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Participatory Design and Learning Outcomes: Designing a Citizen Science Portal with Elementary School Students
(2018-06)This paper explores research in Participatory Design when working with student populations. It combines existing design frameworks and integrates them with the Montessori Method and 21st Century Skills to produce learning ... -
Personal adventures: the shift from player to author
(2010-05)The formative years of computer gaming saw the birth of a genre dedicated to storytelling as a primary experience. These games, adventure games, briefly rose to dominance within the industry in the nineties but faded fast. ... -
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996: access and utilization of health care services among children of Black foreign-born mothers
(2012-03)Objectives: This comparative retrospective study examined the health care access, health care status, and health service utilization of children from birth to seventeen years whose mothers self identified as native-born ... -
A phenomenological inquiry examining the lived experiences of African-American male senior executive service members in the United States federal government
(2015-05)Federal agencies have made significant efforts to implement equal employment opportunities and workplace diversity through the development and implementation of diversity programs and policies. However, the evidence indicates ... -
Print Baltimore
(2016-12)Print Baltimore is a local database and resource for graphic designers and businesses to search for a print vendor that suites their needs and aligns with their business as a whole. Local events and workshops regarding ... -
Productivity Strategies for Non-traditional Students
(2018-07-18)Becoming an adult involves taking on additional roles and responsibilities, and with these come the inevitable challenge of facing competing commitments. One extreme and common case of this is the returning student, and ... -
Public Administrators’ Attitudes toward Citizen Participation: Case Evidence from the Water Resources Agency in Taiwan
(2018-07-09)The study aims to profoundly examine how the public administrators’ attitudes towards citizen participation (CP) could affect their decision on the implementation of a meaningful CP that would reciprocally impact on the ... -
Public sector organizational change : a study of the relationship between work space and collaboration as an indicator of culture change
(2015-07)In this mixed methods study, logistics regression analysis indicates a causal relationship between collaboration and work space; hermeneutics and content analysis revealed Congressional interest in inter-agency collaboration, ... -
Public sector unions and public administration: the impact of statuary collection bargaining
(2011-08-25)This dissertation attempts fill the gap in public administration research by undertaking a comparative case study of the effects of collective bargaining on public administration and human resource management. The findings ... -
The Relationship Between Public Transportation and HSPD-5: Are Public Transportation Agencies the Forgotten Element in NIMS
(2018-11-12)ABSTRACT The tragic events that transpired on September 11, 2001 (9/11), resulted in a myriad of changes within the United States that reshaped government agencies and created the Department of Homeland Security (Russell, ... -
Remote Collaborative Presentations; A Tool to Bridge the Gap
(2019-07-15)With the rise of online education and remote professional work, it is important that tools be developed that facilitate efficient team collaboration among remote team members. In this research, the researcher designed a ... -
Revisiting population taxonomy: using a social equity framework to analyze health disparities among obese Black American ethnic subgroups
(2011-02)The United States (US) is becoming increasingly racially and ethnically diverse primarily due to the surge of immigrants from around the world. These immigrants have differing cultures, religions, and values, which can ... -
The rise of health 2.0 and the impact of user-generated content on pursuing treatment options
(2012-05)The range of health information available to consumers today has the ability to empower patients to take control of their health care and improve patient-physician relations. User-generated content and the existence of ... -
The role of contract managers in the implementation of charitable choice in Maryland
(2009-12)Using case study methodology, this research study addressed the two questions: what are the roles of public sector contract managers in the implementation of the Charitable Choice provision in Maryland and how was the ... -
The Sharing Economy with Heart: Developing a Peer-to-Peer Marketplace for Patients and Their Families Traveling for Medical Care
(2018-05)Hosts for Humanity is a non-profit organization that connects patients and their families traveling for medical care with volunteers willing to host them. Currently, patients and hosts are matched manually; however, for ... -
Smart wearables: utilizing persuasive devices to reduce sedentary time
(2016-12)This research studied the effectiveness of alerts from smart wearables on health. Topics include sedentary behavior, smart wearables, and behavior modification. Building on work that shows alerts to be effective in various ... -
Social Equity in the Academy: state policy and diversity in higher education
(2010-12)This study examines the implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 438 and House Bill (HB) 905, Institutions of Higher Education -Plans for Programs of Cultural Diversity in its first and earliest stages. The central research ... -
Supervisors’ leadership style influence on subordinate stress: A cross-cultural study of the benefits of transformational supervision
(2017-03-08)The purpose of this study was to assess the relationships between transformational leadership (TFL), role stressors (role ambiguity and role conflict), and work strains/outcomes (anxiety, affective commitment, and turnover ... -
Supervisory Leadership Style Influence on Subordinate Stress: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Benefits of Transformational Supervision
(2017-03-08)The purpose of this study was to assess the relationships between transformational leadership (TFL), role stressors (role ambiguity and role conflict), and work strains/outcomes (anxiety, affective commitment, and turnover ... -
The Sweat Exchange
(2017-05)Technology is changing the way we exercise. A reported $120 million was spent on fitness and sport applications, with an estimated $400 million by 20161. Within this fitness market, there are hundreds of styles of exercise ...