Gujarat University Thesis Guidelines

GUIDELINES FORDISSERTATIONS/THESIS MANUSCRIPTING AHMEDABAD DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL GUJARAT UNIVERSITY Instructions to Candidates Consider the following requirements for meeting the standards of Manuscripting the dissertation/Thesis: Paper Use only one side of high-quality, plain white (unlined in any way) bond paper, minimum 20lb weight, and 8-27” x 11.69” A4 in size. Erasable paper should not be used. Font Type & Size Select font’s type-Times New Roman. The size of characters for the titles should be 16 and Bold (font style of Student’s choice) & size of text should be 14 characters. Print Should be laser printing (not dot matrix) with dark black ink and character should be consistently clear and dense. Pagination Number all of the pages of your document, including not only the principal text, but also all plates, tables, diagrams, maps, and so on. Separators should not be numbered. Roman numerals are used on the preliminary pages (pages up to the first page of text) and Arabic numerals are used on the text pages. Header and footer The header should contain the title of the chapter. The page numbers can be placed on the footer, on the centre or right hand side of the page; however they should be consistent. Spacing Use 1.5 spacing except for long quotations, footnotes, and endnotes, which are single-spaced. Margins 2 To allow for binding, the left-hand margin must be 1.5”. Other margins should be 1.0”. Diagrams, photographs, or facsimiles in any form should be of a standard page size, or if larger, folded so that a free left-hand margin of 1.5” remains and the folded sheet is not larger than the standard page. Paragraphs To begin a paragraph there should be a spacing of 10 characters. Text should be justified in every respect. Photographs and schematic diagrams Professional quality black-and-white or colored photographs and / or diagrams are necessary for clear reproduction. Direct print of color or black & white plates with the specified page size and margins for text is necessary. Pasting of photos may be done. Caption for the photographs should be centered, below the photograph in Times New Roman with 12 fonts size and in bold. Tables and graphs (figures) Tables and graphs should be numbered in Roman numerals in continuity through all the chapters. Title of the table should be placed above the table while title of graph (figure) should be placed below graph (figure), in font style of Student’s choice, with 20 fonts size and in bold. Annexure Annexure, if any should be placed at the end of the entire manuscript after the references. Annexure should be numbered in Roman numerals with the title in font style of student’s choice, 16 font size and in bold. File Format for electronic submission of thesis Thesis or Dissertations format should be in .Doc (MS Word Document 2007) or PDF (Portable Document format), Image files in JPEG or TIFF format and Audio Visual in AVI (Audio video interleave), GIF, MPEG (moving picture expert) files format. Cover Page 3 place and year. degree name. name of the candidate. Font size should be 22 in Times New Roman and should be in capital letters. subject name. Labeling on CD CD-ROM Labeling Should be standard and should contain title. It should include Title of the Thesis. guide name. Year of submission. subtitle. college.Hard bound cover page. and University name with logo. name of the department. 4 . College name.should be black with silver embossing and silver metal corner. DISSERTATION TITLE GUJARAT UNIVERSITY OCTOBER. 2011 5 . Ahmedabad. 2011 6 . 2011 DISSERTATION TITLE by Name of Postgraduate Student Dissertation Submitted to the Gujarat University. Gujarat In partial fulfillment Of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF DENTAL SURGERY in NAME OF SPECIALITY Under the guidance of Name of Guide Oral Medicine & Radiology Department Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital Gandhinagar October.Side space DISSERTATION GUJARAT UNIVERSITY OCTOBER. DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE I hereby declare that this dissertation/thesis entitled “Name of Dissertation" is a bonafide and genuine research work carried out by me under the guidance of Name & designation of the Guide. Date: Signature of the Candidate Place: Gandhinagar Name of Student 7 . Date: Signature of the Guide Place: Gandhinagar Name & Designation of Guide 8 .CERTIFICATE BY THE GUIDE This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “Name of Dissertation” is a bonafide research work done by Name of Student in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Dental Surgery. Seal & Signature of the Guide Seal & Signature of the HOD Name of Guide Date: Place: Gandhinagar Name of Guide Date: Place: Gandhinagar Seal & Signature of the PG Director Seal & Signature of the Principal Dr. Mihir Shah Date: Place: Gandhinagar 9 . Darshana Shah Date: Place: Gandhinagar Dr.ENDORSEMENT BY THE HOD. PRINCIPAL/HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “Name of Dissertation” is a bonafide research work done by Name of Student under the guidance of Name of Guide (Designation of Guide). Gujarat 10 . Signature of the Candidate Date: Place: Gandhinagar Name of Candidate © Gujarat University. Ahmedabad. use and disseminate this dissertation / thesis in print or electronic format for academic / research purpose.COPYRIGHT Declaration by the Candidate I hereby declare that the Gujarat University has the rights to preserve. ETHICAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE Insert the Scanned Copy of the Ethical Clearance Certificate 11 . ACKNOWLEDGMENT Date : Place: Signature of the Candidate Name 12 . LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED 13 . Review of Literature Page No. 7. Conclusion Page No. 2. Observation & Results Page No. 6. 10.TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Material & Methods Page No. 3. Introduction Page No. 11. Discussion Page No. 5. 9. Tables Page No. Figures Page No. Bibliography Page No. 8. Summary Page No. 4. Annexures 14 . Aims & Objectives Page No. LIST OF FIGURES Sr. No Title Pages 15 . LIST OF TABLES Sr. No Title Page No 16 . 1. INTRODUCTION 17 . 2. AIMS & OBJECTIVES 18 . REVIEW OF LITERATURE 19 .3. 4. MATERIAL & METHODS 20 . 5. FIGURES 21 . TABLES 22 .6. 7. OBSERVATIONS & RESULTS 23 . 6. DISCUSSION 24 . CONCLUSION 25 .7. SUMMARY 26 .8. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers. Gerontology and leadership skills for nurses. REFERENCES (Vancouver Format) Reference list at end of Thesis References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Solheim BG. Printed publications Book Example: Neal MJ. London: Stationery Office. they should not be listed alphabetically by author or title or put in date order. Chief Medical Officer's Committee on Medical Aspects of Food.9. Looking at the future of the Medicaid program. Washington: The Institute. MEDINFO 92. Government publication/Corporate author Example: Department of Health. Piemme TE. 2nd ed. Saving lives: our healthier nation. 5th Report. London: Stationery Office. 1998. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific. 1992. 1998. Degoulet P. Medical pharmacology at a glance. followed by et al. Rienhoff O. (Department of Health report on health and social subjects 48. Rinsgiven MK. In: Lun KC. Institute of Medicine (US).) Conference paper in published proceedings Example: Bengtsson S. Note: Where there are more than six authors list the first six names. Nutritional aspects of the development of cancer. Enforcement of data protection. 1987. Bond D. 1996. privacy and security in medical informatics. (and others). 1999 (Cm 4386). Report Example: Confidential enquiries into stillbirths and deaths in infancy. editors. London: Stationery Office. 27 . Ivanov E. 124 (11):980-3. San Diego: CMEA. Krevsky B. Reeves JRT. Switzerland. clinical dermatology illustrated [monograph on CD-ROM]. Hospitalizations tied to ozone pollution: study estimates 50. 1992. Sect.Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics.1561-5. Cancer in South Africa [editorial]. bloating and vomiting. Note: Journal titles which are just a single word are not abbreviated.1(1):[24 screens]. 84:15. 2nd ed. Journal article Example: Morse SS. Chey YW. Amsterdam: North-Holland. Maibach H. Vega KJ. CMEA Multimedia Group. et al. Lee KY.nlm. Consult the List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus. Electrogastrographic study of patients with unexplained nausea.nih. 1995. 79:311-4. Heart transplantation is associated with an increased risk for pancreatobiliary disease.gov/ncidod/EID/eid. Electronic media Individual works Example: CDI. Black RJ. Friedl HP. The list can also be obtained through the NLM=s web site (http://www. Gastroenterology 1980. p. Clayton D. A:3 (col. Version 2. Journal article Example: You CH. Childhood leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up.htm 28 . 73:1006-12. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Pina I. The titles of other journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus.cdc. published in the January issue of Index Medicus. 1992 Sep 6-10. Ann Intern Med 1996 Jun 1. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 1995 Jan-Mar [cited 1996 Jun 5]. 5). S Afr MEd J 1994.0. Geneva. Newspaper article Example: Lee G. The Washington Post 1996 Jun 21.gov).000 admissions annually. Br J Cancer 1996. Menguy R. Available from: URL: http://www. Parkin DM. Masuyer E. Computer File Example: Hemodynamics III: the ups and downs of hemodynamics [computer program].2. Website (Including the access date) 29 . 1993. Version 2. Orlando (FL): Computerized Educational Systems. ANNEXURES Proforma 30 .