Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Nematode Community Structure and Effects on Peanut Production Systems
(2010-08-03)
Understanding the total nematode community in agronomic systems and its impact on crop health may provide insight into more sustainable management strategies. In this study the focus was on management of the peanut root-knot ...
Warm-Season Turfgrass Response to Aminocyclopyrachlor
(2010-08-03)
Synthetic auxin herbicides are widely used in the turfgrass industry due to their selective control of broadleaf weeds and safety to turfgrass species. Aminocyclopyrachlor (AMCP) is a new synthetic auxin herbicide currently ...
Consequences of low-head dams on crayfish distribution and gene flow in Alabama stream
(2010-08-03)
Dams are numerous in many eastern US streams, and instream physicochemical and biotic impacts of dams can alter flow and sediment regimes and channel geomorphology as well as reducing longitudinal movement by fishes and ...
Improving Prediction Accuracy Using Class-specific Ensemble Feature Selection
(2010-08-03)
As data accumulates at a speed significantly faster than can be processed, data preprocessing techniques such as feature selection become increasingly important and beneficial. Moreover, given the well-known gains of ...
Exploring the Relation Between Plant Phosphorus Nutrition and Growth Promotion by Bacillus subtilis/amyloliquefaciens Strains
(2010-08-02)
The use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) as biofertilizers is of increasing interest due to economic and environmental issues. Phosphorus (P) is one of the most limiting plant nutrients because of its reduced ...
Unpacking the Triggers of Interest in Academic Material: An Appraisal Perspective
(2010-08-02)
A study was conducted to apply a recent model of interest (Silvia, 2006) to educational goals and an educational context. The model is based on appraisal theory, and contends that interest is an emotional state dependent ...
Roundup over the Top of Container-Grown Nursery Plants
(2010-08-02)
Nine species of container-grown plants were treated over-the-top with Roundup Pro® at 4 rates: 0.28, 0.56, 1.12, and 2.24 kg ai/ha (0.25, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 lb ai/A) once in June 2007, September 2007, or February 2008. A ...
Moral Disengagement from an Organizational Justice Perspective: An Exploratory Study
(2010-08-02)
The current study contributes to a growing understanding of the construct of moral disengagement, in particular the role of organizational justice and individual differences as antecedents. In a study of 272 undergraduate ...
A New Spin on an Old Crop for Bioenergy: Sorghum
(2010-08-02)
According to Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) – Energy Policy Act of 2005, the U.S. must reduce foreign oil dependence, where the target is to produce 36 billion gallons of oil equivalent in 2022 (RFA, 2010). Cellulosic ...
Limitations of the Microtremor Method: A Case Study in the Los Angeles Basin, California
(2010-08-02)
Microtremor data from 16 broadband seismic stations across the Los Angeles basin are used to explore limitations of Nakamura's (1989) method for estimating resonant frequencies, amplification, and ground vulnerability to ...
User Centered Design Strategy for the Design of Visual Data Displays
(2010-07-30)
In the last thirty years digital technology has revolutionized the way that we interact with products. Most digital products, such as phones, GPS devices, digital music players, and digital video and still cameras, make ...
Microwave assisted synthesis of silver nanorods
(2010-07-30)
Silver nanoparticles have unique and distinctive properties like optical, electrical and conductive properties. These properties of nanoparticles depend on their size, shape and crystalinity. There has been a lot of work ...
Comparative Characterization of Electronic Packaging Materials through Steady State Thermal Conductivity Measurements
(2010-07-30)
The decreasing feature size and increasing power generation of modern
electronic devices have created a need for increasingly effective and
efficient thermal management solutions to remove the high heat fluxes
being ...
Characterization of Pecan Shells for Value-added Applications
(2010-07-30)
There is a growing need in the United States to decrease dependence on fossil fuels because of energy security and environmental concerns associated with their use. Energy derived from biomass is especially important to ...
Congestion Control in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2010-07-30)
For this thesis we consider Directed Diffusion routing protocol. It manages paths in a
data-centric way. A sink node publicizes its interest in some events. Such an interest will
be disseminated within the network and ...
Investigation of the Global Escarpment, Including the Fretted Terrain, in the Martian Northern Hemisphere
(2010-07-30)
The global escarpment and associated fretted terrain are located in the Martian northern hemisphere. Two competing hypothesis presently in play explain the origin of Mars’ global escarpment. These hypotheses involve endogenic ...
State Survey of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) Impacts on Residential Landscapes and the Green Industry of Alabama and an Evaluation of Commercial Deer Repellents
(2010-07-29)
Four studies, funded by Mississippi State University, were done to determine white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) damage to ornamental plants and their impact on homeowners, as well as the nursery and ...
Students’ Characteristics, Self-Regulated Learning, Technology Self-Efficacy, and Course Outcomes in Web-Based Courses
(2010-07-29)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among students’ characteristics, self-regulated learning, technology self-efficacy, and course outcomes in online learning settings. Previous research provided ...
It’s in Black and White: Preservice Teachers’ Perceived Abilities to Facilitate Literary Conversations about African-American Picture Books
(2010-07-29)
The purpose of this study was to examine how preservice teachers perceive their abilities use African-American picture books to facilitate literary conversations. Two preservice teachers, one Black and one White, examined ...
Biomedical Materials Based on Electrospun Polymeric Fibers
(2010-07-29)
As one of the most promising development of nanotechnology, electrospinning has gathered a great deal of interests in recent years. In this study, several novel nanomaterials were prepared by electrospinning and further ...