Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Discovery and Characterization of High-frequency Calls in North American Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus and G. volans): Implications for Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation
(2013-02-11)
Studies of bioacoustics of vertebrates primarily have focused on amphibians and birds. Comparatively, the acoustic repertoire of mammals is poorly understood, and even less is known about the production of high-frequency ...
A Case Study in Applying Agile Software Engineering Practices to Systems Engineering
(2013-02-01)
With the fast-paced nature of technology, the need to rapidly field systems has never been more important. Success does not just depend on well-defined requirements but also on the ability to respond to change during and ...
Minding Attention: The Relationship Between Dispositional Mindfulness and Attention
(2013-02-01)
Mindfulness refers to experiencing one’s self and environment in a conscious and unbiased manner focusing on the temporary, passing quality of thoughts, feelings, and life. Treatment providers have employed mindfulness-based ...
Designing LC Ladder Filters with Lossy Elements
(2013-01-24)
Many publications and many books have been written on LC Ladder filters, however, most of the material in circulation only deals with ideal (lossless) LC ladder filters. It is assumed that in the lossless design, all of ...
A combined model of uncertainty management theory and the group engagement model of identity
(2013-01-22)
Prior research has established the group engagement model and uncertainty management theory as motivational explanations of the fair process effect. Although studies have supported each of these frameworks independently, ...
Feasibility of Growing Pierce’s Disease Tolerant American and French-American Hybrid Bunch Grape Cultivars and Advanced Grape Selections in Alabama
(2013-01-09)
Eleven Pierce’s Disease (PD) tolerant American and French-American hybrid bunch grape cultivars including ‘Black Spanish’, ‘Blanc du Bois’, ‘Champanel’, ‘Conquistador’, ‘Cynthiana’, ‘Favorite’, ‘Lake Emerald’, ‘Stover’, ...
Changes in Concentrations of Heat Shock Protein 60, 70 and 90 of a Wild Songbird in Responses to Distinct Stress Challenges
(2013-01-09)
Wild songbirds, such as the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) require physiological mechanisms to maintain the homeostasis in face of stress threats. One of the primary mechanisms to protect system integrity is production ...
Quantification of the potential spawning contribution from oyster (Crassostrea virginica) restoration projects: a comparative study among restoration sites and substrates in coastal Alabama
(2013-01-09)
Although numerous ecosystem services of oyster reef restoration have been documented, the contribution of larvae has not been previously quantified. In this study, we selected 5 restoration sites in coastal Alabama (Billy ...
Beam Collimation and Intensity Uniformization of Laser Diode Array Using Lenslets
(2013-01-09)
With the advent of the laser, its applications have been extended to many areas including material processing, such as welding, cutting and drilling; and medical procedures, such as eye surgery and cosmetic skin treatments; ...
Development and Application of Non Marine Ingredients Based Diets for Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei: Examining the Suitability of Alternative Lipid Sources
(2013-01-09)
The Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, is globally cultured due to its ability to tolerate and effectively grow and survive across a wide range of salinities, ease of reproduction, availability of domesticated ...
Production of Transportation Fuel Range Middle Distillates via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis with Integrated Product Upgrading under Supercritical Phase Conditions
(2013-01-08)
There has been a great deal of contemporary interest in the utilization of a variety of carbonaceous feedstocks to produce readily usable transportation fuels via synthesis gas (syngas, a mixture of H2 and CO). Specifically, ...
Efficient Acquisition and Reconstruction for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging
(2013-01-08)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), combining both magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, has proven to be a powerful approach to reveal information about ...
Greenhouse and Field Evaluation of Alamo and Two New Genotypes of Switchgrass for Biomass Production
(2013-01-07)
Due to its high yields and wide geographic range, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) was chosen by the Department of Energy as a model herbaceous perennial bioenergy feedstock. Alamo is the highest yielding variety, and the ...
Strength Assessment of Soil Cement
(2013-01-07)
Soil cement is a mixture of soil, portland cement and water that, once compacted and cured, forms a strong and durable pavement base. Construction practices and variance among core strength data have led to questions ...
Synthesis of Methanol and Higher Alcohols from Syngas over K Promoted Cu Based Catalysts in Supercritical Solvent
(2013-01-07)
With today’s increasing crude oil prices and a desire to reduce our dependence on imported oil, the synthesis of methanol and higher alcohol represents a promising pathway for utilizing synthesis gas (a mixture of CO and ...
Cooling Hadoop: Temperature Aware Schedulers in Data Centers
(2013-01-07)
The amount of unstructured data, also known as “Big Data” in Internet is growing every day. Because the Big data is unstructured, a large-scale distributed batch processing infrastructure like Hadoop is used instead of ...
The Effects of Thermal Aging on the Mechanical Behavior of Fine Pitch Electronics Packages
(2013-01-07)
The direction of Electronics packaging industry is to design smaller packages
with higher complexity while focusing on Sn-Ag-Cu as the alloy of choice for lead free
electronics assembly. While performance capabilities ...
Hospital Healing Garden Design and Emotional and Behavioral Responses of Visitors and Employees
(2013-01-04)
Despite the growing interest in healing gardens in hospitals which began in the 1990’s, there has been a major lack of a generalized measure to assess perceptions of specific design elements in healing gardens. Although ...
Effect of In Phase and Out of Phase Forcing on Circular Cylinder Wake
(2013-01-03)
Using periodic forcing, the control of instabilities in the wake of a circular cylinder was investigated. The cylinder model had two straight slits, one on each side, that were connected to separate low frequency and high ...
Controlled Spawning of White Catfish, Ictalurus catus, and Brown Bullhead Catfish, Ameiurus nebulosus, Using Carp Pituitary Extract and LHRHa
(2013-01-03)
If successful artificial spawning techniques can be developed, white catfish, Ictalurus catus, and brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus, may have the potential to become model organisms for accelerated catfish genetics ...