Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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An Investigation of the Importance of Ethnic Food to International College Students in the United States
(2013-04-29)
This study is aimed at investigating the importance of ethnic food to international college students in the U.S. Specifically, this research seeks to investigate the effect of the inclusion of ethnic food into on-campus ...
A Gravity Study of Holocene Active Structures in the Puget Lowland of Washington State
(2013-04-29)
This study presents models based on existing and new gravity and magnetic data for two regions in the Puget Sound, Washington, area: the Bellingham basin and the Muckleshoot basin. The principal goals of the project are ...
Development of the first generation in-situ pathogen detection system (Gen1-IPDS) based on NanoGene assay for near real-time E. coli O157:H7 detection
(2013-04-29)
We developed the 1st generation in-situ pathogen detection system (Gen1-IPDS) based on the NanoGene assay for detecting and quantifying E. coli O157:H7 gene. The NanoGene assay employs the hybridization of target DNA with ...
Social Networking, its Influence on Social and Psychological Well-being, and Implications for Counseling
(2013-04-29)
Once seen as little more than a hobby, social networking is steadily influencing culture in many ways. Social networking affects how users connect with one another, impacting how they choose to represent themselves online, ...
Transition Metal Manganese and Main Group Gallium Complexes as Catalysts for Alkene Epoxidation
(2013-04-29)
Epoxides are important organic synthesis precursors and widely used in industry. Alkene epoxidation has been under extensive investigation over decades. Synthetic models have been established for catalytic epoxidations, ...
Plasma Propellant Interactions: RDX Films in Hydrogen, Argon, and Mixed Composition Plasmas
(2013-04-29)
The interaction of the components in electrothermal chemical (ETC) ignition have been studied due to its advantages over conventional ignition. In ETC ignition, a piece of polyethylene replaces the primer found in conventional ...
Evaluation of Distilled Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) as an Alternative Substrate Component in the Production of Greenhouse-Grown Annuals
(2013-04-29)
Peat moss and perlite are the core components found in soilless greenhouse substrates today and are thus in high demand commercially. Due to both environmental and economic concerns associated with peat harvest and production, ...
Analysis of Distress Along U.S. 331, Montgomery, AL Between Mile Markers 88.480 and 91.070
(2013-04-29)
This report investigates the cause of asphalt concrete pavement distress along U.S. 331 between mile markers 88.480 and 91.070. The distress consisted of standalone bumpy sections of the asphalt concrete pavement, all less ...
Evaluation of a Solvent-less Method for Estimating Asphalt Binder Properties of Recycled Asphalt Pavement
(2013-04-29)
Increasing amounts of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) are being used in response to the rising costs of asphalt materials. The asphalt paving industry currently lacks a method for characterizing the properties of the ...
Person X Environment in the Peer Domain: Parenting Strategies and Preadolescent Physiological Responses in the Context of Peer Stress
(2013-04-29)
During preadolescence, concerns about maintaining and developing friendships, gaining peer acceptance, and avoiding peer victimization become central concerns. The transition to middle school can create or exacerbate these ...
Work life balance and psychological well-being in men and women
(2013-04-29)
The purpose of the present study was to understand the relationship between work-life balance and psychological well-being. There was a significant correlation between balance and global well-being. There were also a ...
Effects of hydrologic variation and water temperatures on early growth and survival of selected age-0 fishes in the Tallapoosa River, Alabama.
(2013-04-23)
Altered flow regimes resulting from the construction of hydropower dams can negatively affect aquatic organisms in a variety of ways. The effects of flow and temperature variation on early growth, survival, and hatching ...
Growing and Learning Algorithms of Radial Basis Function Networks
(2013-04-23)
Radial Basis Function (RBF) network is a type of artificial neural network, which uses the Gaussian kernel activation function. It has a fixed three-layer architecture. The RBF network is easier to be designed and trained ...
Systemic Inflammatory Response To Consecutive Days of Exercise In The Heat
(2013-04-23)
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the LPS-mediated SIR to acute bouts of exercise in the heat and any adaptive response that occurs during consecutive days of exercise in the heat. METHODS: 8 healthy males ...
Teachers’ Perception of the Presence of Teacher Leadership and ARMT+ Percent Proficient in Alabama’s Public Elementary Schools: A Correlation Study
(2013-04-23)
For over four decades, the concept of teacher leadership has been debated nationally and internationally with a view of establishing its role in student learning and achievements in schools. Over this period, a sizeable ...
Secure File Assignment in Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
(2013-04-23)
There is a growing demand for large-scale distributed storage systems to support resource sharing and fault tolerance. Although heterogeneity issues of distributed systems have been widely investigated, little attention ...
Bipolar Electrochemistry: A Powerful Technique for Chemical Analysis and Property Screening
(2013-04-23)
The phenomenon of bipolar electrochemistry was first exploited about three decades ago in the industrial sector to minimize power dissipation and to carry out electrochemical reactions in poorly conducting media. However, ...
True Three-Dimensional Proximity Effect Correction in Electron-beam Lithography: Control of Critical Dimension and Sidewall Shape
(2013-04-23)
One of the major limiting factors in electron-beam (e-beam) lithography is the geometric distortion of written features due to electron scattering, i.e., proximity effect, which puts a fundamental limit on the minimum ...
Utilizing Dual Neural Networks as a Tool for Training, Optimization, and Architecture Conversion
(2013-04-23)
Very little time has been devoted to the application of Dual Neural Networks and advances that they might produce by utilizing them for conversion between network architectures. By leveraging the efficiencies of the various ...
Analysis and finite element approximation for nonlinear problems in poroelasticity and bioconvection
(2013-04-23)
This dissertation is concerned with nonlinear systems of partial differential equation with solution dependent physical coefficients satisfying the Nemytskii assumption. Such equations arise from two important application ...