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How to Structure Thesis Dissertation

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:50:54 -0500

A thesis dissertation is one of the longest forms of writing so this cannot be produced overnight. It is rather a painstaking process that requires a great research and findings. Only then a great dissertation thesis can be created.

Introduction, body and conclusion is not enough for dissertation writing, instead it is something more than that. There are various steps involved in order to create a high standard dissertation thesis. Let us now discuss those steps in detail.

Abstract:

Abstract in a thesis dissertation is not included in the formal word count and it should not be more then 300 to 400 words. This is basically a short summary of what a reader should expect in the coming dissertation. Half of it should explain what you will be doing in the dissertation while the rest of it should give some recommendations.

Introduction:

An introduction should posses ten percent of your thesis dissertation; it is an overview of the work you will be doing in the dissertation. At first, introduce the topic then point out the areas which will be covered in the thesis, lastly, underline objective of doing the thesis dissertation.

Literature Review:

Literature review should constitute 20% of whole dissertation, mind it, literature review is not a book review. This can only be applied here when it has direct relevance to the topic of your thesis dissertation. Remember to discuss at least ten references in your thesis and two to three different theories that should be discussed in your literature review. Also highlight the research questions that will be discussed in the dissertation.

Research Methodology:

This will also constitute 20% of your whole thesis and dissertation where you would be discussing the research program that would be incorporated in your dissertation, go back and see the research questions formulated in the literature review and choose the best method to address those questions.

Discussions:

This chapter can be divided into two parts, analysis of the research work and the final discussion and it should possess 30% of your whole work. Your analysis should be created from statistical data, questionnaires or interviews.

Conclusion:

This will also be divided into two segment, first; the conclusion, secondly; recommendation for the future research. Here, you will evaluate what you have found until now. Make sure, you have addressed all the questions raised in the thesis and dissertation.

Bibliography:

Keep in mind that both of the chapters will not be included in the word count. In bibliography, you get the opportunity to document all the sources that have been used in your thesis dissertation. All the entries in the bibliographies must be in alphabetical order while websites should be written after completing the bibliography.

Do you make these dissertation writing mistakes?

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:28:25 -0500

Loads of bad dissertations have been written and yet there are many to be written. It seems some students set up their minds while writing a dissertation to come up with the worst dissertation ever been written. The great dissertations are so rare that dissertation of a bad quality overtakes the high quality dissertation in huge numbers.

Do you want to know how students help themselves to write bad dissertations?

Here are some dissertation writing mistakes that help students to come up with the worst dissertation one of its own kind:

1. Surrounding themselves with in-agreement people: Doctoral students have a habit to surround themselves by like-minded people who think just like them. Although, this habit help themselves a lot in writing a dissertation but they become deprive of the views that may stand out their dissertation as a challenge to be accepted among the better ones; ultimately, their dissertation writing seems ordinary.

2. Selecting the topic just for them: Many students convince themselves about the topic they choose without bearing in mind about recent periodicals or dissertations. Who knows the topic that appears fascinating to them become out dated?

3. Continuing with a broader scope and vague terms: Many students can’t kept their breadth in a broader scope of dissertation writing as they run after more than one ideas to finish their dissertation as early as possibly without considering about the consequences.

4. Holding back the creativity by ignoring the outline: An outline serves as a roadmap to dissertation but students are used to of ignoring the dissertation outline that they don’t even think to plan their dissertation writing.

5. Confining to restricted bibliography: It appears that students refer to bibliographies that support their point of view only. They ignore that the purpose of dissertation is to study a valuable question and not meant to prove your point of view.

6. Presuming that anything not written in English worth nothing! Students don’t even try to value the literature written in any language other than English that help themselves in writing an incomplete dissertation; hence their literature review remains a mystery.

7. Declaring statements by force and not by proof: Many students don’t even think to justify their statements regarding their dissertations on the basis of proof. They think that the way to make an impressive statement is to outcry the side of evidence.

8. Why to proofread and waste your time? At times, students prefer to cut out the proofread that prevent their dissertation writing to be free of weak arguments, ideas or spelling mistakes.

9. Why should the assistance of experts be taken? It’s a general observation that the students avoid to take assistance of experts about their dissertation topics so that they can get help from them regarding the aspects of their work.

10. Proving the point at all cost: Loads of students use fake methodologies, false evidence and forced arguments to prove their point at all cost whether it’s right or wrong that lead their dissertation to be rejected.

These were the common mistakes that doctoral students make most of the times. Are you one of them?

Asbestos: a deadly substance

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:18:17 -0600

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that can be found in a variety of forms. It has some very special properties that have been put to use for thousands of years.

Nowadays it is rarely used in the developed world because of its toxicity.

Exposure to the material can cause a number of serious diseases some of which are mostly fatal. When the dust is inhaled, fibres of asbestos become lodged in the bronchioles of the lung and are not expelled by breathing or by coughing. Over time they can penetrate the cells that form the lung tissue. Once they have penetrated a cell they can react with the cell DNA. In the worst cases the cells become cancerous. Even if the cells to not become cancerous, serious scaring of the tissue can occur and the cells are no longer able to perform their function.

The cancers caused by asbestos are mesothelioma, which is a fatal cancer of the lining of the lung, and lung cancer, which is the same kind of cancer associated with smoking. Asbestosis and pleural thickening are generally non-fatal conditions, though deaths have been associated with the first one. Either of these diseases can lead to the eventual development of malignant cancer.

The first serious recognition that asbestos posed a health risk came about at the close of the nineteenth century. The first official investigation into the potential dangers of asbestos was published in a 1930 document that has become called the Merewether report. This prompted the industry to clean up its act somewhat. In one factory about half the employees were found to be suffering from asbestos related diseases.

Asbestos compensation claims began to be filed in the following few years, though the asbestos industry continued to attempt to stave off further regulation. Nowadays the use of asbestos is heavily regulated, and the material can only be disposed of under special arrangements.

Sometimes it takes forty years between exposure and the manifestation of symptoms of related diseases.

Asbestos: A Potential Time Bomb

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:26:25 -0600

Asbestos is a mineral that has very special refractory properties and is also very light. These features have made it the material of choice for a large variety of industrial applications.

Many people have suffered severely disabling diseases and death as a result of industrial exposure to the material, and it is no longer used by industry. The material is fibrous in nature and these if these fibres are inhaled as dust they become lodged in the fine structure of the lung. They may remain there for a great many years without doing any damage, but there is a serious risk that eventually they will inflict serious damage to the lung tissue. This can cause a number of respiratory problems, including lethal cancers.

The most dangerous disease is mesothelioma. This is an invariably fatal condition, though bronchial cancer, the other cancer caused by asbestos, is nearly always fatal.

Sometimes the associated non-fatal respiratory conditions of asbestosis and pleural thickening can themselves develop into cancer subsequently.

The use of asbestos as an industrial material really took off during the industrial revolution, and although it was not long before it was noticed that people who worked with the material tended to suffer even worse health than other industrial workers, such were the condition then that this fact was essentially ignored. Improved health regulations were invoked in nineteen thirty following a public health investigation of health problems associated with the material.

The industry fought an ongoing battle, claiming that the dangers were overplayed. Some asbestos compensation claims were settled, but with severe restrictions. The industry attempted to hide the real facts concerning the dangers of asbestos exposure.

Eventually the health and safety lobby won the day. In modern times strict laws control the use of asbestos.