Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Molecular Photovoltaic Systems Based on Phospholipids/Alkanethiol Hybrid Bilayer Membranes: Photocurrent Generation and Modulation
(2012-07-23)
Biological membranes offer an ideal place to assemble necessary components for plant
photosynthesis in nature and suggest new strategies to build artificial photosynthetic systems by
using lipid bilayers. In this ...
A Demographic Survey of Selected Third-Party Android Markets
(2012-07-20)
In 1998 less than 10 percent of the global population held cell phone subscriptions. By the end of 2011 this number had increased to 87 percent, accounting for over 5.9 billion subscribers worldwide. Due to this high ...
Comparative Genomic Analysis of Catfish Linkage Group 27 with Teleost Species Genomes
(2012-07-20)
Comparative genomics is a powerful tool to transfer genomic information from model species to related non-model species. Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is the primary aquaculture species in the United States. Its ...
Cytokinin Response Factor 4: A Role in Development During Cold Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2012-07-20)
Cold stress is a major cause of crop loss annually in the United States such that a detailed study
of the mechanisms and genes behind these stresses are essential for improvement of crop plants.
This thesis investigated ...
From Field to Plate: Alabama Fruit and Vegetable Production, Marketing, and the Impact of Consumer Demand
(2012-07-20)
Extensive research has been conducted on the various aspects of the fresh produce supply chain including producers, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers. However, there is currently a lack of research regarding consumer ...
Economic Analysis of Turfgrass-Sod Production in Alabama
(2012-07-20)
Turfgrass has been a profitable alternative to more traditional agricultural enterprises for many years. However, the situation changed with the depressed housing market and tough competition in the sod industry. A major ...
Identity Style in Adolescence: Developmental Precursors and Links with Social Capital Breadth and Depth in Emerging Adulthood
(2012-07-20)
Significant gaps remain in the understanding of both the developmental antecedents of identity styles (inputs) and the interpersonal sequalae that flow from these styles (outputs). Of interest in the current study was ...
Storage Stability of Rebaudioside A in Various Buffer Solutions
(2012-07-20)
Rebaudioside A is a non-caloric high intensity sweetener extracted from Stevia rebaudiana. For it to be used in the food industry, rebaudioside A needs to be stable during processing and storage. Kinetic data on its long ...
Multi-Objective Direct Quasi-Sliding Mode Control of a Two Phase Buck Converter
(2012-07-20)
Multiphase converters are the state of the art for high efficiency point-of-load conversion for modern processors and FPGAs with wide operating load conditions. However, there are a variety of control issues that must be ...
Digital Gradient Sensing (DGS): A Full-Field Optical Technique to Measure Angular Deflections of Light Rays and Its Applications to Failure Mechanics
(2012-07-19)
Optical transparency is an essential characteristic of solids used in many engineering applications such as automotive windshields, electronic displays, aircraft windows and canopies, hurricane resistant windows, bullet ...
Perceived Stress, Eating Regulation, Body Mass Index, Weight, and Percent Body Fat Relationships over the First Two Years of College
(2012-07-19)
Objective: To assess the associations among perceived stress, eating regulation and body mass index, weight, and percent body fat in college students during the first two years of college. Methods: Participants were ...
Measurement Invariance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Across Three Civilian Trauma Types
(2012-07-19)
The factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains the subject of intense investigation. The DSM three-factor conceptualization of PTSD has not been empirically supported; rather, two four-factor models ...
Experimental Evaluation of Immersion-Cooled Strategies for High-Powered Server Modules
(2012-07-19)
Cooling of server-level high-performance computing equipment is an ongoing challenge. Early approaches, based almost entirely on forced air cooling, resulted in unsustainably high energy usage in the air-conditioning units. ...
Nutrient Digestibility, Growth Performance, and Carcass Characteristics of Broilers Fed Diets Formulated with Low Oligosaccharide Soybean Meals
(2012-07-19)
The objective of this research was to evaluate nutrient digestibility, growth performance, and processing yields of Ross × Ross 708 male broilers fed diets formulated with low oligosaccharide soybean meal (LOSBM) and ...
Couple Satisfaction and Symptom Distress: What to Look for When Forming an Alliance
(2012-07-19)
In this study, the relationship between dyadic adjustment ratings, individual symptom distress ratings and the therapeutic alliance for males and females was explored. Likewise, the interaction between individual symptom ...
Influence of Fruit Thinning and a Natural Plant Extract Biostimulant Application on Fruit Size and Quality of 'AU Golden Dragon', 'AU Golden Sunshine', and 'Hort16A' Kiwifruit
(2012-07-18)
Fruit thinning and the application of the natural biostimulant Benefit®Kiwi are expensive cultural practices, and the effectiveness of these practices on increasing fruit size of Actinidia chinensis cultivars grown in ...
Feeding Ecology of Pest Mole Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscus spp.) and Associated Damage to Turfgrass
(2012-07-18)
Two omnivorous species of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae), Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder and S. borellii Giglio-Tos, are introduced subterranean pests that cause damage to turfgrass by feeding and tunneling in ...
Identification of Geographic Origin of Ictalurid Catfish and Penaeid Shrimp by Elemental Profiling
(2012-07-18)
Three investigations were performed related to identification of geographic origin of aquatic products by elemental profiling and multivariate statistics.
In the first study, fillets of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus ...
Prognostic Health Management for Mission and Safety Critical Electronics
(2012-07-17)
The increasing reliance on electrical systems to fulfill mission and safety critical applications has motivated the need for in situ monitoring of functioning electrical systems and a priori warnings of failure. In this ...
Characterization of an Attenuated Aeromonas hydrophila Vaccine and Molecular Mechanisms of Channel Catfish Immunity against Aeromonas hydrophila infection
(2012-07-17)
An attenuated Aeromonas hydrophila AL09-71 N+R vaccine strain was compared to its virulent parent strain A. hydrophila AL09-71. The attenuated AL09-71 N+R strain was developed through selection of resistance to both ...