Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Food Habits and Anthropogenic Supplementation in the Diet of Coyotes (Canis latrans) Along an Urban-Rural Gradient
(2010-08-11)
Coyotes are recent colonists of the Southeast and have broadened their niche to include exploitation of urban areas. The aim of my study was to examine diet of coyotes inhabiting areas of differential development by humans ...
Relationship Between Counseling Self-Efficacy and Multicultural Counseling Self-Efficacy among School Counselors
(2010-08-11)
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the relationship between school counselors’ counseling self-efficacy and multicultural counseling self-efficacy. In addition, this study measured school counselors’ levels ...
The Role of Portable Sawmill Microenterprise Adoption in Promoting Rural Community Development and its Application in Small-Scale Forest Management
(2010-08-11)
Changes have taken place in the United States economy over the past several years attributable to the overall global economic environment. As a result of the weakened U.S. economy, there is reduced demand for lumber and ...
Simplification and Order Reduction of Parametrically Excited Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
(2010-08-11)
System simplification is, by far, the most common theme behind various techniques available for the analysis and controller design of nonlinear dynamic systems. One such technique that is widely used by engineers is the ...
Construct Validity of Three Measures of Depersonalization in College-Exposed College Students
(2010-08-10)
Depersonalization is a type of dissociation characterized by feelings of unreality and detachment from one’s sense of self. Despite a history rich in clinical description, depersonalization has proven difficult to define ...
Synthesis and Application of Novel N-halamine Antimicrobial Materials
(2010-08-10)
Several novel antimicrobial N-halamines have been synthesized and were incorporated into water-soluble latex paint. These paints were expected to render good biocidal capability and the antimicrobial activity to be ...
The Application of Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) in Full Scale Drilled Shafts
(2010-08-09)
Drilled shafts are being built larger and deeper, and this has increased the challenge in creating quality drilled shafts. Due to longer placement times and more required reinforcement, problems have been discovered with ...
The Impact Of Right-To-Work Laws On Interstate Cost Of Living
(2010-08-09)
The impact of right-to-work laws on cost of living differentials is a highly controversial topic due to its possible political implications. This study seeks to investigate the determinants of geographic cost of living ...
Auburn Alumni Study: A Secondary Analysis Of University Alumni Attitudes
(2010-08-05)
The nation’s lagging economy is impacting institutions of higher education including rising operational costs, a decrease in state appropriations, sagging returns on endowments and a decrease in the amount of private support ...
Sarmiento, Echeverría and Hernández’s Implementation of Historical Reciprocation in Argentina’s Battle of Oppression
(2010-08-05)
A study of historical reciprocation in the literature of Sarmiento, Echeverría, and Hernández shows the political and social unrest in Argentina in the 19th century.
A Novel Three Dimensional Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging Technology-Manufacturing Process Development and Reliability Characterizations
(2010-08-05)
Three Dimensional (3D) packaging has moved to the forefront in the electronic packaging industry, as the trend toward higher performance, smaller form factor and lower cost continues.
The development of the manufacturing ...
Mortality Salience and Dimensions of Disabilities
(2010-08-05)
The goal of this study was to investigate the link between dimensions of disabilities and mortality salience, operationalized as closeness to death. Towards this end, 211 undergraduate students responded to a series of ...
Feasibility Study for a Novel Micropump Design That Utilizes Shape Memory Alloy Diaphragm and Blood Flow
(2010-08-05)
Many different types of micropumps have been designed to pump a variety of
fluids at the micro-liter level. Some of the major short-comings of these designs are leaks
due to moving parts, lack of tolerance to bubbles, ...
Two Iron-Sulfur Proteins Involved in Isoprenoid Biosynthesis with New Catalytic Roles
(2010-08-05)
(E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate synthase (GcpE or IspG) and (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase (LytB or IspH) are involved in the last two steps of the DOXP pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis. ...
Interactive marketing strategies: Improving brand messaging through multi-level engagement congruent to consumers’ cognitive preferences
(2010-08-05)
Since the advent of the Internet, companies have progressively sought to make full use of this tool in their marketing and consumer engagement endeavors. A recent trend is to increase consumer brand awareness through ...
Teachers' and Administrators' Perceptions About A Leadership Capacity Building Program
(2010-08-05)
This study examined teacher leaders’ and administrators’ perceptions of a leadership capacity building program. The need for developing teacher leaders and enhancing the skills of practicing school administrators has gained ...
The Effects of Aging on the Mechanical Behavior of Lead Free and Mixed Formulation Solder Alloys
(2010-08-05)
The microstructure, mechanical response, and failure behavior of lead free solder joints in electronic assemblies are constantly evolving when exposed to isothermal aging and/or thermal cycling environments. In this work, ...
The Application of Fit Characteristics to Mentor-Protege Relationships
(2010-08-04)
To test the hypothesis that congruence of regulatory focus orientation would improve ratings of a mentor’s effectiveness by a protégé, 110 participants completed a two part study in which they interacted with a potential ...
Imitation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Analysis of Task Type and Common Errors
(2010-08-04)
The purpose of this study was to identify common imitative errors emitted by children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and typically developing children across varying types of imitative tasks. Twenty-two low-functioning ...
Parametric Study of a Commercial-Scale Biomass Downdraft Gasifier: Experiments and Equilibrium Modeling
(2010-08-04)
Biomass has already emerged in the renewable energy arena as one of the promising candidates
for the future. Biomass has been a major source of fuel for human from the existence of
mankind. Rapid urbanization and widespread ...