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The Design Of Interface And Function Of Cellular Phones For Old People, Yusuke Oda

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A cellular phone is hard to handle for older people in terms of interface and function. In this thesis, the word "interface" stands for hardware and software interface and the word "older people" refers to Japanese people who are over 60 years old. Fundamentally, the interface must be easy to handle and convenient. In addition, it must be easy to access all of the functions that the user needs. However, it is questionable whether the interface and function of the present cellular phones are taking older people into consideration. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to consider new interface …

Conversation With My Art On Self-Expression, Yeo-Jung Chung

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The Deceit Of Internet Hate Speech: A Study Of The Narrative And Visual Methods Used By Hate Groups On The Internet, Gina M. Albano

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Intentional misinformation is a problem that has been documented in a variety of shapes and forms for thousands of years and continues to plague the American landscape. The advent and increasing usage of the Internet has created an additional venue through which intentional misinformation is disseminated, and many groups are taking full advantage of this new communication medium. Because the Internet allows anyone with web publishing skills to disseminate misinformation, it is often difficult for users to judge the credibility of the information. Hate groups understand this phenomenon and are taking full advantage of the Internet by publishing hate sites …

Experimental Study Of Flow Patterns, Heat Transfer, Pressure Drop And Gravitational Orientation During Flow Boiling In Minichannels, Prabhu Balasubramanian

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Microchannels and Minichannels are being used in electronic cooling, fuel cells, automotive heat exchangers, micro refrigeration systems. They are also being considered for high heat flux applications under microgravity environment in space missions. Research laboratories and industries throughout the world are trying to explore and tap the potential uses of these small diameter channels in various products and applications. Before stepping in to any of the product design phase, fundamental issues related to their performance have to be studied and resolved. This thesis work focuses on resolving some of these fundamental issues related to flow boiling in small diameter channels …

Vhdl Implementation And Synthesis Of Adaptive Thresholding, Nicholas P. Sardino

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As the world of mobile multimedia computing continues to grow, so does the need for small, high performance, low power microchips. The implementation of the software algorithms used in these systems therefore has become an increasingly important issue in more recent applications. In order to realize the goals of our technological society and keep up with the speed at which computing technology is growing, the hardware implementation of these algorithms must be examined. This thesis describes the implementation and system simulation of four image binarization algorithms. The first algorithm is a simple global thresholding algorithm, while the remaining three adapt …

Internal Organizational Communication During Crisis Situations: The Effect Of Supportive Messages On Employee Stress Levels, Carin L. Kosmoski

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This study investigates the effects of supportive messages from immediate supervisors or CEO's on employees during crisis situations. Supportive messages are hypothesized to decrease the stress levels of employees. The extent to which supportive messages from managers or executives during crisis situations affect employee perceptions of support from their organization, their CEO, and their immediate supervisor is also explored. During the research process, 78 volunteer participants received one of three messages from a hypothetical organization following a hypothetical crisis situation. Spearman's ranked correlations comparing reported support with reported stress levels indicate that, for the group studied, there is a negative …

Analytical And Numerical Modeling To Address Signal Integrity Issues In Mixed Signal Applications, Jeffrey D. Mcfiggins

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Signal integrity issues are a major concern in highly integrated and compact mixed signal IC's. This work presents a numerical and analytical method for analyzing and assessing signal integrity issues relating to discontinuities, interconnects, and irregularly shaped power planes through the development of two independent methods. To address the coupling issue the finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique has been used, which is an accurate and robust algorithm capable of analyzing an arbitrary geometry in both the frequency and time domains. The analysis of signal integrity issues is carried out using examples such as transmission lines placed in close proximity, …

Self -Care, Perceived Rewards & Hazards, And Personal & Professional Satisfaction In Psychologists In Independent Practice, Joshua M. Buley

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

There has been a recent emphasis in the professional literature on the importance of psychologists utilizing a variety of self-care activities in order to buffer against and combat the stressors inherent to their careers. In addition, it has been suggested that due to the proliferation of managed care and other "seismic shifts" within the profession, that hazards associated with the career have increased, while rewards have decreased. There is currently limited information available regarding the extent to which psychologists in independent practice engage in various self-care activities, the perceived helpfulness of engaging in these activities, and relationships among self-care and …

Die Archivierung Des Husserlschen Nachlasses 1933—1935, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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The Readmission Decision For Students Following A Period Of Academic Dismissal: Characteristics That Predict Success, Brent A. Gage

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This mixed-method study focused on the success of students readmitted following a period of academic dismissal at a large public four-year institution. The study's purpose was to determine which characteristics of students applying for readmission following a period of academic dismissal have the greatest predictive significance in determining success upon re-enrollment at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Quantitative analyses tested the relationship between factors typically used in the readmission decision and their impact upon being placed in the success versus non-success group. The three groupings of variables included: (1) pre-college characteristics (ACT composite test score and high school percentile …

What Is The Nature Of Emergent Literacy In Iran?, Mahboobeh Ayatollahzadeh

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the process of emerging literacy development in young Iranian children, and it was explored through naturalistic observation of the children's activities at home. The study aimed to determine the main elements of Iranian children's activities at home, literacy tools present in Iranian homes, and the culturally specific literacy experiences of Iranian children. The participants were 48 children ages 2, 2.5, and 3 years, who lived in Tehran and did not attend preschool or a day care center. The mothers of these children are also considered to be participants in the study. The …

Standards, Policies And Cultural Pluralism Promoting Strategies For Achieving Competitive Advantage Supporting The Future Of Information Technology, Gary D. Clarke

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As standards and policies in Information Technology continue to develop globally, the Internet is becoming the primary vehicle for worldwide electronic commerce. Various organizations such as the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), GIIC (Global Information Infrastructure Commission), NII (National Information Infrastructure), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,) and the European Union, to name just a few, have strived to develop standards and policies to promote and protect consumers and organizations that conduct business on the Internet. Many challenges exist, such as computing standards, taxation, security, privacy …

The Usability Of Online Payroll Marketing Websites., Maria Stella Plutino

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Payroll processing companies grow by acquiring new clients. Potential clients may base part of their decision on which company to use by evaluating the usability and functionality of its website. It is therefore important for these companies to design the marketing portion of their websites to attract new customers and give the potential customers the confidence that the site will provide a sufficient level of functionality and will have good attributes of usability. Once the customer engages the services of the company it is likely that the relationship will be based on the marketing portion of the site and likely …

Use Of Electric Money In Japan, Tomoaki Miura

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This paper will take a look at electric money and demonstrate that it cannot entirely replace cash in Japan. With the progress of Information Technology (IT), Electronic Commerce (EC, e-commerce) has recently expanded into the society in Japan. However, since Japan is still a developing nation in IT, the government has decided to advance the plan "eJapan" in 2001 that aims to make Japan the leading IT nation in the world within five years with all of the citizens actively using IT (IT Square, 2003). In the plan, the government has largely focused on five projects, which are the construction …

Data Hiding In Images Based On Fractal Modulation And Diversity Combining, Sarat B. Atluri

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The current work provides a new data-embedding infrastructure based on fractal modulation. The embedding problem is tackled from a communications point of view. The data to be embedded becomes the signal to be transmitted through a watermark channel. The channel could be the image itself or some manipulation of the image. The image self noise and noise due to attacks are the two sources of noise in this paradigm. At the receiver, the image self noise has to be suppressed, while noise due to the attacks may sometimes be predicted and inverted. The concepts of fractal modulation and deterministic self-similar …

Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Graphic Design, Jill M. Kepler

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Using System Call Analysis To Stop Evasion Attacks In Anomaly Based Intrusion Detection System, Ashish Liladhar Samant

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Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) that operate on the principle of system call monitoring are known to be susceptible to mimicry or evasion attacks. It has been shown that an intelligent adversary armed with comprehensive knowledge of the target system or network, can penetrate these targets, hide his presence from the IDS, and continue to carry out damage. IDSs, which use system calls to define normal behavior, often leave out complimentary information about them, and intruders use precisely this drawback, to deceive the IDS. This thesis investigates the vulnerabilities of a system call based IDS and carries out a theoretical and …

Effective Crisis Intervention In The School: The Role Of Training, Experience, And Self-Efficacy On School Psychologists' Ability To Intervene, Erica J. Deming

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School psychologists' graduate and post-graduate preparation, intervention experience, and self-efficacy regarding crisis intervention services were investigated. A national survey was mailed to members of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) that resulted in a return rate of 38%. Demographic statistics indicated that a majority of school psychologists received at least some preservice crisis intervention training; however, 82.6% do not feel that this adequately prepared them to provide crisis intervention. Experience ratings suggested that school psychologists have little to no experience with gangs, weapons, gun control, natural disasters, and dealing with the media during a crisis. Chrildren's dealing with the …

Moving From Responsible Care Codes To Rc 14001 Management Systems: An Analysis Of Effects On Activities That Impact Regulatory Compliance And Ehs Performance, Liliana Yohonn

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This study aims to identify how the implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS), designed to meet the requirements of the Responsible Care 14001:2002 Technical Specification, impacts the activities associated with compliance and improved environmental, health and safety performance.

Electronic Properties Study Of Sensitizing Centers In Chemical Sensitization, Ji Tan

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Reduction sensitization, sulfur sensitization and sulfur-plus-gold sensitization are the

Hamchilla And Kill Monkey Otaru In: The Island Of Dr. Gno, Gregory J. Dorman

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A descriptive narration of a project to create an animated film, "Hamchilla and Kill Monkey Otaru in: The Island of Dr. Gno." Includes proposal, character art, budget, storyboard, production stills, two versions of a script, and character sketches

Women's Perceptions Of Safety : Cctv In An Inner City Setting, Kate Hancock

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

To date, most research on closed circuit television (CCTV) has come out of the United Kingdom (UK) where the growth of CCTV has reached immense proportions with wide support and funding from the Home Office. There are 33 systems operating in Australia, with the focus of this research on the first system installed in Perth, Western Australia in 1991. There is a dearth of information on CCTV in Australia, and little research looking at the link between CCTV, women’s safety and fear of crime. The literature on fear of crime shows that women are more fearful than men even though …

Adaptive Applications Of Opto-Vlsi Processors In Wdm Networks, Mehrdad Raisi

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Communication is an inseparable part of human life and its nature continues to evolve and improve. The advent of laser was a herald to the new possibilities in the communication world. In recent years technologies such as Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA) have afforded significant boost to the practice of optical communication. At the heart of this brave new world is the need to dynamically/ adaptively steer/route beams of light carrying very large amounts of data. In recent years many techniques have been proposed for this purpose by various researchers. In this study we have …

Cultural-Competency Training For School-Based Mental Health Service Providers., Natasha Lian Smith

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Literature on cultural competance has primarily developed in the fields of counseling psychology and counselor education.The field of school psychology has responded to the increased focus of cultural competency by providing recommended skills needed to provide psychological services in schools to diverse individuals and groups.Currently,research in effective cultural competency training has primarily focused on graduate training programs.This study extends the literature on cultural competency training by developing a training model that is appropriate for professionals who are already working in the field.This study first evaluated the impact of a needs assessment on the preparation of an 8-hour needs based training …

Food And Art: A Brief History, Isaac Rivera

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The Role Of Advertising Agencies On The Demand For Personalized Communications, Kathryn C. Moore

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A personalized campaign allows an agency to utilize its clients' records to reach its audience by sending targeted messages and promotions, which often results in improved business results. This pull is achieved by using detailed databases with a large quantity of information about existing and potential customers. This information, in the form of text, data and sometimes images, is then placed into a document in a way that is easy for customers to locate and act upon. Variable data technology should be embraced by advertising agencies as a definite way to improve response rates and generate more business. But what …

Discovering A Contextualized Model For Training Japanese Cross-Cultural Ministry, Stephen Wesley Dupree

ATS Dissertations

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0734: Huntington High School Papers, 1890-2003, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is an artificially created collection from different donors, consisting primarily of scrapbooks, programs, and other ephemera related to Huntington High School. Ephemera includes a 1920 issue of the Tatler student newspaper, commencement programs, and materials created during various class reunions for the classes of 1921, 1928, 1929, 1937, and 1945. Scrapbooks for the class of 1921 reunions and Myrtle R. Cooke’s “The Girl Graduate’s Scrapbook” include extensive amounts of photographs and printed material related to the reunions and Huntington High School respectively. Cooke’s scrapbook also includes unrelated family materials.

0737: George Gunnoe Papers, 1918-1943, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of photographs of Himlerville, the Himler Coal Company town, as well as scanned copies of photographs of 1937 and 1943 flood damage, and a survey book by George H. Gunnoe Jr. containing detailed surveys of Marshall College buildings by engineering students in 1937.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the George Gunnoe Papers, 1918-1943 here.

0735: Marion Vest Fors Papers, 1937-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, clippings, and ephemera related to Marion Vest Fors' murals which were painted in the James E. Morrow Library as part of the centennial celebration of Marshall College. The murals were removed for remodeling circa 1966 and remounted in 2005. The scrapbook was created by Fors about her creation of the mural to justify its emergence from storage and reuse in the Morrow Library. Also included in the collection are paintbrushes used in the painting of the murals.