bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Laporan Kasus: Kutil Kelamin pada Uretra dan Meatus Uretra yang Diterapi dengan Krim 5-Fluorourasil 5%
Authors: Nugrahaini Pramita Kusuma Catur , Cahyawari Dartri , Iriani July , Achdiat Pati Aji , Rowawi Rasmia 
Published: December 2018

Angka kejadian kutil kelamin (KK) di seluruh dunia terus meningkat. Sampai saat ini belum terdapat terapi yang lebih unggul dibanding dengan terapi lainnya. Krim 5-fluorourasil (5-FU) 5% merupakan salah satu terapi untuk KK pada meatus uretra dan uretra. Krim 5-FU 5% adalah antimetabolit pirimidin fluorinated yang memiliki fungsi sebagai agen antineoplastik dengan menghambat sintesis DNA. Seorang pasien laki-laki berusia 27 tahun dengan KK tipe kondiloma akuminta (KA) di meatus uretra dan uretra. Pada meatus uretra dan uretra tampak lesi papula ukuran 0,3x0,5x0,2 cm, sewarna kulit dan mukosa dengan permukaan yang tidak rata, pemeriksaan acetowhite positif, dan pemeriksaan polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positif untuk HPV tipe 6. Pasien diterapi dengan krim 5-FU 5% yang diaplikasikan 3 hari berturut-turut setiap minggu per siklus. Setelah mengaplikasikan krim 5-FU 5% selama 3 siklus, didapatkan lesi pada meatus uretra dan uretra menghilang pada pengamatan hari ke-29 serta tidak timbul lesi baru hingga hari ke-180. Hasil, krim 5-FU 5% untuk KK pada meatus uretra dan uretra memiliki efektivitas yang bervariasi, berkisar 25-95%, dan rekurensi sebesar 50%. Penggunaan krim 5-FU 5% efektif untuk lesi KK berukuran kecil pada meatus uretra dan uretra, dapat diaplikasikan sendiri oleh pasien, mudah digunakan, dan murah. Simpulan, krim 5-FU 5% merupakan terapi yang efektif untuk KK di meatus uretra dan uretra.
Tıkayıcı Uyku Apne Sendromu Hastalarında Farklı Yaş Grupları Arasındaki Vücut Kitle İndeksi ve Apne Hipopne İndeksi Arasındaki İlişkinin Karşılaştırılması
Authors: KARAKURT Süleyman Emre , KUM Nurcan , ÇETİN Mehmet Ali , ENSARİ Serdar , KARAKUŞ Mehmet Fatih , DERE Hüseyin 
Published: December 2018

Obezite tıkayıcı uyku apne sendromu (TUAS) için iyi
tanımlanmış bir risk faktörüdür, ancak obezitenin TUAS gelişim riski üzerine
etkileri, farklı yaş gruplarında farklı bulunmuştur. Bu çalışma ile farklı yaş gruplarında, vücut kitle indeksi
(VKİ) ile apne hipopne indeksi (AHİ)
arasındaki ilişkinin araştıılması ve obezitenin TUAS ağırlığı üzerine
etkilerinin yaş grupları arasındaki farkının araştırılması amaçlandı. TUAS ön
tanısı ile tüm gece polisomnografisi yapılan hastaların polisomnografik
kayıtları retrospektif olarak incelendi. Çalışmaya dahil edilme kriterlerini
karşılayan 236 hasta, yaş aralıklarına göre 4
farklı gruba ayrıldı. Grupları sırası ile 40 yaş altı, 41-50 yaş arası,
51-60 yaş arası ve 60 yaş üstü hastalar oluşturdu. Tüm hastaların ve her bir
grubun VKİ ve AHİ’leri arasındaki korelasyon araştırıldı. Altmış yaş üstü hasta
grubu haricindeki tüm gruplarda VKİ ile AHİ arasında istatistiki anlamlı aynı yönlü korelasyon saptandı. Literatürle
uyumlu olarak ileri yaş grubunda obezitenin TUAS şiddeti üzerine etkisi, diğer
yaş gruplarına göre daha düşük olduğu sonucuna ulaşıldı.
استراتيجية العمليات والتغيير التكنولوجي
Authors: داود غسان قاسم 
Published: December 2018

يسعى البحث الى تبني منهج معرفي معاصر يربط بين استراتيجية العمليات والتغيير او التحديث الكنولوجي المطلوب في المسارات الانتاجية للمنظمات الصناعية اعتمادا على موشرات عملية تتعلق بالاسبقيات التنافسية التي تمثل اهدافا لاداء العمليات،وقد استند البحث على مخطط فرضي اعتمد في بنائه على فرضية اساسية ركزت على انه (يتحدد التغيير التكنولوجي بتطور الاسيقيات التنافسية لتشخيص مستوى التدهور المتحقق في المسار التكنولوجي الحالي مقارنة بالقادة المنافسين- قادة التكنولوجيا).
وجرى تطبيق هذه الافكار على حالة افتراضية لمصنعين يتشابهان في طبيعة انتاجهما ومسارتهما التكنولوجية وتتسمان بالمنافسة فيما بينهما ليمكن التوصل الى نتائج عملية تثبت صحة اعتماد موشرات وعناصر استراتيجية العمليات لاغراض اجراء التغيير والتحديث التكنولوجي.
تحليل حسابات الاعتمادات المستندية دراسة نظرية – تطبيقية في مصرف الرشيد – بغداد للفترة من 2004 – 2006 المالية
Authors: الجزراوي ابراهيم 
Published: December 2018

تلعب الاعتمادات المستندية دوراً كبيراً وخطيراً في التجارة الدولية باعتبارها إحدى أوسع أدوات الدفع انتشاراً في العالم سواءاً كان ذلك بالنسبة للمستورد أم للمصدر وتغطيتها للمخاطر المحتملة لكلا الطرفين، فهي تؤمن للمصدر استلام قيمة البضاعة بالكامل عند تنفيذها لشروط العقد، ويسمح للمستورد بعدم الدفع إلا بعد إتمام شحن البضاعة وتقديم المستندات المطلوبة واستلامها.
وتقوم المصارف التجارية المحلية، والعربية، والدولية بإصدار تعليمات لغرض ضبط هذه العملية أصوليا فضلا عن غرفة التجارة الدولية بباريس والتي تصدر نشرات متتابعة بين آونة وأخرى تضع فيها أساسا مشتركاً تحكم كافة الأطراف المتعاملة بالاعتمادات المستندية، وذلك منذ الحرب العالمية الأولى، وأصبحت تلك الأسس تعرف ألان (( بالأصول والأعراف الدولية الموحدة للاعتمادات المستندية )) (حسين، 1988: 97).
فلسفة إدارة الجودة الشاملة للبيئة
Authors: العنزي سعد , العبيد عائشة حمودي 
Published: December 2018

يعد نظام الادارة البيئية (Environmental Management System)، الذي يرمز له أختصــاراً ( EMS )، أحد الاسس المهمة التي تمكن من السيطرة الفاعلة على مستوى الاداء البيئي المتميز للمنظمات، فهو يطبق مواصفات قياسية خاصة بالمراجعة الموضوعية، ويوفر هيكلاً وطريقة لتطبيقها في جميع نواحي العمل، وبما يضمن الوفاء الكامل للمتطلبات والتشريعات والقوانين البيئية التي تنسجم مع رغبات المجتمع و تطلعاته. وتعد النشاطات الصناعية، من أهم المصادر الرئيسة التي تؤثر في البيئة المحيطة بها، وذلك عن طريق توليد الملوثات والنفايات الصناعية على أختلاف أنواعها الغازية والسائلة والصلبة. ولذلك لايمكن القول أن صناعة ما ذات جودة، بدون وجود رقابة بيئية عليها. وبالتالي هذا مايجعل المنظمات أن تهتم بادارة الجودة الشاملة للبيئة (Total Quality Environment Management)، والتي يرمز لها أختصاراً (TQEM)، اذ أن لها من السمات والخصائص ما يدعو لدراستها وإدرااك مفاهيمها بالقدر الكافي، لاسيما وأنها توفر الكثير من كلف الانتاج والعمليات، وتمنح الزبائن سلعاً وخدمات ذات جودة متميزة بيئياً وصناعياً، وبحيث يمكن الاستفادة منها بشكل كبير في مجال المنافسة، وكسب الارباح، وزيادة الحصة السوقية، والتوسع المستقبلي ايضاً.
تهدف هذه الورقة البحثية ذات الطبيعة النظرية البحتة إلى تمكين الباحثين والممارسين والمهتمين من الاطلاع على فلسفة إدارة الجودة الشاملة للبيئة، بكل ما تتضمنه من مفاهيم وعناصر وأدوات واثار وأليات تنفيذ والاستفادة منها في أجراء التطبيقات الصحيحة على مستوى المنظمة الصناعية، فضلاً عن التعريف بابرز المعوقات والاخطاء الشائعة في تنفيذ هذه الفلسفة على نحو ملائم.
دراسة أساليب التسويق المباشر وتحديد مدى ملائمة كل منها للتطبيق في السوق العراقية دراسة تحليلية استطلاعية لآراء عينة من باعة الجملة في بغداد
Authors: جثير سعدون حمود 
Published: December 2018

ملخص البحث
ان فكرة البحث الاساسية التطرق لاهم المفاهيم التي ذكرت في التسويق المباشر وتحديد أهم اساليبه حالياً ومعرفة مدى تطبيق تلك الاساليب في أسواق بغداد الرئيسة (الكرادة، جميلة، الشورجة، البياع، زيونه، بغداد الجديدة)، واي مـن تلك الاساليب اكثر تطبيقاً في تلك الأسواق، وقد تناول البحث عينة مؤلفة من (100) بائع جملة يمارسون انشطة البيع للمواد الغذائية والادوات الاحتياطية للسيارات والملابس والمواد الكهربائية والالكترونية، وقد استخدم البحث اسلوب المقابلة الشخصية واستمارة الاستبانه في جمع بيانات الجزء العملي من البحث، اما الجزء النظري فقد اعتمد الباحث المصادر المكتبية وشبكة الانترنيت في جمع بياناته،
وقد توصل البحث الى ان اسلوب الهاتف من اكثر وسائل التسويق المباشر استخداماً من قبل تجار الجملة في سوق بغداد يليه الانترنيت ثم دفاتر البيان (الكوبونات)، بعد ذلك البريد المباشر واخيراً القوائم البريدية. وقد أوصى البحث بضرورة تطوير قابليات وامكانيات العاملين في منشأت تجارة الجملة في مجال الانترنيت والوسائل الالكترونية، كذلك العمل على تطوير مؤسسات البريد والبريد السريع ومنحها ثقة اكبر للنهوض بواقع التسويق المباشر في سوق بغداد بشكل خاص والسوق العراقية بشكل عام.
دراسة مقارنة لمعايير المعلومات لتحديد رتبة نماذج الانحدار الذاتي
Authors: ناصر جنان عباس 
Published: December 2018

In this study, we compare between the traditional Information Criteria (AIC, SIC, HQ, FPE) with The Modified Divergence Information Criterion (MDIC) which used to determine the order of Autoregressive model (AR) for the data generating process, by using the simulation by generating data from several of Autoregressive models, when the error term is normally distributed with different values for its parameters (the mean and the variance),and for different sample sizes.
Development and Validation of a RP-HPLC Method for Quantitative Analysis of Linagliptin in Bulk and Dosage Forms
Authors: Rajbangshi Joy Chandra , Alam Md Mahbubul , Hossain Md Shahadat , Islam Md Samiul , Rouf Abu Shara Shamsur 
Published: December 2018

This research was aimed to establish a versatile, sensitive, rapid and validated RP-HPLC method to analyze linagliptin in bulk as well as in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Liquid chromatography was performed on HPLC system and 20μl of samples were injected into a C18 column (150 x 4.6 mm i.d., 5μm particle size) and the eluents were monitored through a PDA detector at 239 nm. An isocratic method with a flow rate of 1 ml/min was used to elute the compounds with a mobile phase comprised of 70:30 v/v mixture of phosphate buffer (pH 6.8±0.2) and acetonitrile. The retention time of the compound was found to be 2.8 minutes. According to the ICH Q2(R1) guidelines, the method was validated by establishing several analytical parameters such as system suitability, specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantitation (LOQ), ruggedness and robustness to assay linagliptin. The method showed good linearity (R2 = 0.9981) over the concentration ranges of 40 – 60 μg/ml with a recovery between 99.48% ± 0.38% RSD to 100.22% ± 0.011% RSD, whereas the LOD and LOQ values were 0.05 μg/ml and 0.15 μg/ml, respectively. The relative standard deviation (% RSD) for inter-day and intra-day precision was not more than 2.0%. Hence, the proposed method can be applied accurately for research and routine analysis of linagliptin in bulk as well as different pharmaceutical dosage forms.
Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 17(2): 175-182, 2018 (December)
Impact Assessment of Different Polymers on Physicochemical Properties of Ibuprofen Loaded Solid Dispersions
Authors: Ferdousy Sonia , Sajeeb BK , Yeasmin Shahida , Faroque ABM 
Published: December 2018

In the present study, solid dispersions of ibuprofen were prepared to improve aqueous solubility of ibuprofen. A series of formulations were prepared where PEG 6000 with polymers named PVP K30, cross PVP, poloxamer 237, HPMC ASLF, pregelatinized starch, Na-CMC, Eudragit L100, and kollidon IR were used in different ratios. Among 41 formulations, solid dispersions of ibuprofen in PEG 6000 with each of PVP K30, poloxamer 237, and Na-CMC at ratio of 2:9:7 revealed improved solubility of 952.73 ± 1.31, 878.18 ± 0.97, and 1263.64 ± 1.58 μg/ml, respectively. The physicochemical properties of these preparations were ascertained by FTIR, SEM, DSC, and particle size analyses. FTIR spectrum showed absence of chemical interactions and physical compatibilities between ibuprofen and polymers were confirmed by DSC. Disappearance of individual surface properties in solid dispersions were revealed by SEM studies, which indicated the formation of effective preparations. On the other hand, particle size analysis showed reduction in particle size of ibuprofen from solid dispersions that demonstrated solubility enhancement of ibuprofen. The above studies suggested that solid dispersions of ibuprofen in PEG 6000 at ratios of 2:9:7 with each of PVP K30, poloxamer 237, and Na-CMC were found to be effective to improve aqueous solubility.
Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 17(2): 183-190, 2018 (December)
14-Deoxyandrographolide Isolated from Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f) Nees Growing in Bangladesh and its Antimicrobial Properties
Authors: Rashid Parisa Tamannur , Ahmed Muniruddin , Rahaman Md Mizanur , Muhit Md Abdul 
Published: December 2018

Abstract not available
Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 17(2): 265-267, 2018 (December)
Antineoplastic Activity and Genotoxicity of Organic Extracts and Barbatic Acid Isolated from the Lichen Cladonia salzmannii Nyl
Authors: Gonçalves Joelma Pessoa , Martins Mônica Cristina Barroso , Buril Maria de Lourdes Lacerda , Aguiar Jaciana Dos Santos , Da Silva Terezinha Gonçalves , Dos Santos Souza Talita Giselly , Santos Noemia Pereira Da Silva , Chagas Cristiano Aparecido , Pereira Eugênia Cristina , Falcão Emerson Peter Da Silva , Da Silva Nicácio Henrique 
Published: December 2018

Background: Secondary metabolites are responsible for most of the biological activities of lichens. Many of these compounds exhibit significant antineoplastic activity. The aim of the present in vitro study was to evaluate the cytotoxic and genotoxic activities of organic extracts and purified barbatic acid from the lichen Cladonia salzmannii (Nyl.).
Methods: The thallus of the lichen (22 g) was cleaned and dried with the solvents diethyl ether, chloroform and acetone. Organic extracts were obtained using the hot exhausted method in a Soxhlet apparatus. Barbatic acid (BAR) was purified from the ether extract (1.3 g). Chemical analysis of the organic extracts and purified BAR was performed using thin-layer chromatography. The purity of purified BAR was determined using high-performance liquid chromatography. The MTT method [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] and cytokinesis-block proliferation index (CBPI) were used to determine the cytotoxic activity of the organic extracts and purified BAR. The micronucleus test and comet assay were used to determine genotoxic potential of the organic extracts and purified BAR. Dimethyl sulfoxide was used as the diluting solvent of the samples in all biological tests.
Results: The IC50 results demonstrated significant cytotoxic potential of the ether extract (50 µg/mL) against cell lines NCI-H292 (IC50: 29.91 µg/mL), HEp-2 (IC50: 26.75 µg/mL) and HL-60 (IC50: 3.59 µg/mL) as well as the purified BAR (25 µg/mL) against cell lines HEp-2 (IC50: 15.79 µg/mL) and MCF-7 (IC50: 18.28 µg/mL). The CBPI demonstrated the cytotoxic activity of the purified BAR at all concentrations tested (5, 10, 20 and 40 µg/mL) and all organic extracts (50 µg/mL) against Ehrlich carcinoma cells. For sarcoma 180, only BAR purified at a concentration of 40 µg/mL and the ether and chloroform extracts (50 µg/mL) were considered cytotoxic. The micronucleus test revealed that the purified BAR at a concentration of 5 µg/mL had no genotoxic potential against either tumor cell line. Furthermore, the chloroform extract and purified BAR at a concentration of 10 µg/mL were not considered genotoxic for sarcoma 180. In the comet assay, all compounds tested induced DNA damage in both tumor lines.
Conclusion: Based on the present results, organic extracts and purified barbatic acid from C. salzmannii exhibit cytotoxic and genotoxic activity against of the tumor cell lines tested.
TWO-DIMENSIONAL NONISOTHERMAL NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF SPEED RATIO EFFECTS ON DISPERSION AND DISTRIBUTION IN HIGH-VISCOSITY PARTIALLY FILLED RUBBER MIXING
Authors: Ahmed Istiaque , Poudyal Hari , Chandy Abhilash J. 
Published: December 2018

ABSTRACT
Two-dimensional, transient, and nonisothermal computational fluid dynamics simulations are conducted for high-viscosity rubber mixing in a two-wing rotor-equipped partially filled chamber of fill factor 75%. Calculations presented assess the effect of three differential speeds or speed ratios of the two rotors for the rubber mixing process: 1.0 (also called even speed), 1.125, and 1.5. A Eulerian multiphase model, the volume of fluid technique, is employed to simulate two different phases, rubber and air, by calculating the free surface between the two phases, in addition to the main governing equations such as the continuity, momentum, and energy equations. To characterize the non-Newtonian, highly viscous rubber under nonisothermal conditions, the shear rate–dependent Carreau-Yasuda model along with an Arrhenius function are employed. A set of massless particles is introduced into the chamber to calculate several parameters related to dispersive and distributive mixing characteristics. Specifically, the mixing index and maximum shear stress are analyzed for the dispersive nature, whereas cluster distribution index and length of stretch are calculated for investigating the distributive nature of the mixing process. Also, the temporal viscous heat generation rate, a good indication of the temperature rise throughout the domain, which is critical in the process and equipment design, is analyzed here. Results showed that the 1.125 speed ratio was the most efficient in terms of distributive mixing and heat generation.
Cuerpo, lenguaje y transgresión: fuerzas disolutivas y multiplicidad diferencial en los intersticios del discurso de la ley | Body, language and criminality: dissolving forces and differential multiplicity in the interstices of modern legal subject
Authors: Coppa Lucía Inés 
Published: December 2018

Resumen: El propósito del presente artículo es revisar concepciones en torno a la dimensión corporal, analizando modos en que la dinámica formalizante del discurso jurídico opera en sus aspectos productores de subjetividad. En ese sentido, nos centramos en algunos enfoques filosóficos –a modo de ‘panorama por escorzos’-, relativos al estatuto de lo corporal y la forma en que el cuerpo es construido y atravesado. En particular, presentamos aspectos de la concepción dialéctica hegeliana –a partir de la lectura de Kojève-, a través de la cual creemos la experiencia corporal no puede ser pensada o conceptualizada; para luego retomar una serie de propuestas en torno a filosofías de la diferencia que entendemos fungen como herramientas para propiciar un acercamiento a la experiencia corporal y a los modos en que es codificada por el discurso jurídico, en particular el vinculado al delito y la trangresión
Abstract: The aim of this article is to revise conceptions around the corporal dimension that operates in law discourse. In that sense we focus on some philosophical approaches related to the place that body asummes and the way it is constructed and crossed by. In particular, we criticize some aspects of the dialectic hegelian conception, through which we believe the corporal experiencie can not be thought or conceptualized. We take up a series of questions around philosophies of differencethat we asumme are a way to zoom in this experience and then to the modes that it is codified by the law discourse.
El derecho como dogma en la forma etico-politico liberal. Otra lectura desde el realismo critico de E. Mounier: la persona como fundamento ético de los derechos | Law as a Tenet in Liberalism. A New Reading from E. Mounier’s Critical Realism: The Person as an Ethical Foundation of Rights
Authors: Seco Martínez Jose María 
Published: December 2018

Resumen: El realismo crítico personalista plantea una nueva idea de juridicidad. Reclama frente a la escisión radical entre teoría y praxis jurídica, entre lo axiológico y lo normativo, entre la realidad y lo objetivo, que esgrime la argumentación kelseniana, una instancia crítica para el derecho positivo: la existencia de la persona humana concreta, (que hace y vive la historia), como fundamento inmediato de todo lo jurídico. Si partimos de la base de que siendo la teoría general del derecho una invención moderna, hasta su culminación en Kelsen, ¿por qué no admitir que pueda ser matizada por otros marcos axiológicos y cognitivos, también modernos, descuidados desde entonces por esa concepción normativista? Por eso, hablamos de “realismo crítico”.
Abstract: The personalist critical realism sets out a new idea about legality facing Kelsen’s argument. Kelsen claims a radical separation between legal theory and praxis, between the axiological and the normative, and between reality and objectivity. However, the personalist critical realism proposes a critical starting point: the existence of the real human being, the one who makes and lives history, as the immediate basis of the legal world. If we start from the assumption that the general theory of law is a modern invention, until it reached its highest point with Kelsen; why do not we admit that it can be elaborated by other cognitive frameworks, also modern, which have been ignored since then, by that normative idea? Therefore, we talk about “critical realism”.
El derecho del menor extranjero a ser escuchado y su interés superior en los procedimientos de repatriación | The Right of foreign child to be heard and the best interests of the child in the return process
Authors: Arce Jiménez Elena 
Published: December 2018

Resumen: Las dificultades para ser escuchado del menor extranjero en cualquier procedimiento que le afecte ponen de relieve las deficiencias generales existentes en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico para hacer efectivos los derechos de los que son titulares las personas menores de edad, sean extranjeras o no. Se analiza en primer lugar el artículo 12 de la Convención de los Derechos del niño, las condiciones imprescindibles para para hacer efectivo el derecho a ser escuchado y la conexión que existe entre ese derecho y la consideración primordial de su interés superior. A continuación se hace un repaso de la regulación española de los procedimientos de repatriación de menores extranjeros no acompañados a la luz del interés superior del menor y su derecho a ser escuchado.
Abstract: The current challenges that migrant children face to have their right to be heard fulfilled and respected, put in evidence the general deficiencies of our legal system ensuring the effective enjoyment of children rights, irrespective if the children in question are migrant or not. At the outset, article12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its content is analysed, including the essential requirements for an effective implementation and enjoyment of the right to be heard and its linkages with the best interest of the child as the primary consideration. An analysis of the Spanish regulations under the return procedures for unaccompanied foreignchildren is also provided in light of the respect of the best interests of the child and their right to be heard.
How to Write a Thesis
Authors: Eco Umberto 
Published: December 2018

Umberto Eco's wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, published in English for the first time.
By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis—from choosing a topic to organizing a work schedule to writing the final draft. Now in its twenty-third edition in Italy and translated into seventeen languages, How to Write a Thesis has become a classic. Remarkably, this is its first, long overdue publication in English.
Eco's approach is anything but dry and academic. He not only offers practical advice but also considers larger questions about the value of the thesis-writing exercise. How to Write a Thesis is unlike any other writing manual. It reads like a novel. It is opinionated. It is frequently irreverent, sometimes polemical, and often hilarious. Eco advises students how to avoid “thesis neurosis” and he answers the important question “Must You Read Books?” He reminds students “You are not Proust” and “Write everything that comes into your head, but only in the first draft.” Of course, there was no Internet in 1977, but Eco's index card research system offers important lessons about critical thinking and information curating for students of today who may be burdened by Big Data.
How to Write a Thesis belongs on the bookshelves of students, teachers, writers, and Eco fans everywhere. Already a classic, it would fit nicely between two other classics: Strunk and White and The Name of the Rose.
Contents The Definition and Purpose of a Thesis • Choosing the Topic • Conducting Research • The Work Plan and the Index Cards • Writing the Thesis • The Final Draft