Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Conservation Design: Linking Development to the Land
(2011-11-30)
Alabama contains well over 500 abandoned mines across the northern part of the state and while some mining zones continue to degrade the landscape over time, others have been reclaimed naturally and left in an ambiguous ...
Changing the Channel on T.V.
(2011-11-30)
Changing the channel on ‘TV’ is a landscape architecture research project which interrogates the concept of terrain vague through the practises of the formless, a theory developed by Georges Bataille in the late 1920’s. ...
Productive Public Space: Wetland Waterfront Reconnecting to the City in Mobile, AL
(2011-11-30)
Mobile is a port city on the Gulf of Mexico, and is the oldest city in the State of Alabama as well. The convenient location and land-river transportation link gave the city great strategic importance, which fostered it ...
A Woodland Landscape: A Woodland Experience
(2011-11-30)
This project follows the design process of a woodland landscape in Columbus, Georgia. Woodlands provide ecological and aesthetic values to urban environments, which makes them necessary for a healthy city. The center point ...
Emergent Design in Landscape Architecture: The Application of the Theory of Emergence to the Craft of Creating Public Urban Spaces
(2011-11-30)
As scientific philosophies and theories have evolved, so has their application to the craft of landscape architecture. The theory of emergence, which was developed in the 1970s, is currently finding applications in the ...
Hydrological link between the Amazon River Basin and the eastern Guiana Shield on the Neotropical ichthyofauna
(2011-11-30)
The seasonal inundation of the Rupununi savannas in south central Guyana allows for
potential faunal exchange between the Takutu and Rupununi Rivers and ultimately between the
Essequibo and Amazon Rivers. This hydrological ...
Integrated Multiscale Chemical Product Design using Property Clustering and Decomposition Techniques in a Reverse Problem Formulation
(2011-11-30)
In recent years, chemical engineers in the Process Systems Engineering (PSE) community have increasingly been using their skill set to solve problems in areas beyond the chemical manufacturing processes, focusing instead ...
An Examination of Eight Factors Influencing Women's Retention in Federal Law Enforcement
(2011-11-30)
Using a sample of 168 sworn female federal law enforcement officers with arrest and firearm authority and in-depth interviews with 20 of these women, this study examines eight factors that may or may not influence women's ...
Synthesis and Application of Novel Polymeric N-halamine Antimicrobial Agents
(2011-11-30)
As one of the most effective biocides, N¬halamine biocidal coatings for surfaces have gathered a great deal of interest in recent years. In this study, several novel N¬halamine moieties were synthesized, characterized, and ...
Avian Infectious Bronchitis Coronavirus Variation and Selection
(2011-11-30)
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a highly variable virus, its genetic variation is
generated by nucleotide insertions, deletions, or point mutations made by the viral
polymerase during virus replication. Another ...
Physics, Compact Modeling and TCAD of SiGe HBT for Wide Temperature Range Operation
(2011-11-29)
One of the remarkable characteristics of SiGe HBT is the ability to operate over a wide temperature range, from as low as sub 1K, to as high as over 400 K. The SiGe HBT investigated and measured in this work is a ...
Water Quality in Inland Ponds for Low-Salinity Culture of Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
(2011-11-29)
Four investigations were performed in inland, low-salinity shrimp farms in Blackland Prairie Region in western Alabama. Three of these investigations were related to performance of shrimp responses to variation of water ...
Analysis of bacterial communities in the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) with emphasis on Vibrio vulnificus dynamics under refrigeration
(2011-11-29)
In this study we determined the effect of refrigeration on the total bacterial, total Vibrio spp., and V. vulnificus populations present within the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), and the effects of cold shock ...
Interaction Design Guidelines for Industrial Design Process
(2011-11-29)
Principles have changed in era full of technological developments in the field of design and communication. Since design is focusing more and more on the role of the user, the ‘design of interactivity’ has become the ‘design ...
The Effect of Physical Activity on Science Competence and Attitude towards Science Content
(2011-11-29)
This study examines the effect of physical activity on science instruction. To combat the implications of physical inactivity, schools need to be willing to consider all possible opportunities for students to engage in ...
Mechanisms and Kinetics of Proton-Coupled Electron-Transfer Oxidation of Phenols
(2011-11-28)
The kinetics of the aqueous oxidation of phenol by a deficiency of [IrCl6]2– has been investigated. The reaction initially produces [IrCl6]3– and phenoxyl radicals. The inhibition caused by [IrCl6]3– can be prevented by ...
Design Guidelines to Facilitate Creativity in Workplace
(2011-11-28)
This thesis is aimed at helping designers to build a workplace that could facilitate creativity during work. It also tries to help readers to understand designers’ creativity in the workplace. And through acquisition of ...
A Cognitive Model and Gaze-Based Evaluation of Multiple Representation use during Program Comprehension and Debugging
(2011-11-28)
Integrated Development Environments (IDE) for software development offer a wide variety of software visualization tools, which facilitate navigation and analysis, and generate multiple graphical presentations of program ...
Early-Age Behavior of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete
(2011-11-28)
Early-age cracking can be a severe problem in concrete as it can reduce the service life of the structure. In this project the early-age behavior of concrete was measured, evaluated, and modeled. The early-age stress ...
Emergency Management Strategies for the Retail Industry
(2011-11-28)
Uncertain disruptions complicate inventory management for retailers because it is difficult to determine when and how to adjust order quantities to ensure high service levels before and after a possible disruption. In ...