Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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An Analysis of Economic Efficiency in Predicting Legislative Voting Beyond a Traditional Liberal-Conservative Spectrum
(2008-05-15)
Self-interest and ideology are important explanatory variables for human behavior and are the two primary determinants of legislative decision-making. Self-interest usually pertains to a maximization of financial resources ...
Marketing War: A Case Study Comparison of Wars Between the United States and Iraq
(2008-05-15)
Being able to convince the American public that they need to send their sons and daughters into harms way is not an easy task but one which every United States President may face during his or her tenure. Rallying public ...
Pharmacokinetics of Voriconazole in Horses and Alpacas
(2008-05-15)
Voriconazole is a new antifungal drug that has shown effectiveness in treating serious fungal infections and has the potential for being used in large animal veterinary medicine. The objectives of this study were to ...
Success of women in a worksite weight loss program attempting to lose weight as part of a group compared to women attempting to lose weight as individuals
(2008-05-15)
The success of women in a worksite weight loss program attempting to lose
weight as part of a group was compared to the success of women attempting to lose
weight as individuals. Female hospital and nursing home employees ...
A Novel Role for Fetuin-A in the Pathophysiology of Glucocorticoid-Mediated Insulin Resistance
(2008-05-15)
Fetuin-A (also called alpha2-HS glycoprotein), a phosphorylated protein secreted by the liver, is a physiological inhibitor of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase (IR-TK). Elevated plasma levels of fetuin-A have been ...
The Effects of Service Recovery Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty and Future Behavioral Intentions: An Exploratory Study in the Luxury Hotel Industry
(2008-05-15)
This study investigated the quality of the complaint management process employed in five luxury hotels around the United States. Over the past two decades, complaint management research has focused on methods to evaluate ...
Parameter Estimation Techniques for Determining Safe Vehicle Speeds in UGVs
(2008-05-15)
This thesis develops simplified equations to predict a velocity in which vehicle rollover or tire saturation occurs. These equations are functions of different vehicle parameters that are important to vehicle handling ...
Relative Positioning of Unmanned Ground Vehicles Using Ultrasonic Sensors
(2008-05-15)
In this thesis, a Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) is developed and applied to a tracked Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) to provide estimates of position, heading, and velocity. The navigation ...
Prognostics Health Management and Damage Relationships of Lead-Free Components in Thermal Cycling Harsh Environments
(2008-05-15)
There has been a growing interest in the area of health monitoring of electronics in order to predict the failure and provide warnings. Existing Prognostics Health Management methodologies are very reactive in nature and ...
Finite Element Analysis of Three-Dimensional Elasto-Plastic Sinusoidal Contact and Inclusion in a Multi-Scale Rough Surface Contact Model
(2008-05-15)
Researchers have developed many models to simulate the elasto-plastic contact of spheres. However, there does not appear to exist a closed-form analytical model for elasto-plastic three dimensional sinusoidal contact. This ...
Adaptive Control of a Farm Tractor with Varying Yaw Properties Accounting for Actuator Dynamics and Nonlinearities
(2008-05-15)
Two adaptive control algorithms for the automatic steering control of a farm tractor with varying hitch forces are developed. Tractors can be configured many different implements, and implements interact with the soil in ...
Stochastic Differential Equations: A Dynamical Systems Approach
(2008-05-15)
The relatively new subject of stochastic differential equations has increasing impor-
tance in both theory and applications. The subject draws upon two main sources, prob-
ability/stochastic processes and differential ...
On the existence of even and k-divisible-matchings
(2008-05-15)
The concept of an an even matching was first introduced by Billington and Hoffman.
They were used to find gregarious 4-cycle decompositions of $K_{8t(a),b}$ with a and b odd.
Their paper contains even matchings of type ...
The Role of Information Technology in Effective Recovery and Aiding Sustainability of Coastal Regions After a Disaster
(2008-05-15)
In 2004 Hurricane Ivan caused an estimated $13 billion of damage in the United States. The economic impact can presumably be reduced by implementing information technology (IT) disaster recovery methods. This dissertation ...