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Thesis Writing 101
I have edited 100,000+ words and tens of theses in science and history (more than I can keep track of!) over the last ten years.
Here are 17 insights from my experience that can help you improve the quality of your #AcademicWriting π§΅
I have edited 100,000+ words and tens of theses in science and history (more than I can keep track of!) over the last ten years.
Here are 17 insights from my experience that can help you improve the quality of your #AcademicWriting π§΅
1. Read aloud: Reading aloud helps to catch errors that were overlooked during silent reading. Find the 'Read Aloud' feature on MS Word under 'Review.'
2. Bring coherency: Make sure that each paragraph flows logically so that the overall #thesis structure is well-organized.
2. Bring coherency: Make sure that each paragraph flows logically so that the overall #thesis structure is well-organized.
3. Improve formatting: Format your #thesis according to your university's guidelines. Adjust the font type, size, header, and footer.
4. Use citation management tools: Using these tools (Mendeley, EndNote, etc.) can help you save time & avoid errors in writing your bibliography.
4. Use citation management tools: Using these tools (Mendeley, EndNote, etc.) can help you save time & avoid errors in writing your bibliography.
Book proposals: Whatβs involved? How do you write them? Here are 14 tips from editors Emily Andrew of @McGillQueensUP, Randy Schmidt of @UBCPress and Dan Quinlan of @utpress. Theyβll have more to say at a panel at #congressh in Toronto. A thread⦠𧡠
1. Before you submit a book proposal, meet with an acquisition editor to form a relationship. This way when the proposal arrives it will have a face and a conversation attached. π€(@eandreweditor) #bookproposal
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Here's your roundup of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News Articles / Scientific Papers from the past week: π±πͺ¨ποΈπ
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Here's your roundup of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News Articles / Scientific Papers from the past week: π±πͺ¨ποΈπ
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1οΈβ£ In this weekβs @CipherClimate Voices article, "@naimmerchant, @NoahMcQueen13, & Grant Faber discuss:
πΈthe critical role #DAC will play in achieving #NetZero
πΈhow DAC solutions are improving in terms of cost & efficiency as the tech scales."
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πΈthe critical role #DAC will play in achieving #NetZero
πΈhow DAC solutions are improving in terms of cost & efficiency as the tech scales."
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2οΈβ£ πNew paper dropped by @bach_lennart, @_david_ho_ & others on "how to deal with air-sea gas exchange uncertainties when assessing the efficacy of ocean-based #CarbonDioxdeRemoval."
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"The discussion of energy consumption for cryogenic & combined #DirectAirCapture systems is explored in the newly published thesis."ποΈ
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"The discussion of energy consumption for cryogenic & combined #DirectAirCapture systems is explored in the newly published thesis."ποΈ
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In this novel approach, "a thermodynamic model was constructed using psychometric theories to model the #desublimation of CO2 in a #DAC system. The system was modeled
to include a precooling heat exchanger & a deposition chamber where the desublimation
of CO2 occurs."
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to include a precooling heat exchanger & a deposition chamber where the desublimation
of CO2 occurs."
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3οΈβ£ base systems studied:
πΈ NC (no precompression/turbine recovery)
πΈPC (precompression only)
πΈTR (precompression & turbine recovery)
at 3οΈβ£ different compression ratios, n=400, 800 & 2000.
Then, a combination #DAC system, PSA, was modeled."
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πΈ NC (no precompression/turbine recovery)
πΈPC (precompression only)
πΈTR (precompression & turbine recovery)
at 3οΈβ£ different compression ratios, n=400, 800 & 2000.
Then, a combination #DAC system, PSA, was modeled."
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1/ Thread on our investment thesis in "in-store credit" market. We like to call it "Offline checkout".
In 1-line, transfer of workflow control in-store from merchant to consumer will unlock the in-store credit market in India.
#offline #checkout #thesis #fintech @Stellaris
In 1-line, transfer of workflow control in-store from merchant to consumer will unlock the in-store credit market in India.
#offline #checkout #thesis #fintech @Stellaris
2/ To begin with, let's understand the market top-down.
Annual consumer spends on offline merchants are over $1T, of which only a sliver is bought on credit.
Consumer durables and mobiles is the only category where over 25% spends are on credit. Rest categories are all small.
Annual consumer spends on offline merchants are over $1T, of which only a sliver is bought on credit.
Consumer durables and mobiles is the only category where over 25% spends are on credit. Rest categories are all small.
3/ If we talk about the unsecured consumer lending market, lending book stood at $73B pre COVID (to be precise Jan '19).
Of this, $54B was Personal loans, $13B was Credit card and only $6B was Consumer loans (In-store).
Of this, $54B was Personal loans, $13B was Credit card and only $6B was Consumer loans (In-store).
#EarthSpaceWx | #Earthquake #Volcano
π§΅Thread 7/17 2022
VERY active #spaceweather this week w/multiple #Mflares & constant #Cflares!
Along w/moon-tidal push & #kingtides, #California quakes have been very active + several lightning & high wind storms + #Estelleπ off #Mexico.
π§΅Thread 7/17 2022
VERY active #spaceweather this week w/multiple #Mflares & constant #Cflares!
Along w/moon-tidal push & #kingtides, #California quakes have been very active + several lightning & high wind storms + #Estelleπ off #Mexico.
Some useful things to try to beat #writersblock in the #PhD and get back in flow. A π§΅
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#phdchat #phdlife #phdtips #AcademicTwitter @OpenAcademics @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie #thesiswriting #academicwriting #researchwriting #phdthesis #postgrad #Dissertation
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#phdchat #phdlife #phdtips #AcademicTwitter @OpenAcademics @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie #thesiswriting #academicwriting #researchwriting #phdthesis #postgrad #Dissertation
1/ first: don't sit there forcing yourself to get the motivation back. Nobody in the history of ever got motivated by telling themselves to feel motivated.
Instead, acknowledge you're not feeling it & shift focus instead. Read on... ππΌ
Instead, acknowledge you're not feeling it & shift focus instead. Read on... ππΌ
2/ Try reading something that usually gives you the academic equivalent of fanny flutters (!). Your favourite journo article, your fave writer, a section of your research journal, an interesting joy-giving bit of data.
That might spark some ideas to bring back into your writing
That might spark some ideas to bring back into your writing
We should not only make research more accessible because it is the right thing to do, but because it provides more accurate results.
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#AcademicChatter #DisabledInSTEM #DisabledinHigherEd @FractalEcho
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#AcademicChatter #DisabledInSTEM #DisabledinHigherEd @FractalEcho
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Dr. Rua Williams discusses how accessible data collection methods provide better research results that are more comprehensive and valid.
How I planned for + wrote 6 #thesis chapters in my last year while keeping all my mornings, evenings + weekends free.
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@OpenAcademics @PhDspeaks @PhDSurvival @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdlife #phdtips #phdchat #phdwriting #postgradresearch
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@OpenAcademics @PhDspeaks @PhDSurvival @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdlife #phdtips #phdchat #phdwriting #postgradresearch
First, a note: I fucked about a LOT the first 2-3 yrs of the PhD. Then, had 2 bereavements + 6 straight months of health issues which put me out of action. So I ended up writing most of the thesis only in my last writing up year.
I cut it close but I got it done.
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I cut it close but I got it done.
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1. I looked at everything I had to do + planned backwards: How many chapters over how many months. I broke the writing plan down into months, and then into weeks.
I had an idea of how I work and how much I'm able to do within a week, so I kept it realistic.
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I had an idea of how I work and how much I'm able to do within a week, so I kept it realistic.
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Tools for your PhD Journey...
I have found a list of β22β things which I have found quite helpful over the years as a researcher, writer and designer.
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@PhDVoice @ThePhDPlace @PhD_Genie @PhDspeaks @CouragePhD @AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics #phdchat #scicomm @PhDForum
I have found a list of β22β things which I have found quite helpful over the years as a researcher, writer and designer.
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@PhDVoice @ThePhDPlace @PhD_Genie @PhDspeaks @CouragePhD @AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics #phdchat #scicomm @PhDForum
1. Digital notebooks like @Labstep and a physical notebook: To write your experiments, short and long-term goals, updates etc.
2. Portable reading tools like @AmazonKindle or iPad. It's easy to carry (anywhere), read, highlight, and jot down notes.
2. Portable reading tools like @AmazonKindle or iPad. It's easy to carry (anywhere), read, highlight, and jot down notes.
3. Bibliography manager: Not a secret anymore! You can use @zotero and @mendeley_com. Also, @ConnectedPapers to build a graph of similar papers.
4. @unpaywall to access the full text of scholarly articles.
4. @unpaywall to access the full text of scholarly articles.
This thread lists 100+ digital tools for #PhD scholars.
Add yours :)
#phdlife #phdchat @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter @HaPhDsupervisor
Add yours :)
#phdlife #phdchat @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter @HaPhDsupervisor
For making attractive visuals
@inkscape @scidraw @Blender @Adobe illustrator @BioRender @GIMP_Official
Texample.net
Draw.io
Microsoft Visio Smartdraw.com
@gliffy
@cacoocom
@powerpoint
@SketchUp
Gnuplot
@CorelDRAW @ChemDraw
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@inkscape @scidraw @Blender @Adobe illustrator @BioRender @GIMP_Official
Texample.net
Draw.io
Microsoft Visio Smartdraw.com
@gliffy
@cacoocom
@powerpoint
@SketchUp
Gnuplot
@CorelDRAW @ChemDraw
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Finally the second chapter of my #PhD #thesis is out πͺπ₯³
> 1 year after thesis submission!
Thanks so much π to my co-authors @CFlensburg @ianjmajewski and Terry Speed for their persistence and support!
(thread π) #RNAseq #CancerGenomics #mutations
bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11β¦
> 1 year after thesis submission!
Thanks so much π to my co-authors @CFlensburg @ianjmajewski and Terry Speed for their persistence and support!
(thread π) #RNAseq #CancerGenomics #mutations
bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11β¦
Our goal was to decide on the library size needed to sequence a cohort of ~90 in-house Leukaemia RNA-Seq samples to allow good sensitivity for both DE analyses and mutation calling.
We used publicly available deeply sequenced RNA-Seq samples (from Leucegene) from the same cancer type and called mutations using 6 methods (combinations of 3 popular callers and filtering methods).
We called mutations on the initial and randomly downsampled data.
We called mutations on the initial and randomly downsampled data.
Day 2. Still pre-conference. I must confess that while taking notes today, I sincerely wondered to myself: how will I condense this much information in a way that its essence is not lost? So much was said; so much needs to be done. Oya grab your seat. @LagosStudies #lsa2019
The first panel was the Gender and Academy II. Panelists were Yetunde Zaid, Lynn Schler, Bamidele Wale-Oshinowo, Oyeronke Oyewunmi, Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome (@mojubaolu) and Taibat Lawanson (@TaibatLawanson) The first question shows that mentorship comes in various forms.
Who was your first mentor?:
"My first mentor was my Ph.D. supervisor. He was good @ treating students equally&that gave everyone a sense of confidence when starting out with their career. It distilled any competition that we might have&developed a sense of community.β Schler
"My first mentor was my Ph.D. supervisor. He was good @ treating students equally&that gave everyone a sense of confidence when starting out with their career. It distilled any competition that we might have&developed a sense of community.β Schler
Wow that's the latest in innovative and unique ways to do #scicomm and raise awareness about #ClimateChange! :)
This semester we started a writing group in lab. We have to write:
4 Honors Thesis
1 MS Thesis
2 Comprehensive Exams (F31 style)
and papers and grants.
It seemed a little overwhelming at first, but we've broken it down. (1/n)
4 Honors Thesis
1 MS Thesis
2 Comprehensive Exams (F31 style)
and papers and grants.
It seemed a little overwhelming at first, but we've broken it down. (1/n)
Step 1: We blocked out two hours every Monday to write together. #MadWriting
Step 2: We set bite-sized goals for every single writing project, due on Friday. (e.g., Feb1: draft methods and draft results headers), working back from everyone's individualized deadlines. (2/n)
Step 2: We set bite-sized goals for every single writing project, due on Friday. (e.g., Feb1: draft methods and draft results headers), working back from everyone's individualized deadlines. (2/n)
For writing group, I bring snacks, and everyone gets coffee or tea, and we all sit together. In silence. Writing.
At the beginning of each writing group we all share what we plan to accomplish *in that session*, and then check in at the end of the two hours. (3/n)
At the beginning of each writing group we all share what we plan to accomplish *in that session*, and then check in at the end of the two hours. (3/n)
Born & raised in #Fanar #Lebanon, a tiny country in the middle east with a lot to offer. I always had a positive outlook on life maybe because of the culture or valuesπ€·ββοΈ.
If you don't know #Lebanon or a #lebanese then you should start mingling π€£
@IWS_Network #VoicesIWS
If you don't know #Lebanon or a #lebanese then you should start mingling π€£
@IWS_Network #VoicesIWS
I grew up surrounded by a loving, joking & tough type of family that always support each other even amidst fighting. You can imaging being 4 kids in different age groups can cause a lot of fights growing up π #siblingsfight #family #VoicesIWS
@IWS_Network
@IWS_Network
I have my issuesπ€·ββοΈ! I always wanted to prove myself & make my family proud(2nd child). A pressure that was just in my head; they were always proud of us. I wanted to grow up to be a doctor or an army officer like my dad. Let's just say I changed my mind! #VoicesIWS @IWS_Network
