In a Ph.D. dissertation which is the right method to start with: theoretical framework and then literature review or vice versa?

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Do you consider procrastination as a positive or negative mechanism of coping?

Any information and literature with regards procrastination would be very useful.Thanks and Regards Carmen Camilleri

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Which is the best method available to collect references for a study?

I would like to know about methods used to gather references. Thanks

11 December 2014 3,583 6 View

What might be the cause for nursing students to get more academic stress than clinical stress?

Any suggestions why academic stress is more emphasized by students?

11 December 2014 1,835 11 View

There are various types (e.g. escapism, positivism, etc) of coping mechanisms among nursing students. What type is mostly used?

10 November 2014 6,103 7 View

Which is the most stressful for Nursing Students: Academic or Clinical Stress?

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How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

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01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

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01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

Does the circuit modeling for planar monopole antennas using Foster canonical forms give good approximation?

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28 February 2021 7,016 1 View

How relevant is Mini slump cone?

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26 February 2021 3,668 1 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

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How to reduce residual stresses in MD simulation?

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24 February 2021 8,105 3 View

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View

Why cannot world and community leaders be gentle? Where did ethics of care go?

The whole world is in a mess and paused. We all are tired of seeing hypermasculinized and destructive leaderships all around us. This world has seen enough of the aggressive patriarchal social...

23 February 2021 292 7 View

The most suitable method to calculate the stress intensity factor in the presence of contact between the crack lips?

I'm trying to study cracked structures under a compressive load taking into account contact between the crack lips. I would like to know if the method of extrapolation by displacement remains...

21 February 2021 8,694 4 View

What is the most prevalent drug related problem in the developed countries?

Detecting the drug related problems is an important step in the pharmaceutical care plan

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