Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Trading Strategies and Risk Management for Wind Power in the Electricity Market
(2017-04-19)
The use of wind energy, one of the main renewable energy sources, has rapidly expanded around the world in past decades. However, the uncertainty and unpredictability of wind power lead to a number of challenges for both ...
Determination of Safe Guidelines for One-Hand Lifting
(2017-04-19)
The broad aim of this research is to better understand the effect asymmetric lifting has on the low back and trunk muscles. Collecting anthropometric, muscle and lever arm information at the L-3 region of the back, muscle ...
A Study of the Professional Role Identities of Experienced University Instructors of English for Speakers of Other Languages
(2017-04-19)
Little is known about how experienced university instructors of ESOL in the United States construct their identities as teachers. Due to their administrative tasks and their de facto positions as a service provider to ...
From Rolling Bungalows to Mobile Mansions: The Origins of America’s Obsession with the Recreational Vehicle
(2017-04-19)
This dissertation studies the rise of the recreational vehicle technology in America. It argues that recreational automobility required the achievement of mass automobility and long distance roads to become a viable travel ...
Investigating the transmission of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) among white-tailed deer in Alabama
(2017-04-19)
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is an arbovirus that mostly cycles between white-tailed deer and biting midges of the genus Culicoides. EHDV infections can be fatal for white-tailed deer and occasionally cause ...
Faction before Blood: Family Communication Patterns and Gender in the Dystopian Teen Drama Film Divergent (2014)
(2017-04-18)
This study examines the family communication and gender messages communicated in the dystopian teen drama Divergent (2014). Through application of family communication patterns theory and a family feminist perspective, the ...
Colonization Sites of Salmonella Enteritidis and Heidelberg in Broilers when Exposed Continuously in Feed or Day of Hatch
(2017-04-18)
Salmonella is the most common bacterial pathogen to cause foodborne illness in the United States with poultry acting as a main vector. In order to control this pathogen prior to the processing plant, consideration must be ...
The determinants of the value of US tilapia import – Evidence from a gravity model
(2017-04-18)
As the biggest importing and food consuming country in the world, the United States increasingly imported large quantities of tilapia products in the past decade. In 2013, the United States imported 222 thousand tons of ...
Analysis of Mudrock Lithofacies and Hydrocarbon-Source Potential of the Middle Ordovician Athens Shale, Alabama Fold and Thrust Belt
(2017-04-18)
Lithologic, petrologic, and geochemical studies were performed on the Ordovician Athens Shale, with a focus on a 140-ft-thick core section recovered near Calera, Alabama, supplemented by observations of limited outcrop ...
Suitability of Pecan Shell Mulch for Weed Control and Rabbiteye Blueberry Establishment
(2017-04-18)
Waste disposal for pecan (Carya illinoinensis) shells lack effectual, economic methodologies. If shell waste could be repurposed as a mulch, then pecan growers may have an opportunity to treat shell byproduct as a resource ...
An Evaluation of Plant Growth Regulator, Starter Fertilizer, and Nematicide Inputs to Promote Soybean Growth and Support Greater Yield in Meloidogyne incognita Infested Fields in Alabama
(2017-04-17)
The Southern Root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, is a significant root parasite that poses a threat to sustainable production of many crops, including soybean. Management strategies for this nematode include: crop ...
Preparing for specialized practice in design and wellness: A model curriculum
(2017-04-17)
With people spending nearly 90% of their time indoors and because buildings can contribute both positively and negatively to user’s health (International Well Building Institute [IWBI], 2015), it is imperative that these ...
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of a Driver-Assistive Truck Platooning System with Lateral Offset
(2017-04-17)
This study utilizes Computational Fluid Dynamics to analyze the aerodynamic drag performance of a two-truck Driver-Assistive Truck Platooning system. Simulations were conducted to characterize the drag reduction versus ...
The Effects of 1-Week and 8-Month Ketogenic Dieting or Ketone Salt Supplementation on Markers of Tissue Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Quality in Rats
(2017-04-17)
Purpose: Herein we sought to examine the short-term (i.e., one-week) and long-term (i.e., 8-month) effects of a ketogenic diet (KD) or ketone salt supplementation on multi-organ markers of oxidative stress and mitochondrial ...
Efficacy of U.S. Antidumping Duties: The Case of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat
(2017-04-17)
Quantity-dependent and price-dependent Rotterdam conditional demand systems are estimated using annual data for 1990-2014 to determine whether an antidumping duty levied by the United States on crawfish imports from China ...
Pre-conditioning beef calves with high moisture forages and co-product feeds
(2017-04-17)
A 45-d backgrounding study was conducted at the E.V. Smith Research Center in Shorter, AL to determine animal performance differences of pre-conditioned beef calves fed annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) baleage, ...
Nutritional strategies for mitigating wooden breast and white striping myopathies of the Pectoralis major muscles in broiler chickens
(2017-04-17)
Throughout the last decade, broiler producers have increasingly noted the presence of wooden breast (WB) and white striping (WS) in the Pectoralis major muscles (breast fillet) of broilers. Non-genetic factors, such as ...
An Improved English to Chinese Translation Search Engine of Technical Text
(2017-04-17)
The English to Chinese automatic translators cannot always satisfy the requirement of users especially in technical fields. Through research, the main reason is the wrong translation of technical terminologies. The researchers ...
Comparison of Single and Double Drip Tapes for PRE Herbicide Application for Control of Nutsedge spp. in Plasticulture Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
(2017-04-17)
Field studies were conducted in 2015 and 2016 in Auburn and Shorter, Alabama, to evaluate single and double drip tapes for PRE application of herbicides under polyethylene mulch beds for yellow and purple nutsedge (C. ...
The Forgotten Fountain Pen: The historical significance of the fountain pen in twentieth-century American society
(2017-04-17)
This thesis addresses the adoption, popularity, decline, and revival of the fountain pen in American culture and society over the twentieth century. It examines how the World Wars and Great Depression interacted to influence ...