Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Assessing Some Key Approaches Used to Monitor and Study Populations of Birds
(2012-01-10)
Efforts to monitor birds and determine their distributions often make assumptions that allow for inference into parameters of interest but necessitate that potentially confounding factors be ignored. In any scientific ...
Predicting Motivation to Change
(2012-01-10)
Motivation to decrease alcohol consumption has been a focus of past research with college students. However studies on the predictors of motivation among college students have produced mixed results. There is some theoretical ...
Enhanced Heat Transfer Catalyst Structures for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
(2012-01-10)
Highly exothermic catalytic reactions are problematic from a thermal management perspective and often dictate the type of reactor, heat exchanger, level of conversion/recycle and contacting schemes employed. Those reactions, ...
Land Use Land Cover Change Projection for use in Municipal Water Resource Planning in the Saugahatchee Watershed
(2012-01-09)
The present work analyzes land use land cover changes in the Saugahatchee watershed through the use of remotely sensed satellite imagery. Urban growth has effect on the land use pattern in the local as well as in the ...
A Geographical Investigation of Football and its Fans at Auburn University
(2012-01-09)
In Auburn, AL, football, and especially college football, reigns supreme. Particularly, interest is placed on the Tigers, the team representing the local institution, Auburn University. This research paper investigates ...
A Microsimulation Analysis on the Impact of Different Bridge Deck Replacement Methods on Travel Times and Road User Costs
(2012-01-09)
The objective of this research was to evaluate different bridge deck replacement methods using microsimulation software. Previously collected data from the test site, located on I-59 at State Route 68 near Collinsville, ...
Evaluation of a Mechanical Grader for the Improvement of the Aquaculture Production of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
(2012-01-09)
In order to develop culture regiments that increase oyster product quality and profitability, commercially available oyster aquaculture growout gear, a rotary style mechanical grader (“tumbler”) and three handling treatments ...
Management Effects on Yield and Flavonoid Content in American Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
(2012-01-09)
American Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) is a member of the mint family (Labiatae or Lamiaceae), and is a medicinal herb traditionally used for its mild relaxant properties attributed to its content of flavonoids. Field ...
Fundamental Investigation of Saturated Flow Through Porous Media with Macropores
(2012-01-09)
Among the foremost issues in the area of hydrological sciences is the estimation of infiltration fluxes and the associated contaminant exchange from the near-surface to the ground water table. While the simplest and ...
Near-Surface-Mounted Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Strips for Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Girders
(2012-01-09)
The AL 97 bridge over I-65 near Letohatchee, Alabama, has been found to have deficient negative-moment capacity under current loading standards. A near-surface-mounted fiber-reinforced polymer (NSM FRP) strengthening system ...
SCL: A Cross-Layer Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
(2012-01-08)
Wireless Sensor Networks are a new class of distributed systems that are used to collect information from the physical area they inhabit. They usually consist of a large number of low-power wireless sensor nodes or motes ...
Evaluation of Physical Improvements Made Across a Signalized Campus Arterial
(2012-01-08)
The objective of this research was to develop and evaluate a methodology for
measuring the traffic and pedestrian effects of new physical improvements made to
Donahue Drive, a signalized arterial on the campus of Auburn ...
Design and evaluation of an accessible website developed using SharePoint 2010
(2012-01-06)
The internet and web applications are growing rapidly. People are, more than ever before, dependent on the web applications and this dependency will continue to increase. A large number of web users have various accessibility ...
Cartel Monitoring and NCAA Football
(2012-01-06)
In the last twenty-five years, economists have developed and tested the hypothesis that the member institutions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association behave as a cartel and contrive market power in the sports of ...
Examining the Determinants of Divorce: A State-Level Analysis
(2012-01-05)
This goal of this thesis is to empirically examine the effects of certain determinants of divorce using state-level data between 2005 and 2009. Microeconomic theory is used to both predict and analyze the outcomes of the ...
Examining the Relationships between Delay Discounting, Working Memory, and Fluid Intelligence
(2012-01-05)
Previous research has suggested a link between working memory, general fluid intelligence, and delay discounting by utilizing traditional behavioral measures. Because both working memory and general fluid intelligence rely ...
Three Essays on the Impact of Automobile Production on Alabama’s Economy
(2012-01-03)
The Alabama state government has expanded economic incentives to attract auto industry in order to create additional employment and generate personal income for its citizens. As a result, large automobile firms and its ...
Total Elasticities for Meat in China: The Importance of Cross-commodity Effects
(2011-12-15)
Several major trends have been driving the increase of meat consumption in China. By using equilibrium displacement modeling, we focused on the factors of rapid income growth and a pork price subsidy. In a single commodity ...
Agroecosystem Effects on Carbon Sequestration and Soil Function in Tennessee Valley (Alabama) Paleudults
(2011-12-15)
Agronomic management affects soil organic matter (SOM) pools that impact chemical and physical properties, soil carbon (C) sequestration, soil quality, and ultimately, soil function. Pools of SOM and management-dependent ...
An Ethnographic Inquiry Connecting Home to School for Literacy and Mathematics Learning of Hispanic Families
(2011-12-13)
There is limited research on bilingual classroom teachers who conduct household visits of non-English speaking Hispanic families. The author and teacher explored (a) ways that three migrant, Hispanic families were involved ...