Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete For Precast, Prestressed Driven Piles
(2013-05-13)
Driven piles, specifically, precast, prestressed (PCPS) piles are concrete
foundation elements used to transmit heavy structural loads and moments to an adequate
bearing layer and reduce total settlement. ...
Helicase-dependent Isothermal Amplification for the Detection of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
(2013-05-13)
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a common foodborne pathogen, frequently causing gastroenteritis in humans. Much effort has been given recently to develop rapid detection methods for foodborne pathogens such as ...
"Why Don't You Act Like This at Home?!" Parent and Child Reactivity During In-Home Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (DPICS) Coded Observations
(2013-05-10)
The field of clinical child psychology has campaigned for evidence-based practice, with specific initiatives including the dissemination of evidence-based treatments and the development of evidence-based assessment guidelines. ...
Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Bio-functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Rapid and Discriminate Detection of Organophosphate Neurotoxins
(2013-05-10)
Layer-by-layer assembly is a self-assembly nanofabrication technique that has been used to build electrochemical amperometric sensors to detect pesticides. Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) is an enzyme which catalyzes the ...
Columbus, Georgia: Examining the Public History Landscape of a Southern City
(2013-05-09)
Across the globe, individuals and groups compete to control memories of the past in order to present a favorable view of local history. This can result in the omission of other group narratives, controversial issues ...
Factors Influencing Reproductive Success and Camera Survey Efficiency of White-tailed Deer
(2013-05-08)
This study was two-fold, and was conducted on a 174-ha fenced enclosure. First, we examined reproductive success of male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), where recent research has begun to shed light on the fact ...
Saline Irrigation of Five Diverse Landscape Plant Species for the Southeastern United States
(2013-05-07)
Research was conducted to determine salt tolerance of five common landscape species, Illicium parviflorum, Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’, Muhlenbergia capillaris, Begonia×semperflorens-cultorum and Portulaca oleracea. ...
Factors influencing university-related apparel consumption
(2013-05-07)
University fans like to wear university-related apparel products (URAPs) such as collegiate licensed apparel products (CLAPs) and non-collegiate licensed apparel products (non-CLAPs) to show their connection to their ...
Signal Integrity Analysis of Transmission lines in Anisotropic Substrate for High-Speed Data Transmission
(2013-05-06)
Continuous increase in high-speed data rates is essential in today’s world in order to keep up with Moor’s law scaling and to meet application demands. This increase in information transfer rates is essentially limited by ...
An Analysis of Quality of Non-Traditional Beef Grind Material versus Traditional Beef Grind Material for Ground Beef Products
(2013-05-06)
An experiment was conducted to evaluate quality differences between traditional and non-traditional grind materials. Three traditional grind sources (T) were compared with seven non-traditional grind sources (N): 7% fat ...
On Multiantenna Spectrum Sensing and Energy-Aware Resource Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks
(2013-05-06)
This dissertation covers two main parts: 1) low complexity cyclostationarity based spectrum sensing in cognitive radio, and 2) energy efficient resource allocation in cognitive radio networks. Cognitive radio allows ...
Development of a High Dynamic Velocity Range Processing Scheme for Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements
(2013-05-02)
The development, validation, and demonstration of a novel computational procedure to supplementally process time-resolved particle image velocimetry (TR PIV) measurements are described. The motivation for such work stems ...
Microbial community analysis of Deepwater Horizon oil-spill impacted sites along the Gulf Coast using functional and phylogenetic markers
(2013-05-01)
We investigated the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on microbial assemblages in sediment, soil and seawater samples collected from sites along the Gulf Shore. Based on a GC/MS analysis only one sample from Bay ...
Machine Learning Approaches for Disease State Classification from Neuroimaging Data
(2013-05-01)
Automated recognition and classification of brain diseases are of tremendous value to society. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a diverse spectrum disorder whose clinical diagnosis is based on behavior. ...
Young Female Adults’ Two-Piece Swimsuit Style Choices in Relation to Their Body Shape, Size, and Satisfaction
(2013-05-01)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of body shape, size, and satisfaction on two-piece swimsuit style purchase choices of young female adults. A questionnaire incorporated a purchase likelihood scale ...
A Brief Review of Body Quest: Food of the Warrior, a Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative, and Impact on Fruit and Vegetable Preference
(2013-05-01)
Objective: Body Quest: Food of the Warrior (BQ) was developed as a childhood obesity prevention initiative. This thesis provides a brief program review of BQ and measures the effect of BQ on fruit and vegetable (F/V) ...
Physics, Modeling and Design Implications of RF Correlated Noise in SiGe HBTs
(2013-05-01)
Accurate noise compact modeling and
efficient noise extraction techniques are required for RF circuit design.
Understanding the impact of noise sources and the noise propagation is also necessary for
device and circuit ...
Biofilm formation by the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare: a quantitative and qualitative study
(2013-04-30)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect that temperature, pH, salinity, hardness and carbohydrates have on biofilm formation by the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare. Nineteen F. columnare strains, ...
An Assessment of the Needs of Young Farmer Teachers in Georgia
(2013-04-30)
Georgia Young Farmer teachers and their needs have never been researched in a formal fashion. To better understand these individuals and strengthen the program that is decreasing in numbers throughout the United States, ...
QM/MM/MC Simulations for the Elucidation of Ionic Liquid Solvent Effects upon Organic Reactions
(2013-04-30)
The research in this dissertation is focused on elucidating and understanding ionic liquid solvent effects on classical organic reactions. Ionic liquids are an exciting class of solvents that have attracted the attention ...