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Helloooo... I hope everyone is well. I'm asked to list in my thesis anything published previously elsewhere. What should I do with presentations for conferences that didn't publish anything, but info still available on their website? I spotted a couple of power point presentations, abstracts and jpegs/PDFs of posters in some conference servers/pages etc. with a simple google search. They include work from my thesis. Should I list those as presentations too? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks...
I asked this question here before, but I think I made it sound too complicated, so didn't get any answers. I could do with your opinion/advice, so here it is again:
I have included a direct quote from someone's paper in my thesis. A year or so later, I read a book chapter by someone else, and I found that article very useful so I cite this guy a lot in my thesis. But somewhere in his chapter he uses the exact quote from this first writer. I am so paranoid about plagiarism. I was so happy to discover that quote myself in the first place to be honest, but should I reference him instead just to be on the safe side?
Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but I couldn't make a decision. :$
Dear Natassia, first of all I agree that you should do what feels right. At least until the PhD is out of your way. But the fact that you don't wake up from these power-naps feeling refreshed without the aid of coffee might be a sign of your body not getting what it needs?
I'm a typical nocturnal, but a bit of a weirdo when it comes to sleeping patterns; I gave up trying to work it out in the end. I sleep too little usually, not a creature of habit, but it doesn't bother me in theory. But I used to get these sleepy phases during the day. I cannot nap for the life of me, no way. Caffeine made things ok briefly but made me even more hyper and shaky. So because I tried regulating sleeping patterns and it didn't work, "not feeling sleepy during the day" was my target regardless of how much sleep I get at night. I realized these sleepy feelings were not related to being tired. Over a month ago I completely stopped caffeine, changed what I eat during the day (now only more frequent light stuff to keep energy levels stable), and stopped exercising in the late-afternoon (so it's either in the morning or evening now). I no longer feel sleepy during the day. Maybe you too can look into these things?
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As far as I know, it is quite alright to put something along the lines of:
"The literature review section of this paper is partly/mainly composed for author's previous research"
or if you wish to be less specific
"Some parts of this paper are adapted from author's previously published research paper"
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