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Resilient and Reliable Communication for First Responders with Ad Hoc Network and MPTCP 

Cui, Yue (2023-12-08)
In severe hazardous situations, reliable network communication is an important infrastructure for conveying vital real-time information from sensors embedded in first responders. Important communications and emergency ...

Robot-Object Interaction Language 

Shelton, Christin (2012-05-16)
As the world anticipates receiving helper robots into their homes there are still a few more hurdles that the robotics field must leap over in order for us to reach such a goal. The main issues that the discipline faces ...

SimBuilder Science: An Approach to Enhancing Reading Literacy Through Visual Programming 

Williams, Alexandria (2006-08-15)
Reading literacy has been a major problem for American students for the past several years. Educators have struggled to find a solution to this problem that will help students while at the same time maintain their interest ...

Simbuilder: An Investigation and Usability Study Of Novice Programming Techniques 

Kanakadoss, Sumitha (2005-12-15)
In many existing programming languages, novices always find it difficult to transform their mental plan to terms compatible with the computer. By analyzing the ways users think to solve their daily problems and designing ...

Smart Kids Application to Develop the Potential Interests for Children 

Li, Guorui (2018-04-23)
Children today are growing up in a rapidly developing world filled with quickly evolving technologies, such as the Internet, smartphones, and smart mobile devices, etc. As a result, more applications designed with children ...

Social Networking and Culturally Situated Design Teaching Tools: Providing a Socially Interactive Computer Supported Collaborative Network Environment for K-12 

Bolton, Albanie (2014-03-20)
Culturally Situated Design Tools (CSDTs) are web-based software applications that allow students to create simulations of cultural arts: Native American beadwork, African American cornrow hairstyles, urban graffiti, and ...

Social Networking Teaching Tools: A Computer Supported Collaborative Interactive Learning Environment for K-12 

Cain, Curtis (2010-06-15)
Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) is a broad area which, is to investigate using technology to facilitate collaboration. This research is to investigate and develop a collaborative educational environment as a ...

Talking Games: An Empirical Study of Speech-based Cursor Control Mechanisms 

Thornton, David (2008-12-15)
This document describes a study of speech-based cursor control mechanisms along with a new proposed approach called NameTags. This research is intended to provide empirical user data to inform the design of future systems ...

Temperature Aware Scheduling in Multicore Systems 

Mishra, Vibudh (2018-06-26)
Power density in microprocessors is increasing rapidly, which results in higher operating temperature, and systems are prone to overheating. Dynamic thermal management has been used to dissipate heat, reduce the operating ...

Thermal-aware Resource Management in Energy Efficient Clusters 

Taneja, Shubbhi (2018-07-25)
There is a pressing need for thermal management in most electronic devices today, ranging from portables to high-performance servers, and it poses barriers to the safe operations of data centers. The goal of thermal ...

Usability Size N 

Williams, Andrea (2007-08-15)
In the software development cycle, it is often the practice that developers will hold usability studies to test the accuracy and effectiveness of the software and to retrieve user response as to the satisfaction or usability ...

Virtual Environments for Education: An Empirical Study of Implementing Education into 3D Video Games and Applications 

Swanier, Cheryl (2015-12-10)
We live in a digital age and technology is constantly changing, therefore the way people learn and perceive information is starting to change. Hence, virtual learning environments may be a new and innovative way to stimulate ...

A Virtual Reality Framework to support Rheumatoid Arthritis Education: The Impact of Different Immersion Levels on the Empathy and Engagement of College Students 

Richardson, Alexicia (2023-04-19)  ETD File Embargoed
The use of Virtual reality (VR) has increased within the medical field. Its uses include assisting physicians and patients through medical education, medical training, patient rehabilitation, surgery simulations, and many ...

Voice Interactive System: A Usability Study of the Voice Survey Creator 

Wachs, Ashley (2007-05-15)
The voice user interface survey is aimed at providing an easier and more efficient way of creating surveys that is conducive to the entire population. This system allows a person to call and create a survey solely over ...

A Web-Based Personal Driving Assistant Using Real-Time Data and a Dynamic Programming Model 

Alamdar Yazdi, Mohammad Ali (2018-07-24)
Eco-driving and eco-routing have recently attracted paramount attention from both academia and transportation industry. Multiple studies have approached this problem from a variety of angles. The goal of the first two parts ...