Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Guidelines for Designing Kitchen Appliances for the Elderly
(2006-08-15)
The number of elderly people in the United States is growing due to the baby boom. The life span of kitchen appliances is also growing due to new technologies that are developed. Since the elderly will be using their ...
PBGA Reliability of Lead Free Solder Balls Assembled with Tin Lead Solder Paste for Harsh Environment Electronics
(2006-08-15)
The demand for high-temperature electronics is growing rapidly in the automotive industry. This stems directly from the fact that these electronics are being transferred from their passive environments to under-the-hood ...
Knapsack problems with setup
(2006-08-15)
This research studies three integer programming models which can be applied to order acceptance in make-to-order manufacturing or regional project selection in multiple periods. All three models are the variations of the ...
Marital Adjustment as a Mediating Factor Between Symptom Distress and Therapeutic Alliance in Couples Therapy
(2006-08-15)
Previous research on symptom distress and therapeutic alliance in conjoint treatment indicates that symptom distress does not impact the formation of alliance, rather, marital adjustment impacts alliance formation. Because ...
Sex Role Orientation as a Predictor of Women's Identity Statuses, Identity Styles, Priorities, and Time Use
(2006-08-15)
In the current study, we were interested in how the balance between expressive and instrumental qualities may be associated with women’s identity statuses, identity styles, priorities, and time use. Our sample consisted ...
The Relationship Between Indirect Family Factors, Emotional Reactivity, and Young Adults' Interpersonal Competence
(2006-08-15)
While interpersonal competence has been studied for decades by myriad disciplines, reviewers have noted again and again a deficit in the study of the development of interpersonal competence. The purpose of this study is ...
Therapeutic Alliance as a Mediating Factor between Couple Expectancy and Therapeutic Outcome
(2006-08-15)
The purpose of this thesis was to determine whether the therapeutic alliance mediated the relationship between couple expectancy for change and relationship satisfaction. The sample was comprised of 59 cases of males and ...
Effects of Acacia Gum on Post-harvest Quality of Cut Flowers
(2006-08-15)
The U.S. cut flower market has shifted from domestically grown to imported
products. Because of the extended time between harvest and reaching the consumer,
there is need for improved post-harvest handling methods, ...
A Comparative Study of Antioxidant and Physicochemical Properties of Blackberry and Kiwifruit
(2006-08-15)
Increased consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables has been associated with reduction in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and neurological disorders. The protective effects are significantly ...
A Study of Chilling Factors on Taxa of Red Maple (Acer Rubrum L. and Acer X Freemanii E. Murray)
(2006-08-15)
The objectives of this research were to (1) determine the response on budbreak of red maples to natural (ambient) chilling versus constant (forced) chilling; (2) determine the response on budbreak of red maples of forced ...
Flood Debris Build-Up Loading and Assessment of Adequacy of ALDOT Bridge Pile Bents During Extreme Flood/Scour Events
(2005-08-15)
A description of a flood debris build-up loading and an assessment of the adequacy of a chosen group of typical ALDOT bridge pile bents having various loading conditions and under various amounts of scour are presented in ...
Decontamination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in Lettuce, Chicken, and Apples by Chlorine Dioxide and Ultrasound
(2005-12-15)
Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) has been used for many years by the food industry and public water suppliers as a sanitizing and disinfecting agents. The mechanisms of microbial inactivation by ultrasonication are mainly due to ...
Implementation of Distributed Composition Service for Self-organizing Sensor Networks
(2005-12-15)
The heterogeneity and mobility inherent in large-scale ad-hoc sensor network accounts for the difficulty in developing applications in such environment. The difficulty primarily arises from weak and intermittent disconnection, ...
Exploring the Integration of Model-based Formal Methods into Software Design Education
(2005-12-15)
Proper design analysis is indispensable to assure quality and reduce emergent cost due to faulty software. Teaching proper design verification skills early during the pedagogical development of a software engineer is ...
The development and validation of the Auburn Psychology Term Test (APTT)
(2006-08-15)
The construction and investigation of the psychometric properties of the Auburn Psychology Term Test (APTT), a yes-no test designed to measure psychology knowledge, is described in this paper. The relationships between ...
Defining Bitterness in the Workplace
(2006-08-15)
It is important to study bitterness among workers because the consequences of becoming bitter may be detrimental to both the organization and the individual worker. A questionnaire was developed to measure bitterness which ...
Manipulating Reflexive Establishing Operations in Young Children with Pervasive Developmental Disabilities
(2006-08-15)
Previous research has demonstrated the effects of manipulating establishing operations (EO) on problem behavior, task compliance, and the effectiveness of items as reinforcers. Much research on EO focuses on deprivation ...
Development of a Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for the Indentification of Campylobacter jejuni
(2006-08-15)
Bacteria are the most common foodborne pathogens, which can cause common, distressing, sometimes life-threatening foodborne diseases to any human around the world, especially elderly, debilitated, compromised people (cancer, ...
Spontaneously Occurring Fibroid Tumors of the Laying Hen Oviduct
(2006-08-15)
Spontaneously occurring benign uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are the most common reproductive tract tumor of women in the United States. It is estimated that more than 70% of women will develop uterine fibroids and the ...
Effect of Dietary Energy, Synthetic Amino Acids, Enzymes, Antibiotics, and Molting Method on Commercial Leghorns
(2006-08-15)
A series of experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of dietary energy, antibiotics, and molting method on performance, egg composition, egg solids, egg quality, and profits of current strains of commercial ...