Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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The Potential Benefits of Multi-modal Social Interaction on the Web for Senior Users
(2009-12-16)
As the population of senior adults is growing rapidly, there is a high demand for social resources to support them. The Internet has become a key factor in today’s society for improving lifestyle, from entertainment to ...
Transformational-Transactional Leadership and Work Outcomes: An Organizational Justice and Cultural Perspective
(2009-12-16)
Leadership involves a process whereby leaders inspire followers and motivate them to accomplish goals. This dissertation investigates the processes and boundary conditions of effective transformational-transactional ...
Examining the Effects of Teaching Self-Determination Skills to High School Youth with Disabilities
(2009-12-16)
An extensive review of the literature has been conducted in the area of self-determination
for youth with disabilities who are preparing for their transitions from school to post school
activities. Self-determination is ...
AADMLSS Practice: A Culturally Relevant Algebra Tutor
(2009-12-16)
This thesis presents an online web-based culturally relevant algebra tutor system. It is designed for African American students to improve their mathematical skills through practice on this platform. As a critical part of ...
Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defenses in Lymphocytes Following High Intensity Interval Training
(2009-12-16)
A substantial body of evidence suggests strenuous exercise causes perturbations to the immune system and increases the formation of reactive oxygen species. Performing routine moderate exercise stimulates the immune system, ...
A Framework For Optimal Polygeneration Product Allocation
(2009-12-15)
Polygeneration facilities, such as the integrated biorefinery, have the opportunity to provide a strong, self-dependent, sustainable alternative for the production of bulk and fine chemicals, e.g. polymers, fiber composites ...
Professional Counselors' Perceptions of the Role of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in Substance Abuse Treatment: A Qualitative Narrative
(2009-12-15)
Participation in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an accepted, widely used practice in substance abuse treatment as a stand-alone method and as an adjunct to more traditional therapeutic models. The absence of overwhelming ...
Resource Sharing in a WiFi-WiMAX Integrated Network
(2009-12-15)
Resource allocation is a challenging issue in integrated wireless environments due to
factors like difference in participating network protocols, design of hierarchical network
architecture, user mobility and multiple ...
Data Mining Medication Administration Incident Data to Identify Opportunities for Improving Patient Safety
(2009-12-15)
This research analyzed historical data related to medication administration errors at a 340 bed regional medical center. The objective was to determine if data mining techniques could identify relationships within the ...
Improvement of Indoor Air Quality Through The Development of Polymeric Microfibrous Material
(2009-12-15)
It was desired to create a healthier and more comfortable living environment for persons whom spend an increasingly amount of time indoors. Two main goals are necessary for the accomplishments of this objective: develop ...
Discourses of Race and Disease in British and American Travel Writing about the South Seas 1870-1915
(2009-12-15)
The nineteenth century saw the islands of the South Pacific colonized by the Western powers, including the United States. Because of this relatively late date compared to other colonized regions of the world, the imperializing ...
Topics of New York Times Coverage of the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Campaigns
(2009-12-15)
This study content analyzed topics of New York Times coverage of the 2004 and 2008 Democratic and Republican general presidential campaigns. The functional theory of political campaign discourse, modified to examine ...
Therapeutic Liposomes for Prostate Cancer Targeted by Phage Fusion Coat Proteins
(2009-12-15)
Cancer diagnosis and treatment is complicated by the molecular similarity of the malignant cells to normal cells. This creates a constant need for the development of probes accurately distinguishing between diseased and ...
Evaluation of Weed Management Practices in White Lupin (Lupinus albus L.)
(2009-12-15)
Worldwide, 450 lupin species can be found with 4 species currently grown. The cultivated species consist of three old world species white lupin (Lupinus albus L.), yellow lupin (L. luteus L.) and blue lupin (L. angustifolius ...
Administrator Job Satisfaction in Higher Education
(2009-12-15)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the job satisfaction of men and women administrators in higher education in four-year public institutions in Alabama. In addition, the study examined whether there was a ...
Technology Acceptance and Organizational Change: An Integration of Theory
(2009-12-15)
This dissertation uses a sequential mixed method research design to examine a new model of change readiness that focuses on change initiatives involving technology. The model is called the model of technological change. ...
A Consumer Participation Approach to the Design of Functional Collector Toys by Incorporating Designer Toy Subculture
(2009-12-15)
Designer toys have become one of the emerging toy markets since the late 1990’s. Designer toys were designed by artist especially targeted at first to underground art collectors and until now it has been targeted to toy ...
Impact of the Dialysis Industry on Kidney Transplants
(2009-12-15)
The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of the kidney dialysis industry on the kidney transplants, both cadaveric and living. This particular topic has not been addressed in formal research dealing with the organ ...
An Examination of Information Technology and its Perceived Quality Issues in Single System Hospitals in the United States
(2009-12-15)
The safety and quality of healthcare is of great concern in the United States. The positive effects of information technology reported in past research, especially case studies, has encouraged expectations that information ...
Risk Style, Regulatory Focus, and the Situation in Risky Choice Decision Making
(2009-12-15)
The present study investigated how two individual differences (risk style and regulatory focus) and three situational manipulations (order of problem context, order of frame, and order of chance) influenced participant ...