Biomimetic structures such as structural colors demand a fabrication technology of complex three-dimensional nanostructures on large areas. Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is capable of large area replication of three-dimensional structures, but the ma...
Recent research has documented both questionable and responsible research practices in published psychology research, but it is unclear which research practices psychology students engage in when graduating from their master’s program. In this...
The inclusion of ethical competence in the training of master’s degree students remains a challenge. It has important links to the professionalization process, but unevenness has been found in its development and implementation, and this appear...
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Background: Master’s students have been affected by COVID-19 and the changing study conditions due to the lockdown. The aim was to uncover changes in emotions, coping strategies, and psychological well-being during a pandemic. Methods: Ryff sca...
Retrofitting the UK building stock is a key priority due to the importance of achieving sustainability goals, preferably before 2050. This goal will not be achieved without reducing energy consumption and making houses more comfortable, healthier, an...
Research learning engagement is the basic element of master’s students’ innovation output, and the supervisor is the first responsible body for master’s students’ cultivation. Exploring the influence of the supervisor–po...
New master’s degrees in computer engineering, designed according to Spanish government requirements, include both technical and business subjects to provide advanced knowledge compared to undergraduate studies. In spite of acquiring this advanc...
The master’s degree in Applied Analytical Chemistry at University College London (UCL) includes valuable teaching input from the UK National Measurement Laboratory for Chemical and Bio-Measurement hosted at LGC. The course starts by introducing...
Background: The increasing complexity of midwifery practice highlights the need for clearly defined competency goals in Master’s programs. Although international frameworks describe competency domains at the Master’s level, evidence on st...
International student mobility is an important dimension of internationalisation in higher education, involving a high percentage of students in certain subject areas. A literature review revealed the absence of studies deepening our knowledge of thi...
Career choices of master’s students, particularly regarding the pursuit of doctoral degrees, have received limited scholarly attention. This study examines the employment pathways and influencing factors of engineering master’s students....
Since 2020, the master’s program “Multiple Sclerosis Management” has been running at Dresden International University, offering structured training to become a multiple sclerosis specialist. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many planned teaching formats...
Background: The master’s thesis defense requires students to demonstrate research maturity, a high-stakes phase often causing significant stress. Understanding student challenges and the process of emotional regulation is crucial to improving p...
The article deals with the instructional design of an integrative Business English course for master’s students of a technical university (a case study of the Saint Petersburg Mining University) for blended and/or flexible learning. The main go...
This paper explores the perspectives of Master Taixu (太虛, 1890–1947) and Master Hsing Yun (星雲, 1927–2023) on the practice of the Buddhist Five Vehicles (五乘), particularly focusing on the relations...
Background: In increasingly competitive academic environments, highly perfectionistic master’s students frequently report sleep problems. The mechanisms underlying this association, however, remain unclear. This study tested whether competitive...
Background: This study aims to compare the refractive outcomes of cataract surgery using two different biometry devices, the IOL Master 500 and IOL Master 700, and to investigate the influence of patient-related factors on these outcomes. Methods: In...
This paper describes the results of recent research carried out with the UK energy sector to assess low-carbon related skills gaps and training requirements at the masters-level. Via iterative engagement across the industry, the characteristics of th...
Background: Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (EBNP) plays a crucial role in ensuring high-quality patient care. This study evaluates master’s degree nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to EBNP, identifying strengths...
Fabrication of microfluidic devices by soft lithography is by far the most popular approach due to its simplicity and low cost. The approach relies on casting of elastomers, such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), on masters fabricated from photoresists...
In response to the demands for high reliability, excellent dynamic response, and high-precision control of advanced aircraft actuation systems, this study focuses on the control technology for the master-master operating mode of dual-redundancy elect...
The preparation of future secondary school teachers, across both compulsory and post-compulsory education, remains the subject of sustained social and political debate in Spain. Despite successive regulatory reforms in recent decades, there is renewe...
This paper explores how two Chinese medical Master’s students’ international publication success/failure and their academic English learning outcomes were related to their agency and the social context in which they were embedded by using the notions...
We developed the projection method to derive an analog of the quantum master equation for propagators rather than density matrices themselves. As these propagators are superoperators, we call them superoperator master equations. Furthermore, as the p...
This study analyzes the differences in the selection of teaching methodologies, assessment instruments, and educational values in Master’s Theses (TFMs) written within the Geography and History specialization of a Teacher Training Master’...
Undergraduate and master’s programs—thesis- or non-thesis-based—provide students with opportunities to develop research skills that vary depending on their degree requirements. However, there is a lack of clarity and consistency reg...
Aluminum master alloys with rare earth metals are widely studied by many scientists around the world, but research on the production of Al-Er master alloys is still limited. The purpose of this work is to study the microstructure parameters of alumin...
The mechanisms of aim-setting and decision-making in criminal activity as a four-level hierarchical structure were presented for the Russian criminals known as ‘vory v zakonie’. The first level represents a basic concept of saving one&rsq...
Determinant factors of time interval for sending reference message in Time Triggered Controller Area Network, called TTCAN below, was analyzed. A software method for fault diagnosis and tolerance of time master was also proposed and the method was va...
The research–teaching nexus in higher education has been strongly discussed and debated, especially when it comes to developing research competence and introducing evidence-based practice into the master’s degree curricula for Educational...
The best master clock (BMC) algorithm is currently used to establish the master-slave hierarchy for the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP). However, the BMC algorithm may create an unbalanced hierarchy that contains several boundary clocks with...
This work analyses the motivational regulation, achievement goals and sport commitment of Spanish Masters swimmers, being the first study of its kind. A total of 211 (106 women and 105 men) Masters swimmers from the Federation of Castilla-La Mancha (...
Graph partitioning is a key step in the parallel and distributed processing of big graphs, aimed at improving efficiency while balancing load and reducing communication overhead. However, conventional partitioning methods often produce irregular inte...
In the presented article, a differential thermal analysis was carried out and the temperatures of thermal effects were established that arise during the reduction of neodymium from a technological salt mixture KCl–NaCl–CaCl2–NdF3 wi...
The name “Kuiji 窺基”, usually attributed to the famous monk Master Ci’en慈恩法師 in the Tang Dynasty, has long been a subject of scholarly debate. Textual and manuscript evidence, however, reveal...
The Daoist monasteries, which were first popularized in southern China in the late fifth century, reflected major changes in the structure of medieval Daoism. From the perspective of comparative religious history, the rise of Daoist monasteries bears...
Long-span suspension bridges require accumulated design and construction technologies owing to challenging environmental conditions and complex engineering practices. Building information modeling (BIM) is a technique used to federate essential data...
The phase angle master curve of the PU mixture is a new research field that is urgently needed to characterize the viscoelastic of the PU mixture under different conditions. In this paper, five master curve models, five shift factor equations, and fo...
African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is transmitted by the tsetse fly which carries pathogenic trypanosomes in its saliva, thus causing debilitating infection to livestock health. As the disease advances, a multistage progression process is observed...
Background/Objectives: The measurement of axial length (AL) is important to monitor the success of interventions to slow childhood myopia, but traditional biometers are expensive for clinicians to acquire. To address this, Oculus has developed the My...
The problem of insufficient regulation ability in isolated microgrid operations in traditional master–slave control is targeted in this research. A hybrid master–slave control strategy is proposed to operate multiple distributed generator...
Scrum methodology is widely used in the information technology (IT) industry for the purposes of team-based iterative software development. However, limited studies have been conducted to explore the nature of interactions between a Scrum Master and...
Information organizing principle is one of the key issues of intelligent master model (IMM), which is an enhancement of the master model (MM) based on KBE (knowledge-based engineering). Despite the fact that the core product model (CPM) has been conf...
This study examines the history of master planning in Kabul city and how the government approaches segregation through urban planning. There are five master plans made for Kabul city, starting in 1964, with the others being conceived in 1970, 1978, 2...
Engineering education is increasingly required to prepare graduates who can address complex societal challenges by connecting technical expertise with innovation, sustainability, stakeholder needs, and value creation. This article examines how an ite...
The growing interest in advancing microfluidic devices for manipulating fluids within micrometer-scale channels has prompted a shift in manufacturing practices, moving from single-component production to medium-size batches. This transition arises du...
Modern optical systems often require small, optically effective structures that have to be manufactured both precisely and cost-effectively. One option to do this is using nanoimprint lithography (NIL), in which the optical structures are replicated...
The long-term effect of physical activity on body composition in Master athletes is rarely presented in the literature. The aim of this study was to identify possible changes in body composition of Master swimmers over a period of 4 years, including...
A significant increase has been observed in the use of Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) over the last few decades. However, there exist several associated challenges with UWSNs, mainly due to the nodes’ mobility, increased propagation dela...
Background and Objectives: To study the validity and the degree of representability of the toothguide 3D Master, with 26 physically shade tabs, on the natural tooth colour on a sample of the Spanish population. Materials and Methods: Natural tooth co...
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