Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Using Discrete Element Modeling to Evaluate Material Distribution Using Spinner-disc Spreaders
(2012-11-06)
Due to rising costs of inorganic fertilizers, more crop producers are turning to organic fertilizers as a soil amendment and fertilizer source. The inherent physical variability of litter makes it difficult to achieve ...
Assessing the Efficacy of Analytical Definitions in Hazing Education
(2012-11-06)
Hazing is a problem that persists on college campuses and in high schools. According to Nuwer (2011) between 1970 and 2006, there was at least one hazing-related death each year on a college campus. Hazing education and ...
Hydrogen Production by Supercritical Water Reforming of Bio-Oil Components
(2012-11-06)
The concept of a hydrogen economy is gaining traction with an ever increasing body of work focusing on all aspects of the overall process which consists of converting a fuel source to hydrogen followed by storage and ...
Development of a Feeder Route Cyclist Demand Model for Dense Urban Areas
(2012-11-06)
This thesis provides a new way of forecasting bicycle demand in the urban core by using a feeder system approach. It uses a technique of predicting demand at a location for all of the demand feeding into that point. No ...
Changes in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of Third Grade Students in Body Quest: Food of the Warrior, a 17-class Childhood Obesity Prevention Program
(2012-11-06)
Objective: To increase fruit and vegetable (F/V) consumption, third grade students participated in Body Quest (BQ), a 17-class childhood obesity prevention program.
Methods: Students (n = 2,477) were randomly assigned to ...
Selective and Non-selective Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Characterization: Catalysts and Underlayers Effects on Field Emission Properties
(2012-11-06)
Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), they have been attracted much attention with abundant potential applications based on their outstanding properties. CNTs
are well-known for their superior mechanical strength ...
Teaching Children with Autism to Tact Stimuli from Auditory and Tactile Sensory Modalities
(2012-11-06)
A number of contemporary investigations have examined tact-training procedures with a number of different populations, specifically with children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (e.g., Barbera & Kubina, 2005; ...
Volunteer Tourism: Exploring the Perceptions of Bahamian Islanders and Student Volunteer Tourists
(2012-11-06)
This study examines the motivations and perceptions of Bahamian family island residents and student volunteer tourists towards volunteer tourism programs. This research suggests that perceptions towards volunteer tourism ...
A Study for Playful Product Design
(2012-11-06)
Fuzzy things like sensitivity and emotion have been ignored for decades as topics of scientific study and product design. However, more and more studies are focusing on the emotional side of product design.
Highly developed ...
"Larceny in My Heart": The Abscam Political Scandal, 1978-1983
(2012-11-06)
After the Watergate scandal, the FBI underwent major internal changes. As a result of some of those changes, the organization shifted its focus towards white-collar crime. As Operation Abscam progressed, it seemed as ...
Evaluation of the Use of Preemergence and Postemergence Herbicides Along With Cover Crop Residue for Control of Broadleaf Weeds in Watermelons
(2012-11-06)
Field studies were conducted in the spring of 2011 and 2012 at Auburn University research facilities (AURF), Auburn, AL to evaluate the effectiveness of labeled herbicides with the addition of winter cover crops for ...
Adoption and Implementation of the Health Watch Screening Program in Community Pharmacies
(2012-11-06)
Biometric screenings are an important first step in the prevention of heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes but accessibility to these screenings can be limited. Community pharmacies are in a unique ...
Performance Comparison of an Extended Kalman Filter and an Iterated Extended Kalman Filter for Orbit Determination of Space Debris with Poor Apriori Information and Intermittent Observations
(2012-11-06)
The growing space debris population threatens active and future missions bound for low earth orbit.
The purpose of this study is to determine if an iterated extended Kalman filter (IEKF) can be used to yield better ...
Job Satisfaction, Self-Efficacy, and Work Environment among Military Veterans with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(2012-11-06)
The current study examined the moderating effects of confidence to make career decisions and job environment on the relationship between ADHD symptoms and job satisfaction among military veterans. A total of 263 participants ...
The effect of the export tax rebate on China's green tea market
(2012-11-06)
The demand for tea internationally, especially green tea has increased dramatically in recent years. China is a major producer and exporter of green tea. To compete effectively in the world tea market, the Chinese government ...
The Influence of Timing and Herbicide Treatment for Chinese Privet Control (Ligustrum sinense Lour.)
(2012-11-06)
Cut stump and basal bark studies for Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.) control were conducted in Auburn, AL. Treatments for the cut stump application consisted of: 1) 25% vol/vol of an amine formulation of triclopyr ...
Assessing to Learn and Learning to Assess: Examining Assessment Fidelity for the Parent-Child Interaction Coding System
(2012-11-06)
Fidelity to treatment protocol has been found to predict treatment outcome (Schoenwald, Sheidowm & Chapman, 2009; Henggeler, Schoenwald, Liao, Letourneau, & Edwards, 2002) and is especially important to evaluate within the ...
40Ar/39Ar Dating of Detrital Muscovite and Sediment Compositional Analysis of the Pottsville Formation in the Black Warrior basin in Alabama: Implications for Tectonics and Sedimentation
(2012-11-05)
The Greater Black Warrior basin, including the Cahaba and Coosa synclinoria and the Black Warrior basin, contains the thickest preserved accumulation (ca. 2 km) of sediment in the Appalachian-Ouachita foreland. 40Ar/39Ar ...
The effects of selection ratio and applicant goal orientation on faking behavior
(2012-11-05)
I expand on McFarland and Ryan’s (2006) and Mueller-Hanson, Heggestad, and Rose’s (2006) proposed models of faking behavior in selection contexts by examining relevant situational and individual difference variables. The ...
On Variable Selection for Data-Driven Soft Sensor Development with Application to Industrial Processes
(2012-11-05)
In recent years, rapid developments in technology facilitated the collection of vast amount of data from different industrial processes. The data has been utilized in many different areas, such as data-driven soft sensor ...