Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The Advising Behaviors Checklist: A Study of the Preferred Qualities and Behaviors of Academic Advisors
(2014-05-01)
The purpose of this study was to determine what qualities/behaviors undergraduate students value in their academic advisors versus those qualities/behaviors valued by academic advisors. More specifically, this is a study ...
Essays on Using Experimental Agronomic Data to Solve Practical Cropping Decision Problems
(2014-05-01)
Across the United States, agronomic research is being conducted that provides agricultural producers with new cropping options; however, without having insight into the profitability or risk associated with the options, ...
An Examination of Language Learning Beliefs and Language Learning Strategy Use in Adult ESL Learners in a Higher Educational Setting
(2014-05-01)
The purpose of this study was to examine adult international students’ English learning beliefs and their use of different learning strategies at a four-year institution. This study was conducted to analyze English learning ...
Some Geometry of Symmetrized Tensor Spaces
(2014-05-01)
In this paper we investigate the geometry of symmetrized tensor spaces using a construct known as a coset space. We find that, for a group G, certain pairings of subgroups and irreducible characters give rise to ...
Particle Simulation of Lower Hybrid Waves and Electron-Ion Hybrid Instability
(2014-05-01)
Lower hybrid wave (LHW) has been of great interest to laboratory plasma physics for decades due to its important applications in particles heating and current drive in plasmas devices. There are two fundamental characteristics ...
The Relationship between Self-Efficacy and the Three Component Model of Agricultural Education
(2014-05-01)
The purpose of this quantitative descriptive study was to determine if the number of agricultural education courses, FFA participation, and level of SAE involvement served as statistically significant predictors of a ...
Flexible Nonvolatile Cu/CuxO/Ag ReRAM Fabricated Using Ink-Jet Printing Technology
(2014-05-01)
The design and fabrication of flexible Cu/CuxO/Ag ReRAM devices is presented in this work. We have investigated Cu/CuxO/Ag capacitor-like structure which exhibits bipolar resistive switching behavior under low-range direct ...
Completeness Properties in Function Spaces with the Compact-Open Topology
(2014-05-01)
It is an open problem to characterize those spaces X for which the compact-open topology C_k(X) has various completeness properties. It is conjectured that C_k(X) is Baire if and only if X has the moving off property. ...
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 ...