Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Inflationary Effects of Oil Price Fluctuations in the United States and Canada
(2011-04-18)
The goal of this thesis is to investigate the inflationary effects of shocks in oil prices with a specific interest in commodity currency markets. The model includes a comparison between the United States and Canada. The ...
Energy Efficiency and Process Variation Tolerance of 45 nm Bulk and High-k CMOS Devices
(2011-04-18)
With transistor sizes being reduced to sub 45nm ranges, we have seen an improvement in speed, better performance, and deeper integration of digital circuits. However, there has been a corresponding increase in power ...
Path Delay Tuning for Performance Gain in the face of Random Manufacturing Variations
(2011-04-18)
Moore's laws predictions of transistor densities doubling every two years in an integrated circuit has held true for the past fifty years, and is predicted to hold true in the coming few years. But as technologies shrink ...
Hydrogen Production in Supercritical Water
(2011-04-15)
Hydrogen has been considered as an environmentally friendly energy carrier for the future. It is not found freely in nature but must be obtained by processing hydrogen containing compounds. Current industrial-scale ...
Equity in Education: Minority Students' Participation in Honors/Advanced Placement Programs
(2011-04-15)
Closing the achievement gap has been a goal of educators for many years (Ferguson, 1998; Haycock, 2001; NCES, 2005; Norman, Ault, Bentz, & Meskimen, 2001). Although a major concern for schools, districts, and states, there ...
Closely Coupled GPS/INS Relative Positioning For Automated Vehicle Convoys
(2011-04-15)
In this thesis, differential GPS methods are developed for use in automated vehicle convoy positioning. The GPS pseudorange and carrier phase measurements are used to compute relative position vectors between two vehicles ...
Cavitation Studies of Lumbar Zygapophysial Joints using Vibration Measurements
(2011-04-15)
The purpose of this research project was to locate the level of cavitation in zygapophysial (Z) joints in the lumbar spine (L1/L2-L5/S1) and the sacroiliac joints (SIJs) during side-posture positioning and spinal manipulative ...
Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Textiles and Application in Emergency Communication Network
(2011-04-14)
In this dissertation, we presented a new type of textile antenna with new radiation mechanism that is capable of resonating at 1/9 the size of a corresponding microstrip antenna due to the woven structures. Further study ...
Associations between nutritional status, physical performance, and disability among older Americans
(2011-04-14)
Impaired functional status with aging is a major concern of the older population, limiting their daily activities, predisposing them to falls and increasing their mortality and morbidity risk. This condition also increases ...
Consumption and Welfare Effects of Taxes on "Sin"
(2011-04-12)
An Indirect Translog System and Linear Expenditure System are applied to Consumer Expenditure Survey data to estimate the effects of “sin taxes” on tobacco, alcohol, and food consumed away from home. Own-price elasticities ...
A comparison of the size and age distribution of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus to the age of artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico
(2011-04-12)
Size and age of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, were sampled from April through November 2010 and compared with the age of the artificial reef at the site of capture. Artificial reefs were deployed in 2006 (n=20, 4 ...
Differences in Motivation and Cognitive Learning Strategy Use from High School to College and Impact on First-Semester College Grade Point Average
(2011-04-12)
The academic success of a college student is dependent upon many factors, among which
are motivation and learning strategies. A substantial amount of research using these variables has
been done; however, there is a lack ...
Effect of Task Type on Speaking Fundamental Frequency in Women
(2011-04-12)
Speaking fundamental frequency (SF0) is an acoustic measure that is frequently used by voice clinicians to assess the severity of vocal pathology and to monitor progress in treatment. However, there is little agreement on ...
The Effect of Mutations in Type II Topoisomerases on Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Clinical Canine Urine Escherichia coli Isolates
(2011-04-12)
A series of experiments were preformed in order to validate a rapid FRET-PCR based assay for the detection of fluoroquinolone resistance in small animal Escherichia coli urinary tract infection (UTI) isolates. Three hundred ...
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Strain in a Tire Under Static Loading and Steady-State Free-Rolling Conditions
(2011-04-11)
This main objective of this work is to predict
the operating conditions or the state of a tire based on a
wireless sensor suit. First a three dimensional finite element
model of a standard reference test tire (SRTT) was ...
Controlling the Speed of a Magnetically-Suspended Rotor with Compressed Air
(2011-04-08)
Magnetic bearing research is generally concerned with the development of the automatic control systems required to levitate a rotor, driven by either an electric motor or air turbine. The regulation of rotor speed in ...
Secondary Bus Performance in Reducing Cache Writeback Latency
(2011-04-08)
For single as well as multi core designs, effective strategies to minimize cache access latencies have been proposed by a number of researchers over the last decade. Such designs include the Miss Status Holding Registers, ...
Evaluation and Use of Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) as an Organic Substrate Component
(2011-04-08)
With “green-mindedness” increasing in popularity, the use of organic substrates has become even more important in the retail horticultural market. Multiple experiments were conducted to evaluate commercially available ...
A Historic Railroad Town: The Planning and Revitalization Process of Downtown Opelika
(2011-04-08)
Downtown Opelika, Alabama has recently marketed themselves as a, “Historic Railroad Town.” My research focuses on the process that Opelika has begun in effort to rebuild the downtown’s economy. The city of Opelika has ...
Determination of Optimal Cropping System for White-tailed Deer in the Southeast and Chufa Response to Nutrient Additions
(2011-04-08)
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginuanus) are an economically important wildlife resource in the Southeast. A significant portion of expenditures related to white-tailed deer goes towards food plot production and management, ...