Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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SimBuilder Science: An Approach to Enhancing Reading Literacy Through Visual Programming
(2006-08-15)
Reading literacy has been a major problem for American students for the past several years. Educators have struggled to find a solution to this problem that will help students while at the same time maintain their interest ...
Fagidaboudit: The American Dream and Italian-American Gangster Movies
(2005-08-15)
This thesis answers the question, how have both aspects of the American Dream myth been presented in the gangster films and how has the American Dream in gangster films changed in recent years? As Italians immigrated to ...
Optimization of Hull Shapes for Water-skiing and Wakeboarding
(2005-12-15)
This study attempts to define an optimal hull shape for a boat towing either a skier or a wakeboarder. Two methods for determining a free surface deformation (both hull and wake shape) given an applied pressure disturbance ...
Transcript Analysis and Teacher Study Group: Improving Comprehension Instruction
(2005-12-15)
The purpose of this study was to determine if teachers’ participation in a teacher study group and transcript analysis would have an effect on the reading comprehension scores of their students. The 6 teacher participants ...
The Effect of Risk Level and Group Size on Student Phonemic Awareness Achievement
(2005-12-15)
The purpose of the study was to determine if small group phonemic awareness intervention results in equal or greater phonemic awareness achievement than one-to-one tutoring dependent on a students risk level for reading ...
Effect of Acacia Gum on Bare Root Nursery Crops and in Cutting Propagation
(2006-08-15)
The effects of acacia gum on bare root ‘Karl Sax forsythia’ (Forsythia × intermedia ‘Karl Sax’) and ‘Merrill’ magnolia (Magnolia stellata ‘Merrill’) were examined, along with the effects of acacia gum on ‘Merlot’ Virginia ...
Determining a Maturity Index and the Effect of Chilling Requirments, and Cytokinin Applications on Three New Kiwi Cultivars
(2006-08-15)
The kiwi industry in Alabama is small but has potential for strong growth. Alabama’s climate shares many similarities to several large production regions around the world, including China and New Zealand. But in order for ...
Liverwort Control in Container-grown Nursery Crops
(2006-08-15)
The objective of this study was to evaluate preemergence and postemergence liverwort control in container-grown nursery crops.
In Chapter II, experiments were to evaluate effectiveness of selected chemicals for postemergence ...
Echoes That Never Were: American Mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, 1956 - 1983
(2006-08-15)
Using a contextual, inside-outsider perspective, this dissertation addresses a gap in the history of American military space technology. Shortly after the inception of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, ...
Pre-service teachers and student responses to a culturally relevant curriculum
(2006-08-15)
Teacher candidates may not be receiving the appropriate training needed to succeed in today's culturally diverse schools. This research placed teacher candidates into a lab setting consisting of culturally diverse students ...
Restoration of Native Plants Through Chemical Control of Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) at Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
(2006-08-15)
Moist-soil management is a technique used to improve quality of wetland habitats for a variety of waterbird species, but alien invasive plant species may impact success of moist-soil management. Alligatorweed (Alternanthera ...
Demography of Feral Pig Populations at Fort Benning, Georgia
(2006-08-15)
Feral pigs are an ecologically harmful invasive species that wildlife managers have been unsuccessful at controlling. Understanding the demography and population dynamics of a species is necessary to create successful ...
The Effects of Forest Management on Habitat Quality for Black Bears in the Southern Appalachians
(2006-08-15)
Studies of habitat selection have been used to understand the effects of forest management on habitat quality for black bears (Ursus americanus), but results have been incomplete because all behavioral studies have been ...
Empirical analysis of campaign contributions and Congressional 'greeness'
(2006-08-15)
“Legislators possess political assets that economic interest groups may find valuable in pursuing their goals”. This quote made by Kevin Grier and Michael Munger provides the impetus for my analysis. In the following paper ...
Fish Meal Replacement in Practical Diets for Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Reared in Green Water Systems
(2006-08-15)
A series of experimental studies were conducted with Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, to evaluate the use of plant protein sources as replacement ingredients for fish meal in commercially manufactured diets for ...
Marcos espaciales en "Fortunata y Jacinta" por Benito Perez Galdos
(2006-08-15)
The purpose of the thesis is to explore the importance of spaces as seen through the perspective of the novel Fortunata y Jacinta, written by Benito Pérez Galdós. What I propose is a study that focuses on a comparison ...
Life History Plasticity of the Blacktail Shiner (Cyprinella venusta) across Disturbance Gradients in Alabama Streams
(2006-08-15)
Four populations of the blacktail shiner, Cyprinella venusta were studied to determine life history parameter variation across disturbance gradients in Alabama streams. Consistent with life history theory, fishes from the ...
Evaluation Of LHRHa Implants and Injections on the Production of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Female X Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) Male Fry
(2006-08-15)
The hybrid produced from the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) female and the blue catfish (I. furcatus) male has better culture traits than the primarily cultured channel catfish. Producing hybrid catfish has been ...
Investigations of Water Supply and Water Quality Issues Related to Inland Shrimp Farming in Western Alabama
(2006-08-15)
Examination of data on chloride concentrations in well waters revealed that an area in Greene, Sumter, Hale, Marengo, and Wilcox Counties had the greatest potential for inland culture of marine shrimp. A few places in ...
Physiological and nutritional requirements for the culture of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, in low salinity waters
(2006-08-15)
The culture of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, in inland low salinity well waters (LSWW) is a promising, fledgling industry in Alabama. Despite the success of a small number of farmers in producing L. ...