Browsing UB Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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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 ... -
Synesthesia for Universal Design: An exploratory thesis on synesthesia as a potential method for universal design.
(2020-05-01)The objective of this thesis aimed to explore a methodology in which participants pair sound to abstract paintings by extracting compositional elements in the form of color and shape from those paintings and pairing them ... -
The Systemic Impacts of Integrated Mobile Healthcare in a State-Wide Emergency Medical Services System
(2019-04)Integrated Mobile HealthCare (IMHC) relatively new aspect of pre-hospital care that has the potential for positive fiscal and operational impacts on emergency medical services. This study evaluates the state of Maine's ... -
Taking a Break: Participatory Game Design
(2017-05-25)Anxiety is an issue that the majority of people have struggled with in their lives. While there are many different types of treatment for anxiety, not all of them are effective. As a society we have come to rely more on ... -
Tax and expenditure limitations as a tool of counter cyclical fiscal policy: post-2001 recession fiscal strategies in three states
(2010-12)The central research question for this study is to determine whether state tax and expenditure limitations play a role in fiscal management by constraining growth in state government general fund spending during boom times ... -
Tenants at will of the legislature : an exploratory case study of Michigan's emergency manager statues
(2016-02)In July 2013, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy, representing the largest filing for municipal bankruptcy in the history of the United States. The public administrator behind the filing, Emergency Manager Kevyn ... -
Testing theories of performance: measuring effectiveness at the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General Office of Audit
(2010)A qualitative design and case study method was used to examine the theories of performance and to measure the effectiveness of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of Audit (OA). ... -
Thirsty Runner - A Hydration Mapping Tool for Distance Runners
(2017-05)Millions of Americans participate in long distance running as a form of exercise and recreation each day. For these runners—and any other athletes—maintaining proper hydration is essential for one’s health in preventing ... -
Toward a Framework for Detecting Empathy in Public Sector Organizations
(2018-04-30)Public organizations fulfill critical needs in communities across the United States, such as housing, environmental protection, public education, and more. In this important role, healthy public organizations should be ... -
Tutor +, A Website That Connects Students With Private Tutors
(2018-02-01)The goal of this project is to create an online platform, where students can easily find and hire private tutors. Students from different levels as well as majors will be able to find the tutors that best suit their ... -
Ubiquitous usability: considering user distractibility in mobile interface design decisions
(2012-05)The traditional approach to application design that operated effectively for those who interacted with desktop computers must be re-evaluated when approaching design for the mobile environment; the constraints users may ... -
Understanding the basis behind undergraduate' pre-existing perceptions of the library in order to improve library help services
(2016-05)Studies on the topic of library use by millennial students have called for more qualitative studies to support the quantitative data. This study used a survey and face-to-face interviews to collect qualitative data from ... -
A UNITED STATE: Moderation. Diversity. Reciprocity. Equality. Designing mobile technology to support productive online political discourse.
(2019-05)I have endeavored upon this thesis work in an attempt to find design solutions to the pressing societal problems of ever-increasing political polarization coupled with widespread dissatisfaction with social media’s effect ... -
Use of Assistive Technology for Cognition Mobile Applications by Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Chemotherapy
(2018-12)Difficulty thinking, remembering, and concentrating are common complaints among breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy; however, tools and support for coping with these impairments remain limited. A previously ... -
Use of performance measurement information in a federal agency: a comparative case study analysis
(2013-05)The use of performance measurement information has been examined in public administration literature for decades; however, the focus has been state and local government agencies. How performance measurement information ...