Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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More Than Meditation: The Role of Dispositional Mindfulness in Alcohol and Marijuana-Related Problems
(2010-05-27)
Mindfulness refers to experiencing one’s self and environment in a conscious and unbiased manner focusing on the temporary, passing quality of thoughts, feelings, and life. Treatment providers have employed mindfulness-based ...
The Role of Individual Differences in Working Memory in the Encoding and Retrieval of Information
(2010-05-27)
Individual differences in working memory capacity have been examined in relation to general fluid intelligence and higher-order cognitive tasks. Little research, however, had focused on the role that individual differences ...
The Removal of the Creek Indians from the Southeast, 1825-1838
(2009-08-07)
This dissertation examines the removal of approximately twenty-three thousand Creek Indians from Alabama and Georgia to present-day Oklahoma between 1825 and 1838. At its height, the Creek Nation encompassed most of the ...
A Clustering Rule-based Approach for Classification Problems
(2010-05-24)
Today’s data storage and collection abilities have allowed the accumulation of enormous amounts of data. Data mining can be a useful tool in transforming these large amounts of raw data into useful information. Predictive ...
College Professors' Perceptions of and Responses to Relational Aggression in College Students
(2010-05-24)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of selected factors on professors' responses to relational aggression in college students. Specifically, this study explored the relationships between professors' ...
Convexity of Generalized Numerical Ranges Associated with SU(n) and SO(n)
(2010-05-20)
We give a new proof of a result of Tam on the convexity of the generalized numerical
range associated with the classical Lie groups SO(n). We also provide a connection between
the result and the convexity of the classical ...
Evaluation of Hydromulches as an Erosion Control Measure Using Intermediate-Scale Experiments
(2010-05-20)
Discharge of sediment-laden stormwater from active construction sites, such as highway construction projects, is a growing concern in the construction industry (Zech et al. 2007, 2008). The United States Environmental ...
Design, synthesis and characterization of polymeric films and membranes
(2010-05-20)
Solid polymer electrolyte membranes play a vital role in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Although these membranes have been used successfully, there is still a need to improve their proton conductivity, lower their ...
The Occurrence of Xylella fastidiosa and Its Sharpshooter Vectors in Selected Alabama Orchards and Vineyards
(2010-05-19)
Although the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) has been confirmed to cause economic losses to numerous fruit crop species in the southeastern U.S. since 1933, no science-based information is available on the occurrence of ...
Vanishing Georgia Photographic Collection: The Discovery of Georgia's Historical Photographs and the Expansion of Public Access
(2010-05-19)
This thesis documents the Vanishing Georgia Photographic Collection through three distinct phases: the collection of images, the publication of a book based on the collection, and the digitization of the images for broader ...
Style Preference and Benefits Sought by Women for Customized Swimwear Based on Body Shape, Age, and Dress Size
(2010-05-19)
The purpose of this study was explore possible relationships between the body shapes, ages, and dress sizes of adult female consumers of customized swimwear and the preferences they have for swimsuit styles, what body parts ...
Interaction of Groundwater, Surface Water, and Seawater in Wolf Bay, Weeks Bay, and Dauphin Island Coastal Watersheds, Alabama
(2010-05-19)
Freshwater residing in coastal plain aquifers and watersheds represents one of our nation’s most important natural resources. Globally, the distribution and fluxes of freshwater in many coastal settings remains poorly ...
Determination Of Lubricant Quality using Maximum Bubble Pressure Method
(2010-05-19)
A common lubricant in vehicles is Motor oil. Motor oil deteriorates in quality due to oxidation, thermal breakdown, micro-dieseling, additive depletion, electrostatic spark discharge or contamination. Reaction with oxygen ...
Highly Reliable and Load-balancing Routing Protocol for the Wireless Sensor Network
(2010-05-19)
In wireless sensor networks, the reliability of message delivery is low because its wireless medium has a high packet loss rate and some nodes frequently may not work because each node uses a small amount of battery power. ...
Measuring Visual Change Detection in Specific Phobia
(2010-05-18)
The utility afforded from cognitive tasks in research concerning attentional bias and anxiety is well documented; however, whether it extends to research concerning specific phobia is uncertain. Often, the connection between ...
An Econometric Analysis of Alabama Rural Land Values
(2010-05-17)
Dramatic changes in rural land values played an important role in regional, social, economic, and environmental development. The ability to understand and predict these changes is necessary for the effective design of ...
Assessment of Precision Technologies for Accurate Delivery of Crop Inputs
(2010-05-14)
At the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center (TVREC), Belle Mina,
Alabama, Global Positioning System (GPS)-assisted machine guidance and subsurface drip
irrigation (SDI) have been implemented to study precision ...
Genetic Analysis of Dispersal and Population Dynamics of the Southeastern Coyote (Canis latrans)
(2010-05-13)
Two different types of genetic analyses, phylogeography and population genetics, were completed on coyotes (Canis latrans) across the Central Plains, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States. The first goal of this study ...
Optimizing the Use of a John Deere Slash Bundling Unit in a Tree-Length Logging System
(2010-05-13)
The purpose of this project was to explore an avenue that could supply a source of readily available energy in Southeastern forested lands. Typical, southern harvesting operations consist of whole tree harvesting in which ...
Microbial Implication of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
(2010-05-12)
Magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4) designed for remediation will be intentionally released into the environment; however, little is known regarding their impact on bacterial populations. Research was conducted to 1) investigate ...