Abstracts Of Doctoral Dissertations Research Articles

A Comparative Study on Stance Adverbs in Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations by Chinese and Americans — A Case Study in Petroleum Engineering

Stance adverbs are one of the main means to express the author's attitude and views on proposition information. This study bases on self-built corpus, taking the English abstracts of Chinese and American doctoral dissertations in the field of petroleum engineering as the corpus and analyzing the characteristics of stance adverbs used by Chinese and their American counterparts. The results show that: 1) there is no statistically significant difference in the overall frequency of stance adverbs between Chinese and American doctors, and both of them show a tendency of "epistemic stance adverbs > attitude stance adverbs > style-of-speaking stance adverbs"; 2) There is no significant difference in the frequency of using epistemic stance adverbs between Chinese and American doctors, but Chinese doctors significantly use more boosters, a subcategory of epistemic stance adverbs, showing the rigid traces of English writing style. Chinese doctors significantly use certain hedges, the other subcategory of stance adverbs; 3) There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of using attitude stance adverbs between Chinese and American doctors, but Chinese doctors use more attitude stance adverbs to express affect than evaluation; 4) There is no significant difference in the frequency of style-of-speaking stance adverbs between them, and the fact that the use of this kind of stance adverbs is used least may be affected by the stylistic characteristics of the English abstract.

The abstract of doctoral dissertation ‘Some research on hypothesis testing and nonparametric variable screening problems for high dimensional data’

In this thesis, we construct test statistic for association test and independence test in high dimension, respectively, and study the corresponding theoretical properties under some regularity conditions. Meanwhile, we propose a nonparametric variable screening procedure for sparse additive model with multivariate response in untra-high dimension and established some screening properties.

Thematic Progression Patterns in English Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations by EFL Students

Thematic Progression Patterns in English Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations by EFL Students

Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation An Evaluation of Monetary Policy in India: Interest Rate Responsiveness

Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation An Evaluation of Monetary Policy in India: Interest Rate Responsiveness

A Comparative Analysis of Conjunctive Adverbials Between Korean EFL and Native English Writers in English Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations

A Comparative Analysis of Conjunctive Adverbials Between Korean EFL and Native English Writers in English Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations

Abstracting Academic Feminist Aspirations: What Do Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts (1995–2010) Say About an Emergent Interdisciplinary Field?

The article analyzes the abstracts of women’s studies doctoral dissertations produced in the United States between 1995 and 2010 in order to develop an understanding of the nature of new scholarship produced in women’s studies, and the potential of this knowledge to move the field forward. It examines 116 abstracts in an attempt to take the pulse of the field, to explore how the interdisciplinary field of women’s studies is both widening and specializing in terms of scope and scale, and to illuminate some of the challenges that arise when writing research abstracts for a nonconventional field. The article discusses how these difficulties reflect the contestations and contradictions in the field of women’s studies, testifying to the epistemic processes that envision social transformation and gender justice. In addition to considering the topic and methodological trends that these abstracts embody and how they relate to the future directions of women’s studies, it examines the abstract as an independent genre of academic writing, evaluating its limitations and possibilities as a tool for facilitating knowledge production and dissemination in a burgeoning interdisciplinary field.

Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations, 2005 Smith College School for Social Work

Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations, 2005 Smith College School for Social Work

Oral immunoglobulin for the prevention of rotavirus infection in low birth weight infants.

Rotavirus infection is the most common neonatal nosocomial viral infection. Epidemics with the newer P(6)G9 strains have been reported in neonatal units worldwide. These strains can cause severe symptoms in infected infants. Infection control measures become necessary and the utilisation of hospital resources increase. Local mucosal immunity in the intestine to rotavirus is important in the resolution of infection and protection against subsequent infections. Boosting local immunity by oral administration of anti-rotaviral immunoglobulin preparations might be a useful strategy in preventing rotaviral infections, especially in low birth weight babies. To determine the effectiveness and safety of oral immunoglobulin preparations for the prevention of rotavirus infection in hospitalised low birthweight infants (birth weight less than 2500 gms) The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2002), MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL were searched. Science Citation Index was searched for all articles which referenced Barnes 1982. The proceedings of the Pediatric Academic Societies which were published in the journal, Pediatric Research from 1991 onwards were searched as well as abstracts of doctoral dissertations and theses from 1960 onwards. The above mentioned search strategy was completed in June 2002. Authors prominent in the field were contacted for any unpublished articles and more information on published articles was sought. Reference lists of identified clinical trials and personal files were reviewed. The criteria used to select studies for inclusion were: 1) DESIGN: randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials. 2) PARTICIPANTS: Hospitalised low birthweight infants. 3) INTERVENTION: Oral immunoglobulin preparations for prevention of rotavirus infection compared to placebo OR no intervention. 4) At least one of the following outcomes were reported: All cause mortality during hospital stay, mortality due to rotavirus infection during hospital stay, rotavirus infection, duration of diarrhoea, need for rehydration, duration of viral excretion, duration of infection control measures, length of hospital stay in days, recurrent diarrhoea or chronic diarrhoea. The two reviewers independently abstracted data from the included trials One published study (Barnes 1982) was eligible for inclusion in this review. Two additional studies are awaiting assessment re eligibility for inclusion. Barnes 1982 found no significant difference in the rates of rotavirus infection after oral gammaglobulin versus placebo in hospitalised low birthweight babies [RR 1.27 (95% CI 0.65-2.37)]. In the subset of infants who became infected with rotavirus after receiving gammaglobulin or placebo for prevention of rotavirus infection, there was no significant difference in the duration of rotavirus excretion between the group who had gammaglobulin (mean 2 days, range 1-4 days) and the group who had placebo (mean 3 days, range 1-6 days). No adverse effects were reported by Barnes 1982 after administration of oral immunoglobulin preparations. Current evidence from one randomised controlled trial does not support the routine use of oral immunoglobulin preparations for the prevention of rotavirus infection in low birth-weight infants. However, newer immunoglobulin preparations which have been found to be effective in older children have not been tested in neonatal trials. Therefore, researchers should be encouraged to conduct well designed trials in neonates at risk for rotavirus infections using the newer preparations of anti-rotaviral immunoglobulins (colostrum, egg yolk immunoglobulins). Such trials should also include cost effectiveness evaluations.

Chorioamnionitis as a risk factor for cerebral palsy: A meta-analysis.

Chorioamnionitis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cerebral palsy, but most studies have not reported a significant association. Cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL) is believed to be a precursor of cerebral palsy in preterm infants. To determine whether chorioamnionitis is associated with cerebral palsy or cPVL and to examine factors that may explain differences in study results. Searches of MEDLINE (1966-1999), Index Medicus (1960-1965), Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts On-Line (1861-1999), bibliographies, and online conference proceedings (1999) were performed for English-language studies with titles or abstracts that discussed prenatal risk factors for cerebral palsy or cPVL. Of 229 initially identified publications, meta-analyses were performed on studies that addressed the association between clinical (n = 19) or histologic (n = 7) chorioamnionitis and cerebral palsy or cPVL in both preterm and full-term infants. Inclusion criteria were: presence of appropriate exposure and outcome measures, case-control or cohort study design, and provision of sufficient data to calculate relative risks (RRs) or odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Studies evaluating risk of cerebral palsy following maternal fever, urinary tract infection, or other maternal infection were collected, but not included in the meta-analysis. Information from individual studies was abstracted using standardized forms by 2 independent observers blinded to authors' names, journal titles, and funding sources. Using a random effects model, clinical chorioamnionitis was significantly associated with both cerebral palsy (RR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.4-2.5) and cPVL (RR, 3.0; 95% CI, 2.2-4.0) in preterm infants. The RR of histologic chorioamnionitis and cerebral palsy was 1.6 (95% CI, 0.9-2.7) in preterm infants, and histologic chorioamnionitis was significantly associated with cPVL (RR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.5-2.9). Among full-term infants, a positive association was found between clinical chorioamnionitis and cerebral palsy (RR, 4.7; 95% CI, 1.3-16.2). Factors explaining differences in study results included varying definitions of clinical chorioamnionitis, extent of blinding in determining exposure status, and whether individual studies adjusted for potential confounders. Our meta-analysis indicates that chorioamnionitis is a risk factor for both cerebral palsy and cPVL. JAMA. 2000;284:1417-1424.

Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation The Effect of Firm Size on the Information Value of Financial Statements*

Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation The Effect of Firm Size on the Information Value of Financial Statements*

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstract of doctoral dissertation in comparative communism

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations 1979: Smith college school for social work

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations 1979: Smith college school for social work

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations 1978

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations 1978

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations 1977: Smith college school for social work

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations 1977: Smith college school for social work

STABILITY OF EFFICIENT PORTFOLIOS UNDER UNCERTAINTY*

sof Doctoral Dissertations 913 quadratic programming problem with 100 decision variables at various levels of risk aversion coefficient X. Maximize

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations 1974: Smith college school for social work

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations 1974: Smith college school for social work