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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Applications (apps)"”.
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IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN? POSTFEMINIST FEMININITIES IN FEMALE FRIENDSHIP APPS
… that help structure their company, these applications (apps) turn out remarkable not for bridging women, but for shaping their femininities via a specific and exclusionary mechanics of female sociality. In this thesis, I argue that friend-finding apps for women form crucial algorithmic …
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Comparing estimates of fishing effort and lake choice derived from aerial creel surveys and smartphone application data in Ontario, Canada
… with which they interact. Smartphone angling applications (apps), are a potentially less expensive and more comprehensive data source than conventional methods, but their utility has not been evaluated. In this study, I compared results from app and aerial creel survey data from Ontario, …
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Influencing Behaviour to Improve Diabetes Self-Management: The Design and Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications
… market for diabetes-focused mobile health applications (apps), the majority of these apps are not evidence-based or rigorously evaluated. The main objectives of this research were to design, develop and evaluate, a consumer-focused, behavioural app for the self-management of diabetes. …
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Co-Creating a Socio-Technical Framework for the Design and Evaluation of Crime-Reporting Mobile Apps in Urban Residential Communities
<p>Although mobile applications (apps) for crime reporting can enhance safety and foster social cohesion in urban communities, adoption of existing crime-reporting apps remains low because they overemphasize technological features at the expense of social realities. To address this problem, the …
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Masculinities and Femininities: Romance and Authenticity on American Dating Apps
The phenomenon of dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr display the way image-based technologies allow for a new visual literacy. This study investigates how the experience of using dating applications (apps) related to Giddens’s notion of romance and explored the way visual literacy was …
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Exploring the use of mathematics apps in the elementary school classroom
… investigates how the use of digital mathematics applications (apps) in a grade 2/3 class could affect student attitudes and academic performance by assessing and comparing the quality of different apps. Five specific apps, Thinking Blocks, Sushi Monster, Math Tappers, Prodigy, and Show Me, were …
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Smartphone Spying: Uncovering Hidden Dangers
… stimuli, surveillance ability, software applications (apps) and user practices associated with the smartphone have been presented as evidence of growing concern as causes for privacy erosion. Based on my review and analysis of the limited scholarly discussion available of this new but …
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The Effects of Security Framing, Time Pressure, and Brand Familiarity on Risky Mobile Application Downloads
… to guide the design of a risk display for mobile applications (apps), with the purpose of communicating the potential risks and minimizing insecure app selections. Time pressure has been shown to influence the framing effect in both hypothetical choices in lab settings as well as with consumer …
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A Study of Special Education Teachers' Knowledge of Assistive Technology for Children with Reading Difficulties
… to support reading (16.9 %), handheld device applications (apps.) (15.7 %) to assist with reading, or text reading programs (12.4 %). The survey also showed that (86.4 %) of the teachers received 10 hours or less of instruction in reading assessment/instruction.</p><p> Results of the study …
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Utility of agricultural mobile apps among Indian rural farmers
… communication technologies, including smartphone applications (apps) which can provide farmers with accurate and timely information. The usage of mobile phones and their applications (apps) is still in development and early stages of adoption in India especially among the rural farming community, …
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Smartphone Application Interventions to Increase Weight Loss: A Systematic Review
… specifically investigates the use of smartphone applications (apps) for weight loss. This systematic review will evaluate the current pool of evidence and assess the effectiveness of smartphone application interventions to increase weight loss. The electronic databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, and …
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Pre Kindergarten Students Increased Letter Recognition Ability Through the Use of Educational Apps on Tablets for Classroom Instruction
… by using technology and specific instructional applications (apps) that focus on early reading skills. Additionally the researcher recorded and analyzed notes which described student behavior during instruction.</p> <p>Test scores indicated that 19 out of 20 students increased their mastery of …
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Developing a protocol for an online exercise programme for cerebral palsy clients using 'Physitrack'
… in other special populations of games and applications (apps) (i.e., Virtual reality (VR)). However, the use of task-specific online exercise programs/apps within the CP population is unknown. METHODS The literature review (Chapter 2) systematically searched and reviewed three main areas …
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Characterizing the Factors Associated with Women’s Adherence to Institute of Medicine Gestational Weight Gain Guidelines and Assessing a Possible Role for Mobile Health through the Evaluation of a Pregnancy-Specific Application SmartMoms Canada
… through reliable mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps). The objective of the first study of this thesis was to examine the associations between psychosocial factors and achieving IOM-recommended weight gain during pregnancy. Cross-sectional data were collected from pregnant and …
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Connecting The Montessori Philosophy Through EdTech
… design implications for children’s educational applications (apps) that seek to align with Montessori principles and what aspects of a Montessori-based application excel over a non-Montessori-based application. A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted using a custom-developed codebook to …
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Influences of new media communication on the deaf/hard of hearing as reflected in interaction design
… services (SNS) and the new communication applications (apps). It will provide an innovative communication solution, via interaction design, for bridging the aforementioned communication gap between D/HoH and hearing people. This study is divided into two parts: a. Preliminary study; b. …
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Moderating effects of cross-cultural dimensions on the relationship between persuasive smartphone application's design and acceptance-loyalty
… has been centered within Smartphone via applications (apps). This is due to the vast proliferation of the Smartphone and the personal attachment of users to this device in various cultures. This led designers to search for ultimate ways to target users in specific regions of the world. …
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Security Testing of Permission Re-delegation Vulnerabilities in Android Applications
… is achieved thanks to the several smartphone applications (apps) that are available. One of the most popular smartphone operating systems is Android. As of now, there are more than 3 million apps for Android. The Android platform facilitates reuse of apps' functionalities by allowing an app to …
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Co-design and evaluation of a mHealth intervention to enhance dietary self-management and adherence in patients with heart failure
… are nonadherent to these therapies. Mobile applications (apps) may support patient adherence to treatment; however, little is known about patient and HCP perspectives regarding the adoption of apps for HF management, which is critical to successful development and implementation. Moreover, a …
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Interpersonal APProach to Dementia: An iPad-Based Program for Caregiver Education and Decreasing Problem Behaviors in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments
… incorporated technology through the use of applications (apps) on an iPad to deliver both interventions and education.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Repeated measures included the Agitated Behavior Scale and observation of nonverbal satisfaction. A revised Learning About Dementia: Test Questions and …
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