Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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The Effective Use of and Support for Instructional Strategies to Improve Literacy in the Middle Grades
(2012-08-02)
The purpose of this quantitative study was twofold. First, the researcher identified researched-based strategies which improve reading comprehension and literacy in adolescent students. Second, the researcher determined ...
Nim on Graphs
(2012-08-02)
Winning strategies for the Game of Nim on Graphs are discussed. Graphs considered are distinguished from those previously studied in that they may have loops. Winning strategies are found for graphs that have loops and ...
Incorporating El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-Induced Climate Variability for Long-Range Hydrologic Forecasting and Stream Water Quality Protection
(2012-08-02)
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has been found to have a strong predictable effect on streamflow in different parts of the world. Since ENSO has potential relationship to seasonal and inter-annual variability in ...
Three Essays in House Foreclosures, Quasi-Experiment Model and Irrigation
(2012-08-02)
In recent years much governmental and public attention has been focused on house foreclosures as they related to the recent recession. Housing spillovers can degrade neighborhood quality and depress property tax revenues, ...
Maximal Sets of Hamilton Cycles in Complete Multipartite Graphs
(2012-08-02)
A set of S edge-disjoint hamilton cycles in a graph G is said to be maximal if the
hamilton cycles in S form a subgraph of G such that G-E(S) has no hamilton cycle. The
set of integers m for which a graph G contains a ...
Dauphin Island Birders: An examination of specialization, place attachment, satisfaction, and amenity migration
(2012-08-02)
Dauphin Island is a small barrier island off the coast of Alabama. The island sets in a major migratory flyway and annually hundreds of species descend upon the island during the spring and fall migrations. This has caused ...
Examining Espoused Beliefs and Actions of Assistant Principals in Alabama
(2012-08-02)
This quantitative research study examined beliefs and actions of assistant principals in Alabama. Assistant principals were the only group used in this study. From this research study, the researcher also wanted to explore ...
Upper Bounds on the Coarsening Rates for Some Non-Conserving Equations
(2012-08-02)
In this thesis, we prove one-sided bounds on the coarsening rates for two models of
non-conserved curvature driven dynamics by following a strategy developed by Kohn and
Otto in [20].
In the rst part, we analyze the ...
Security, (F,I)-security, and Ultra-security in Graphs
(2012-08-02)
Let G=(V,E) be a graph and S a subset of V. The notion of security in graphs was first presented by Brigham et al [3]. A set S is secure if every attack on S is defendable. The cardinality of a smallest secure set of G ...
Development of an Analytical Process to Measure Teacher Effectiveness Based on Student Growth to Augment an Educator Evaluation System
(2012-08-02)
Teacher quality is one of the most important school related variables associated with student achievement. Therefore, raising the quality of the U.S. public education teaching force is essential to ensure that every child ...
Lessons Learned About the Implementation and Sustainability of the Redesigned Principal Preparation Programs in Alabama
(2012-08-02)
In the fall of 2005, the state of Alabama embarked upon a multi-system reform of its leadership standards, principal preparation program requirements, professional development standards, and professional practice evaluation ...
The Sounds of Social Change: Phonology and Identity in Elba, Alabama
(2012-08-02)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether and to what degree integration impacted speakers’ linguistic choices in the community of Elba, Alabama, with respect to three phonological variables: (ai), (oi), and ...
Regulation of Leydig Cell Differentiated Function by the Industrial Chemical Bisphenol A (BPA)
(2012-08-02)
Exposure of the population to bisphenol A (BPA) is significant due to its extensive use in the manufacture of a wide variety of consumer products, including polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. However, there is concern ...
Explorations and Applications of Novel Sensing Approaches –Wireless Sensing Systems
(2012-08-01)
The aim of this dissertation is to explore novel sensing approaches and their applications in the detection of alcohol, the investigation on reactions between antibodies and antigens, as well as the studies of visually ...
2-Quinoxalinol Based Schiff Base Ligands in Copper(II)-Mediated C-H Activation
(2012-08-01)
As environment and energy issues become of increasing concern, so too does our awareness of the impacts of chemical industry. Numerous successful attempts toward “green” or “greener” chemistry have been made. Among these, ...
Mindfulness, Exercise and Stress Reduction: The Effects of a University Physical Education Mindfulness-Based Exercise Course in Increasing Physical Activity
(2012-08-01)
Evidence shows that regular physical activity improves physiological and psychological health (Department of & Human Services, 2000). Research in college students supports a relationship between heightened levels of stress ...
Studies on the Use of Soil Edaphic Factors for the Development of Site Specific Management Strategies for Rotylenchulus reniformis on Cotton
(2012-08-01)
The reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis, is currently one of the most limiting factors to cotton production in the United States. With no available commercial host plant resistance, options for management of R. ...
Antibacterial activities of Clitocybe nuda extract on foodborne pathogens
(2012-08-01)
The addition of antimicrobial agents to foods is an important approach for controlling foodborne pathogens to improve food safety. Currently, most antimicrobial agents in foods are synthetic compounds. Researchers are ...
Internalized Homophobia among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons: Contributing Factors and Effects
(2012-07-31)
The present paper was an examination and analysis of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) persons by way of an integrated literature review of the circumstances and effects of homophobia that they face at home, ...
Taming the Scientific Big Data with Flexible Organizations for Exascale Computing
(2012-07-31)
The last five years of supercomputers has evolved at an unprecedented rate as High Performance Computing (HPC) continue to progress towards exascale computing in 2018. These systems enable scientists to simulate scientific ...