Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Dressing the Self: The Relationship between Self Satisfaction and the Physical Display of Self
(2010-12-08)
This study was conducted as an attempt to discuss how important some elements of body modifications and supplements are as compared to the comfort level with one’s appearance. This study also looks at what relationships ...
The Use of Peanut By-products in Stocker Cattle Diets
(2010-12-08)
Three production trials were carried out to evaluate the usefulness of peanut skins and hulls in stocker diets. In trials 1 and 2, peanut skins were fed with soybean hulls. Twenty-seven Brangus x Continental steers (BW ...
Essays on the Profitability of Winter Farming Enterprises
(2010-12-08)
Cover crops can boost soil productivity as they increase soil organic carbon levels, improve water infiltration and reduce soil erosion. In addition to the agronomic and environmental benefits, they can also provide ...
A Study of the Kalina Cycle System 11 for the Recovery of Industrial Waste Heat with Heat Pump Augmentation
(2010-12-08)
The recovery of industrial waste heat is becoming an area of increased interest due to the ever climbing cost of energy. In the past, the low temperatures that most industrial waste heat is at have prevented the recovery ...
Chemical and Physical Stability of Powdered Tagatose as Affected by Temperature and Relative Humidity
(2010-12-08)
Tagatose is a reduced-calorie monosaccharide that displays prebiotic properties. Water can interact with powdered tagatose to varying extents, depending upon the storage environment. Adsorbed water can impact the physical ...
Resonance Behavior of Magenetostrictive Sensor in Biological agent detection
(2010-12-08)
The growing threat of bio warfare agents and bioterrorism has led to the development of specific field tools that perform rapid analysis and identification of encountered suspect materials. One such technology, recently ...
Landscape Phage-Targeted Drug Delivery to Breast Cancer Cells
(2010-12-08)
The prevalence of breast cancer is still a public health burden worldwide. Recently, there has been significant progress in the management of breast cancer with the two FDA-approved cancer nanomedicines employing the concept ...
A Generalization of Special Atom Spaces with Arbitrary Measure
(2010-12-08)
A brief historical account of the development of special atom spaces is presented followed
by the introduction of two new function spaces, A ( ; ) and B ( ; ), which are generalizations
of previous special atom spaces ...
Dr. Billy G. Walls and the Auburn University Bands, 1961-1991: A Story of Impact, Influence and Innovation
(2010-12-08)
The purpose of this study was to examine the career of Dr. Billy G. Walls at Auburn University. The study focused on three aspects of his career, namely: social, economic and political issues that affected the band program ...
Development and Characterizaiton of Sulfonated Polyimide Membrane for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Applications
(2010-12-08)
The developments of the proton exchange membrane fuel cells are introduced and synthesis and characterization of new sulfonated polyimides are described. 1,4,5,8- naphthaene-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTDA), 4,4’- ...
Adaptive Estimation and Equalization of Doubly-selective Fading Channels using Basis Expansion Models
(2010-12-07)
Wireless channels, due to multipath propagation and Doppler spread, are characterized by frequency- and time-selectivity, so-called doubly-selective wireless channels. In this dissertation, we concentrate on adaptive channel ...
Kinematic Analysis of the Collected and Extended Jog and Lope of the Stock Breed Western Pleasure Horse
(2010-12-07)
Scientific research concerning stock breed western pleasure horses is limited. Therefore the purposes of this investigation were to determine if stock
breed western pleasure horses 1) alter stride length independently of ...
Lane Level Localization with Camera and Inertial Measurement Unit using an Extended Kalman Filter
(2010-12-07)
This thesis studies a technique for combining vision and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data to increase the reliability of lane departure warning systems. In this technique, 2nd-order polynomials are used to model the ...
Transdermal Iontophoretic Delivery of Selegiline and Prochlorperazine
(2010-12-07)
Transdermal iontophoretic delivery of selegiline hydrochloride (SH) across dermatomed human skin was studied. SH was stable under the influence of electrical field. Increase in drug concentration from 1 to 20 mg/ml, increased ...
Purine Carbocyclic Nucleside Analogues as Antiviral Agents
(2010-12-07)
The carbocyclic nucleosides aristeromycin and neplanocin A are two of the most potent inhibitors of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, an enzyme that plays a critical role in methyl transfer reactions during a viral replication ...
Removal and Immobilization of Arsenic in Water, Ion Exchange Brine, and Soil
(2010-12-07)
Removal of arsenic, As(III) and As(V), in water and soils is one of the most challenging environmental issues. Six polymeric ligand exchangers (PLEs) were synthesized by functionalizing various polymeric matrices (known ...
Structure-Processing-Property Interrelationships of Vapor Grown Carbon Nanofiber, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube – Polypropylene Nanocomposites
(2010-12-07)
This dissertation describes the first use of a design of experiments approach to investigate the interrelationships between structure, processing, and properties of melt extruded polypropylene (PP) carbon nanomaterial ...
The Role of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the Epidemiology of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus
(2010-12-07)
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is the prototypic member of the genus Pestivirus in the family Flaviviridae. Infections with BVDV cause substantial economic losses to the cattle industries, prompting the introduction ...
Design and Synthesis of 3-Deazaaristeromycin Derivatives
(2010-12-07)
Analogs of naturally occurring nucleosides have served as structural models for the design of antitumor, antiviral, and antibacterial agents. The carbocyclic nucleosides aristeromycin and neplanocin A are two examples that ...
Evaluation of a New Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) Cultivar in Alabama
(2010-12-07)
The southeastern region of the U.S. is often characterized by soils with low innate fertility exacerbated by a history of tillage. Nitrogen (N) is an important and limiting soil nutrient applied to fields to maximize crop ...