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  • Weak-supervision Time-series Analysis

    Creator:
    You, Zeyu
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    Efficient time-series analysis can impact multiple application domains such as motif discovery in gene analysis or music data, extracting spectro-temporal patterns in acoustic scene analysis, or annotating and classifying electrical bio-signals (such as ECG, EEG, and EMG) for medical applications. Time-series analysis involves a variety of tasks. To predict future...
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  • Building brand equity for unfamiliar Asian brands' entry into global markets

    Creator:
    Song, Sarah Sungsook
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    The purpose of this study is to fill a critical gap in brand equity literature by proposing and empirically testing a brand equity process model for unfamiliar Asian brands. Cue utilization theory (Easterbrook, 1959) and impression formation theory (Asch, 1946) were integrated to explain how extrinsic and intrinsic cues shown...
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    brick-and-mortar store, mail order catalogue, or direct personal communications (eMarketer, 2012

  • Serious fun : life-deep learning of koi hobbyists

    Creator:
    Liu, Chi-Chang
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    Hobby activities can be viewed through the lens of informal, free-choice learning. A wide range of hobbies combine fun and learning-intensive practices, and can contribute to scientific literacy. Hobby learning involves clear goal orientation, persistence and effort, and often results in more richly and strongly connected knowledge; traits highly valued...
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    Contextual Model of Learning to explain how personal, socio-cultural and physical contextual factors affect

  • The impact of unsolicited behavioral tracking practices on consumers' shopping evaluations and attitudes toward trusted online retailers

    Creator:
    Jai, Tun-Min
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    The purpose of the present study is to examine consumers' privacy concerns in the online shopping context. Drawing from Social Contract Theory, the present study proposed a structure equation model to examine how consumers' evaluations of online shopping experiences (perceived benefit, risk and fairness) and attitudes (trust, moods, and repurchase...
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    study examined if personal factors such as innovativeness, consumer commitment, and general privacy

  • Respecting one’s abilities, or (post)colonial tokenism? : Narrative testimonios of faculty of color working in predominantly white community colleges

    Creator:
    Samano, Michael Luis
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    The purpose of this research project was to gain a deeper understanding of the lived experience of faculty of color. More specifically, this project explores how diversity-related workload expectations impact faculty of color who work in predominantly white community colleges. Known by various descriptors, the term used in this research...
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    lived personal and professional experiences of faculty of color: • Have you had any experiences with

  • Helping end-user programmers help themselves : the idea garden approach

    Creator:
    Cao, Chen
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    End-user programmers face many barriers in programming. Research has seen many programming environments that attempted to lower or remove the barriers but despite these efforts, empirical studies continue to report barriers users face. To investigate this issue, we took a theory-informed approach. Using theories from design, creativity, and problem solving...
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  • Understanding historical events through dress and costume displays in Titanic museum attractions

    Creator:
    Reeves-DeArmond, Genna F.
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    The sinking of the RMS Titanic has achieved a difficult feat – it has remained culturally relevant. The dedication of the general public to understanding Titanic is evident in many avenues of popular and consumer culture. For those individuals who did not get enough of the 1997 Titanic movie, there...
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    personal connection with an iconic character in the context of that event. Four permanent Titanic

  • Corpus-Based Studies on Pregnancy

    Creator:
    Mullen, Alyson
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    The pregnancy and postpartum periods are full of major life transitions. So often, the focus of the literature is about the unborn baby and physical changes a woman experiences throughout this timeframe. Many sources often overlook women’s personal experiences in the perinatal period. Despite an increase in perinatal mood and...
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    experiences throughout this timeframe. Many sources often overlook women’s personal experiences in the

  • Factors influencing physical educators' inclusion behaviors towards students with autism spectrum disorder

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    Morgan, Jennifer A.
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    The inclusion of students with disabilities in general physical education (GPE) classes has become a concept and practice that is expected if not always understood. A review of inclusion in physical education literature suggested that GPE teachers possess less than favorable feelings towards the inclusion of students with disabilities in...
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    professionals, training, as well as personal confidence. While teacher education appears to be a significant

  • The Influence of Entrepreneurs’ Physical and Cognitive Traits on Entrepreneurial Outcomes

    Creator:
    Farah, Nusrat
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    The dissertation examines the effect of two separate yet significant individual level factors—physical and cognitive traits—on entrepreneurial outcomes. The physical factor on which the dissertation focuses is the entrepreneur’s vocal cues and the cognitive traits that the dissertation investigates are the entrepreneur’s goal orientation and his/her ability to take perspectives....
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    on the personal-level moderators. Thus, the dissertation disentangles the role of cognitive