Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of Lactic Acid and Sodium Metasilicate against Pathogens of Concern on Fresh and Deli Meats
(2014-04-29)
Lactic acid and sodium metasilicate have been used in meat processing facilities as antimicrobial compounds. Their uses vary from carcasses rinses to ready to eat product applications at a variety of concentrations and ...
Carbonyl inhibition and detoxification in microbial fermentation of biomass hydrolysates
(2014-04-29)
Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels has great potential to supplement petroleum-derived fuels. One of the major barriers to bioconversion is the release of considerable amount of carbonyl degradation ...
Power-Aware System-on-Chip Test Optimization through Frequency and Voltage Scaling
(2014-04-29)
A System-on-Chip (SoC) is a complete system that has been integrated onto a single chip. An SoC is often designed by embedding reusable blocks called cores. With shrinking device sizes, SoC cores are growing in number and ...
Finding Optimum Clock Frequencies for Aperiodic Test
(2014-04-29)
With scale down in technology, size and complexity of integrated circuits increase. The
scan method is the most popular technique of testing sequential circuits today. In this
method,
ip-
ops functionally form one or ...
Security and secure-dominating sets in graphs
(2014-04-29)
All graphs in this paper are finite and simple. Let G = (V;E) be a graph, x an element of V and
S a subset of V. Following convention, we let N(x) := {u : where ux is an element of E} and N[x] := {x}union N(x). For
S, ...
Inorganic Nanocylinder Lyotropic Liquid Crystals: Rheology, Phase Behavior and Film Self-Assembly
(2014-04-29)
This dissertation provided key examples of inorganic nanocylinder lyotropic liquid crystalline phase formation including silver nanowire nematic and silica nanorod smectic liquid crystals. Inorganic nanocylinder liquid ...
Links between Peer Relationships in Middle Childhood, Negative Affect and Social Connectedness in Early Adolescence, and BMI in Early Adulthood
(2014-04-29)
Although it has been well documented that overweight and obese children and adolescents frequently experience difficulties in their peer relationships, significant gaps remain in the understanding of the long-term contributions ...
Over the Dam
(2014-04-29)
Strong infrastructure makes a strong city, and advances in infrastructure are linked to the success of any civilization throughout history. Bridges, dams, roads, sewer systems, food sources, energy, and communication ...
The Dance: a fluid model of street design
(2014-04-29)
During the early twentieth century, the American city experienced changes to its infrastructure that are still visible today. These changes were a result of the city beautiful movement. Some of the changes to the city ...
Effects of Microstructure on Fracture Behavior of Hydrogenated Notched 4340 Steel: A Quantitative Study
(2014-04-28)
Hydrogen based fuel has been identified as a promising alternative to fossil fuel to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and to enable sustainable energy supplies worldwide. In spite of such promising applications of ...
Numerical Simulations of Boiling in Dielectric Fluid Immersion Cooling Scenarios of High Power Electronics
(2014-04-28)
As server technologies have progressed, the traditional methods of blade level cooling have become very costly. Up to this point, most server units have been cooled through forced air convection; a process that requires ...
Survival and Transmission of Selected Pathogens on Airplane Cabin Surfaces and Selection of Phages Specific for Campylobacter jejuni
(2014-04-28)
We determined the limits of survival and transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on common surfaces found in the cabin of a civil aircraft. The two pathogens were ...
AlGaN/GaN HEMT DC Simulation
(2014-04-28)
Increasing demand in high power and high frequency semiconductor devices has promoted
the rapid development of microwave power devices using GaN and SiC. Characteristics
like high breakdown voltage and high electron ...
Aperture Coupled Microstrip Patch Antenna for WIFI, WiMAX, and Radar Applications
(2014-04-25)
The aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna is presented. The operation frequency
range of antenna is 4.8 - 5.2 GHz. This frequency range is possible due to the use of low
dielectric materials for the patch and microstrip ...
Connectivity analysis of functional MRI data in the latent neuronal space: Applications in science and medicine
(2014-04-25)
Since the inception of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) there has been a steady growth in the number of studies utilizing this non-invasive method to gain insights into the brain function in both healthy and ...
Relationship of an Objective Measure and Consumer Perception of Oxidized Flavor in Ground Beef
(2014-04-25)
An experiment was conducted to compare the sensory and shelf life characteristics of ground beef with three different fat contents in order to determine if an objective measure is adequate in predicting consumer perception ...
Handover Management in Femtocell Networks
(2014-04-25)
Radio communication has come a long way from 1G Advanced Mobile Phone Systems
(Amps) voice to Evolved 3G Enhanced Voice Data Optimized (EVDO), High Speed Packet
Access plus (HSPA+) and 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) now. ...
Immobilization of Mercury by Stabilized FeS Nanoparticles and Effects of Oil Dispersant on Sorption/Desorption and Photodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
(2014-04-25)
Iron sulfide (FeS) nanoparticles were prepared with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as a stabilizer, and tested for enhanced removal of mercury (Hg(II)) from water, soil and sediment. The presence of CMC at ≥0.03 wt.% ...
Proposed Improvements to Overlay Test for Determining Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Mixtures
(2014-04-25)
There is an increasing need in evaluating the cracking resistance of asphalt mixtures as more recycled materials are used in the mixes. A promising method that has been used to evaluate the mixture cracking resistance is ...
Multi-Robot Frontier Based Map Coverage Using the ROS Environment
(2014-04-25)
Cooperative robotics deals with multiple robot platforms working to accomplish a common
goal and has a multitude of applications including security, surveying, search and rescue,
and many more. The use of multiple robots ...