Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The Effect of Technological Representations on Developmental Mathematics Students' Understanding of Functions
(2010-08-03)
The use of technology in mathematics education has been strongly encouraged by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2000) and the American Association of Two-year Colleges (AMATYC, 2006). Researchers have ...
University and Elementary School Perspectives of Ideal Elementary Science Teacher Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions
(2010-08-03)
Teacher education knowledge, skills, and dispositions have recently become a well-discussed topic among education scholars around the nation, mainly due to its attention by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher ...
On Continuously Urysohn Spaces
(2010-08-03)
We study the properties of weakly continuously Urysohn (denoted by wcU ) and continuously
Urysohn (denoted by cU ) spaces. The class of continuously Urysohn spaces is known to contain the class of metrizable,submetrizable, ...
Effect of Land-applied Arsenicals on the Soils of Alabama
(2010-08-03)
Many agricultural practices apply arsenicals directly to land through agricultural practices. Over time, repeated land-application of arsenicals may result in accumulation of arsenic in the soil. This may be problematic ...
Plasma Fetuin-A Responses to a Single Bout of Exercise and Short-term Exercise in Obese and Normal Weight Individuals
(2010-08-03)
Fetuin-A, in particular the phosphorylated isoform, is a negative regulator of insulin action, inhibiting insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity and downstream insulin signaling. In obese individuals, serum fetuin-A ...
Solidification of Hydrocarbon Liquids using Polymer Blends
(2010-08-03)
Solidifiers are composed of dry, high molecular weight polymers that have a porous matrix and a large oleophilic surface area. They bond with the hydrocarbon liquids by molecular interaction (hydrogen bonding, London forces, ...
Development of Antibody- and Phage-Based Lateral Flow Test Strips for the Detection of the Bovine Meat and Bone Meal in Animal Feeds and the Bacillus anthracis Spores in Water and Foods
(2010-08-03)
The outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in 1980s and 1990s, peaked in 1992, mainly took place in most European countries, especially in the United Kingdom, caused widespread panic in the world. It was generally ...
Evaluation of a flow-through depuration system to eliminate the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus from the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
(2010-08-03)
Evaluation of a flow-through depuration system to eliminate the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus was carried out through altering 3 different parameters: salinity, temperature, and flow rate. Oysters were supplied by Auburn ...
Publicizing Private Life: Criminal Conversation Trials in Eighteenth-Century Britain
(2010-08-03)
The project examines the gender relationships within the household, between master and mistress, master and servant, and within the servants’ quarters, alongside gendered experiences in the courtroom and constructions of ...
Secondary Students’ Reading Attitudes and Achievement in a Scaffolded Silent Reading Program versus Traditional Sustained Silent Reading
(2010-08-03)
This study explored the reading attitudes and achievement, as well as genre knowledge, of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth-grade students who participated in Scaffolded Silent Reading, Sustained Silent Reading, or a control ...
A Markov Chain Dynamic Social Network Modeling and Simulation to Assess the Impact of Out-of-School Suspensions on Dropouts and Truancy
(2010-08-03)
Generally, a social network is mainly concerned with actors, the actions of actors, and the interactivities among actors in a community. Employing graph theory to represent overall social network structure, this study ...
Production, Characterization and Structure Determination of the C-terminal Domain of Stt3p: the Catalytic Subunit of Yeast Oligosaccharyl Transferase
(2010-08-03)
N-glycosylation, the most ubiquitous protein modification in eukaryotes, is catalyzed by the enzyme complex Oligosaccharyl Transferase (OT). This protein co-translational modification has been implicated in a multitude of ...
Nematode Community Structure and Effects on Peanut Production Systems
(2010-08-03)
Understanding the total nematode community in agronomic systems and its impact on crop health may provide insight into more sustainable management strategies. In this study the focus was on management of the peanut root-knot ...
Warm-Season Turfgrass Response to Aminocyclopyrachlor
(2010-08-03)
Synthetic auxin herbicides are widely used in the turfgrass industry due to their selective control of broadleaf weeds and safety to turfgrass species. Aminocyclopyrachlor (AMCP) is a new synthetic auxin herbicide currently ...
Consequences of low-head dams on crayfish distribution and gene flow in Alabama stream
(2010-08-03)
Dams are numerous in many eastern US streams, and instream physicochemical and biotic impacts of dams can alter flow and sediment regimes and channel geomorphology as well as reducing longitudinal movement by fishes and ...
Improving Prediction Accuracy Using Class-specific Ensemble Feature Selection
(2010-08-03)
As data accumulates at a speed significantly faster than can be processed, data preprocessing techniques such as feature selection become increasingly important and beneficial. Moreover, given the well-known gains of ...
Exploring the Relation Between Plant Phosphorus Nutrition and Growth Promotion by Bacillus subtilis/amyloliquefaciens Strains
(2010-08-02)
The use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) as biofertilizers is of increasing interest due to economic and environmental issues. Phosphorus (P) is one of the most limiting plant nutrients because of its reduced ...
Unpacking the Triggers of Interest in Academic Material: An Appraisal Perspective
(2010-08-02)
A study was conducted to apply a recent model of interest (Silvia, 2006) to educational goals and an educational context. The model is based on appraisal theory, and contends that interest is an emotional state dependent ...
Roundup over the Top of Container-Grown Nursery Plants
(2010-08-02)
Nine species of container-grown plants were treated over-the-top with Roundup Pro® at 4 rates: 0.28, 0.56, 1.12, and 2.24 kg ai/ha (0.25, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 lb ai/A) once in June 2007, September 2007, or February 2008. A ...
Moral Disengagement from an Organizational Justice Perspective: An Exploratory Study
(2010-08-02)
The current study contributes to a growing understanding of the construct of moral disengagement, in particular the role of organizational justice and individual differences as antecedents. In a study of 272 undergraduate ...