Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Examining Sense of Place and Florida Black Bear Habitat Use in Florida’s Northwestern Panhandle: A Social-Ecological Approach to Landscape Management
(2011-07-07)
Florida’s Northwestern Panhandle is one of the last undeveloped areas of Florida coastline and faces potential alterations in the near future. These changes will have landscape level impacts, and this study aimed at ...
Problematic Behavior: What do CACREP Accredited Program Policies and Procedures
(2011-07-07)
Counselor Education programs are ethically obligated by accreditation standards and
professional codes of ethics to identify counselors-in-training whose academic, clinical, and
personal performance indicate problematic ...
Efficient Rank Regression with Wavelet Estimated Scores
(2011-07-07)
Wavelets have been widely used lately in many areas such as physics, astronomy, biological
sciences and recently to statistics. The main goal of this dissertation is to provide
a new contribution to an important problem ...
New Warehouse Designs: Angled Aisles and Their Effects on Travel Distance
(2011-07-07)
This dissertation presents new, improved aisle designs for warehouses where there are different material flows. The goal is to reduce travel distance to pick and store an item in a warehouse. The approach is to design cross ...
Adaptive Scheduling Using Support Vector Machine on Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
(2011-07-06)
Since the advent of the modern von Neumann computer in the 1940s,
startling advances have been made in computing technology
with the creation of innovative, reliable, and faster electronic components,
from vacuum tubes ...
An Approach for the Industrial Designer to Incorporate Virtual DIY Communities as a Resource in Product Design
(2011-07-06)
Product development by industrial designers is an expensive, time consuming, risky process. It requires a significant dedication of resources and capital. However, the DIY community consistently produces innovative, unique ...
Jefferson County, Alabama: A Perfect Storm of Ethical, Financial, Political, and Market Failures
(2011-07-06)
This study details the ethical, financial, political, and market failures that have nearly caused the Jefferson County, Alabama to file what may become the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the nation.
A Fully Integrated Sensor Fusion Method Combining a Single Antenna GPS Unit with Electronic Stability Control Sensors
(2011-07-05)
This work presents a method for incorporating GPS (Global Positioning System) and standard roll stability control (RSC) sensors into the electronic stability control (ESC) and RSC systems. It is an adaptation of the very ...
Examining Blood Alcohol Concentrations Through a Simulated Drinking Game Procedure
(2011-07-05)
Alcohol consumption on college campuses is a prevalent activity, with over half of college students reporting alcohol consumption at least once in the past month, and it embodies “binge” drinking, consuming 4 (5 for males) ...
Obesity Effects on Preferred Driving Postures and Vehicle Interior Component Settings
(2011-07-05)
The effects of obesity were investigated with a highly adjustable vehicle mock-up. 44 participants (23 non-obese, 21 extremely obese individuals) were involved in the study. The extremely obese and non-obese group had ...
Dieting, Alcohol Use, and Impulsivity in a Sample of Undergraduate Students
(2011-07-01)
Dieting behavior is correlated with frequency and quantity of alcohol use and alcohol related problems. Research has also shown that dieting behaviors are correlated with impulsivity, as measured by self-report questionnaires. ...
Mobile Learning-A New Paradigm of E-Learning
(2011-06-28)
One recent significant change in the learning environment is demand for mobility. Growth in technology and availability of mobile and wireless devices enables different ways of communicating. The cost of mobile access to ...
Generic Films and Fibers from Polysaccharides: Chitosan and Alginate
(2011-06-28)
Chitosan and alginate are both extracted from natural resources, and both are biocompatible, biodegradable, and hydrophilic. Thus, chitosan-alginate biopolymer mixtures have the potential to form new functional polymers ...
Evaluating Maintenance Techniques for Long-Term Vegetation Establishment on Disturbed Slopes in Alabama
(2011-06-28)
Sustainability of common bermudagrass on formerly disturbed slopes in Alabama has proven to be a difficult task in some cases. Failures of once successful stands of bermudagrass can be seen throughout Alabama on road ...
Role of the Best Practices from Extant Literature in Current Algorithm and Data Structure Visualizations
(2011-06-08)
Although there are many algorithm visualizations today, there is a question as to why algorithm and data structure visualization technology has not proved its effectiveness and gained widespread acceptance in mainstream ...
Production of Bioethanol and Furan Derivatives from Softwood Hemicellulose
(2011-06-06)
Woody biomass provides a great potential for the biofuels production in the United States. Hemicellulose accounts for 20-30% of dried woody biomass, which can be readily broken down to simple sugars (primarily xylose and ...
SMT Line Improvements for High Mix, Low Volume Electronics Manufacturing
(2011-06-03)
This work covers two major projects aimed at increasing quality and efficiency on a high mix, low volume surface mount electronics production line. Specifically the installation of a ten zone reflow oven and an enhanced ...
Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua L.) Control and Turfgrass Response to Amicarbazone
(2011-05-31)
Amicarbazone is a photosystem II (PSII)-inhibiting herbicide being evaluated for annual bluegrass control in bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) overseeded with perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). The objectives of this study ...
Application of Mobility Models to Collaborative Search and Rescue Robotics
(2011-05-26)
This thesis addresses the challenges of using small, low-cost robotic nodes with limited processing capabilities in collaborative search and rescue. Mobility models tailored specifically to the mobility patterns of such ...
Optimization and economics of small-scale, on-farm biodiesel production using oilseed crops and waste vegetable oil
(2011-05-25)
Recent concerns over unpredictable fuel prices and desire to reduce farm input costs have warranted producer interest in growing alternative crops for the production of biofuels such as biodiesel. Ideally, biodiesel could ...