AN EXAMPLE OF THESIS PRESENTATION
FOR MSC THESIS AT SULTAN QABOOS
UNIVERSITY
Michel René Claereboudt
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree
Master of Science
in
Marine Science and Fisheries
Department of Marine Science and Fisheries
College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
2010
A TEMPLATE FOR THE PREPARATION OF
PHD THESIS AT SULTAN QABOOS
UNIVERSITY
Michel René Claereboudt
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Marine Science and Fisheries
Department of Marine Science and Fisheries
College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
2010
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Thesis of Suleiman Mohammed Al-Belushi (ID # 123456)
Title of Thesis: Water management in arid climates
Thesis Committee
Supervisor: Michel R. Claereboudt
Title: Associate Professor and ADPSR
Institution: Sultan Qaboos University
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Member: John P. Doe
Title: Professor
Institution: Sultan Qaboos University
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Member: Jane S. Doe
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Sultan Qaboos University
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Member: Abdullah Ali Al-Kharussi
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Sultan Qaboos University
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Thesis Examining Committee
Supervisor: Michel R. Claereboudt
Title: Associate Professor and ADPSR
Institution: Sultan Qaboos University
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Head of Department: Khalfan R. Al-Owaisi
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Sultan Qaboos University
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External Examiner: Faiza Al-Yamani
Title: Professor
Institution: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
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Chair: Najib Guizani
Title: Associate Professor, and HOD: Food Science and Nutrition Dpt.
Institution: Sultan Qaboos University
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To my uncle Khalfan,
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Acknowledgements
Defensione sortito et procul Latinis quam quosdam in, tractavissent
criminibus aere tantum. Vacillant constituta intellegant et directam haec
iudicii eiusdem vos intellegant nec pars maximis etiam altera? Et
contentionis in brevis sit contionibus in argumento consequamur altera quam
appetere vivatur constituta sua. Criminibus nec esse tractatione litteris sunt
causa quae communis arbitrantur constituta timendum similes itaque.
Moderatisque concitatis sapienter elaborandum videmus contionibus
servare, perfruique servare summum etiam nec in? Modo causa vivatur
criminum et. Concitatis rationem ut putem quod. Ut causa est humani laboris
magno dixerim remota invidia nec et autem vivi dicendo remota altera. Natos
maximis et vetere videmus esse quandam corporis certum esse duas
differunt communis quam vim aliis scientiae!
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Replace these title lines with the actual title of the thesis. On
the importance of writing a good abstract for your thesis.
Michel R. Claereboudt (In reality the name of the author)
Abstract
Intellegant eandem esse est in condemnatus ingeniis possit condemnatus
consequamur argumento ingeniis videbatur dixerim ita alieno debet.
Philosophiam nisi communiter insitam moderatisque et iudicium argumento,
natosque magno voluisse iuste etiam et societatem easque dolore.
Consuetudinis sapienter omnem hanc natos retentam non. Seditiose laboris
utraque in octo facere quod modo. Vacillant cum brevis, iudicio modo octo
etiam est. Aere foris hanc quae, est partitionem, beate innatam criminum.
Voluptatibus ad est Graeco quarum cum quae modo et et altera. Est ut nos
sit quae praeclaram alter accusatoris et temperantiam omni vitam fore, et
non humani videbatur. Clamat partitionem quaestio nisi partem dico servare
meditati.
Haec facere nec communis ceteras invidiosum contionibus hanc quam etiam
eiusdem subterfugere quod brevis sapienter accommodatior iudicio. Ceteras
magnificentius artium facilius ad natosque videmus haec nec et sit melius
quam quae. Non altera hominum aliis illud innatam ad facilius iucunde in
legitimae generis quae? Perspicio administrandae virtutes non dicendo et.
Sic iudicium clamat si distributionem, vetere vos initio communiter scientiae
apertam. Ardentius et foris certe partim initio modo quae nihil partis et iudicii
non causa in. Vim et si intellegant..
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Abstract in Arabic (The abstract in Arabic should be an good and faithful
translation of the abstract in English).
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A person is smart. People are dumb,
panicky dangerous animals and you
know it. Fifteen hundred years ago
everybody knew the Earth was the
center of the universe. Five hundred
years ago, everybody knew the Earth
was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you
knew that humans were alone on this
planet. Imagine what you'll know
tomorrow.
Men in Black (The movie)
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List of Figures
Figure 1. Map of the sampling area. Sampling sites are marked and
labeled.
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Figure 2. Relative cumulative frequencies of red, blue, black and
orange morphs of the starfish Acanthaster planci.
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Figure 3. Dicendi aere quae possit illustresque, timide iudiciis
communis praeclaram in fore non quantum vim animi
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Figure 4. Initio quod partitionem non quem mandaremus vivendi
maturius octo perspicio dicendo sit melius. Quaestio modo vivendi
arbitrantur.
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Figure 5. Alieno mihi in differunt dixerim quod ingeniis,
consuetudinis de totam eas. Voluissent criminum iucunde honeste,
libertatemque alter dixerim
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List of Tables
Table 1. Mean (Std. deviation) of all measured variables at the 5
stations of the survey
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Table 2.
Published values for the parameters used in the
simulation. The sensitivity of the model is expressed as the average
proportion of variation of the variables phytoplankton biomass and
zooplankton biomass for a 5 % variation in the value of the
parameters.
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List of symbols and abbreviations
MECA
Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs
MAPAQ
Ministère de l’agriculture, des pêches et de l’alimentation du
Québec
MFW
Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, Oman
PNG
Papua New Guinea
PSU
Practical Salinity Unit
ROPME
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine
Environment
ρ
Water volumetric mass (kg m-3)
Kh
Lagrangian horizongal diffusion (m2/3s-1)

Turbulent dissipation rate (m-2s-3)
x
Glossary
Zooxanthellae
Symbiotic algae found in many marine invertebrates
including corals.
Lessepsian
Adjective describing organism that migrated through the
Suez canal either from or to the Red Sea.
Hypoxic
Adjective. With
concentrations
Halocline
Steep gradient in salinity observed in some water column
Zonal wind
Component of the Wind in the E-W direction.
Pycnocline
Steep gradient of density in the water column.
low
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(<
4
mg)
dissolved
oxygen