Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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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 ...
Alcohol Use and Related Risk Behaviors Among College Students and Military Personnel
(2011-12-13)
To date, no published studies have been conducted examining alcohol use specifically among military veterans who are attending college. Studies on whether interventions designed for either veterans or college students are ...
Design & Construction Planning of Rapid Bridge Deck Replacement Systems for I-59 Bridges at Collinsville, AL
(2011-12-13)
Many bridges in the Birmingham area have deteriorated decks that need to be rehabilitated or replaced. Several of these are major interstate bridges that carry large volumes of traffic. Rehabilitation or replacement of the ...
Exchange Rate Effects on Excess Demand in the United States for Canadian Oil
(2011-12-13)
This paper examines a model of excess supply and excess demand for Canadian oil in the United States utilizing an error correction model and time series analysis. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the link, if there ...
Exploring School Specific Context and Bullying Data: Informing Practice with Evidence
(2011-12-12)
The purpose of this study was to determine if professional development using school contextual data would provide deeper understanding and attention to the important issue of student bullying. This was primarily a quantitative ...
Informed Prefetching in Distributed Multi-Level Storage Systems
(2011-12-08)
In this dissertation, we present pipelined prefetching mechanisms that use application-disclosed access patterns to prefetch hinted blocks in multi-level storage systems. The fundamental concept in our approach is to split ...
Green Fun in the Sun: A Case Study of the Environmental Behaviors of Stakeholders within Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort
(2011-12-06)
Global environmental changes have major impacts on a range of hospitality and tourism destinations where the primary features are natural resources such as mountains, beaches, water and wildlife that create the destination ...
Metal Complexation and Extraction Studies of bis-dithiophosphinite Ligands
(2011-12-06)
Five bis(dithiophosphonite) ligands OR1a-OR3b were synthesized using Lawesson’s Reagent and analogs of Lawesson’s Reagent. Two of the ligands OR2a and OR3a, were used in extraction studies with uranyl nitrate. UV-Vis ...
The Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor and Tumor Suppressor Locus p16/INK4A- p14ARF and Regulation of the Transition Into and Out of the Cell Cycle
(2011-12-06)
p16/INK4A/CDKN2A is an important tumor suppressor gene located in the INK4A/ARF locus, which encodes a 16 kDa protein known as p16, and a 14 kDa protein known as p14ARF in humans. p16 arrests cell cycle in early G1 phase ...
How Husbands’ and Wives’ Physical Health are linked to Their Marital Satisfaction
(2011-12-06)
Spouses reap many benefits from marriage, from being healthier to recovering better from illnesses. The majority of the research explaining why married people are healthier has assumed marriage contributes to health and, ...
Using Creative Dramatics to Foster Conceptual Learning in a Science Enrichment Program
(2011-12-05)
This study made analysis of how the integration of creative drama into a science enrichment program enhanced the learning of elementary school students’ understanding of sound physics and solar energy. The study also sought ...
Sleep and Cognitive Functioning: The Moderating Role of Vagal Indices
(2011-12-05)
This dissertation contains two studies. In the first study, vagal tone and vagal reactivity (indexed by respiratory sinus arrhythmia; RSA) were examined as possible moderators of the associations between both actigraphy ...
Economic Analysis of Institutional Timberland Ownership in the United States
(2011-12-05)
The rise of institutional timberland ownership has led to a significant change in the structure and conduct of timber industry and forest management in the country. Understanding how industrial timberland sales affect the ...
Development of a Single-Degree-of-Freedom Algorithm for the Analysis of Buried Composite Pipes Subjected to Internal Dynamic Pressure
(2011-12-05)
The overall objective of this research project was to develop a practical engineering methodology for the analysis of underground composite pipes subjected to internal dynamic loading. The need for this analytical methodology ...
Boom Dynamics during Control System Response on Agricultural Sprayers
(2011-12-05)
Farm managers use highly productive and mechanized agricultural sprayers to efficiently cover cropland. These sprayers use modern control systems including automatic section control (ASC) capabilities to manage target ...
Examining Family Structure and Half-Sibling Influence on Adolescent Well-Being
(2011-12-05)
Using data from a statewide education project for adolescent youth (N=2,555), this study explored family structure variations of youth in two-parent families and their influence on coping, sexual activity delay, and alcohol ...
Significance of viral subpopulations within Ark Serotype Infectious Bronchitis Vaccines
(2011-12-05)
As a result of spontaneous mutations and/or recombination occurring within the
viral genome, infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) exists as multiple serotypes and
genotypes that poorly cross protect. Molecular analysis of ...