Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Counterproductive behavior's impact on external stakeholders' decisions: Does "I'm sorry" remedy deviance?
(2013-07-11)
Counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) are acts that hinder or are intended to hinder the objectives of organizations or their members. To date, several studies have examined the organizational and interpersonal consequences ...
Examining the Career Thoughts of Veterans Enrolled in College
(2013-07-11)
Veterans returning from the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi
Freedom (OIF) conflicts are enrolling in colleges and universities at the highest number since
post World War II (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, ...
Water Balance Analysis Using WARMF in Support of an EFDC Hydrodynamic Model
(2013-07-11)
An Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) model was previously developed for Bankhead Reservoir, located in northwest Alabama. The EFDC model inaccurately predicted water surface elevations in the reservoir, due to sources ...
Three-Dimensional Modeling of Elasto-Plastic Sinusoidal Contact under Time Dependent Deformation Including Both Stress Relaxation and Creep Analysis
(2013-07-11)
Computational modeling of contact between rough surfaces has attracted a great deal of attention due to the developing technological needs of industry. Most of the early models of rough surface contacts assumed a cylindrical ...
Evaluation of the accessory sex glands of the bull for the presence of Tritrichomonas foetus
(2013-07-11)
A bull infected with the venereal protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus can become a chronic carrier, remaining infected for life. It has been theorized that as a bull ages he develops deep folds or crypts in the epithelium ...
The effect of collimation on image quality and radiation safety in digital radiography of small animals
(2013-07-11)
Collimating the primary x-ray beam to the specific area of anatomic interest has traditionally been strongly recommended to produce high quality radiographic images, even though some small animal patients can fit their ...
Local Repair and Next-hop Backup Route Based improvements in AODV Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
(2013-07-11)
As Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) continue to experience increasing popularity, several different protocols have been proposed to efficiently transmit data among the participating nodes. These protocols have to be robust ...
Rapid prediction of wood constituent composition and energy traits using near-infrared spectroscopy
(2013-07-11)
There is increasing interest in producing energy from renewable biomass resources. These resources, however, tend to be highly variable in nature and this heterogeneity can complicate their effective utilization. Rapid ...
Selection of Bacillus Strains for Salmonella and ammonia reduction within a poultry house environment
(2013-07-11)
Salmonella species are a food safety concern associated with poultry products, causing thousands of gastrointestinal disorders every year. Currently, controlling Salmonella in poultry houses is not being performed adequately. ...
Wave Release Strategies for Order Fulfillment Systems with Deadlines
(2013-07-11)
A distribution center is ultimately in the business of shipping orders. Because every
customer's experience is determined by how timely and accurately an order is received,
distribution centers should focus not only on ...
Group Lasso for Functional Logistic Regression
(2013-07-11)
Functional datasets are comprised of data that have been sampled discretely over a
continuum, usually time. While the recorded data are discrete, it is assumed that there is a
smooth, underlying curve describing the ...
A Low-Power Analog Bus for On-Chip Digital Communication
(2013-07-10)
At present, performance and efficiency of a system-on-chip (SoC) design depends significantly on the on-chip global communication across various modules on the chip. On-chip communication is mostly implemented using a bus ...
The Effect of Post-chill Antimicrobials on Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shelf-life and Quality Attributes of Ground Chicken
(2013-07-10)
Ground chicken is more likely to have higher microbiological loads than whole carcasses and parts. Therefore, it is necessary to identify antimicrobials that reduce pathogens and overall microbial loads without negatively ...
Random and Vector Measures: from "Toy" Measurable Systems to Quantum Probability
(2013-07-10)
Vector measure theory and Bochner integration have been well studied over the past century. This work is an introduction to both theories and explores various examples and
applications in each. The theories and theorems ...
Development of a Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship (QSAR) Model relating Solvent Structure to Ibuprofen Crystal Morphology using 2D and 3D Molecular Descriptors
(2013-07-10)
The objective of this thesis is to develop a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) that relates solvent structure to the morphology of ibuprofen crystals grown within that solvent. Morphology can be quantified ...
Green Dolphin: an Educational Questions and Answers Website
(2013-07-10)
Questions and answers boards are popular among enterprises. A dedicated question and answer site called Piazza is in widespread use in the educational domain. We present the design of an educational Q & A system called ...
Communication model and Optical Flow to Aid Collaborative Robotics Search Strategy
(2013-07-10)
This thesis provides an analysis of how communication among robots improves search performance in a multi-robot search and rescue scenario. Mobility models have been used to represent the movement patterns in vehicular and ...
Negative Family Food Experiences, Ethnic Identity, and Disordered Eating in African-American Women: Measuring Relevant Risk and Protective Factors
(2013-07-10)
Research with Caucasian women supports that negative family food (NFF) experiences may be a risk factor for disordered eating. To date, the examination of risk factors for disordered eating in African American (AA) women ...
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Thermally Pre-treated Biomass for Aromatic Production
(2013-07-10)
Torrefaction, a biomass pre-treatment process, is considered to be a promising way to improve biomass properties, aiding in producing highly deoxygenated biofuel. Among several techniques available to convert biomass to ...
Numerical Modeling of Random 2D and 3D Structural Foams Using Voronoi Diagrams: A Study of Cell Regularity and Compression Response
(2013-07-10)
Representing the complex morphology of cellular solids in general and metal foams in particular for understanding key factors governing their mechanical behavior is typically achieved using periodic unit cells. Due to the ...