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  • "Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

    Creator:
    Mower, Jennifer M.
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    The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...
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    Dissertation
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    Poster............................................ 138 Appendix D: Recruitment Letter for Newsletters

  • A framework for assessing and improving the resilience of complex engineered systems during the early design process

    Creator:
    Mehrpouyan, Hoda
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    As modern systems continue to increase in size and complexity, they pose significant safety and risk management challenges. System engineers and much of the government research efforts are focused on understanding the attributes and characteristics that emerge from the interactions of components and subsystems. As a result, the objective of...
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    Dissertation

  • Barriers to exercise: Kuwaiti individuals with and without physical disabilities

    Creator:
    Arab, Maryam
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate the stages of exercise change, the levels of physical activity, and barriers to exercise among Kuwaiti individuals with and without disabilities. This study was conducted on 100 participants (50 males and 50 females) aged from 18 to 55 years. Stage of exercise...
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    Dissertation
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    ......................................................................................116 Appendix D: International Physical Activity Questionnaire .........................133

  • Characterization of expert solutions to inform instruction and assessment in an industrially situated process development task

    Creator:
    Sherrett, Ben U.
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    What constitutes a quality solution to an authentic task from industry? This study seeks to address this question through the examination of two expert solutions to an authentic engineering task used in the Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering curriculum at Oregon State University. The two solutions were generated by two...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Industrially Situated Process Development Task Abstract approved: Milo D. Koretsky

  • Emotional effect of curvilinear vs. rectilinear forms of furniture in interior settings

    Creator:
    Dazkir, Sibel Seda
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    This study focused on people’s emotional responses to curvilinear and rectilinear lines in interior environments. Emotional reactions towards simulated interior settings were tested by having subjects complete an online survey. The survey tested respondents’ emotional reactions triggered by different forms of furniture. The survey included questions about six simulated interior...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ....................................................................................... 98 APPENDIX D: IRB Paper Work

  • Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

    Creator:
    Scarborough, Amy D.
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    The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship among fashion media, the social responsibility agenda of the Audubon Society, and the use of birds in millinery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both the content analysis method and the historic method were used to gain...
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    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION OF Amy D. Scarborough for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Design and Human Environment

  • Innovation strategies for product design

    Creator:
    Nix, Anthony A.
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    Innovation can be considered the driving force behind product design. This thesis strives to improve the ease at which innovation is achieved. Firstly by examining how design information is presented and comprehended by various personality types. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test is a quick, easy, and accurate way to determine...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , persons B, C, and D might feel that their designs are inferior even before a design comparison test 12

  • Integration of Systems Thinking, Viable System Model, and System Dynamics toward Systemic Sustainability Assessment Methodology

    Creator:
    Tong, Anh B.
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    The developmental milestones of Sustainability are consistent with the post-normal versus traditional science, where transdisciplinary and policy/action research are among the important approaches to be added to traditional analysis. This shift requires a new perspective to look at the problem at hand: we are no longer considering a group of...
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    Dissertation
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    information and guidance, vagueness, and self-reporting bias (Norman & MacDonald, 2003), is still the most

  • The Function-Human Error Design Method (FHEDM)

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    Soria Zurita, Nicolás F.
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    This research presents a methodology to identify and analyze human-system interactions, and their potential failure modes using a functional decomposition approach during the early system design stage. The fundamental research contribution of this work is the development of a framework to identify associations between physical user-product interactions, generic human errors...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3.5.1 FHEDM Example: B&D electric screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3.5.2 Composite Function