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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Communication methods"”.
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Internet of Things (IoT) Applications With Diverse Direct Communication Methods
… various characteristics of different wireless communication methods in terms of range, energy-efficiency, and radiation pattern. We find that a well-established communication method might not be the most efficient, and other alternate communication methods with the desired properties for a …
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Parent-teacher communication methods: which ones do teachers utilize, and why?
… for parents to know this information, effective communication needs to be maintained. This study used a survey instrument with open-ended and closed-ended responses (Likert scale) as well as teacher interviews. The sample included fifty teachers in an upper elementary school in southern New …
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Comparative analysis of Eastern and Western cultures crisis communication methods within the Israel-Gaza conflict
This study examines the differences in crisis communication strategies between Eastern and Western media in their coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict. Using framing theory and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions as analytical frameworks, this research explores how victimhood, conflict escalation, and …
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A Mixed Method Study of Community Development in Online Learning Envirnonments
… the effect of synchronous and asynchronous communication methods on a sense of community development in online learning environments. The researcher surveyed 734 online students at a small private school in East Texas, examining the variables of synchronous and asynchronous communication …
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An Empirical Evaluation of Communication and Coordination Effectiveness in Autonomous Reactive Multiagent Systems
… designed to measure the effect of collaborative communication on task performance of a multiagent system. A discrete event simulation was developed to model a multi-agent system completing a task to find and collect food resources, with the ability to substitute various communication and …
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How to establish and maintain positive parent-teacher relationships
… (b) ascertain the most effective and ineffective methods, approaches and utilizations for maintaining a positive parent-teacher relationship. Teachers and parents defined what a parent-teacher relationship means to them as well as what roles they play within the relationship. Different obstacles …
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How Does Internet Facilitated Communication Impact Teacher and Parent Partnerships?
… Schools have been utilizing Internet Facilitated Communication (IFC) to facilitate parent involvement within the school community.</p><p>This dissertation concentrates on parent-teacher communication specifically as it pertains to student achievement. This study examined the ways parents and …
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Competitive advantage through after-sales: A cross-cultural comparison of emerging and established markets.
… creation of relationships and adopting method of communication still at a preliminary stage. This thesis aims to examine the role SME retail firms play in the creation of competitive advantage by delivering after-sales services in emerging markets. The thesis also addresses the impact of societal …
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Language barriers in clinical trials: Exploring impacts on continuity and participants’ engagement and effective mitigation strategies
… language services and culturally sensitive communication methods. Findings demonstrate the importance of addressing linguistic disparities to enhance trial inclusivity and success. Innovative strategies to overcome language-related hurdles include the use of professional interpreters, …
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How Organizational Communication Shaped the Hearst Ranch Conservation Easement
… loop characteristic of two-way Symmetrical communication theory to reach consensus on the Hearst Ranch Conservation Agreement.</p> <p>Conservation easements are complex situations and each has separate and distinct goals, constraints, compromises, funding mechanisms, and public values.</p> …
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Characteristics of effective communicative partners for veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
… These symptoms make it difficult to perform the communication behaviors that are conducive for healthy relationships. Improved acceptance and acknowledgment of PTSD in veterans by the armed services has increased the demand for preventative and therapeutic methods being used to treat returning …
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Communicating in Times of Crisis: How College and Universities Alert their Campuses of Emergencies
… and greater consequence. Concerns about communication methods are being examined to determine which has most widespread impact. Most higher education officials feel that a school’s emergency communication plan must be robust and reliable while simultaneously addressing the capacity and …
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The spaces in-between: An appreciative inquiry into cross-boundary collaborative design for social innovations
… Instead, it focuses mainly on developing communication methods as a way to support boundary crossing and views relationship building as a secondary by-product of a good communication method. This thesis, however, concludes that in order to support effective cross-boundary collaborative …
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Evaluating English Fluency Effect on the Delivery of Water Campaign Messages to Residents in Metro Vancouver
… among the psychological factors. Preferences for communication methods among FS and NFS are also provided. This research highlights the importance of multilingual promotion of water campaign and tailoring targeting methods for FS and NFS.
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Obstetric Triage Improvement
… presenting to triage for further evaluation. Methods used include a root cause analysis, process mapping, lean transformation methodology, and standardization of workflow. The results of the project include reducing the average length of stay in obstetric triage from a baseline of 152 minutes …
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Mutual Performance Monitoring in Virtual Teams
… together online using the technology-mediated communication methods of chat and email. As predicted, mutual performance monitoring was important for building collective efficacy, reducing social loafing, and increasing satisfaction with team members. However, mutual performance monitoring was …
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Multi-party and distributed private messaging
… a distributed private messaging system. Private communication is of increasing interest yet current state-of-the- art adopted solutions are inadequate in providing both scale and privacy. Most current communication methods leak metadata or are susceptible to traffic analysis in spite of …
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An Examination into the Statistics of the Singular Vectors for the Multi-User MIMO Wireless Channel
<p>Many capacity and near-capacity achieving methods in multiple-input-multipleoutput (MIMO) wireless channels make use of the singular value decomposition (SVD) of the channel matrix. For the multi-user case, the SVD of the channel matrix for each user may result in right and left singular vectors …
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Implementing a RESTful Software Architecture to Coordinate Heterogeneous Networked Embedded Devices
… embedded systems---autonomous vehicle-to-vehicle communication, smart cities, and military Joint All-Domain Operations---feature increasingly heterogeneous distributed components. As a result, existing communication methods, tightly coupled with specific networking layers and individual …
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