Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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An Examination of Factors Hypothesized to Moderate Stereotype Threat Effects on the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices
(2010-04-09)
The present study examined the moderating effects of racial identity centrality and performance goal orientation on the relationship between stereotype threat and test performance. I also assessed the extent to which ...
On the Conjugacy Theorems of Cartan and Borel Subalgebras
(2010-04-09)
We study the conjugacy theorems of Cartan subalgebras and Borel
subalgebras of general Lie algebras. We present a history of the problem, along with two proofs of the theorems which stay completely within the realm of ...
The Evolution of the C# Language: The Impact of Syntactic Sugar and Language Integrated Query on Performance
(2010-04-09)
The C# language has seen a healthy adoption rate for a fairly young language. Each released version has introduced features that have addressed pain points in the version preceding it, as well as providing greater flexibility ...
The Effects of Farmscaping Plants on the Abundance, Diversity, and Longevity of Arthropods in Organic Tomato Fields in Alabama
(2010-04-09)
Organic farming is the practice of cultivating crops without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Farmscaping is habitat manipulation system of planting plants near the crop to attract beneficial insects by ...
Relations Between Shoal Bass and Sympatric Congeneric Basses in the Flint River, Georgia
(2010-04-09)
Shoal bass Micropterus cataractae is a fluvial specialist bass species endemic to the Apalachicola River drainage, which co-occurs with native largemouth bass M. salmoides throughout its range. Spotted bass M. punctulatus ...
Graphic Shakespeare: Understanding the Contact Zone of Shakespeare Adaptation in Graphic Narrative
(2010-04-09)
This thesis investigates key features of Shakespearean graphic narratives from works produced by Classical Comics as well as Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman comic series. These graphic narratives have enjoyed both commercial ...
Arbiter of Tradition and Change: The Atlanta Historical Society's Role in an Urban Landscape
(2010-04-09)
Traditional writings about historical organizations often treat their operations as independent of the community in which they are located. However, a study of the Atlanta Historical Society (AHS) reveals that, in fact, ...
Creativity Through the Use of Color as an External Stimulus
(2010-04-09)
All people have within them the gift of creativity and the capacity to become more creative. Measuring creativity, however, has always been a challenge since studies on the subject began in the mid 20th century. The one ...
Fabrication of 3-D Nanoscale Structures of Arbitrary Shape by a Single-step E-beam Grayscale Lithographic Process
(2010-04-09)
Three dimensional (3-D) structures are widely utilized and critical to device functionality in many applications, such as PBG (photonic band gap) crystals, DOE's (diffractive optical elements), blazed gratings, MEMS, NEMS ...
Beyond Alterity: Narrative Ethics in Faulkner and Agee
(2010-04-08)
This thesis uses the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas to examine the narrative structures of two literary works: William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Both texts feature dense ...
Built-In Self-Test for the Analysis of Mixed-Signal Systems
(2010-04-08)
A new Built-In Self-Test technique called Selective Spectrum Analysis has been developed for the measurement of analog characteristics in mixed-signal circuits. This design utilizes digital components to generate and collect ...
Social and Linguistic Conditioning of the Sociolinguistic Variable (ai) among Textile Mill Workers of Columbus, Georgia, and Southeast Alabama
(2010-04-08)
The purpose of this study is to examine the the social and linguistic conditioning as well as the frequency of the sociolinguistic variable (ai) among a group of European-American textile mill workers born in Columbus, ...
Shoal occupancy estimation for 3 lotic crayfish species in the Tallapoosa River basin, Alabama
(2010-04-08)
The greatest diversity of crayfishes in the world is in the southeastern United States; however many species are at risk and lack of information on habitat requirements and the effects of habitat alteration hamper crayfish ...
The Opposition Court of Henry, Prince of Wales, in the Reign of James I, 1610-1612
(2010-04-08)
Henry Frederick Stuart, eldest son of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark, died at the age of eighteen after only two years as Prince of Wales. In his short life he developed a large following and served as the focal point ...
A Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Apparatus for High Strain Rate Testing of Interpenetrating Phase Composites (IPC): Measurements and Modeling
(2010-04-08)
Novel materials with enhanced mechanical performance and multifunctionality are of interest to automotive, aerospace and marine industries alike. Designing materials with multiple thermo-mechanical attributes while satisfying ...
Planetary Partnerships and Their Role in Global Environmental Governance
(2010-04-08)
Finding solutions to global environmental problems has practical, scientific, theoretical, and academic importance. As a practical matter protecting the earth’s bio-systems is necessary for human survival. As resources ...
"Yr most obedt. Servt.": Eliza Lucas's Epistolary Voice and the Construction of a Southern Female Identity
(2010-04-08)
Since the first publication of her Letterbook in 1972, Eliza Lucas Pinckney has become one of the most anthologized southern women of America’s early history. In addition to making an appearance in almost every historical ...
The Threat of Mesmerism
(2010-04-07)
This thesis examines how mesmerism and its practitioners invoke social anxieties about gender roles in nineteenth century America in view of two texts. Confessions of a Magnetiser, anonymously published in 1845, and “A ...
Examining U.S. and Chinese Students' Purchase Intention for Luxury Brands
(2010-04-07)
Drawing on the conceptual theories of Functional Theories of Attitude, Cognitive-Affective Model of Buying and Theory of Reasoned Action, this study examines the effects of individual characteristics (i.e. need for uniqueness ...
Evaluation of best management practices for bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) control in zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) turf
(2010-04-07)
Zoysiagrasses (Zoysia spp.) are a popular choice as turfgrasses in the transition zone of the United States. When managing zoysiagrass, one of the most problematic weeds to control is bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) ...