic format, with English being the predominant language for all resources cited. The median age of cited material was 15 years, older for books than for journals. 95% of the journals and 82% of the books were available in the University library's holdings. These findings present a substantiated appraisal of the University Library's ability to answer the needs of its graduate students in the Sociology and Anthropology Department. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We conducted a qualitative content analysis on counseling dissertations (N = 250) completed between 2017 and 2018. Identified categories included (a) paradigms, philosophies of science, and theories; (b) research methodologies; and (c) trustworthiness. The results indicated an infrequent use of paradigmatic frameworks and a distinct pattern of trustworthiness strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Engineering Protein Disaggregases to Counter Alpha-Synuclein and Amyloid-Beta Neurotoxicity," "Hyperglycaemia Induced Immunomodulation of Macrophages in Diabetic Vascular Disease," "Microvasculature-on-a-Chip Systems for Human Disease Modeling," "Senescence Surveillance: The Interplay Between the Immune System and Senescent Cells," "The HMG Transcription Factor TOX Induces a Transcriptional and Epigenetic Program of CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion in Chronic Infection and Cancer," and "Zero to One-Translational Advancements in the Field of Xenotransplantation." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "An Aging Tug of War: The Accumulation of the Spontaneous L-Isoaspartate Modification in Proteins vs. Canonical and Novel Maintenance Pathways," "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning Microglial Activation During Remyelination," "Early Detection of Cancer Metastasis at a Synthetic Pre-Metastatic Niche Using Inverse Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography," "Magnetic Stem Cell Spheroid Microrobots and Their In Vivo Applications," "Reprogramming Human Endothelium to Hematopoietic Stem Cells with Adaptive Immune Function," and "Scaffold-Free Three-Dimensional Bioprints Repair Small Intestine Injuries and Integrate Into Native Intestine." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the possibilities of examining undergraduate dissertations as sources. By means of archival research on a collection of Geography undergraduate dissertations at the University of Glasgow, comprising over 2,600 dissertations from 1954 to 2014, this paper argues for the epistemological value of both these "small" knowledge productions and the experiences of becoming a geographer for studying the history of Geography. A sustained study of the collection reveals that the dissertations comprise three kinds of sources: intellectual sources, seeing the dissertations as original pieces of academic research; cultural sources, examining the role of this "rites of passage" in becoming a geographer; and lastly, as social sources, whereby the dissertations illuminate a diverse, personal network within and beyond the university. The vastness of the archival collection of undergraduate Geography dissertations and the opportunities offered for a longitudinal examining of shifts within them over the years, revealing notable overall trends and traditions, ultimately discloses their own importance as exciting and striking original knowledge productions. This paper explores the possibilities of examining undergraduate Geography dissertations as intellectual sources, recognising the dissertations as original pieces of academic research; cultural sources, examining the role of this "rite of passage" in the experience of becoming a geographer; and lastly, as social sources, whereby the dissertations illuminate a diverse, personal network within and beyond the university. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ukrainian scholarship on the European Union has undergone substantial changes over the last decades and requires a thorough examination of its different aspects. Based on the analysis of dissertation production on the EU-related topics, the purpose of this study is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how the field of European studies advanced in Ukraine, expanded in response to domestic needs or external events and evolved in terms of its key topics and dominant disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Developing the Next Generation of Universal Immune Receptors," "From Synthesis to Pathology: A Bottom-Up Approach to Studying the Role of Advanced Glycation End-Products in Diabetes and Aging," "Hybrid Bioactive Nanoparticles for Modulation of Tumor Microenvironment and Enhancing Radiation and Chemotherapy Efficacy," "In Situ Bioprinting of Planar Biomaterials and Tissues," "Novel AAV Engineering Technology: Identification of Improved AAV Variants for Gene Addition and Genome Engineering in Primary Human Cells," and "Substrate Reduction Therapy for Krabbe Disease and a New Murine Model for Cell-Autonomous Expression of Lysosomal Hydrolases." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Citations from the bibliographies of Andrews University education doctoral dissertations completed in 2013-2017 were analyzed to understand the needs of graduate education students for collection management purposes. The study looked at type, citation age, and availability of the sources cited. The citations from the 31 dissertations were mainly periodicals (47%) and books (37%), with smaller percentages of dissertations, Web sites, and other forms of resources. A majority of the sources had a citation age of less than 20 years. The findings showed a weakness in the book collection, as only 44.54% of book citations were held by the library. In contrast, between 82-92% of the dissertations and periodicals were held by the library. The study generated a long list of periodical titles with a wide dispersion. Of the 24 periodicals that were cited ten or more times, 16 were found in at least one of the seven periodicals ranking lists in similar studies. Information from this study will help the library respond to the needs of the graduate education students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to present a systematic review of the literature on the productions made in Brazil that deal with ethnomathematics in an Afro-Brazilian cultural context, exposing not only an organisation of data but also a brief notion about what has been produced by academic research. For this, this study followed the protocol of a systematic literature review established by the Cochrane Institute and, for the location and selection of the studies, the Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações/Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations was used as a research base. Through the searches carried out and with defined criteria, eleven studies were selected, among theses and dissertations. With this systematic review, we concluded that: there are academic works that deal with ethnomathematics related to Afro-Brazilian culture defended in Brazil from 2005 to 2019; these studies address life in a quilombola community, handicrafts, African games, samba association and ethnic-racial statistics; such academic research is favourable both for the ethnomathematical research line and for the fulfilment of Law nº 11.645/08, and it is necessary to have new research that seeks to associate ethnomathematics with other Afro-Brazilian cultural contexts in order to pluralise research on ethnomathematics and Afro-Brazilian culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Frances Johnson, Regular Feature Editor, looks back on the first 10 years of student projects published in Dissertations into Practice. Forty articles later, she notes that the value of these short features, then as now, is in recognising the potential of student research to a wider audience and the implications of their research on practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Advances on Chip-In-Cell Wireless Platform for Continuous Monitoring of Physiological Parameters in Single Cells," "Design and Delivery of Synthetic mRNA by a Peptide Nanoparticle," "Inflammation Alters Endothelial Progenitor Cell-derived Exosome Contents and Therapeutic Effect on Myocardial Repair," "Partial Reprogramming: A Shortcut to Rejuvenation," "Renal Angioplasty and Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Renovascular Disease: A Novel Treatment Strategy," and "Targeted EDTA Chelation Therapy with Albumin Nanoparticles to Reverse Arterial Calcification and Restore Vascular Health in Chronic Kidney Disease." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Engineering Efficient and Safe In Situ Genome Regulation via CRISPR-Cas9 for Enabling Gene Therapies," "Investigating the Mechanism of LINE-1 Retrotransposition in Human Cells," "Machine Learning Approaches for Prediction of Kidney Transplant Survival," "Novel Obesity Suppressor Function of the Retinoblastoma Protein Uncovers Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 as a Therapeutic Target for Diet-Induced Obesity," "Regeneration of Retinal Neurons from Müller Glia in Adult Mice," and "Reprogramming T Cells to Interrogate Intracellular Disease Signatures." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Google Scholar combines versions of what should be the same item into a single record with multiple versions listed and a common citation rate for all versions. However, these versions are not always the same document. A study on the citations of theses and dissertations found unusually high citation rates for some titles. On closer examination, these titles had versions that were other formats, sometimes with additional authors. A close examination of highly cited theses and dissertations revealed that nearly half of the titles were considered versions of other different formats, often much shorter and sometimes multi-authored journal articles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Characterization and Purification of Putative Stem Cells from the Adult Murine Pancreas," "Inhibition of TLR4 Minimizes Islet Damage due to Sterile Inflammation and Improves Islet Transplant Outcomes," "Liquefaction of the Brain Following Stroke Shares Multiple Characteristics with Atherosclerosis and Mediates Secondary Neurodegeneration in an Osteopontin-Dependent Mechanism," "Manipulating the Segregation of Human Mitochondrial DNA," "Role of Mitochondria in Plasma Membrane Repair and Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy," and "The Role of Cytosolic Accumulation of Nuclear DNA in Retinal-Pigment Epithelium Dysfunction and Age-Related Macular Degeneration." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Clearance of Capillary Occlusions Improves Cortical Blood Flow and Cognitive Function in Alzheimer's Mouse Models," "Dermato-Informatic Approaches to Understanding and Improving Lesional Diagnostic Expertise in Cutaneous Oncology," "Furthering the Scope, Understanding, and Application of Proteolysis Targeting Chimera," "Optimization and Application of Synthetic High-Density Lipoprotein (sHDL) System in Atherosclerosis and Glioma Therapy," "Regulatory T Cell Enriching Microparticles for Promoting Tolerance in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation," and "Tau Prion Strains Induce Distinct Pathological Phenotypes In Vivo." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyzed dissertations and theses completed from 2009–2019 in the Mathematics and Statistics department at the University at Albany to investigate resource type, citation age, publishers, and journal title dispersion. Students cited journal articles 57.0% of the time, while books and book chapters combined accounted for 30.5% of the citations. Publisher usage fit the Pareto Distribution; however, there was a high journal title dispersion. Preprints represented 4.6% of the citations, an increase from previous studies. The amount of graduate student citation quality issues and preprint citations shows a need for instruction and discussions in these areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Advanced Imaging Technologies for Combined Biomedical Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging," "Engineering Bispecific Chimeric Antigen Receptors to Improve the Efficacy of Adoptive T-Cell Therapy," "Il-36 Gamma Promotes Anti-Tumor Immunity Through Therapeutic Induction of Tumor-Associated Tertiary Lymphoid Structures," "Investigating the Role of Matrix Vesicles During Aortic Valve Interstitial Cell Calcification," "Local Delivery of Cyclosporine and Erythropoietin Promotes Functional Recovery in a Rodent Model of Stroke Injury by Endogenous Tissue Repair," and "Targeting Primary Cilia-Mediated Mechanotransduction to Promote Whole Bone Formation." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Automated Analysis of Quantitative Image Biomarkers from Low-Dose Chest CT Scans," "Design, Synthesis, and Delivery of a Self-Cleaving Replicon System Yielding Biologically Active MicroRNAs In Vivo," "Mechanisms of Physiological Amyloidogenesis," "Programming and Reprogramming Neural Cell Types Using Synthetic Transcription Factors," "Targeted Drug Delivery via Exploitation of the Tumor Microenvironment," and "Towards Clinically-Relevant Cell-Transplant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Liver Diseases." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing on supervisor and supervisee interviews, analysis of supervisor feedback on the supervisee's draft chapters, and departmental supervisory guidelines, this study focuses on the roles a master's dissertation supervisor plays during the course of supervision. These roles are discussed referring to models of supervisory pedagogy, the teaching, partnership, apprenticeship, contractual, pastoral, and non-interfering models. Supervisee and supervisor agreed that the supervisor aligned with different roles at different times for different purposes, showing this was a case of adaptive supervision. Nonetheless, the supervisor's feedback indicated supervision was more directive than his interview data suggested, illustrating the need to collect data from multiple sources to capture the complexities of the supervisory dynamic. We conclude that the dangers of departments attempting to formulate homogenized supervisory practices are highlighted by our case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study used citation analysis in conjunction with a subjective rubric with five validated criteria to assess the quality of a purposive sample of 452 education dissertation reference lists produced at a nontraditional institution from six doctoral programs. These programs used a variety of distance education models. The citations were then compared with the 100 reference lists selected from doctoral education programs at 10 traditional institutions. Criteria included the breadth of resources, depth of the literature review as shown through the citing of critical historical and theoretical works, depth as demonstrated through the scholarliness of citations chosen, currency, and relevancy. The study discusses how the expanded sample of traditional reference lists continued to demonstrate consistent patterns. In contrast, although the sample of reference lists from distance education programs was much expanded, the patterns of the subsets of reference lists at the nontraditional institution were significantly diverse. The patterns of 35 doctoral reference lists from another for-profit, nontraditional institution known for providing distance education were also examined to compare the results of the two nontraditional programs. Possible reasons for differences in citation patterns by traditional and nontraditional programs are discussed, and the possible role of distance education and program criteria are examined for insights they offer into the use of citation analysis as an assessment tool of the library research skills of doctoral students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This doctoral research investigates teamwork, specifically collaboration, at two different hospitals both of which were highly involved in the promotion of interprofessional collaboration. The analysis of the field observations and data collected revealed that this concept did not accurately reflect daily interactions between health care professionals, but that other forms of interaction such as coordination and cooperation were more frequent. Furthermore, the use of these more specific concepts to discuss teamwork in health care enabled important differences to be observed between the clinical settings. The impact of this research in practice suggests that adopting more specific concepts would make it easier to identify relevant literature and to design policies and educational programmes that address teamwork in health care. FJ. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Atrophied Thymus, a Tumor Reservoir for Harboring Melanoma Cells," "Evolutionary Adaptations in Developmental Signaling Pathways Underlie Regenerative Scar-Free Wound Repair in African Spiny Mouse (Genus Acomys)," "Integrated Immunoassays on Paper/Polymer Hybrid Microfluidic Devices for Low-Cost Detection of Disease Biomarkers," "RNA Regulation in the Nervous System: CircRNA Expression Changes During Aging, and Function of the Calm1 Extended 3' UTR Isoform," "The Role of Amylin in Alzheimer's Disease," and "Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies to Detect and Halt ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis and Neuropathy." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this research is to examine the dissertations in Turkey dealing with on social studies teachers. The study was carried out in the form of document analysis with an inductive perspective. The research documents were obtained by entering the keywords “Social Studies Teacher (s) in the National Dissertation Center of Turkey between 01.10.2018-12.10.2018. As a result of the screening, 144 doctoral and master's theses have been reached which are suitable to the research document criteria. The data were analyzed by descriptive analysis technique. In line with the findings, it was concluded that the research subjects were collected in the subjects related to Social Studies Curriculum, Social Studies teachers and Other Subjects, but the themes related to the program and teachers were predominant. In addition, quantitative approaches predominantly included 16796 social studies teachers and the questionnaire, semi-structured interview form and scales were the most commonly used data collection tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Flipped learning has been one of the most popular trends in education in the last decade. History of flipped learning dates back to 2007 when two chemistry teachers in the USA recorded videos and screencast them for enabling their students to compensate for the lessons they missed. Flipped learning emphasizes effective use of class time by changing the traditional task of teachers and students inside and outside the classroom. In flipped learning, students' roles as passive lecture listeners change to active participants in classroom activities. As its name suggests, flipping takes the presentation or lecture part which is traditionally done in the classroom and places that in pre-class work. It can be considered as a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Subsequent to the first implementation of this new instructional model, a lot of institutions have started to integrate the model into their education systems and research on flipped learning has begun to gain popularity. This study aims to analyse master's and doctoral research on flipped learning conducted in Turkey. As data collection tool, document analysis method was used in the study. To this end, some key words related to flipped learning were searched in the data base of National Thesis Center (NTC) provided by the Council of Higher Education. It was found that 57 master's and 31 doctoral research was conducted in different disciplines between the years of 2014 and 2019 in Turkey. The scope of majority of these studies was usually based on determining students' attitudes, perceptions, academic achievements, and selfefficacy beliefs. Some studies focused on the contribution of flipped learning to learners' development of 21st century skills as well as to general competence levels. The study also found that flipped learning was implemented in a wide range of disciplines such as history, chemistry, music, science education, social studies, accounting education, medical studies, and foreign language education which constituted the greatest proportion of the current academic research in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Cancer and Stem Cell Extravasation through Angiopellosis," "Human Chimeric Antigen Receptor Macrophages for Cancer Immunotherapy," "Insights on Alzheimer's Disease Etiology from Network Approaches in Healthy Aging," "Myelin and Glial Pathology in Aging and Cognitive Decline: Evidence for Faulty Myelin Clearance in the Rhesus Monkey," "Phosphatidylserine-Based Nanoparticles for Tolerance Induction Toward Therapeutic Proteins," and "Role of Endothelial Cell Stiffening in Choroidal Atrophy Associated with Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study on the use of both external and internal grey literature by CSIR researchers shows that technical reports are most used followed by doctoral theses. It was found that engineering and physical sciences laboratories use more internal grey literature than chemical and biological sciences laboratories. These and other findings help is framing content development policy for technical grey literature, framing policies for internal grey literature archiving, designing digital repository framework to archive internally generated grey literature and improve access and devise ways to enhance their visibility and use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Downregulation of the Apelinergic Axis Accelerates Aging, Whereas Its Systemic Restoration Improves the Mammalian Healthspan," "Intracellular Delivery of Exogenous Molecules Via an Ultrahigh Throughput Mechanoporation Microdevice," "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Drivers of Treg Fragility in the Tumor Microenvironment," "Lipid Nanoparticles Based Nanomedicine and Liquid Biopsy in Lung Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis," "Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials for Drug Delivery to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy and Chronic Wound Healing," and "Zebrafish Extracellular Matrix as a Therapeutic Agent for Adult Mammalian Central Nervous System Regeneration." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]