Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Design, Fabrication, and Dynamic Modeling of a Printed Circuit Based MEMS Accelerometer
(2007-05-15)
A MEMS capacitive-type accelerometer fabricated using printed circuit processing techniques is presented. A Kapton polymide film is used as the structural layer for fabricating the MEMS accelerometer. The accelerometer ...
Efficient Image Restoration Algorithms for Near-Circulant Systems
(2007-05-15)
The problem of image restoration has been extensively studied for its practical importance as well as its theoretical interest. Restoration problem arises in almost every branch
of engineering and applied physics. The ...
A Study of Vibration-Induced Fretting Corrosion for Electrical Connectors
(2007-05-15)
Vibration induced fretting degradation is a widely recognized failure phenomenon. However, the basic mechanisms that control the onset and progression of such fretting behavior are not well understood and are a topic of ...
Elementary Education Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes Toward Reading
(2007-05-15)
This study investigated the self-reported reading attitudes of pre-service teachers enrolled in a children’s literature course at the university level. The Mikulecky Behavioral Reading Attitude Measure (MBRAM) was administered ...
Academic Success of Transfer Students and Native Students in Southeast Alabama
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of the study was to identify variables associated with the baccalaureate graduation status and number of terms enrolled for transfer students who have completed a portion (at least 30 semester hours) of their ...
Satisfaction Matters: A Comparative Study of African American Students in Education Programs within the Academy
(2007-05-15)
Research has shown that when students have high-quality experiences on campus, student satisfaction levels increase. The mixed methods research presented is a comparative pilot study on the student satisfaction rate of ...
An examination of the social characteristics and beliefs of delinquent and non-delinquent youth
(2007-05-15)
Within the last year, over 3,000 youth have been admitted into the juvenile justice system in the state of Alabama with one-third of those youth participating in a High Intensive Treatment (HIT) program. Most delinquents ...
Comparing Educational Beliefs of Chinese and American Graduate Students
(2007-05-15)
In recent years an increasing number of Chinese international students have selected to come to the United States to pursue their academic studies. They have become one of the largest international student bodies at ...
The Effect of Medical Malpractice Award Amount on Health: A Cross-Sectional Review of 1998 State Date
(2007-05-15)
This thesis examines the relationship between amount awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits and the health of a population. Data from 1998 is collected for each state and a crossectional analysis is performed. Two stage ...
An Examination of the Effects of a Systemic Approach to Mathematics Reform on the Attitudes and Practices of Special and General Educators in an Inclusive Setting
(2007-05-15)
This study examined the interfacing of reform-based teaching with inclusion. It utilized an ethnographic approach to examine what happens when the influences that drive reform-based teaching and those behind inclusion ...
Making Students’ Writing Bloom: The Effect of Scaffolding Oral Inquiry Using Bloom’s Taxonomy on Writing in Response to Reading and Reading Comprehension of Fifth Graders
(2007-05-15)
This pretest-posttest control group study attempted to investigate the effects of using Bloom’s Taxonomy as an oral-questioning scaffold to improve writing in response to reading and reading comprehension by encouraging ...
Teacher and Student Perspectives on Motivation Within the High School Science Classroom
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher and student perspectives on the motivation of high school science students and to explore specific motivational strategies used by teachers as they attempt to enhance ...
Juvenile Sex Offenders: Predictors of Recidivism
(2007-05-15)
Juvenile sex offending is a growing problem in the United States. Victims and
communities suffer greatly from their crimes. Because there is no one profile that fit
these offenders it is hard to determine who will offend ...
Forgiveness of Historical and Current Racial Offenses: A Study of Intergroup Forgiveness Among African Americans
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the conditions needed for historically
oppressed groups to forgive historical offenses and current experiences of racial/ethnic
offenses. This study includes a sample of 147 ...
Bioremediation of Pentachlorophenol and Bleach Plant Effluent by Trametes versicolor and its Extracellular Fluid, Focused on Intermediates and Products Formed and the Role of Protein Binding of Chlorinated Compounds in a Two-stage Reactor System
(2005-08-15)
Bioremediation of pentachlorophenol (PCP) from aqueous solutions can provide valuable methods to remove other toxins from aqueous solutions, those that are more or less persistent or toxic than PCP. Understanding the ...
Self-ratings of Multicultural Competency by Consulting School Psychologists
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to investigate how consulting school psychologists rate themselves with regard to being multiculturally competent. Using a non-experimental, causal-comparative research design this study ...
Efficacy of Long-Term and Short-Term Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Modalities
(2005-12-15)
The overall purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of two drug treatment modalities: (1) long-term residential treatment extended care and (2) short-term residential treatment and their effectiveness in serving ...
Cellulose Digestibility, Ethanol Yield, and Lignin Recovery from Corn Stover Fractionated by a Two-Stage Dilute-Acid and Dilute-Alkaline Process
(2005-12-15)
Dilute-acid pretreated corn stover (PCS) from NREL has been delignified using dilute sodium hydroxide extraction to see how this treatment affects enzymatic hydrolysis and simultaneous saccharafication and fermentation ...
Specific Interactions of Carbon Dioxide in Supercritical Fluid Processes and Nanoparticle Processing
(2005-12-15)
Specific interactions of molecules with supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) are of fundamental importance to the understanding of current processes and to the development of new processes. While relatively weak interactions ...
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in College Students Exposed to High-Magnitude versus Low-Magnitude Stressors
(2008-05-15)
Since the introduction of PTSD, exposure to trauma has been critical to the conceptualization of the disorder, although Criterion A, the stressor criterion, has undergone several transformations since it originally appeared ...