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Dynamic load balancing in MASS
(2013-11-14)<bold>Dynamic Load Balancing</bold> (DLB) in Multi-agent Spatial Simulation (MASS) library is a thread-based load-balancing algorithm that calculates the CPU load, per thread, based on the computational time spent by CPU, ... -
Eat This Book: User-centered research and software design using the information diet metaphor to examine media consumption and design an ambient technology display for stashes of to-be-read ebooks
(2013-07-25)There are widespread concerns about how changes in media and technologies are affecting people's media habits. Clay Johnson (2012) proposes using the metaphor of an "information diet" to consider this as a health issue, ... -
Effects of Peer Feedback on Password Strength
This thesis is a study on the effects of peer-feedback on a user’s password strength. Passwords are a common sight in everyday use of an average end user. Text-based passwords are heavily relied upon when it comes to user ... -
Electronic Waste Recycling Programs in the United States: A Comparative Analysis
(2014)Proper recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) allows reuse of finite resources and prevents toxic materials in e-waste from causing harm to humans and the environment. The United States is the only Organization for Economic ... -
Emerging Practices of University Career Centers. What Patterns are Most Conducive to Reducing Underemployment in College Graduates?
(2015)Since the 1970’s concern over underemployment has grown among US college graduates. Contributing factors for underemployment are debated by scholars, yet universities struggle to provide employment prospects that are ... -
EMNets: A Convolutional Autoencoder for Protein Surface Retrieval Based on Cryo-Electron Microscopy Imaging
The function of a protein is mainly dependent on its exposed surfaces. The protein surface can provide rich information about a protein's function and evolution. Also, identifying protein surface structure is an essential ... -
Energy-aware Workflow Scheduling and Fuzzy Logic Based Capacity Provisioning in Cloud Environment
The increasing need of large-scale data centers has brought new challenges to the development of energy-efficiency techniques. Although many optimization techniques have been proposed, most of them neglect the characteristics ... -
Environmental Advocacy within Non-Governmental Organizations
(2015)The purpose of this capstone is to understand how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) assess global climate change in their advocacy at the local level. NGOs were identified as participants in political arenas and often ... -
Ethical Use of Images
(American Library Association, 2016)Images carry core cultural and personal expressions and information, packaged in an engaging format that is easy to use and share. This ease can raise challenging ethical issues in academic, personal, and professional ... -
Evaluating the Architecture Centric Traceability for Stakeholders (ACTS) Holistically from the Economic, Social, and Technical Perspectives
Software traceability has the capability of relating various artifacts produced throughout the development to assist with understanding the system from different viewpoints and abstraction levels. The Architecture Centric ... -
An Evaluation of King County School District’s Wellness Policies
(2013)The aim of this study is to evaluate the wellness polices in King County’s nineteen school districts. The evaluation of current wellness policies (2013) was compared to an evaluation done in 2009 by University of Washington ... -
An Examination of the Infant-at-Work Program and Its Influence on Office Culture in Washington State
(2022)This research was conducted with organizations in Washington State identified as offering an Infant-at-Work program to employees. The Infant-at-Work program allows parents to bring their infant to work with them from six ... -
Examining the Effects of the Contraceptive Coverage Essential Mandate on Unintended Pregnancy Rates Pre- and Post-Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
(2018)The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the Affordable Care Act’s essential benefit of contraceptive coverage on the rate of unintended pregnancies nationwide. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act ... -
Excerpt from the Dakopeta Project
The following Excerpt from the Dakopeta Project is a purely auditory experience for reasons that are further gone into in the project’s Statement of Work on the following pages. What the whole project attempts to achieve, ... -
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Perceived Social Support and Academic Achievement Among Former Prisoners
(2015)The literature states the benefits of social support for cognitive and behavioral functioning, personal achievement, academic success, and successful prisoner reentry into the community. However, there are gaps in post ... -
Exploratory Wayfinding in Wide Field Ethnography
This thesis focuses on what wayfinding means in Wide Field Ethnography (WFE), and how to improve wayfinding activities in WFE datasets. WFE datasets are too large, unstructured and complex for researchers to easily understand, ... -
Exploring Issues of Access to Nutritious Foods: Seattle High Schools and Food Environments
(2016)Food-related health problems remain widespread throughout the United States. A growing body of research shows that certain populations are disproportionately affected by issues of access to nutritious foods. Limited access ... -
Eye tracking and game mechanics: An evaluation of unmodified tablet computers for use in vision screening software for children
Binocular vision issues are a primary cause of reading and writing difficulties among children, with as many at 25 percent of school-aged children needing vision therapy. Vision issues are a better predictor of academic ... -
Factors Affecting Genetic Engineering Policy Outcomes
(2015)The safety and sustainability of genetically engineered (GE) crops is an ardently debated topic. Serious concerns have surfaced regarding environmental impacts and health implications (VanHosen, 2015; Diamanti-Kandarakis ...