Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Optimizing and Scheduling of a Pooled Log Transport System
(2009-07-15)
The log truck scheduling problem (LTSP) under capacity constraints and time window constraints which is an NP-hard problem, involves the design of a set of best possible routes for a set of trucks starting and ending the ...
Collaborative UAS Control to Increase Deconfliction Ability in the NAS
(2009-07-15)
The progression of aviation has led to the strong desire to integrate unmanned
aerial systems (UASs) into the national airspace system (NAS). In order for UASs to
occupy the NAS concurrently with other aircraft, the ...
Privately-Owned Small Impoundments of Central Alabama: A Survey and Evaluation Of Management Techniques and Enhancements
(2009-07-15)
Small impoundments are abundant and widespread throughout central Alabama, and support a large portion of recreational fishing effort. Because the quality of fishing in these ponds is directly related to the management ...
Data Extraction from Servers by the Internet Robot
(2009-07-15)
Data extraction from internet is a way to download and extract the required data automatically from web servers. In this thesis, we present a method called the Internet Robot to extract the data directly from a web server ...
Choice numbers, Ohba numbers and Hall numbers of some complete k-partite graphs
(2009-07-15)
The choice numbers of some complete k−partite graphs are found, after we resolved
a dispute regarding the choice number of K(4, 2, . . . , 2) when k is odd. Estimates of the
choice numbers and the Ohba numbers of K(m, ...
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Groundwater-Surfacewater Interaction in Horizontal and Sloping Unconfined Aquifers.
(2009-07-15)
We investigated the interaction between the water moving from an unconfined aquifer and a surfacewater body. This interaction can occur during or after a rainfall event, which can cause the groundwater table to change. We ...
Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection of Tricresyl Phosphate and Determination of Acid Content in Engine Oils
(2009-07-13)
Electrochemical sensors were developed in this study for the detection of tricresyl phosphate (TCP), a toxic chemical found in airline cabins and determination of acid accumulation in engine oils upon extended usage.
A ...
Transdermal Delivery of Genistein as a Chemoprotective Drug for Melanoma
(2009-07-13)
Genistein is a soy isoflavone and it is a chemo preventative agent against various cancer cell lines including melanoma. The percutaneous absorption of genistein has been scantly investigated. Also, genistein has very poor ...
The Association Between Marital Functioning, Family Closeness, and Tsunami Related Health: Moderation by Religiosity
(2009-07-13)
To date, marital outcomes and family closeness following natural disasters have not been extensively investigated. Previous research indicates that disaster experiences relate to adverse mental health outcomes, and there ...
Erodibility Testing of Cohesive Soils
(2009-07-13)
The Erosion Function Apparatus (EFA) is used to measure erosion rates for cohesive soil samples subjected to water velocities tangent to the sample surface. EFA testing was performed on soil samples taken from three bridge ...
Revoevolution in the Fascist Ideosis: The Comedy of Bill Hicks
(2009-07-13)
Arising from the inconsistencies generated by serious discourse, comedy contains the potential to expose the dominant social logic that imbues cultural forms with meanings and values that perpetuate certain methods of ...
Diamond Chemical Vapor Deposition and Practical Applications
(2009-07-09)
Diamond chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique has been studied intensively and has overcome some of the constraints of traditional high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) diamond synthesis methods in the last decades. ...
Simulation of the Effects of Acoustic Noise on MEMS Gyroscopes
(2009-07-08)
Recent advances in MEMS technology have resulted in relatively low cost gyroscopes and accelerometers. The low cost of these devices has led to inexpensive inertial measurement systems, opening up a wide variety of possible ...
Insulin Signaling and Synaptic Physiology: Insights into the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease
(2009-07-07)
An emerging hypothesis is that desensitization of the neuronal insulin receptor (central insulin resistance) may contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is believed that deficits in glutamatergic ...
The Use of Ultrasonic Telemetry to Estimate Residency, Movement Patterns, and Mortality of Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus
(2009-07-07)
Site fidelity, emigration, and mortality were estimated from telemetry for large (500 – 860 mm TL) red snapper Lutjanus campechanus (N = 87) from four artificial and one natural reef in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. ...
Thermal Stability of Tagatose
(2009-07-06)
Tagatose is a minimally absorbed monosaccharide that has prebiotic properties. To achieve this prebiotic benefit, tagatose in foods and beverages must not be lost during processing. However, data on the thermal stability ...
Future Orientation, Impulsivity, and Deviance: Longitudinal Relationships and Multilevel Processes
(2009-07-06)
Using a sample of over 14,000 adolescents from 145 schools of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the current work tested the longitudinal relationship between future orientation and deviance ...
Developing Methods for Detecting Cotton Fiber Identity Theft
(2009-07-06)
This study focused on determining ways to detect identity theft of cotton fibers through developing identification tests from fibers to end products. Cotton types examined in this study include: Extra-Long Staple cotton ...
Robust Methods for Functional Data Analysis
(2009-07-06)
Functional data consist of observed functions or curves at a finite subset of an interval. Each functional observation is a realization from a stochastic process. This thesis aims to develop suitable statistical methodologies ...
Towards the Understanding of Complex Biochemical Systems: the Significance of Global Protein Structure and Thorough Parametric Analysis
(2009-07-06)
Enzymes are a highly diverse set of macromolecules, and, given their size and biocatalytic significance, each is an extremely complex system to study. As such, many assumptions must be made to simplify these systems to a ...