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Accessibility In User Reviews For Mobile Apps: An Automated Detection Approach, Murtaza Tamjeed
Accessibility In User Reviews For Mobile Apps: An Automated Detection Approach, Murtaza Tamjeed
Theses
In recent years, mobile accessibility has become an important trend with the goal of allowing all users the possibility of using any app without many restrictions. Recent work demonstrated that user reviews include insights that are useful for app evolution. However, with the increase in the amount of received reviews, manually analyzing them is tedious and time-consuming, especially when searching for accessibility reviews. The goal of this thesis is to support the automated identification of accessibility in user reviews, to help practitioners in prioritizing their handling, and thus, creating more inclusive apps. Particularly, we design a model that takes as …
Exploring User Interface Improvements For Software Developers Who Are Blind, Guarionex J. Salivia, Flint D. Million, Megan E. Bening
Exploring User Interface Improvements For Software Developers Who Are Blind, Guarionex J. Salivia, Flint D. Million, Megan E. Bening
Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities
Software developers who are blind and interact with the computer non-visually face unique challenges with information retrieval. We explore the use of speech and Braille combined with software to provide an improved interface to aid with challenges associated with information retrieval. We motivate our design on common tasks performed by students in a software development course using a Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages (MIPS) architecture simulation tool. We test our interface via a single-subject longitudinal study, and we measure and show improvement in both the user’s performance and the user experience.
Evaluative Measures: Assessing The Effectiveness Of Exhibits And Programs In Zoos, Drew Johnson
Evaluative Measures: Assessing The Effectiveness Of Exhibits And Programs In Zoos, Drew Johnson
Theses
This thesis examines program and exhibition evaluation as pertaining to zoos and aquariums in the United States from the 1960’s to the present. Research conducted for this thesis focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of zoological programs and exhibitions. Also examined are studies of zoo and aquarium visitors related to audience research, informal learning, and psychographics. Case studies as well as published procedural and evaluative methods from zoos and aquariums across the United States are used to identify best practices. In addition, two evaluation tool kits are presented to assist the Seneca Park Zoo with evaluative measures for exhibits …
Using Word And Phrase Abbreviation Patterns To Extract Age From Twitter Microtexts, Nathaniel Moseley
Using Word And Phrase Abbreviation Patterns To Extract Age From Twitter Microtexts, Nathaniel Moseley
Theses
The wealth of texts available publicly online for analysis is ever increasing. Much work in computational linguistics focuses on syntactic, contextual, morphological and phonetic analysis on written documents, vocal recordings, or texts on the internet. Twitter messages present a unique challenge for computational linguistic analysis due to their constrained size. The constraint of 140 characters often prompts users to abbreviate words and phrases. Additionally, as an informal writing medium, messages are not expected to adhere to grammatically or orthographically standard English. As such, Twitter messages are noisy and do not necessarily conform to standard writing conventions of linguistic corpora, often …
The Perceived Value Of Videogame Packaging Among Young Adults, Colby Kibbe
The Perceived Value Of Videogame Packaging Among Young Adults, Colby Kibbe
Theses
Numerous forms of media content that once utilized physical distribution, such as music, movies, and publications, are now being distributed digitally. Videogames are the latest media content to be distributed in this manner, thus removing suppliers--such as packaging printers--who played a role in traditional physical distribution. With the U.S. printing industry projected to decline by 15% by 2015 (Romano & Broudy, 2010), the loss of packaged videogames as a source of revenue for packaging printers may further threaten the viability of the industry. The purpose of this research was to determine the current perceived value of packaged vs. digitally distributed …
Hyperspectral Clustering And Unmixing Of Satellite Imagery For The Study Of Complex Society State Formation, Justin Kwong
Hyperspectral Clustering And Unmixing Of Satellite Imagery For The Study Of Complex Society State Formation, Justin Kwong
Theses
This project is an application of remote sensing techniques to the field of archaeology. Clustering and unmixing algorithms are applied to hyperspectral Hyperion imagery over Oaxaca, Mexico. Oaxaca is the birthplace of the Zapotec civilization, the earliest state-level society in Mesoamerica. A passionate debate is ongoing over whether the Zapotecs' evolution was environmentally deterministic or socioeconomic. Previous archaeological remote sensing has focused on the difficult tasks of feature detection using low spatial resolution imagery or visual inspection of spectral data. This project attempts to learn about a civilization on the macro level, using unsupervised land classification techniques. Overlapping 158 band …
Modified Art Curriculum For Deaf Students With Secondary Disabilities, Laural Hartman
Modified Art Curriculum For Deaf Students With Secondary Disabilities, Laural Hartman
Theses
This capstone_masters_project focuses on creating a modified art curriculum for deaf students with secondary disabilities. From personal experiences, there are art curriculums designed for special education students in general and art curriculums for deaf students, but there is no art curriculum for deaf students with disabilities. Since deaf students with disabilities at residential schools already face a limitation by not being able to hear, they shouldn't face more limitations due to another disability. This paper will present what researchers have said about teaching art to both special education students and deaf students. This paper will also include how deaf and …
Parents' Perceptions On The Quality Of Information Given By Professionals Regarding Their Deaf Children, Charles Phillips
Parents' Perceptions On The Quality Of Information Given By Professionals Regarding Their Deaf Children, Charles Phillips
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Many deaf children have delayed language development that would greatly affect their future academic success (Marschark, Lang, & Albertini, 2002). Information given by professionals to parents could be a significant factor in overcoming this delay. To assess the quality of this information six parents of deaf children in the Rochester NY area, three deaf parents and three hearing parents were selected to participate in an interview and survey. After the data was examined, it was found that the majority of the parents in this study felt that the information they received from professionals concerning their child's language development was adequate …
An Investigation Into Papers For Digital Printing, Mary Anne Evans, Bernice Lemaire
An Investigation Into Papers For Digital Printing, Mary Anne Evans, Bernice Lemaire
Books
This study is designed to identify constraints and potential solutions for improved performance and quality of digitally printed papers. The targeted market segment is high-end digital production in the U.S. In the first phase a survey of print providers has been conducted, the sample drawn from the network of printing companies currently engaged with Printing Industry Center (CIAS) research activities. The second phase will be to follow up observations from the survey with a case study approach, working with both print providers and with digital press manufacturers. In order to understand the characteristics of this digital printing market segment, a …
New Skills For Dam And Variable Data Printing Services: Is The Printing Industry Prepared?, Franziska Frey, Henrik Christensen
New Skills For Dam And Variable Data Printing Services: Is The Printing Industry Prepared?, Franziska Frey, Henrik Christensen
Books
This study is designed to identify the skill sets needed by printing companies, and training possibilities offered to existing employees , in the areas of Digital Asset Management (DAM) and Variable Data Printing (VDP). This was accomplished through a survey of the network of printing companies currently engaged in RIT’s Printing Industry Center (CIAS) research activities. In order to understand the characteristics of the digital printing market segment in the U.S. in 2005, a demographic study of the respondent group was also conducted. The respondent companies firmly believe in an increasing future demand for DAM and VDP. When hiring specifically …
Multiculturalism: Role Models For Deaf Students And The Recruiting Practices Of Minority Teachers In Deaf Education, Karen Barkley
Multiculturalism: Role Models For Deaf Students And The Recruiting Practices Of Minority Teachers In Deaf Education, Karen Barkley
Theses
This study examined 22 of the 62 Teachers of the Deaf Educational programs listed in the American Annals of the Deaf (Vol. 142No.2) with regard to recruitment of teachers with minority ethnic backgrounds. The underlying hypothesis is that teachers serve as role models for their students (Deaf, African Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, and Native Americans). Therefore, the ethnicity of all qualified and talented educators should be as diverse as the student population it serves. Thus, the question: Using enrollment as a base to determine the number of minority students qualifying for the professional role as an educator of the deaf, …
Structural Advances For Pattern Discovery In Multi-Relational Databases, Juveria Kanodia
Structural Advances For Pattern Discovery In Multi-Relational Databases, Juveria Kanodia
Theses
With ever-growing storage needs and drift towards very large relational storage settings, multi-relational data mining has become a prominent and pertinent field for discovering unique and interesting relational patterns. As a consequence, a whole suite of multi-relational data mining techniques is being developed. These techniques may either be extensions to the already existing single-table mining techniques or may be developed from scratch. For the traditionalists, single-table mining algorithms can be used to work on multi-relational settings by making inelegant and time consuming joins of all target relations. However, complex relational patterns cannot be expressed in a single-table format and thus, …
University Magazine Fall 2004, University News Service, Office Of Alumni Relations
University Magazine Fall 2004, University News Service, Office Of Alumni Relations
University Publications
A message from President Simone||Diversity matters||Open 'house'||RIT at 175||FYI||Parent Priorities||Alumni activities||Class notes||From the archives
Convocation Remarks: 2003, Albert Simone
Identifying Characteristics Of Deaf Poor Readers, Susan Post
Identifying Characteristics Of Deaf Poor Readers, Susan Post
Theses
This study is a spelling recall task. Stimulus words will be presented in three conditions - fingerspelling, sign and print. All subjects will encounter all three lists, presented serially, with brief pauses in between. Each list will comprise 18 words. In order to control for the familiarity effect, no word will be included in more than one list. Students will be instructed to write down the word they see. Data will be analyzed to determine whether or not "poor" readers evidence a different spelling error "profile" than "good readers." Spelling performance will also be correlated with Digit Span (OS) and …
Reporter - April 19th 2002, Rit Reporter Staff
Reporter - April 19th 2002, Rit Reporter Staff
University Publications
No abstract provided.
Perception Vs. Reality.. What Do Athletes Really Eat And Why?, John Kralles
Perception Vs. Reality.. What Do Athletes Really Eat And Why?, John Kralles
Theses
This study demonstrated an inconsistency between perception and reality concerning the diet of today's amateur athlete as well as the reasons why this disparity may occur. Here, a gap opens between perception and reality. A review of current literature and case study sets the stage for parameters of judgment. This study also exhibits the forms of misinformation that amateur athletes utilize to construct tainted views on their dietary endeavor. This study established that the perceptions of the amateur athletes studied concerning their diet are skewed and the causation is the effect of poor hand me down information, illegitimate press and …
Ntid Research Bulletin Spring 1999, Ntid Department Of Research And Teacher Education
Ntid Research Bulletin Spring 1999, Ntid Department Of Research And Teacher Education
National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers
No abstract provided.
Ntid Research Bulletin Spring 1997, Ntid Department Of Research And Teacher Education
Ntid Research Bulletin Spring 1997, Ntid Department Of Research And Teacher Education
National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers
Table of Contents (TO BE ADDED AFTER SUBMISSION): Mind the gap! - Deaf adults who are ethnic minorities: How do they fare? - CU-SeeMe desktop videoconferencing as used by deaf students - Notes of Note
Marketing Of Bed And Breakfasts: A Study In Advertising And Promotions, Marc Lubetkin
Marketing Of Bed And Breakfasts: A Study In Advertising And Promotions, Marc Lubetkin
Theses
The purpose of this study is to identify and scale advertising and promotional characteristics used most frequently by Bed & Breakfasts (B&B's). The study involved 2 surveys that questioned both Managers and Guests of B&B's from Professional Association of Innkeepers International member properties. The surveys were conducted 9/96-4/97 for the preceding calendar year. Advertising and promotional characteristics were cross-tabulated with B&B qualifiers such as the size of the property and occupancy rates. The study found that the following characteristics were used most frequently: Word of mouth, B&B guide books, Mobil & AAA, the Internet, chambers of commerce, travel agencies, and …
A Guide To Computer-Based Training For The Graphic Arts Industry, David E. Pease
A Guide To Computer-Based Training For The Graphic Arts Industry, David E. Pease
Theses
Industry in the United States is facing one of the greatest hurdles of all time, that of retraining its work force. The printing industry, in particular, faces a continuing lack of experienced and knowledgeable people. It has begun cooperative efforts to retrain workers in the basic skills needed to run a printing operation. Subjects like basic math, accounting, writing, and sciences round out the curriculum. Also on the scene are entrepreneurial training firms. Off-site training typically goes for $250-350 per person per day; the on-site instruction goes for $400 and up. And then there are options like computer-based tutorials. A …
Reporter - December 14th 1990, Rit Reporter Staff
Reporter - December 14th 1990, Rit Reporter Staff
University Publications
No abstract provided.
Reporter - December 14th 1990, Rit Reporter Staff
Reporter - December 14th 1990, Rit Reporter Staff
University Publications
No abstract provided.
R.I.T. News & Events - March 13, 1986, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology
R.I.T. News & Events - March 13, 1986, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology
University Publications
No abstract provided.