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KnowledgeWorks@UB accepts scholarly material created by students, staff, and faculty members of the University of Baltimore community. Graduate students are required to submit their finished thesis or dissertation, while staff and faculty can upload completed academic work to enhance their global visibility on the web. A wide variety of scholarly materials are accepted in any file format.
If you would like to submit material, your first step is to register as a KnowledgeWorks@UB member.
Once you have registered, a KnowledgeWorks team member will contact you with instructions on how to upload your content into the UB Faculty Scholarship Collection.
For more information, contact knowledgeworks@ubalt.edu.
Collections in this community
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Pilot—UBalt History Capstone Paper (Spring 2021)
Capstone research papers by seniors of the history program at The University of Baltimore. -
UBalt Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Electronic theses and dissertations by students at the University of Baltimore. -
UBalt Faculty Scholarship
Scholarly works and research by the University of Baltimore faculty
Recent Submissions
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Improving Usability and Reducing Overload Among Physicians Within the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital Using EHR Systems
(2023-08-28)The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers implemented the Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) into their practices between 1999 and 2000. The BCMA has significantly influenced physicians' daily workflows, ... -
Assistive Technology for Non-Institutional Alzheimer’s Care Settings
(2021-06)With a considerable number of individuals with Alzheimer’s non-institutionalized in the United States, there is an opportunity to innovate an assistive technology to support those care recipients, their caregivers, and ... -
Job Satisfaction as a Moderator of the Safety Leadership-Safety Performance Relationship in Nurses
(2023-06-05)Despite organizations prioritizing safety, workplace accidents and injuries continue to occur. Thus, safety research has evaluated factors that influence employees’ workplace safety behaviors. The objective of this study ... -
Advertising Design and Perceived Credibility of Online News
(2023-05)Many newspaper and other informational websites continue to use interstitial, or pop-up, advertising even though this form of advertising often annoys users and is known in other contexts to drive away users. However, there ... -
Optimizing an Online Payment System for Older Adults Through Participatory Design
(2023-05)This paper explores the effectiveness of participatory design with older adults serving as co-designers in improving the user experience of an online payment system for other older adults. Specifically, the study focuses ... -
untold: Exploring the Lives of the Women Poster Designers of the WPA
(2023-06)Most individuals possess at least a passing familiarity with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), an FDR-era solution to ease the hardships of a nation due to the Great Depression. Many may even be familiar with the ... -
An Examination of the Relationship between Supervisors’ Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Subordinates’ Work Performance
(2023-06)This mixed method research study aims to explore the relationship between supervisors’ emotional intelligence (EI) and their subordinates’ work performance using the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale. Employee job ... -
Trust signals in the babysitting industry in the sharing economy
(2023-05)This thesis will explore the meaning of trust, trust propensity, trust signals/cues, and other trust builders. It will then relate how trust drives the sharing economy and is essential in the babysitting industry. It ... -
Wellalo: Motivating through mindful interactions to ease depressive illness
(2023-06-15)Depression is a pervasive mental health issue that affects millions of individuals worldwide. To address this issue, my research and development efforts have focused on the potential of motivating individuals through mindful ... -
A Human-Centered Evaluation of an ICT-Integrated College and Career Navigation Platform
(2023-05)In light of the rising costs of postsecondary education, the overall economic disparity between college graduates and non-college graduates, and a rapidly evolving labor landscape, it is more important than ever that ... -
Diversifying Design Education: Reassessing Design Learning Outcomes for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(2023-05)Black, Brown, Latinx, and people of color are underrepresented in the design industry, especially in relation to the reported demographics of the labor force. Recent events such as the COVID-19 Pandemic and prominence of ... -
Research Through Design: Solutions to Mitigate Fast Fashion
(2023-06)Purpose: This thesis utilizes a Research through Design approach to address the increasing demand of fast-fashion and the over consumption of clothing by proposing a design output for social media users to mitigate their ... -
Validation of Public Service Motivation with a Military-Centric Model
(2023-05-19)Military cultural norms include leadership and motivation for public service. By applying Perry’s tool for measuring Public Service Motivation (PSM) a bridge of connecting civilian and military motivational models can ... -
Streaming Access in a Fractured World: Designing LibGuides with Student Users in Mind
(College & Research Libraries News, 2021-09)Faculty in the University of Baltimore Division of Legal, Ethical, and Historical Studies incorporate multiple modes of learning into their course materials. For many professors, this means that films are shown as part of ... -
I Wanna Read with Somebody: The Facilitation of Social Reading Activities on BookTok, Bookstagram, and BookTube
(2023-05)This research leverages Zhang et al.’s Social Reading Journey Model to better understand the social reading activities that occur within bookish communities on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Following a literature review ... -
Grief in the Digital Age: Examining How Digital Tools Influence Grief and Coping with Loss
(2023-05)This study aims to understand and explore grieving individuals and how technology is impacting their grief journey. The goal of this study is to understand existing research around grief and how digital tools like websites ... -
The Impact of an Instructional Manual's Spatial Location on User Experience and Task Completion in Industry Augmented Reality (IAR)
(2023-05)Research has shown that Augmented Reality (AR) instruction manuals are more effective than their paper counterparts in reducing errors when performing manual tasks such as assembling objects. To further improve user ... -
Measurements of Presence and Multisensory Stimulation in Virtual Reality
(2023-05)Presence in virtual reality measures the extent to which users respond to a virtual experience as if they were present in it. Users experiencing presence will respond to the virtual environment as if it were real and ... -
An Analysis of the Use of Outpatient Generalist and Specialist Physician Services for Persons Reporting Diabetes in the United States
(2023-03-27)Abstract There is a growing concern about the role that demographics and insurance coverage play in disparities in health access among people with diabetes in the United States. This study uses Andersen's framework to ...
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