Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Productivity, Nutritive Quality and Utilization of Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum) for Beef Cattle Production as Influenced by Fertilization Regime and Grazing Management
(2009-08-05)
Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum) is well adapted to the Black Belt region of the southeastern US, and information on its productivity and nutritive quality as influenced by fertility and grazing management is needed in ...
Economic Risks of Aflatoxin Contamination in the Production and Marketing of Peanut in Benin
(2009-08-05)
Aflatoxins are naturally occurring mycotoxins that are produced by species of fungus: Aspergillus flavus and parasiticus. Aflatoxins occur in many agricultural products, in particular peanut (Arachis Hypogea L.). Many ...
Performance of Forage-Finished Beef Cattle Grazing Ryegrass, Rye or Oats, and Forage Quality Measured by a High-Throughput Procedure
(2009-08-05)
A 3-yr grazing trial was conducted with ryegrass (Lolium perenne), rye (Secale cereale) and oats (Avena sativa) as winter pasture for forage-finished beef. Replicate 1.42-ha paddocks were established and stocked with 3 ...
Examining the Role of Personal, Social Exchange, and Contextual Fit Variables in Employee Work Outcomes under Continuous Change: A Field Investigation
(2009-08-04)
Despite the consensus, that the ability of organizations to manage change is critical to their survival, organizations have seldom been able to change successfully. The knowledge that change can be difficult and disruptive ...
Biodecolorization of Paper Mills Wastewater Using Anaerobic Composting
(2009-08-04)
This research studied the feasibility of using anaerobic composting for decolorizing effluents in the pulp and paper industry. While color is regarded as an aesthetic problem, there are several adverse effects associated ...
Counselor Spiritual Competencies: An Examination of Counselor Practices
(2009-08-04)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the spiritual competencies and practices used by mental health professionals, particularly the 1) knowledge, 2) awareness, 3) understanding, and 4) interventions these practitioners ...
Privacy Protected Location Based Services
(2009-08-04)
An increasing number of the mobile devices nowadays embedded with the GPS module (e.g., smart phones, PDAs and RFIDs), which makes the user can facilitated from the location based services. They can ask for the nearby ...
Temporally Specific Extinction of Pavlovian Conditioned Inhibition
(2009-08-04)
In Pavlovian conditioned inhibition, conditioned stimulus A (CS A) is trained to predict the occurrence of an unconditioned stimulus (US), but when CS A is presented in compound with CS C, the US is omitted. Thus, CS C ...
Electrical Properties of MOS devices fabricated on 4H Carbon-face SiC
(2009-08-04)
Silicon-based devices are still the mainstay of the electronics industry, with applications ranging from small chips in personal computers to large, high power switching devices. However, Si has faced greater and greater ...
Synthesis, Spectroscopic Investigation and Immobilization Of Copper(II) Complexes as Oxidation Catalysts
(2009-08-04)
Schiff-base complexes that function as catalysts in aqueous media have been developed. The design of environmentally benign metal catalysts with multidentate ligands is a field of intense current interest. Transition metal ...
Development of Microscopic Imaging System for Rapid Detection of Salmonella in Raw Chicken
(2009-08-04)
The overall objective of this study was to develop a new Salmonella detection method on poultry by combining a biosensor with a light microscopic imaging system. In the first study, brain heart infusion (BHI) broth was ...
Identification of genes involved in the production of a novel antifungal agent (7, 10, 12-trihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(2009-08-04)
The gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa catalyzes the conversion of ricinoleic acid into a novel trihydroxy fatty acid, 7, 10, 12-trihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid (TOD), that has a potent antifungal activity ...
Examining the Reliability and Validity of a Measure of Child Care Provider Motivation
(2009-08-04)
The concept of motivation in the child care area has not been based in theory and no standard measure has been used to assess it. The limited work examining the influence of providers’ motivation on care giving quality has ...
Testing the Effectiveness of E-mailed Basics Feedback with College Students
(2009-08-03)
This study was conducted to test the effectiveness of the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) when delivered to students via e-mail. Participants (N = 191) enrolled in Introduction to ...
Effect of three dimensional forcing on the wake of a circular cylinder
(2009-08-03)
The periodic wake of a circular cylinder was investigated with a three dimensional
disturbances,introduced in the flow field through two sinusoidal slits located on two diametrically
opposite direction on the cylinder ...
Hatchery, Nursery, Nutrition and Stock Evaluation of Redclaw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus
(2009-08-03)
The redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) aquaculture industry has developed rapidly in tropical and subtropical regions of the world during the last decade. Important advances have been made; however, technology for ...
Pharmacological Characterization of Canine Melanocortin-4 Receptor and Its Natural Variant V213F
(2009-08-03)
Obesity is becoming one of the most significant public health problems all over the world, especially in some developed countries. During the past decade, genetic factors associated with obesity have gained more attention. ...
Development of smoked and gelatin-based products from catfish
(2009-08-03)
Catfish is the most important aquaculture species in the southern United States. A major part of the catfish production is processed and sold in raw (fresh or frozen) form. There is a lack of catfish product forms in the ...
Pharmacokinetics of Amikacin after a Single Intravenous Dose
(2009-08-03)
Amikacin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, has been used extensively in humans and other animals to treat infections produced by Gram-negative bacteria. The pharmacokinetics of amikacin has been studied in foals, but because ...
Stability Analysis of a Segmented Free-wing Concept for UAS Gust Alleviation in Adverse Environments
(2009-08-03)
High altitude, long endurance (HALE) aircraft feature large wing spans and
have very low wing loadings resulting in sensitivity to turbulence. While turbulence
is usually quite low in the stratosphere where HALE aircraft ...