Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Temporal Awe: Designing for Succession and Emotion in Post-Industrial Landscapes
(2017-05-15)
This research-by-design thesis deals with the treatment of post-industrial sites in Landscape Architecture as spaces capable of bringing an emotional experience to visitors not typically seen within the urban fabric. As ...
17 years later: Changes in Vegetation Structure, Burrow Dispersion and Size-class Distribution at a Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Site in Alabama
(2017-05-15)
There are few studies that reevaluate vegetation structure at a gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) site after a long period of time in the southern Alabama or Florida panhandle portion of their range. The current study ...
Peer Victimization and Adjustment: The Moderating Role of Personal Orientations
(2017-05-15)
The present study examined whether associations between peer victimization and later aggression, depressive symptoms, and school liking are moderated by personal orientations, including popularity, affiliation, academic, ...
Flood Risk Assessment for the Vulnerable Populations and Infrastructure: Village Creek, Birmingham, Alabama
(2017-05-15)
Urban flooding is a prominent natural hazard in Village Creek that is associated with the large expanse of impervious surfaces in the area, which enhance storm runoff and overwhelm the drainage capacity of the storm sewer ...
The Human Dimensions of Whooping Crane Conservation in Alabama
(2017-05-11)
Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) were historically present throughout Alabama, including coastal and interior regions of the state. However, in the early part of the 20th century, habitat alteration and unregulated human ...
The Phenomenological Unveiling
(2017-05-05)
As humans, we often experience the world around us solely through our eyes, which has hindered us in designing. This is not to state that all human senses are not important, but rather to point out that our potential to ...
The Healing Garden: Studying Components of Healing Gardens and Expressing Them in Public Environments
(2017-05-05)
According to Robert Ulrich, as pointed out by Betsy
Severtsen in her article about healing gardens, our
world’s physical environment is being more widely
accepted as a direct influence on a person’s overall
health -- ...
Predicting Saltwater Intrusion Effects on Tidal Freshwater Wetlands of the Lower Apalachicola River
(2017-05-04)
Tidal freshwater forested wetlands are found between terrestrial and aquatic zones and are common near the outlets of the coastal rivers (Mitsch and Gosselink 2007). These wetlands are valuable resources due to the ecological ...
An Investigation of Hope, Health Promotion Lifestyle Behaviors, and Self-Efficacy in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
(2017-05-04)
The influence of hope and self-efficacy among young adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has not been fully researched. Research has been conducted on the effects of hope and self-efficacy in chronic diseases such as diabetes. ...
The Influence of Human Factors on Programming Performance: Personality, Programming Styles and Programming Attitudes
(2017-05-03)
The programming performance has been studied over several years. Researchers and scientists utilized various optimization technologies on algorithms and computer architectures to improve the performance. But, to date, few ...
Illuminating the Neurotoxic Effects of TFMPP derivatives in N27 Rat Dopaminergic Neuronal Cells through Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction
(2017-05-03)
The use of designer drugs in the United States have increased tremendously. Designer drugs
are highly dangerous and most importantly the abusers don't have a clue with regard to what they
are getting. Thus, it is currently ...
The Relationship between Performance Appraisal and Psychological Contract: Three Generations of U.S. Hotel Employees
(2017-05-03)
This study aims to explore the relationship between performance appraisal and psychological contract from the perspective of U.S. hotel employees, as perceived by different generational cohorts. Specifically, this research ...
In-situ Electronics Measurement Using X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography System and Data Driven Prognostic Health Management
(2017-05-02)
In the 21st century, the electronics is everywhere and covers every aspect of human life. You can find it when watching TV, opening a laptop, or checking emails on a cell phone. Since 2015, 268 million PCs, 455 million ...
Coppicing Evaluation in the Southeastern U.S. to Determine Harvesting Methods for Bioenergy Production
(2017-05-01)
Renewable fuels are being tested as an alternative for fossil fuels. Woody biomass is an excellent source of renewable energy in terms of cost-benefit and availability. Short rotation woody crops (SRWC) meet intensive wood ...
An Examination of Problem-Based Learning and its Impact on Medical Students' Attitudes and Academic Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
(2017-05-01)
This study examined the relationship of Problem-based Learning (PBL) and medical students’ attitudinal behavior and academic outcomes. The analyses of 14 independent, primary studies conducted between 2003 –2016, on 4,981 ...
Three Essays on the Macroeconomic Effect of Fiscal Policy in the U.S.
(2017-05-01)
Over the past few years, debates among economists on the magnitude of fiscal expansion effects on the economy have seen something of a resurgence in the economics literature. On the one hand, New Keynesian researchers find ...
Surface Reconstruction Based on Plenoptic Image with Convolution-Based Iterative Algorithm
(2017-04-30)
Plenoptic imaging is a revolutionary photographic technique which has been brought to public
awareness recently. It makes post-refocusing possible by capturing both spatial and directional
information of light. In order ...
Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Petrology of the Hillbank and Yalbac Formations, Corozal Basin, Belize
(2017-04-30)
The informal Hillbank and Yalbac formations are predominantly carbonate units that are found only in the subsurface of the Corozal basin in northern Belize. The 75 to 700 m-thick Hillbank and the 200 to 3000 m-thick Yalbac ...
Evaluation of thick film materials for high temperature electronics packaging
(2017-04-30)
Geothermal well logging requires electronics and packaging working reliably at 300C. Thick film technology has many advantages and has been widely investigated for high temperature applications. Previous studies showed ...
Solubilization of nonstructural carbohydrates as a function of soaking interval and water temperature in southern forages commonly fed to equids
(2017-04-28)
Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) play a major role in the diet of equids prone to laminitis or afflicted with metabolic conditions such as insulin resistance. Although the threshold of <10% dietary NSC has been set as a ...