Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Collaborative-Adversarial Pair (CAP) Programming
(2010-01-13)
The advocates of pair programming claim that it has a number of benefits over traditional individual programming, including faster software development, higher quality code, reduced overall software development cost, ...
An Exploratory Study of the Philosophy and Teaching Styles of Georgia Workforce Educators and Entrepreneurship Instructors
(2010-01-13)
This exploratory study examines the adult educational philosophies and teaching styles of workforce educators and entrepreneurship instructors within the State of Georgia. A workforce educator is an educator teaching ...
Influence of Competition on Longleaf Pine Seedling Recruitment in Selection Silviculture
(2010-01-13)
The longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem’s decline has resulted in the loss of 97 percent of the 24-36 million hectares it covered prior to European settlement, but interest in longleaf pine restoration and ...
Electrical Breakdown Studies of Partial Pressure Argon Under KHz Range Pulse Voltages
(2010-01-12)
Electronics operating in a partial vacuum may experience a gaseous breakdown when strong electric fields are present. The breakdown voltage for a gas decreases as the pressure decreases from atmospheric conditions and ...
Effect of Dispersion of SWCNTs on the Viscoelastic and Final Properties of Epoxy Based Nanocomposites
(2010-01-11)
The properties of polymer nanocomposites depend primarily on the dispersion of nanoparticles and the interaction between nanoparticles and the polymer matrix. Homogeneous dispersion and good interfacial adhesion can transfer ...
Seed Germination and Growth Requirements of Selected Wildflower Species
(2010-01-08)
The effect of imbibition, funcigidal pre-treatments, and stratification time length on seed germination of Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton (orange coneflower), Penstemon laevigatus Aiton (eastern smooth beardtongue), and Lobelia ...
Coal and Renewable Energy: History, Impacts, and Future in Alabama
(2010-01-08)
Coal and renewable energy have differential impacts on human society. Coal is the most abundant, cheap, and yet environmentally detrimental source of energy. Renewable sources are environmentally benign but constrained by ...
Differential Effects of Challenge and Hindrance Stressors on Decision Making Performance
(2010-01-08)
The current study proposed differential relationships of challenge and hindrance stressors on decision-making performance based on the 2-dimensional model of stressors, which was expected to be mediated by perceived control, ...
Effluents from an Aquaculture Research Station and Stream Water Quality
(2010-01-07)
Lower Station of the E. W. Shell Fisheries Center discharges into Saugahatchee Creek. Ponds of the Fish Genetics Research Unit and the Aquaculture Production Research Unit are the main sources of anthropogenic pollution ...
Evaluation of Residual Feed Intake in Centrally-Tested Bulls and Related Steers
(2010-01-07)
Feed intake was measured on 1433 Angus, Simmental and composite Simmental-Angus bulls at the Auburn University Beef Evaluation Center (AUBEC) from 1977 to 2007. All bulls were housed at the AUBEC for a minimum of 70 days. ...
Brood habitat use and availability and daily and seasonal covey movements of Northern Bobwhites in east-central Alabama
(2010-01-07)
We examined home range habitat composition and preferred habitats within home ranges for Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) broods during the breeding seasons (April 1 – October 31) of 2003 – 2006 on Sehoy ...
Application and Evaluation of WEPP in a Forested Watershed with Perennial Streams
(2010-01-06)
Forests generally have low erosion rates unless they are disturbed by harvesting operations or road construction. These common disturbances typically cause increase in the sediment yield which is reduced after vegetation ...
Neonatal Exposure to Estrogen and Estrogen Receptor Agonists and Antagonists: Effects on the Adult Endometrial Proteome and Morphoregulatory Gene Expression in the Neonatal Uterus
(2010-01-06)
Development of the porcine uterus begins prenatally but is completed postnatally. In mammals, the uterus provides an embryotrophic environment for conceptus development and integrates maternal and conceptus signals needed ...
The Effects of Colored Mulch and ChromatiNet® on Select Cut Flower and Vegetable Production in a High Tunnel Production System
(2010-01-06)
The objective of these studies was to determine the effects of colored plastic mulch on the quality of select cut flowers in a high tunnel production system. In the first study, snapdragons (Antirhinum majus) were evaluated ...
Dewatering Rock Crushing Fines Using Geotextile Tubes
(2010-01-06)
A study on dewatering rock crushing fines using geotextile tubes was conducted. The laboratory portion included rapid dewatering tests and hanging bag tests to evaluate the dewatering efficiencies of the geotextiles as ...
Evading Triangles without a map
(2010-01-06)
We divise a heuristic which enables a traveler to traverse the plane from a start point S to a target point T while evading unknown obstacles. The obstacles are assumed to be equilateral triangles which are all translates ...
Development of Functional Material Scaffolds for Sensing Applications
(2010-01-05)
Developments in the field of chemical and biological sensors call for sensitive and selective sensing surfaces to provide consistent information about target analytes. Since such sensors are mostly operating in complex ...
Simultaneous Detection of Salmonella Typhimurium and Bacillus Anthracis Spores Using Remote Phage-Based Magnetoelastic Microbiosensors
(2010-01-05)
This dissertation discusses the results of a study to develop a free standing,
magnetoelastic (ME) biosensor for the detection of S. typhimurium and B. anthracis
spores. This affinity-based biosensor is composed of ME ...
Partnering With Physicians: How Are Medical Speech-Language Pathologists Perceived
(2010-01-05)
The purpose of this research was to gather insight regarding physicians’ understanding and view of the medical speech-language pathologist. Some questions were compared to previous data presented in a prior survey by ...
Material behaviour of mixed formulation solders
(2009-12-18)
The transition from tin-lead to lead free soldering in the electronics manufacturing industry has been in progress for the past 10 years. In the interim period before lead free assemblies are uniformly accepted, mixed ...