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What to do if you disagree with a juror during master's thesis defense?
Blame yourself for the misunderstanding, then fix it
I am assuming here that you are the student who is the writer of the dissertation. If not, my advice applies to the student working on the ...
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What to do if you disagree with a juror during master's thesis defense?
The dialog should go like this:
Opponent/Juror: Then you should say “in the literature”, because “previous work” refers to your previous work.
Candidate: Thank you for this suggestion. I will alter ...
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How do I lower the similarity index percentage in iThenticate?
Ignore it. You've identified bad software.
Similarity is not plagiarism. It can be a clue that plagiarism has happened, but you do not need to "reduce similarity". Be certain you have not ...
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How to find the Ph.D. thesis of Sir Roger Penrose?
One trip to Wikipedia gives us a link to the entry for the thesis in the Cambridge university library:
https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21428192330003606
It does not seem ...
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How do I lower the similarity index percentage in iThenticate?
It's hard to be sure, but it seems like the software is mis-configured.
If your institution's guidelines are, from your comment:
exclude quotes/bibliographies/phrases/small matches-10 words/source ...
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How to find the Ph.D. thesis of Sir Roger Penrose?
Since (from what you say in comments) you’re at a university, ask your university’s librarians for help — either by email or (often best of all) in person. Helping researchers obtain literature is ...
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How do I lower the similarity index percentage in iThenticate?
How should my document be modified to reduce this similarity index?
Don't plagiarise.
From one of your comments, "quotes/bibliographies/phrases/small matches-10 words/source matches-by 1%" ...
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