Issues and innovations in electronic theses and dissertations /

"October 1998"--T.p. verso.

University bibliography for the academic year September 1, 1938 to August 31, 1939.

The first section, a bibliography of faculty publications, formerly and subsequently issued as an appendix to the Annual report of the president of the university.

Theses and dissertations accepted for higher degrees.

Vols. for 1937-44 combined in one issue.

The American Indian in graduate studies; a bibliography of theses and dissertations.

Mode of access: Internet.

Annotated list of graduate theses and dissertations,

Mode of access: Internet.

List of dissertations submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degrees of doctor of philosophy in the Johns Hopkins university, 1878-1919.

On cover: Doctor's dissertations, 1878-1919.

Graduate theses and dissertations, 1906-1938.

Mode of access: Internet.

Theses and dissertations presented in the Graduate College of the State University of Iowa, 1900-1950.

Mode of access: Internet.

Doctoral dissertations in history.

Vol. 1, no. 1 preceded by a number dated July/Dec. 1975, and a transitional volume dated May 1973-June 1975.

The use of computer technology to compare and analyze community college dissertations

A purpose of this research study was to demonstrate the practical linguistic study and evaluation of dissertations by using two examples of the latest technology, the microcomputer and optical scanner. That involved developing efficient methods for data entry plus creating computer algorithms appropriate for personal, linguistic studies. The goal was to develop a prototype investigation which demonstrated practical solutions for maximizing the linguistic potential of the dissertation data base. The mode of text entry was from a Dest PC Scan 1000 Optical Scanner. The function of the optical scanner was to copy the complete stack of educational dissertations from the Florida Atlantic University Library into an I.B.M. XT microcomputer. The optical scanner demonstrated its practical value by copying 15,900 pages of dissertation text directly into the microcomputer. A total of 199 dissertations or 72% of the entire stack of education dissertations (277) were successfully copied into the microcomputer's word processor where each dissertation was analyzed for a variety of syntax frequencies. The results of the study demonstrated the practical use of the optical scanner for data entry, the microcomputer for data and statistical analysis, and the availability of the college library as a natural setting for text studies. A supplemental benefit was the establishment of a computerized dissertation corpus which could be used for future research and study. The final step was to build a linguistic model of the differences in dissertation writing styles by creating 7 factors from 55 dependent variables through principal components factor analysis. The 7 factors (textual components) were then named and described on a hypothetical construct defined as a continuum from a conversational, interactional style to a formal, academic writing style. The 7 factors were then grouped through discriminant analysis to create discriminant functions for each of the 7 independent variables. The results indicated that a conversational, interactional writing style was associated with more recent dissertations (1972-1987), an increase in author's age, females, and the department of Curriculum and Instruction. A formal, academic writing style was associated with older dissertations (1972-1987), younger authors, males, and the department of Administration and Supervision. It was concluded that there were no significant differences in writing style due to subject matter (community college studies) compared to other subject matter. It was also concluded that there were no significant differences in writing style due to the location of dissertation origin (Florida Atlantic University, University of Central Florida, Florida International University).

Análise da produção acadêmica em vigilância sanitária de alimentos, 1993-2007

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar os temas relacionados à área de vigilância sanitária de alimentos abordados em pesquisas científicas de cursos de pós-graduação, com potencial de aplicação no serviço. O total de 337 teses e dissertações apresentadas à Universidade de São Paulo entre os anos de 1993 e 2007 foi analisado. Os resultados mostraram que as pesquisas desenvolvidas nas universidades têm potencial para aplicação em vigilância sanitária, sobretudo no sentido de orientar os profissionais da área em práticas atualizadas

Tipologia documental citada en tesis doctorals d'informàtica: bases empíriques per a la gestió equilibrada de col·leccions

Anàlisi de citacions en tesis doctorals d'informàtica de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), presentades entre 1996-1998, per determinar l'ús d'informació segons la tipologia i el suport documental. Com a punt de partida per al disseny del projecte desenvolupat, s'analitzen els fonaments del mètode emprat en vista d'una revisió de la bibliografia sobre desenvolupament de col·leccions i estudis d'usuaris. Les dades obtingudes entre els doctorands de la UPC són consistents amb les característiques apuntades en la bibliografia sobre els investigadors de l'àrea de ciències de la computació: una elevada obsolescència de la bibliografia professional, el control de la bibliografia mitjançant les citacions en les lectures efectuades, la prioritat per les fonts més pròximes i accessibles, la consulta de cercadors de recursos web, la visita a llocs web d'investigadors i institucions de solvència en el seu terreny, i el contacte amb els col·legues mitjançant la comunicació electrònica, configuren un ús per tipus de documents que fa prevaler els congressos i la literatura grisa en més gran mesura que en altres àrees cientificotècniques.

Tipología documental citada en tesis doctorales de informática: bases empíricas para la gestión equilibrada de colecciones

A partir del análisis de citas bibliográficas presentes en las tesis doctorales de informática de la Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), leídas entre 1996-1998, se determina el uso de información según la tipología y el soporte documental. Los datos obtenidos son consistentes con las características apuntadas en la bibliografía sobre los investigadores del área de ciencias de la computación: una elevada obsolescencia de la bibliografía profesional, el control de la bibliografía mediante las citas en las lecturas efectuadas, la prioridad por las fuentes más próximas y accesibles, la consulta de buscadores de recursos web, la visita a sitios web de investigadores e instituciones de solvencia en su terreno, y el contacto con los colegas mediante la comunicación electrónica. Todo ello configura un uso por categorías documentales que prima los congresos y la literatura gris en mayor medida que otras áreas científico-técnicas.

De què vas, tio?

My study is based on an ethnography of two groups of young people from working-class neighbourhoods in Barcelona. I was interested in researching the impact of Catalan language policies on the identities of young people of Spanish-speaking immigrant families. I sought to go beyond the constraints of traditional structuralist approaches in Sociolinguistics in order to make my analysis relevant to people working for gender equality, the promotion of the Catalan language, or other social causes. I combine ideas from Bakhtin, Bourdieu, Fairclough, Foucault and Goffman to build a dialectical, historical, process-centred perspective that conceptualises practices in terms of social and political struggles.I analyse young people's peer-group activities in terms of their significance for the construction of gender identities. I propose a variety of forms of masculinity and femininity according to the various ways in which members organised their gender displays in face-to-face interaction.I also show how their use of argot and dialectal Spanish was part of the processes whereby members defined their relationships, constructed particular subject positions in interaction and struggled to legitimate their own values.I explore the meanings constructed through Catalan and Spanish by looking into the code-switching practices of my participants. I analysed their talk in terms of narratives that present particular sequential dramatisations of events for conversational audiences. These narratives follow the expressive intention of the author, and are populated with multiple voices of animated characters. I argue that, in the groups I studied, Catalan was generally not used to animate the voices that were central to the identities of the peer-group, and particularly to masculine identities.In order to contextualise these practices within the wider society, I also look into the processes of language choice in face-to-face encounters. I argue that existing conventions made it difficult for people to find opportunities to speak Catalan. I also pointed to the difficulties that my participants had to find employment, which were particularly acute amongst the more politically aware individuals. I conclude that these young working-class people had little possibilities of investing in more egalitarian forms of identity given their lack of resources and opportunities to develop their identities in other social spaces, such as the workplace.