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Modeling Salient Object-Object Interactions to Generate Textual Descriptions for Natural Images
(East Carolina University, 2012)
In this thesis we consider the problem of automatically generating textual descriptions of images which is useful in many applications. For example, searching and retrieving visual data in overwhelming number of images and ...
Exploring the Usability Issues Encountered by Individuals with Visual Impairments on Social Networking Sites: Problem Description, System Evaluation and Semantic Web Solution
(East Carolina University, 2014-08-28)
While social networking sites (SNSs) like Facebook are widely used and have been broadly studied, investigations of their use by individuals with visual impairments are scarce within the academic literature. Anecdotal ...
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 ...
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AS A SOCIAL PROCESS: A STUDY OF RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Powered by increased capabilities of online collaboration tools, open source software development has become a critical component of the development landscape for both individual developers and for organizations. However, ...
A Dynamic Power Management Schema for Multi-Tier Data Centers
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-25)
An issue of great concern as it relates to global warming is power consumption and efficient use of computers especially in large data centers. Data centers have an important role in IT infrastructures because of their ...
Uncertainty In Qualitative Risk Analysis And Rating Systems : Modeling Decision Making Determinants
(East Carolina University, 2015)
As workplace risk assessment is pivotal to ensure the safety and health of workers, adopting a reliable technique in performing this assessment cannot be overemphasized. The qualitative risk analysis is considered the most ...
A Constraint-Based Method For Flow-Sensitive Static Type Analysis Of PHP Using The Rascal Meta-Programming Platform
(East Carolina University, 2015)
PHP is a dynamically typed language, and is very popular among developers for building websites. The dynamic features of PHP allow for many kinds of type related errors to be made by developers. Since PHP does not feature ...
AN INVESTIGATION OF VELOPHARYNGEAL CLOSURE WITH LINEAR REGRESSION
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)
Cleft lip and palate is a common birth defect in the United States. Children diagnosed with this abnormality face difficulties during feeding, hearing and speech. Surgical methods exist to repair the cleft lip and palate ...
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 ...
Runtime Monitoring On Hard Real-Time Operating Systems
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis will compare and evaluate different approaches in integrating runtime monitors into processes running on a hard real-time operating system. The host system is a single board computer (SBC) with a VxWorks 653 ...