Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Restrictive Eating and Risk for Suicidal Behavior: An Application of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide
(2014-05-01)
Though the relationship between methods of dieting and suicidal behavior has been established (e.g., Crow et al., 2008), existing studies have not examined mechanisms underlying this relationship. This study sought to ...
Essays on Production Efficiency, Tariffs and Trade, and Oil Price and US Macroeconomic
(2014-05-01)
The dissertation explores three different subjects. The first chapter investigates the source and trend of agricultural productivity growth in African countries with a translog production function. The second chapter ...
A Framework for Universal Problem Resolution with Continuous Improvement
(2014-05-01)
This dissertation outlines a universal problem resolution framework implementing reasoning and improvement capabilities exhibited by human beings. The work reviews literature concerning major differentiations of human ...
Reliability, Scalability and Security in Smart Utility Networks
(2014-05-01)
With the rapid increase in deployment of smart meters across North America, resource
consumption data of utilities such as water, gas and electricity is being collected at a much higher
granular level. The huge amount ...
Genetic Algorithms in Agent Based Computational Economics
(2014-05-01)
Genetic algorithms are commonly used in agent based computational economics. In this dissertation they are examined in the context of agent based modeling and economic theory and applications. The drawbacks and strengths ...
Oxidative Stress and Heart Rate Variability Following an Accute Bout of CrossFit
(2014-05-01)
The purpose of this Dissertation was to provide a better understanding of the physiological stress involved in the newly popular style of exercise named CrossFit, and compare these findings to a more ‘traditional’ mode of ...
Examining the Influence of Personal Finance Education on Decision-Making among Graduate Students
(2014-05-01)
Graduate students enrolled in programs leading to careers in health-related fields graduate with some of the highest student loan debt levels of any educational disciplines. Colleges and universities that participate in ...
Business for Design Thinkers
(2014-05-01)
This research assessed the use and success of design thinking in business. The goal was to emphasize the importance of incorporating business education into an existing product design course. With exploration of the design ...
Phytophilia: Using intimate plant knowledge to inform design decisions
(2014-05-01)
Landscape architecture is conflicted on the importance of plant knowledge in our profession, where often controversy emerges from questioning the amount needed to create “good” design. While the main focus is on the amount ...
Fluxity
(2014-05-01)
Linear, static, and monofunctional methods of design have historically resulted in landscapes of permanence, fixity, and immutability, even though they work within dynamic systems. This thesis emerges from the interest of ...
Blur
(2014-05-01)
The world is not cleanly divided into separate self-contained entities. Rather, the landscape is comprised of components that overlap, interact, and intermingle with each other, creating gradients and ecotones between ...
Provenance and Composition of Impactite Sands; AU Drill Core #09-04, Wetumpka Impact Structure, Alabama
(2014-04-29)
The Wetumpka impact structure is a Late Cretaceous shallow-marine impact crater about 6 km in diameter located in central Alabama. The target consisted of Upper Cretaceous sediments that were unconformably overlying Piedmont ...
Quinoxalinol based ligand for molecular recognition and selective extraction
(2014-04-29)
As the current age of nuclear reactors gets older, more waste and a greater
possibility of leaks can occur. There is a need for an on-site real time ability to be able to
detect actinides in the environment to prevent a ...
Aging in Place: Design Guidelines for New Construction in Residential Design
(2014-04-29)
This study examined the seven principles of universal design (equitable use, flexibility in use, simple and intuitive use, perceptible information, tolerance for error, low physical effort, and size and space for approach ...
Evaluation of Lactic Acid and Sodium Metasilicate against Pathogens of Concern on Fresh and Deli Meats
(2014-04-29)
Lactic acid and sodium metasilicate have been used in meat processing facilities as antimicrobial compounds. Their uses vary from carcasses rinses to ready to eat product applications at a variety of concentrations and ...
Carbonyl inhibition and detoxification in microbial fermentation of biomass hydrolysates
(2014-04-29)
Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels has great potential to supplement petroleum-derived fuels. One of the major barriers to bioconversion is the release of considerable amount of carbonyl degradation ...
Power-Aware System-on-Chip Test Optimization through Frequency and Voltage Scaling
(2014-04-29)
A System-on-Chip (SoC) is a complete system that has been integrated onto a single chip. An SoC is often designed by embedding reusable blocks called cores. With shrinking device sizes, SoC cores are growing in number and ...
Finding Optimum Clock Frequencies for Aperiodic Test
(2014-04-29)
With scale down in technology, size and complexity of integrated circuits increase. The
scan method is the most popular technique of testing sequential circuits today. In this
method,
ip-
ops functionally form one or ...
Security and secure-dominating sets in graphs
(2014-04-29)
All graphs in this paper are finite and simple. Let G = (V;E) be a graph, x an element of V and
S a subset of V. Following convention, we let N(x) := {u : where ux is an element of E} and N[x] := {x}union N(x). For
S, ...
Inorganic Nanocylinder Lyotropic Liquid Crystals: Rheology, Phase Behavior and Film Self-Assembly
(2014-04-29)
This dissertation provided key examples of inorganic nanocylinder lyotropic liquid crystalline phase formation including silver nanowire nematic and silica nanorod smectic liquid crystals. Inorganic nanocylinder liquid ...