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- Title
- ANOTHER BATTLE, ANOTHER HURDLE: HOW PARENTS CREATE MEANING FROM RAISING A CHILD WITH AUTISM
- Author
- Basalik, Debra
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Psychology
- Description
- The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is increasing (CDC, 2016). Research studies have focused on either medical treatments and therapeutic interventions for this disorder, or the trauma of the diagnostic process. Scholarship, however,...
- Title
- Architectural and mobility management designs in internet-based infrastructure wireless mesh networks
- Author
- Zhao, Weiyi
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Communication
- Description
- Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have recently emerged to be a cost-effective solution to support large-scale wireless Internet access. They have numerous applications, such as broadband Internet access, building automation, and intelligent transport...
- Title
- Communicative Needs of Patients who Experience Miscarriage: Understanding Healthcare Communication and Reproductive Self-efficacy
- Author
- Lacci-Reilly, Kandice
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Communication, Health services administration
- Description
- Miscarriage, defined as pregnancy loss in the first 20 weeks of gestation, is a profound and individualized experience. It is estimated to occur in up to one in four pregnancies, resulting in approximately one million miscarriages annually in the ...
- Title
- Crowd Control: Organizing the Crowd at Yelp
- Author
- Askay, David
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Management, Communication, World Wide Web--Study and teaching
- Description
- This dissertation investigates how businesses are able to align the collective actions of a disconnected crowd with the strategic goals of the organization. I examined this questions within the context of the business review website Yelp through a...
- Title
- Electronic Multitasking During Workplace Meetings: Why Do Employees Do It?
- Author
- Williams, Eleanor
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Management, Communication, Psychology
- Description
- Employees are increasingly engaging in electronic multitasking during workplace meetings, as the proliferation of technology is on the rise. Though electronic multitasking is common and potentially harmful to meeting effectiveness because it distr...
- Title
- Fast and Energy-Efficient Mobility Management in Mobile Edge Computing Networks
- Author
- Wang, Haoxin
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Communication, Computer engineering
- Description
- The prevalence of computation-intensive and latency-sensitive mobile applications, such as mobile augmented reality (MAR) and autonomous driving, has an utmost effect on resource-limited mobile clients. Mobile edge computing (MEC) is proposed to b...
- Title
- Navigating the Insider-Outsider Divide: Understanding the Socialization Experiences of Contract Workers
- Author
- Beveridge, Chelsea
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Management, Communication, Psychology
- Description
- Contractors have unique employment arrangements, but previous research has often grouped them into samples with other contingent workers. As such, research specific to contract workers is relatively sparse and focused on This dissertation focused ...
- Title
- PROMOTING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MANAGERS' STRATEGIC USE OF MEETINGS
- Author
- Allen, Joseph
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Psychology, Industrial, Business
- Description
- Employee engagement is a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that researchers suggest is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption in work activities. Employee engagement is heavily marketed by HR consultants and recently rec...
- Title
- SCALABLE HIGH-CAPACITY HIGH-FAN-OUT OPTICAL NETWORKS FOR CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENTS
- Author
- Syed, Ali
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Optics, Communication
- Description
- The investigations carried out as part of the dissertation address the architecture and application of optical access networks pertaining to high-capacity and high fan-out applications such as in-flight entertainment (IFE) and video-gaming environ...
- Title
- Social and Location Based Routing in Delay Tolerant Networks
- Author
- Zhu, Ying
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Communication, Computer engineering
- Description
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Delay tolerant networks (DTNs) are a special type of wireless mobile networks, which may lack continuous network connectivity. Routing in DTNs is very challenging, as it must handle network partitions, long delays, and dynamic topology in such net...
- Title
- They said what? How to communicate effectively with advocates
- Author
- Strompolis, Melissa
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Political science, Psychology
- Description
- With effective communication, nonprofit organizations engaged in policy and advocacy work can have a positive impact on the constituents served by the organization, on the advocates working with the organization, and on social issues in general. E...
- Title
- Towards an Understanding of the Impact of Uncertainty and Emotional Content on Users' Decision-making About Misinformation
- Author
- Karduni, Alireza
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Communication, Cognitive psychology
- Description
- Misinformation on social media is a phenomenon with considerable impacts on our societies. To effectively mitigate its effects, we need to employ a cross-disciplinary effort to holistically address the critical elements involved in the process, in...
- Title
- Workplace Accommodations and People with Disabilities: The Dilemmatic Communicative Process of Requesting Access Technology
- Author
- Makkawy, Amin
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Management, Communication
- Description
- This study consists of a qualitative investigation of how people with visual impairments manage access to technology at the workplace. By the use of Applied Thematic Data Analysis (Guest, MacQueen, & Namey, 2012), results of a questionnaire distri...
- Title
- “16 Weeks is a Lot of Time to be Away”: A Contemporary Examination of Maternity Leave Perceptions and Experiences
- Author
- Chandler , Allison
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Sociology, Management
- Description
- In recent decades, women’s presence in the workplace has increased from only a quarter of total American workers, to nearly half of all American workers (U.S. Department of Labor, 2020). With an increasing number of women in the labor force, organ...