Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Survival estimates of white-tailed deer fawns at Fort Rucker, Alabama
(2011-07-19)
Decreases in recruitment of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns have been noted at several locations across the Southeast. Understanding the reason for these decreases is important for management of deer ...
Neutrophil:Lymphocyte Ratio as a Possible Indicator of Chronic Anthropogenic Stress in Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
(2011-07-19)
Exposure to chronic stressors has negative impacts on wild animals. Heightened levels of glucocorticoid hormones commonly are measured to test for exposure to stress. Due to the fast-changing nature of circulating levels ...
An Exploratory Study of Pharmacist Self-Reported Antidepressant Medication Counseling Behaviors
(2011-07-18)
Depression is a relatively common and serious mental health disorder, which is expected to become the second leading disease burden worldwide in the next decade. Despite the already high and increasing prevalence of ...
A Novel Through-Silicon-Via (TSV) Fabrication Method
(2011-07-18)
The Through Silicon Via (TSV) is expected to be the future of 3-D chip stacking technology for electronic devices. The structure of the TSV interconnect is developed by first etching deep vias into the surface of a wafer, ...
Toxic Cyanobacteria and Plant Defenses Against a Generalist Herbivore
(2011-07-18)
Toxin-producing cyanobacteria have frequently been hypothesized to limit the ability of herbivorous zooplankton (such as Daphnia) to control phytoplankton biomass by inhibiting Daphnia feeding, population growth, and in ...
A Presidential Curriculum: An Examination of the Relationship between Higher Education Administration Programs and Preparation towards the University Presidency
(2011-07-18)
Since the election of the first American college president in 1640—Henry Dunster of
Harvard College—the position of president has been one of extreme responsibility and high
visibility. There are many questions regarding ...
Life Prediction in Leadfree Solder Joint and PCB Metallization Under Shock and Vibration
(2011-07-18)
In the age of portable communication devices, with electronics playing a vital role in all aspects of our daily lives, their reliability is of great concern to the industry. In the highly competitive portable electronics ...
The Influence of Time Spent in Outdoor Play on Daily and Aerobic Step Count in Costa Rican Children
(2011-07-18)
There is strong evidence that children’s health associated with obesity is a major concern for nations around the world (Sharma, 2007; Wang & Lobstein, 2006). World efforts are being made to improve and protect their health. ...
Approximate Evaluation of Queries for Spatial, Uncertain and Probabilistic Databases
(2011-07-18)
In modern geographic information systems, route search represents an important class
of queries. In route search related applications, users may want to define a number of
traveling rules (traveling preferences) when ...
Nitrogen release characteristics of commercial organic fertilizers in turfgrass
(2011-07-18)
Although organic fertilizer sources are widely marketed for application to turfgrasses, there is limited research that examines their nitrogen (N) release characteristics. For this research project, ‘organic’ refers to ...
Analysis and Implementation of Built-In Self-Test for Block Random Access Memories in Virtex-5 Field Programmable Gate Arrays
(2011-07-18)
In order to ensure the proper operation of the embedded Block Random Access Memories (BRAMs) in Xilinx Virtex-5 Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) a dependable and resource efficient test is needed so that the integrity ...
Nonparametric Methods for Classification and Related Feature Selection Procedures
(2011-07-18)
One important application of gene expression microarray data is
classification of samples into categories, such as types of tumor.
Gene selection procedures become crucial since gene expression
data from DNA microarrays ...
Occupancy and Detection Probabilities of Secretive Marsh Birds in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, Florida
(2011-07-18)
Loss of marsh habitat has led to population declines of many species of North American marsh birds. However, due to the secretive nature of many of these species there is uncertainty about their population. Recently ...
An Examination of the Relationship between Cognitive Learning Style Preference and Nonverbal Immediacy Behaviors in Undergraduate Students
(2011-07-18)
Identification of learning styles is a major consideration in classroom instruction. With the identification of students’ learning styles comes the potential to increase academic achievement through the focus on how students ...
Military Deployments: Evaluating Teacher Knowledge
(2011-07-18)
This mixed method study examined the possible influence of a military deployment online tutorial on teacher knowledge. DoDEA and public school teachers were the two groups used for the study. From this exploratory study, ...
Being Neither and Both: The Liminal Nationality of Four Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Irish Women Writers, A Study of Genre, Gender, and Nation
(2011-07-14)
This dissertation examines the work of four Anglo-Irish women writers who published in the long eighteenth century, an integral voice in the development of Anglo-Irish nationality. These voices present a counter-perspective ...
Factors Influencing Microbial Growth and Viability of Wood Duck Eggs
(2011-07-13)
Egg viability in birds declines with increasing length of incubation delay and may be influenced by microbial infection and exposure of eggs to temperatures above physiological zero (>24°C). Reuse of nests is common in ...
Examination of Peer Contextual Performance Ratings in Co-located and Virtual Teams Using the Social Relations Model
(2011-07-08)
Peer- and self-ratings are common components of performance appraisals for many organizations, including companies relying on team-based work. Self- and peer-ratings may represent the best way to monitor performance in ...
The Relationships Between Needs Assessment Measures, Productivity Measures, and Ethics in Developing a Budget Allocation Model for Higher Education
(2011-07-08)
To maintain credibility, leaders entrusted with public funds need to ensure their decisions
regarding those funds are ethical and moral. The research investigating the relationships
between needs assessment measures, ...
Effects of habitat variation on life history traits and genetic structure of Bartholomea annulata on Caribbean coral reefs
(2011-07-08)
Phenotypically plastic life history strategies have important implications for how species colonize local habitats and disperse to distant environments, yet few data exist for tropical sea anemones. Here, I use field and ...