I managed to get one for you....

Wow, thanks everyone this is massively helpful I appreciate all the comments, there is some really good advice here.

Loving the postgrad forum!
Thanks!!

Thanks for these comments guys I appreciate it (yes I am from the UK, Mackem_Beefy/ Ian). I was also surprised that these issues were raised. It was only figures I had used which were modified and edited to suit the context.

Using your advice however I think I have a stronger basis to tackle these issues now.

Thanks!
Matt.

Hey tresh,

In fear of stating the obvious have you discussed these issues with your supervisor/s? I found that reading the methodology sections of papers relating to my particular field helped massively in the write-up. Maybe that's a good place to start?

Hey postgrad-forum lovers,

I was wondering if anyone could help me or point in the right direction as to how to go about getting the authors permission to use one / several of their figures in my science-based PhD thesis? I was not funded by industry and had no competing financial interests to declare.

Having passed my viva one of my examiners said that I must get permission from the authors to use their figures (they were all cited of course). But some of the figures are from papers dating back to 1959!! Therefore would it be best to contact the publishers (i.e. the journal) to seek permission?

If there is anyone else who has had to this I would really appreciate hearing from you as I am a bit stuck with it at the moment.

Many Thanks!!

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It may seem that everyone else is "better" than you or has a "better" relationship with their supervisor.... but PLEASE don't get drawn in by other people. You would be very surprised to find sometimes that they me be struggling even more than you, you just don't realise it. This is your PhD, embrace it, engage in it. It will probably dominate your life for 3-4 years but even with all the drama I had gone through, somehow I still enjoyed it! If you have any doubts now or uncertainties I would take this up with your advisor (or someone equivalent first in your department). Get their advice and then see your supervisor. If they are a good supervisor they will only want to help you.

I came out with two first authors in the end and two second author publications as well. I am working on another right now as well! After 6 months I felt exactly the same way as you do now but I got through it and you can to!!

Hey Rab285,

I have a little known expression called the "6 month curse". Having now passed my viva with minor corrections I always encountered these sorts of problems around the 6 month period of almost any year. During these times it's often you get bombarded with paper work, literature reviews to be completed, progress reports etc... I can see now this work load was adding to the fire. Both 'smoobles' and 'ginga' have offered some great advice here and so as not to add to it I would say this. Find something that keeps you motivated that even with external pressures mounting still seems to drive you to the very end. I love what I am doing and am very passionate about the work and that was always my driver. In 5 months no one is expecting you to be an expert and trust me even towards the end you still go back and read old papers that still add to the knowledge you thought you already had. The first year is about understanding the basics and planning preliminary studies and getting a feel for what could be done.

Towards the end of my PhD I started a postdoc three months before my final submission date. I was working every hour god sent, literally then about 2 weeks before the deadline my grandad passed away. I had a training course in London (miles away from my home institution) a few days before everything was due in. That course was for the postdoc then I was writing again in the evenings. I still got through it though with real determination.

Running out of words so next message......

Brilliant!! Thank you!

rab285 you are an absolute legend, thank you!!

Hi,

Sorry for flooding the forum but I keep hitting barriers with my institutional access - inter-library-loans are expensive so I wanted to try this first:

1. Image analysis of Transwell assays in the assessment of invasion by malignant cell lines. L Connolly, P Maxwell, Br J Biomed Sci 2002; 59(1); 11-14.

Direct link:

2. Modified paraffin wax for improvement of histological analysis efficiency. Jin Ik Lim,
Kook-Jin Lim, Jin-Young Choi, Yong-Keun Lee. Microscopy Research and Technique; Volume 73, Issue 8, pages 761–765, 2010.

Direct link:
3. Tissue Preparation for Histochemistry: Fixation, Embedding, and Antigen Retrieval for Light Microscopy. Tim D. Hewitson, Belinda Wigg, Gavin J. Becker. Histology Protocols,
Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume 611, 2010, pp 3-18.

Direct link:
Many thanks!!

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had access to the following:

"New double embedding technique for specimens of endoscopic submucosal dissection using agarose: comparison with other media".

Zozumi, M (Zozumi, Masataka)[ 1 ] ; Nakai, M (Nakai, Mayumi)[ 1 ] ; Ito, T (Ito, Takashi)[ 1 ] ; Matsuda, I (Matsuda, Ikuo)[ 1 ] ; Hao, H (Hao, Hiroyuki)[ 1 ] ; Tsukamoto, Y (Tsukamoto, Yoshitane)[ 1 ] ; Hirota, S (Hirota, Seiichi)[ 1 ]

Journal of Clinical Pathology. Volume: 63, Issue:10, pages: 904 - 909. October 2010.


Direct link:

Thanks!

Thanks for the advice Pootle. I will give it a go an see how I get on, thanks!

Hi,

Just a quick question regarding everyone's favourite word processor, Word 2010. I recently passed my viva and now I am back onto the corrections. I am attempting (at the moment) to edit the complete thesis document. As was the case when I was submitting, the program randomly freezes and then crashes out.

The file is massive ~80MB, 420 pages, 97,000 complete word count...... I want to avoid having to break the document back into chapters as the editing took ages to do in the end. I therefore wondered if anyone knew of a way of making Word 2010 run more smoothly with enormous files. I have never had to deal with anything of this size before, hence why I am asking.

Thanks!!

Thanks,

I checked but I can't get access to it sorry. For anyone else willing to help the direct link is:

Hi,

This is a broken link. If you post the reference you were originally after then someone might be able to help source it from elsewhere.

Thanks.