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Automated Usability Evaluations using Client Side Usability Framework (CSUF)
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)Usability of a website is essential in order for a company to achieve its business goals. Evaluating a website for usability and accessibility is costly and time consuming primarily because it involves usability experts ... -
Automatic SQL query generation
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)Automatic generation of questions for learning assessment has been an area of research interest for long. The advent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as well as the goal of providing immediate contextualized feedback ... -
Baby Boomer Adoption of Healthcare Apps
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)In 2015, approximately 500 million smart phone users were estimated to use some type of health-related app. These apps are developed intending to promote health and wellness behavior in users. However, the simple availability ... -
Back-Projective Priming: Toward Efficient 3d Model-based Object Recognition via Preemptive Top-down Constraints
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-25)This thesis introduces back-projective priming, a computer vision technique that synergistically fuses object recognition and pose estimation by augmenting 3D models with geometric constraints. It also enables the use of ... -
Blending on-campus and online experiences through the use of virtually immersive technologies
(2011)Recently, there has been a great deal of attention put toward efforts to integrate teaching methodologies and strategies between face to face and online classrooms looking to maximize learning by combining delivery modalities. ... -
Can Steel Slag Be Used as an Aggregate in Concrete and How? A Technical Approach by and Testing and Theoretical Molding
(2016-05)Steel slag is the molten byproduct from steelmaking operations that is subsequently air-cooled for use. It has been used in cement manufacture and as unbound granular materials in construction. While numerous studies have ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLID MODELS PRODUCED BY RAPID PROTOTYPING MACHINES
(2014)Parts produced by 3-D printers were tested to determine the mechanical properties and failure modes. Since 3-D printed parts are built up layer-by-layer, they do not have the same properties in all directions. In order ... -
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. ... -
City of Greenville, North Carolina - Sustainability
(2014)Sustainability has been defined by the Brundtland Comission as "meeting the needs of present generations without compromising the needs of future generations." Seeking to become more sustainable, the City of Greenville, ... -
Cloud Platform for Research Crowdsourcing in Mobile Testing
(East Carolina University, 2013)Mobile application testing and testing over a cloud are two highly topical fields nowadays. Mobile testing presents specific test activities, including verification of an application against a variety of heterogeneous ... -
Comparing Pecha Kucha and Traditional Methods in Occupational Safety Training
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-20)Recently, speculation has begun developing amongst researchers in terms of the effectiveness of training program presentations as well as their ability to educate learners. This is due to a number of reasons given from ... -
Compounding the Results: The Integration of Virtual Worlds With the Semantic Web
(2010)Over the past 20 years, governmental use of Web-base information and technologies has continually expanded taking advantage of the Web's vast, ever- expanding volumes of browser-accessible ... -
Contributing organizational factors to driver fatigue based on the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA 2010) Measurement System
(2012)Fatigue is considered as one of the main causes of motor carrier crashes. To control this hazard, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) enforces prescriptive Hours-of-Service (HOS) regulation. Over the last ... -
CUSTOMER REVENUE PREDICTION FROM GEOGRAPHICAL DATA
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-22)Online stores have created more opportunities for firms to offer different products and services to their customers. These online stores produce a tremendous amount of data that serve different purposes, including revenue ... -
CUSTOMER REVIEWS ANALYSIS WITH DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS FOR E-COMMERCE RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-17)The first part of this thesis systematically reviews the trend of researches conducted from 2011 to 2018 in terms of challenges and problems regarding developing a recommendation system, areas of application, proposed ... -
Data Breach Impacts on Companies and Their Consumers.
(2019-04-04)This paper will describe a data breach and how they impact the company and consumers involved. Statistics will be provided on the financial impact of a data breach to a company. Three recent data breach examples will be ... -
Data in Depth: Web 3-D Technologies Provide New Approaches to the Presentation of Course Content
(Louisville, KY, 2010-06)For nearly two decades, the Web has provided the classroom with vast, ever-expanding volumes of browser-accessible information. As the web has evolved so too has our desire to become more involved with the process of ... -
Data in Depth: Web 3-D Technologies Provide New Approaches to the Presentation of Course Content
(2010)For nearly two decades, the Web has provided the classroom with vast, ever-expanding volumes of browseraccessible information. As the web has evolved so too has our desire to become more involved with the process ... -
Design Considerations for Virtual Classroom and Laboratory Environments
(2009-06)With the ever-increasing demand for distance education one of the key challenges facing faculty is not only delivering effective instruction through both lecture-style and laboratory means, but also giving students an ... -
DESIGN OF A FORCE BIOFEEDBACK TOOTH EXTRACTION EDUCATIONAL DEVICE
(2015-04)The current jaw model used by students from the East Carolina School of Dental Medicine to practice tooth extractions does not accurately simulate the forces in a real human mouth. Originally multiple alternative designs ...