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Should each substantive chapter of a thesis have its own literature review in addition to the main literature review chapter?

I am a PhD candidate in the school of enginerering. This question is about my dissertation literature review. Through my review of past dissertations, I see three styles of literature review. One is ...
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Can I do research in Nanomedicine provided I am a sophomore in chemical Engineering? [closed]

I want to write a Review Paper on Polymer-Based Nanomedicine, but I’am bit confused weather I should proceed, because much of the terminology used is related to Biology not Engineering.
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How do people in academia know whether their research, result, theorem or thesis is original work?

I am curious as to how academia continues itself without replication or reinventing the wheel. So many academicians in so many areas of work, how would one ever find out whether the work he or she is ...
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Introductory Structure of a Report Reviewing Established Knowledge

My question is set in the context of engineering and science. I wish to understand the contrast between the introductory structure for a report investigating developing/unproven research with the ...
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