Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Immunomodulatory Effects of Intracranial Gene Therapy in Feline Sandhoff Disease
(2014-05-02)
Sandhoff disease (SD) is a lysosomal storage disorder characterized by absence of hydrolytic enzyme β-N-acetylhexosaminidase (Hex), which results in storage of GM2 ganglioside in neurons and unremitting neurodegeneration. ...
Novel Catalytic Material with Enhanced Heterogeneous Contacting Efficiency for VOC Removal at Ultra-short Contact Time
(2014-05-02)
Gas processing operations conducted at high velocities (e.g., filtration and catalytic reaction) require specialized media and structure in order to achieve the highest possible level of filtration and/or reaction per unit ...
The Relationship Between Personality Traits, Learning Styles, and Website Interaction
(2014-05-02)
This study examines behavioral traits to determine what impact they have on average visit duration when interacting with a website, a major part of search engine and webpage performance metrics commonly reported in practice. ...
Regulating a Global Technology within the American Federalist System: The Ideological Origins of the 1926 Air Commerce Act
(2014-05-02)
The 1926 Air Commerce Act represented the institutionalization of a specific
mental model for aviation regulation within the United States. This dissertation focuses
on how individuals and groups responded to three ...
Early Dietary Amino acid Restrictions and Flaxseed Oil Supplementation on the Leanness of Pigs and Quality of Pork: Growth Performance, Serum Metabolites, and Carcass Characteristics
(2014-05-02)
By taking advantage of compensatory growth, carcass fat can be reduced to satisfy consumer demands and intramuscular fat (IMF) can be increased to enhance organoleptic characteristics pork simultaneously. The beneficial ...
War Eagles: Auburn University’s Tradition of Training Soldiers
(2014-05-02)
As a land-grant university, Auburn University maintains a tradition of training American soldiers. Its Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) unit was once central to campus life, but in 1969 the university eliminated ...
Enhanced Visual Navigation for Mobile Robots
(2014-05-02)
Navigation solely by vision has been a goal in robotics for many years. It is desirable for a robot to plan and navigate the same way we do naturally as humans; however computation speed, changing illumination, complex ...
Laser beam shaping and transformation using freeform surface design
(2014-05-02)
Lasers are used in many areas including material processing (lithography, semiconductor manufacturing), welding, cutting, drilling, medical procedures (eye surgery and cosmetic skin treatments), and optical data processing. ...
Effectiveness of Several Antimicrobials Used in Parts Decontamination Tank to Kill Salmonella and Campylobacter on Chicken Parts
(2014-05-02)
Research was conducted to determine the optimal contact time and effectiveness of antimicrobials (0.003% chlorine; 0.07% or 0.1% peracetic acid (PAA); or 0.35% or 0.60% Cetylpyridinuium Chlorine (CPC)) added to a parts ...
Using sonar habitat mapping and GIS analyses to identify freshwater mussel habitat and estimate population size of a federally endangered freshwater mussel species, Amblema neislerii, in the Apalachicola River, FL
(2014-05-02)
Identification and quantification of freshwater mussel habitat in large turbid rivers is challenging. Sonar habitat mapping offers a low cost and time efficient means to identify and quantify benthic habitats over large ...
Effects of Application Method and Surfactants on Control of Yellow Nutsedge with Drip-Applied Herbicides in Polyethylene-Mulched Tomato
(2014-05-02)
Use of polyethylene mulch in vegetable production provides many benefits including improved weed control; however, not all weed species are adequately controlled. Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) can penetrate ...
Analysis of Florida Pompano Trachinotus carolinus performance when fed practical diets of increasing levels of cotton seed flour processed by varying methods
(2014-05-02)
Florida pompano is a propitious species for marine aquaculture, and high demand has made the development of practical feed formulations essential. The cost of feed can be reduced by alternative plant protein sources such ...
3-D Global Hybrid Simulations of Mode Conversion at the Dayside Magnetopause
(2014-05-02)
Mode conversion at the magnetopause has been suggested to lead to the generation of kinetic Alfven waves (KAWs) and effective mass transport from the solar wind into the magnetosphere. To investigate the mode conversion ...
Investigations into 5ꞌ-Extended 3-Deazaaristeromycin Derivatives
(2014-05-02)
Nucleosides have provided a plentiful source in structural leads in antiviral drug discovery. Included in this class of compounds are the carbocyclic nucleosides, which because of the presence of a cyclopentyl moiety, offer ...
Guidelines for Developing an Integrated Converged Digital System
(2014-05-02)
The digital landscape is currently fractured due to a variety of reasons. This
fractured nature often effects the purchasers of digital devices, as they are forced to continually purchase products within a specific zone ...
Impact of urbanization on biogeochemical cycling in western Florida
(2014-05-02)
Many city residents may benefit from the ecosystem services that urban forests provide. An important supporting process to ecosystem services is nutrient cycling. Very few studies examining the impacts of urbanization ...
Potential of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) as a biological control agent against warm-season turfgrass pests
(2014-05-02)
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are non-pathogenic, beneficial bacteria that colonize seeds and roots of plants to enhance plant growth. Despite work in agronomic crops, there has been little emphasis on ...
Contextualizing Relationship Education Effects on Adolescent Attitude toward Sexual Behavior Delay: Considering Class Social Climate
(2014-05-02)
Using data from a statewide relationship education (RE) program targeting youth, this study used a more complex theory-driven and empirically-based model to explore the influence of the program on adolescent attitudes about ...
Examination of the writing skills of incarcerated male youth
(2014-05-02)
Over the past 20 years, punitive approaches and policies similar to those of the criminal justice system have become prominent in our schools (Gonsoulin, Zablocki, Leone, 2012). These local, state, and federal education ...
Examining the Effectiveness of Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Youth Financial Education Program: Behavioral Changes of Program Participants
(2014-05-02)
The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Youth Reality Check financial education program. This study identified intended changes in financial behaviors; changes ...