The growing number of PhD students has spurred debates about the societal relevance of PhD training trajectories. The academic labour market does not provide enough jobs and many PhD graduates will have a career outside academia. It has been questioned whether current PhD training trajectories are still adequate and collaborative research projects are introduced as alternative trajectories. Suc...

OBJECTIVE To review the characteristics of public-private mix projects in India and their effect on case notification and treatment outcomes for tuberculosis. DESIGN Literature review. DATA SOURCES Review of surveillance records from Indian tuberculosis programme project, evaluation reports, and medical literature for public-private mix projects in India. DATA EXTRACTION Project character...

PURPOSE Medical trainees are required to undertake audit and quality improvement projects. They must also have an understanding of the principles of research and are encouraged to participate in research projects. However, the constraints of time, a lack of formal training and rotation between different training posts create barriers to audit cycle completion and pursuing research. This leads t...

This research has developed a theoretical model that will help to improve productivity without reducing quality in software projects. It has been observed that while trying to increase productivity, quality gets hit in software projects. However, customer requirements in these projects demand that the projects be delivered on time without having defects or bugs in the final deliverables. Thus, ...

An effective method for finding the relevant number (window size) and the elapsed time (window age) of recently completed projects has proven elusive in software effort estimation. Although these two parameters significantly affect the prediction accuracy, there is no effective method to stratify and sample chronological projects to improve prediction performance of software effort estimation m...

Objective—To describe the development and preliminary results from a community based certification model for training in tobacco cessation skills in Arizona. Design—A programme evaluation using both quantitative pre-post measures and qualitative methods. Setting—Arizona’s comprehensive tobacco control programme of state funded, community based local projects and their community partners providi...

introduction: medical undergraduates usually understand and memorize anatomical course material with difficulty. also, the current text books and atlases of anatomy and histology do not fulfill all the learning needs of the undergraduates. therefore, it is necessary to consider the role of internet websites and computer programs (i.e. the role of electronic learning) in teaching. the present re...