Browsing College of Engineering and Technology by Issue Date
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Modeling and Analysis of SQL Queries in PHP Systems
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-19)PHP is a common language used for creating dynamic websites. These websites often include the use of databases to store data, with embedded SQL queries constructed within the PHP code and executed through the use of database ... -
EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING AND ITS USES TO PREDICT THE MOST PROSPEROUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-23)The use of technology and data analysis within the classroom has been a resourceful tool in order to collect, study, and compare a student's level of success. With the large amount of regularly collected data from student ... -
A Scalable Solution for Extreme Multi-class Product Classification: An E-commerce Case Study
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)Image classification is the main task in image processing. Although, there were a lot of advances in recent years, it is still quite a challenge. On the other hand, due to the progress in technology, e-commerce has emerged ... -
Thesis - generating knowledgebase of common behavior and workflow patterns for secure systems
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)Knowledge discovery from large data for system security management and threat detection have been a complex task due to large number of users and the dynamic nature of distributed systems. Healthcare organizations as a ... -
MC/DC COVERAGE FOR REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)In the early 1990s, the Modi ed Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC) criterion was suggested as a structural white-box testing approach, but it can also be used for blackbox speci cation-based testing. Practical application ... -
Understanding the Risk Perception of Commercial Fishermen
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-18)Commercial fishing is indisputably one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States and the world. Due to the hazardous work conditions such as bad weather, the commercial fishing industry is plagued with high ... -
Identifying a cross-correlation between heart rate variability and skin conductance using pain intensity on healthy college students
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-18)Chronic pain affects approximately 100 million Americans annually. Heart rate variability and skin conductance have been used separately as measures of pain intensity. Current methods of assessing pain intensity have some ... -
A NOVEL ROLE FOR HDL AND D-HDL IN PULMONARY IMMUNITY
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases are leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Studies report an inverse correlation between levels of serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and the severity of cardiovascular ... -
Passive micromixers for DNA analysis using CFD modelling
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Mixing efficiency is an important issue in the design of micromixers, since effective mixing is required between Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sample and restriction enzyme for a fast digestion process. Mixing is improved ... -
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LITERATURE USING TWITTER AS A TOOL
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Twitter has over 330 million active monthly users producing roughly 500 million Tweets per day, or 200 billion Tweets a year. Making this one of the largest human-generated opinion data collections. In addition to this ... -
A Framework for Evaluation of Risk Management Models for HIPAA Compliance for Electronic Personal Health Information used by Small and Medium Businesses using Cloud Technologies
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-18)Our societal quest for collaboration and openness has always been in direct conflict with our desire to maintain our personal privacy. Those conflicting goals are more prominent than ever for healthcare, due to its rapid ... -
Motion-Based Segmentation of Medical MRI Images: A Review and Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Image data produced in medical field assists doctors, surgeons and researchers to study muscle and tissue structure to identify and diagnose patient specific diseases and deficiency. Due to the complexity of muscle ... -
Role of antidepressants in fetal synapse formation in Autism Spectrum Disorders
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)Autism is a genetically complex neurodevelopmental disorder in which patients exhibit social deficits in both verbal and non-verbal forms of communication and display restricted and repetitive behaviors. Approximately 1 ... -
Knowledge Discovery for Clinical Decision Support System in Patient Records
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)Knowledge discovery from the patient's health records is a challenging task for the medical specialists. The knowledge generated from the patient's records can assist specialists to make an effective decision and recommend ... -
Applying Mutable Object Snapshots to a High-level Object-Oriented Language
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-30)Software Engineers are familiar with mutable and immutable object state. Mutable objects shared across modules may lead to unexpected results as changes to the object in one module are visible to other modules sharing the ... -
Using Drones in Disaster Areas: Perspectives of Disaster Responders in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)Drones are pilotless aircraft and are more formally known as either unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Drones, as they were referred to in this study, have the capability of being remotely ... -
The Relationship Between Categorical Expenditures and Graduation Rates at North Carolina Community Colleges
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)The public perception of higher education, the culture of that institution, and its value to American citizens is changing. Taxpayer demands to downsize costly government expenditures, including government subsidizing of ... -
EXAMINING MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCIES OF STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS WHO ADVISE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS OF COLOR
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if, and to what extent, racial and ethnic identity, years of experience, education level, age, gender, advisor status, and sexual orientation are related to multicultural ... -
Chemical and Physical Correlates to Pain
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-12)The accurate measurement of pain is important to physicians for medical decision making. Pain is considered to be the largest health-related burden to society as well as the leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. ...