Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Auburn Alumni Study: A Secondary Analysis Of University Alumni Attitudes
(2010-08-05)
The nation’s lagging economy is impacting institutions of higher education including rising operational costs, a decrease in state appropriations, sagging returns on endowments and a decrease in the amount of private support ...
Sarmiento, Echeverría and Hernández’s Implementation of Historical Reciprocation in Argentina’s Battle of Oppression
(2010-08-05)
A study of historical reciprocation in the literature of Sarmiento, Echeverría, and Hernández shows the political and social unrest in Argentina in the 19th century.
A Novel Three Dimensional Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging Technology-Manufacturing Process Development and Reliability Characterizations
(2010-08-05)
Three Dimensional (3D) packaging has moved to the forefront in the electronic packaging industry, as the trend toward higher performance, smaller form factor and lower cost continues.
The development of the manufacturing ...
Mortality Salience and Dimensions of Disabilities
(2010-08-05)
The goal of this study was to investigate the link between dimensions of disabilities and mortality salience, operationalized as closeness to death. Towards this end, 211 undergraduate students responded to a series of ...
Feasibility Study for a Novel Micropump Design That Utilizes Shape Memory Alloy Diaphragm and Blood Flow
(2010-08-05)
Many different types of micropumps have been designed to pump a variety of
fluids at the micro-liter level. Some of the major short-comings of these designs are leaks
due to moving parts, lack of tolerance to bubbles, ...
Two Iron-Sulfur Proteins Involved in Isoprenoid Biosynthesis with New Catalytic Roles
(2010-08-05)
(E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate synthase (GcpE or IspG) and (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase (LytB or IspH) are involved in the last two steps of the DOXP pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis. ...
Interactive marketing strategies: Improving brand messaging through multi-level engagement congruent to consumers’ cognitive preferences
(2010-08-05)
Since the advent of the Internet, companies have progressively sought to make full use of this tool in their marketing and consumer engagement endeavors. A recent trend is to increase consumer brand awareness through ...
Teachers' and Administrators' Perceptions About A Leadership Capacity Building Program
(2010-08-05)
This study examined teacher leaders’ and administrators’ perceptions of a leadership capacity building program. The need for developing teacher leaders and enhancing the skills of practicing school administrators has gained ...
The Effects of Aging on the Mechanical Behavior of Lead Free and Mixed Formulation Solder Alloys
(2010-08-05)
The microstructure, mechanical response, and failure behavior of lead free solder joints in electronic assemblies are constantly evolving when exposed to isothermal aging and/or thermal cycling environments. In this work, ...
The Application of Fit Characteristics to Mentor-Protege Relationships
(2010-08-04)
To test the hypothesis that congruence of regulatory focus orientation would improve ratings of a mentor’s effectiveness by a protégé, 110 participants completed a two part study in which they interacted with a potential ...
Imitation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Analysis of Task Type and Common Errors
(2010-08-04)
The purpose of this study was to identify common imitative errors emitted by children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and typically developing children across varying types of imitative tasks. Twenty-two low-functioning ...
Parametric Study of a Commercial-Scale Biomass Downdraft Gasifier: Experiments and Equilibrium Modeling
(2010-08-04)
Biomass has already emerged in the renewable energy arena as one of the promising candidates
for the future. Biomass has been a major source of fuel for human from the existence of
mankind. Rapid urbanization and widespread ...
Administrators' Perceptions of the Impact of No Child Left Behind Compliance on High Poverty, Rural School Systems
(2010-08-04)
Since the publication of a Nation at Risk in 1983, public schools have been through many waves of reform claiming that the enhancement of educational quality provided for all students in public schools was the major goal. ...
The Impact of Mentoring Relationships and Influences on the Career of Women Superintendents of Alabama
(2010-08-04)
Women make up the majority of personnel in today’s school systems yet few hold the highest position of superintendent. According to the Digest of Education Statistics, in 2001, 79 percent of all public school teachers ...
Three Studies on Drinking Game Behavior among College Students
(2010-08-04)
The majority of college students consume alcohol. Some college students consume heavily and these abusive patterns of alcohol use can be associated with substantial negative consequences. Drinking game participation has ...
Ecology and Management of Plum Curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Alabama Peaches
(2010-08-04)
Peach production is a major industry in Alabama and many other southeastern states of the United States. Over 40,000 acres of fresh and processed peaches worth $65 million are produced annually in Alabama, Georgia, and ...
The Effects of Isothermal Aging on the Mechanical Behavior of Underfill Encapsulants
(2010-08-04)
Underfill encapsulants are widely used in the microelectronics industry to improve the reliability of electronic components assembled to printed circuit boards. In this work, the effects of isothermal aging on the ...
Activated Murine Thymic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells alter Thymopoiesis
(2010-08-04)
Pediatric human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection is characterized by rapid disease progression and profound thymus insufficiency; however the pathogenesis of thymus dysfunction during HIV infection is complex and ...
Immunohistochemical Localization of the Melanocortin-4 Receptor (MC4R) in the Colon Myenteric Plexus
(2010-08-04)
Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is a tricdecaneuropeptide that can bind four melanocortin receptors (MC1R, MC3R-MC5R) to exert various receptor-dependent effects. MC4R regulates several functions which include ...
The evolution of female polymorphism in a Neotropical radiation of lizards
(2010-08-04)
Color pattern polymorphism – the occurrence of multiple color patterns within populations – has provided excellent opportunities for the study of evolution. Recently, a renewed interest in polymorphism was sparked by the ...