Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Use of a Scald Additive to Reduce Levels of Salmonella During Poultry Processing
(2006-12-15)
The risk of cross contamination of food-borne pathogens such as Salmonella during poultry processing remains of great concern to the poultry industry. One of the most critical steps in poultry processing where cross ...
Evaluation of Nutrition and Management Factors in the Etiology of Pododermatitis in Broiler Chickens
(2006-12-15)
The influence of nutrition and management factors in the etiology of pododermatitis (paw burns) was evaluated in three trials. Broilers of mixed sex were raised on four experimental diets with varying protein levels (high ...
Comparison of Plate Media for Isolation of Campylobacter from Live Broilers and Scheduled Delivery of Broiler Flocks to Reduce Cross-contamination with Campylobacter
(2006-12-15)
Campylobacters are bacteria that are a major cause of diarrheal illness in humans and are generally regarded as the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Disease control studies have demonstrated that ...
Effect of Phytase and Glucanase, Alone or in Combination, on Nutritive Value of Corn and Soybean Meal Fed to Broilers
(2006-12-15)
In order to efficiently use exogenous enzymes, the effects of these products on nutrient availability must be determined. A series of experiments were designed to evaluate a phytase and a glucanase supplemented to ...
The Influence of Low Melt Point, High Modulus Fibers in Blended Fiber Ballistic Resistant Nonwovens
(2006-12-15)
The purpose of this research was to examine the presence of a thermal phase change as a means of energy dissipation in nonwoven needlepunched felts used in soft body armor applications. The investigation was carried out ...
Biomimicking of Enzymes for Textile Processing
(2006-12-15)
Enzymes are very large protein compounds. A small portion of their structure constitutes their highly specific active site which is fundamentally responsible for the catalytic capability of the enzymes. To mimic the active ...
An Examination of Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health Care
(2006-12-15)
The increasing number of foreign-born persons in the United States is creating significant cultural and linguistic challenges for health care providers. The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority ...
The Growth of Private Voluntary Organizations 1968-2004
(2006-12-15)
The increase in the number of private voluntary organizations (PVOs) registered with the United States Agency for International Development was analyzed for the period 1968-2004. The factors that were used to explain the ...
Post Ion-Implantation Surface Palnarization Process for 4H-SiC Wafers Using Carbon Encapsulation Technique
(2006-12-15)
Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) technology forms the core of the semiconductor power devices. The electronic properties of wide band gap semiconductor materials like 4H-SiC has attracted considerable interest for fabrication ...
Optical Spectroscopy of Wide-band-gap Semiconductors: Raman and Photoluminescence of Gallium Nitride, Zinc Oxide and Their Nanostructures
(2006-12-15)
Micro-Raman and photoluminescence (PL) were performed to study GaN and ZnO and their nanostructures. Various ZnO nanostructures were successfully synthesized at low temperatures using thermal chemical vapor deposition ...
Measurement of the thermal properties of a weakly-coupled complex (dusty) plasma
(2006-12-15)
Knowledge of the velocity space distribution function facilitates the characterization of the thermal and dynamical properties of a system. In this work, a comprehensive series of experiments and numerical simulations are ...
An Explanatory Study to Measure the Effect of an Expanded Target Interface for a Handheld Medication Order Entry Task
(2006-12-15)
This research experiment intended to determine whether an expanded target interface could improve a medication order task entered on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) compared to a standard interface. Subjects in this ...
Chromatographic and Mass Spectral Studies on Mass Equivalent Substituted Phenethlamines Related to MDEA, MDMMA and MBDB
(2006-12-15)
The goal of this project is to evaluate the GC-MS properties of a series of twelve regioisomeric and isobaric ring substituted phenethylamines with identical molecular weight and major fragmentation ions. Three regioisomeric ...
Carbohydrate Nanoparticles: A Novel Drug Delivery Platform for the Systemic Route
(2006-12-15)
With the phenomenal developments in the fields of biotechnology and molecular biology, the focus in the medical fraternity is shifting towards cellular level intervention. The use of polypeptides, proteins and possibly ...
Caffeine Content of National and Store Brand Carbonated Beverages
(2006-12-15)
Caffeine is a well-known stimulant which is added as an ingredient to various carbonated soft drinks. Caffeine has drawn more attention due to its physiological effects beyond that of its stimulatory effect. Consumers are ...
Experimental And Analytical Investigation Of A Dynamic Gas Squeeze Film Bearing Including Asperity Contact Effects
(2006-12-15)
This thesis presents a theoretical and an experimental investigation of planar gas squeeze film bearings. The thickness and pressure profile of the gas squeeze film are obtained by simultaneously solving the Reynolds ...
Experimental Investigation of Cavity Induced Two Phase Flow in Silicon Microchannels
(2006-12-15)
Modern developments in microelectronics manufacturing and architecture continue to lead to reductions in feature sizes on microprocessor chips. The demand for faster and more powerful systems has approached the limits of ...
The Mediational Role of Coping in the Relationship between Personality and Work-Family Conflict
(2005-08-15)
The purpose of the present study was to explore a model of Work-Family Conflict (WFC) that includes personality and coping with a sample of university faculty. Contrary to prediction, coping was not a mediator in the ...
Generalization of Ky Fan-Amir-Moez-Horn-Mirsky's result on the eigenvalues and real singular values of a matrix
(2005-12-15)
Ky Fan's result states that the real part of the eigenvalues of an n by n com-
plex matrix A is majorized by the eigenvalues of the Hermitian part of A. The
converse was established by Amir-Moez and Horn, and Mirsky, ...
Identity Rifts in the Spanish Speaking World: A Literary Comparison of Martí, Darío, Unamuno and Machado
(2005-12-15)
This thesis serves to explain how the transition that occurred in Spain and Spanish America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries affected the issue of identity. Because of Spain’s historically powerful ...