Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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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 ...
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.