Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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olympic heritage landscape
(2016-05-03)
A global phenomenon, urbanization started after the Industrial Revolution. Since 1800, the world population has increased by 6 times. In that same time, urban population has increased by 60 times and the rate of urbanization ...
Trait Emotional Intelligence Differences in Pre-Career and Mid-Career United States Military Leaders
(2016-05-03)
Trait Emotional Intelligence is a well-established predictor of desirable workplace outcomes such as job performance. In military contexts, the fifteen facets of Trait Emotional Intelligence overlap considerably with the ...
The Impact of Awareness of Aquatic Food and Consumers’ Beliefs About Product Attributes on Fish Consumption Behavior in China
(2016-05-02)
A five equation partially-recursive model is estimated to determine the effects of consumer awareness of farmed fish, beliefs about product attributes, and socio-economic-psychometric variables on fish consumption in three ...
Assessment of commercial fruit crop potential of selected banana (Musa sp.) cultivars in the subtropics of coastal Alabama
(2016-05-02)
Global demand and increased adaptability of banana cultures has led to the development of a potential niche market for non-Cavendish bananas. This present work was conducted to determine the feasibility of producing banana ...
A Location-Based Indoor Recommendation System Using A Hidden Markov Model
(2016-05-02)
Recommendation systems play an important role in both the industrial and the academic worlds because they can combine theoretical study and market use together perfectly. Through improving user experience, recommendation ...
Unpopular Views of Peace: The Great War and the Transformation of Southern Religion
(2016-05-02)
The Great War erupted in Europe in 1914. Initially, most Americans viewed the war with horror, and many actively advocated the United States stay out of the conflict. Southern churches were part of this wave of opposition ...
Analysis, Design and Construction of an LLC Resonant Converter
(2016-05-02)
The trend in DC/DC converters development is toward higher frequency, power density and efficiency. The traditional hard-switched converter is limited in switching frequency and power density. The phase-shift full-bridge ...
Synthesis of Functionalized Benzenoid Macrocycles: An Approach to Accessing Functionalized Cycloparaphenylenes
(2016-05-02)
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylindrically shaped allotropes of carbon with exceptionally good electronic and optical properties. The current state of art for making these CNTs involves heating graphite in a high temperature ...
Comparing Economic Returns of Dissolved Oxygen Management in Commercial Catfish Production
(2016-05-02)
Catfish culture is one of the largest forms of aquaculture in the US. Catfish production systems have been able to achieve production up to almost 12,000 kg ha-1 year-1 (Bott, 2015) since the increase in availability of ...
An Examination of the Characteristics of Effective Higher Education and Service Learning Partnerships
(2016-04-29)
The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of service learning dimensions and
service learning partnerships. The study examined three partnerships currently maintained
through the Office of Public Service at a ...
Context-dependent immunity in Gopher Tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus
(2016-04-29)
Infectious diseases in wildlife are a significant threat to biological diversity, especially In light of recent anthropogenic alterations to the environment. North American tortoises (genus Gopherus) have experienced ...
Incorporation of a Foot-Mounted IMU for Multi-Sensor Pedestrian Navigation
(2016-04-29)
This thesis deals with pedestrian localization by way of multi-sensor fusion. A special focus is made on the use of a foot-mounted inertial measurement unit (IMU) and its incorporation into other pedestrian navigation ...
Angles-Only Initial Relative-Orbit Determination via Successive Maneuvers
(2016-04-29)
For relative-orbit determination using linear, Cartesian dynamics, angles-only measurements are not sufficient. A known, impulsive maneuver performed by either the observer or resident space object can provide observability. ...
Using Population Models to Evaluate Management Alternatives for Gulf Striped Bass
(2016-04-29)
Interstate management of Gulf Striped Bass Morone saxatilis has involved a thirty-year cooperative effort involving Federal and State agencies in Georgia, Florida and Alabama (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Gulf Striped ...
Ion Probe Dating of Zircons from Wuluke Volcano, NW Tibet, China: Constraints on Magma Evolution
(2016-04-29)
The Ashikule volcanic cluster (AVC) is located in the Ashikule basin, on top of
the Kunlun Mountains in the NW Tibetan Plateau. There is very little research on the
AVC, so further research is necessary in order to gain ...
How the Interplay of Technology, Public Policy and Teacher Discourses in Education Construct the Teacher Subject
(2016-04-29)
This study applies a Foucauldian critical analytic to investigate how different discourses that are present in one Alabama public school are shaping various aspects of the teacher-self. In an environment of increasing ...
Combining morphological, acoustic, and genetic techniques to better understand hybridization of the most abundant toad in Alabama: Anaxyrus fowleri
(2016-04-29)
The Anaxyrus americanus species complex has provided an interesting group of species to study hybridization. Two species in particular, Anaxyrus americanus and Anaxyrus fowleri, are known to hybridize in northern portions ...
Views of the Common Core: An Examination of Upper Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Lived Experiences
(2016-04-29)
This study was conducted to investigate perspectives of upper elementary mathematics teachers on the Alabama College and Career Readiness Standards, the Common Core State Standards for Alabama. Participants in this study ...
Examining Educator Perceptions of a Response to Intervention Initiative: Facilitating Factors, Barriers and Benefits
(2016-04-28)
This study investigated a school district's implementation of a state mandated, Tier III, Response to Instruction (RtI) Program during its fifth year of implementation. This study examined administrators' and teachers' ...
Dialectical Differences of Spanish-influenced English in Children: Competence and Confidence of Speech-Language Pathologists
(2016-04-27)
A web-based survey of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in 15 states across the United States was conducted to assess their confidence and competence in serving bilingual or English-language learning (ELL) children. Mean ...