Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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The Effectiveness and Transportability of Group Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) with Community Families
(2007-12-15)
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a behavioral intervention that incorporates both operant learning and play therapy techniques to treat child disruptive behavior problems. Efficacy research indicates that PCIT ...
Preferential Seating for College Students with Adhd: Is It an Effective Accommodation?
(2007-12-15)
Given that adjusting student seating is a frequent intervention recommended for many students with ADHD, one would expect solid empirical evidence to support this recommendation. However, the available literature is not ...
Drug Effects on Behavior in Transition: Does Context Matter?
(2007-12-15)
The generalized matching law has been used extensively to characterize choice under concurrent schedules of reinforcement. This model uses data obtained during periods of stable responding to describe response allocation ...
Microbial Analysis of Shelled Eggs and Chemical and Functional Analysis of Liquid Eggs
(2007-12-15)
Research has shown that the incidence of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in commercially processed table eggs is approximately 1 in 20,000. Although there has been great evolution of the egg industry, cases of SE infection ...
Effects of cool water washing of shell eggs on haugh unit, vitelline membrane strength, aerobic bacteria, yeast, and mold
(2007-12-15)
Most retail shell eggs in the United States are washed in water that can be upwards of 49°C which increases the internal temperature of shell eggs. After processing, internal egg temperatures may be 6.1 to 7.8°C higher ...
Laminated and Hybrid Soft Body Armor for Ballistic Applications
(2007-12-15)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of lamination and hybrid
soft armor systems through ballistic impact. The investigation was carried out by using
tensile, drop-weight impact and actual ballistic ...
Enzymatic Formation of Colorants
(2007-12-15)
The aim of this research is to understand if colorants can be synthesized enzymatically, and if the formed products can be used in various applications. Several phenolic compounds were chosen and reacted in the presence ...
Applying Game Theory to Presidential Mistakes
(2007-12-15)
Game theory, based on the rational actor model (RAM), is a decision making theory that is useful for predicting economic decisions but is not reliable for predicting political decisions. Game theory might work better if ...
Assessment of the Gluconeogenic Capabilities of Leptin-treated Diabetic Rats by Feeding Albumin and Fructose Diets
(2007-12-15)
The role of leptin in glucose homeostasis is not clearly defined. Chronic intracerebroventricular (ICV) leptin treatment in diabetic rats leads to a normalization of blood glucose. Additionally, short-term fasting of the ...
The Apparent Increase in Insulin Sensitivity of Leptin-Treated Rats Appears to be Due to a Decrease in Blood Glucose Concentrations in Response to Fasting
(2007-12-15)
To distinguish between the effects of insulin stimulation and fasting on blood glucose homeostasis in leptin-treated animals, streptozotocin(STZ)-induced diabetic (STZ-D) and non-diabetic rats given chronic intracerebroventricular ...
Interactive Effects of Fish Oil and Methylmercury on the Fatty Acid Profile of Adult Rat Forebrain Phospholipids
(2007-12-15)
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a fatty acid found in cold water marine fish is a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA). It is important for cognitive and motor function, vision, and infant development. Fish is also ...
Developing an Industry Specific Managerial Competency Model for Private Club Managers in the United States Based on Important and Frequently Used Management Competencies
(2007-12-15)
This study investigated managerial competencies for private club managers in order to: a) measure important and frequently used management competencies according to Sandwith’s (1993) competency domain model which includes ...
An Experimental Investigation of Liquid Metal MHPs
(2007-12-15)
The concept of heat pipes was introduced by R. S. Gaugler in 1940s and Cotter first introduced the idea of “micro” heat pipes in 1984. Cotter in his paper, defined the micro heat pipe as being one in which the mean curvature ...
A Study of Vehicle Properties That Influence Rollover and Their Effect on Electronic Stability Controllers
(2007-12-15)
In this thesis, the vehicle properties that most influence rollover are investigated, and methods to improve stability are examined. Every year, vehicle rollover is the cause of thousands of fatalities on US highways. ...
Disjoint Intersection Problem For Steiner Triple Systems
(2007-12-15)
Let (S, T_1) and (S, T_2) be two Steiner Triple systems on the set S of symbols with the set of triples T_1 and T_2 respectively. They are said to intersect in m blocks if |T_1 intersection T_2| = m. Further, if the blocks ...
Effect of Silver nanoparticles on tomato plants and Development of a Plant Monitoring System (PMS)
(2007-12-15)
Smart Agriculture will determine whether farmers in the US can compete internationally. Engineering plays a significant role in Smart Agriculture through the development of sensor networks, data acquisition, and control ...
Path Curvature on a Convex Roof
(2007-12-15)
Given a set of rectangles, R1 through Rk, where Ri and Ri+1 share a common
edge and these common edges are congruent and parallel to each other. The resulting
”roof” is part of the surface of a convex body. We’ll consider ...
Development of Bulk-scale and Thin Film Magnetostrictive Sensor
(2007-12-15)
Three key areas were investigated in this research. These are: (1) finite element
modeling using modal analysis to better understand the mechanics of longitudinal
vibration system, (2) thin film material Young’s modulus ...
The Role of Perspective Taking in Leader-Member Exchange
(2007-12-15)
A two-part model is proposed to investigate the relationship between dyad-specific perspective taking and leader-member exchange (LMX). In addition, a series of dispositional and situational antecedents of dyad-specific ...
Exploring sinefungin analogs as potential antiviral agents
(2005-08-15)
Sinefungin bears a strong structural resemblance to S-adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine and, therefore is one of the most potent inhibitors of viral mRNA methyl transferase. Besides antiviral activity, sinefungin ...