Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Distinctiveness of Avoidance and Numbing in PTSD
(2008-05-15)
Although the avoidance and numbing symptoms of PTSD are grouped together on the same symptom cluster in DSM-IV-TR, studies of the PTSD symptom structure suggest they are distinct. Studies have validated the distinctiveness ...
The Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) as an Outcome Measure for Juvenile Sexual Offenders
(2008-05-15)
Objective measures of personality and psychopathology are assessment tools frequently used to better inform treatment professionals. An increasingly popular objective measure of personality includes the Millon Adolescent ...
Retrospective Reports of Perceived Parenting Style and Current Alcohol Use in a College Sample
(2008-05-15)
The effects of parenting style on behavioral outcomes have been well examined in early and middle childhood. Using Baumrind’s typology of parenting (warmth and control), studies have shown that parents who report using an ...
An Evaluation of Treatment Drop-Out: Families with a History of Child Physical Abuse
(2008-05-15)
Treatment attrition is a problem and is researched less in the child than in the adult literature. While the child is the identified client, parents have more control over treatment attendance. The child treatment attrition ...
Investigation of Trauma Type Differences Using the Personality Assessment Inventory
(2008-05-15)
PTSD has been classified as an umbrella disorder, with the resulting syndrome appearing similar in individuals with varied trauma exposure. This concept has been examined from the beginning, with the breadth of events ...
Dead Reckoning in a Desktop Virtual Environment
(2008-05-15)
Dead reckoning, knowing where one is in relation to a particular location without reference to external landmarks, is a widely cited phenomenon that has been observed in a wide variety of animals. A common test for dead ...
Differential Outcomes Facilitate Relational Associations
(2008-05-15)
The Differntial Outcomes Procedure facilitates the acquisition and performance of tasks that encourage item specific strategies, but its affects on relational strategies is unknown. Here, 8 pigeons (columba livia) were ...
Value-Added Products from Chicken Feather Fibers and Protein
(2008-05-15)
Worldwide poultry consumption has generated a huge amount of feather “waste” annually. Currently, the feather has a low value-being used for animal feed in the world.
The quality of fibrous air filters depend on ...
Factors in Two-Dimensional Maze Navigation by Pigeons
(2008-05-15)
Navigation of two-dimensional mazes in a computerized environment has been used to assess and compare spatial cognition in human and nonhuman primates. Recent technology advances have led to the extension of these maze ...
An Analysis of Economic Efficiency in Predicting Legislative Voting Beyond a Traditional Liberal-Conservative Spectrum
(2008-05-15)
Self-interest and ideology are important explanatory variables for human behavior and are the two primary determinants of legislative decision-making. Self-interest usually pertains to a maximization of financial resources ...
Marketing War: A Case Study Comparison of Wars Between the United States and Iraq
(2008-05-15)
Being able to convince the American public that they need to send their sons and daughters into harms way is not an easy task but one which every United States President may face during his or her tenure. Rallying public ...
Pharmacokinetics of Voriconazole in Horses and Alpacas
(2008-05-15)
Voriconazole is a new antifungal drug that has shown effectiveness in treating serious fungal infections and has the potential for being used in large animal veterinary medicine. The objectives of this study were to ...
Success of women in a worksite weight loss program attempting to lose weight as part of a group compared to women attempting to lose weight as individuals
(2008-05-15)
The success of women in a worksite weight loss program attempting to lose
weight as part of a group was compared to the success of women attempting to lose
weight as individuals. Female hospital and nursing home employees ...
A Novel Role for Fetuin-A in the Pathophysiology of Glucocorticoid-Mediated Insulin Resistance
(2008-05-15)
Fetuin-A (also called alpha2-HS glycoprotein), a phosphorylated protein secreted by the liver, is a physiological inhibitor of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase (IR-TK). Elevated plasma levels of fetuin-A have been ...
The Effects of Service Recovery Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty and Future Behavioral Intentions: An Exploratory Study in the Luxury Hotel Industry
(2008-05-15)
This study investigated the quality of the complaint management process employed in five luxury hotels around the United States. Over the past two decades, complaint management research has focused on methods to evaluate ...
Parameter Estimation Techniques for Determining Safe Vehicle Speeds in UGVs
(2008-05-15)
This thesis develops simplified equations to predict a velocity in which vehicle rollover or tire saturation occurs. These equations are functions of different vehicle parameters that are important to vehicle handling ...
Relative Positioning of Unmanned Ground Vehicles Using Ultrasonic Sensors
(2008-05-15)
In this thesis, a Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) is developed and applied to a tracked Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) to provide estimates of position, heading, and velocity. The navigation ...
Prognostics Health Management and Damage Relationships of Lead-Free Components in Thermal Cycling Harsh Environments
(2008-05-15)
There has been a growing interest in the area of health monitoring of electronics in order to predict the failure and provide warnings. Existing Prognostics Health Management methodologies are very reactive in nature and ...
Finite Element Analysis of Three-Dimensional Elasto-Plastic Sinusoidal Contact and Inclusion in a Multi-Scale Rough Surface Contact Model
(2008-05-15)
Researchers have developed many models to simulate the elasto-plastic contact of spheres. However, there does not appear to exist a closed-form analytical model for elasto-plastic three dimensional sinusoidal contact. This ...
Adaptive Control of a Farm Tractor with Varying Yaw Properties Accounting for Actuator Dynamics and Nonlinearities
(2008-05-15)
Two adaptive control algorithms for the automatic steering control of a farm tractor with varying hitch forces are developed. Tractors can be configured many different implements, and implements interact with the soil in ...