Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The Rational Design of Recognitive Polymeric Networks for Sensing Applications
(2009-05-04)
Testosterone recognitive networks were synthesized with varying feed crosslinking percentages and length of the bi-functional crosslinking agent to analyze the effect of changing structural parameters on template binding ...
Economic Feasibility of New Kiwifruit Cultivars for Commercial Planting in Alabama
(2009-05-04)
This thesis uses computer modeling (Stella 9 and Simetar) software and environmental data to evaluate the commercial feasibility of yellow fleshed kiwifruit plantings in Alabama.
Sound transmission loss of composite sandwich panels
(2009-05-04)
Light composite sandwich panels are increasingly used in automobiles, ships and aircraft, because of the advantages they offer of high strength-to-weight ratios. However, the acoustical properties of these light and stiff ...
Human Coordination of Robot Teams: An Empirical Study of Multimodal Interface Design
(2009-05-04)
Human Robot Interaction is an emerging area of interdisciplinary research that requires contributions from the areas of robotics, human computer interaction, cognitive sciences, multimodal interfaces and others. Due to ...
Studies on Drought-Responsive Genes in Citrullus colocynthis
(2009-05-01)
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad, closely related to watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai.), is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family. This plant is a drought tolerant species with a deep root system, ...
A decision support system for biorefinery location and logistics
(2009-05-01)
The use of forest biomass, a renewable resource, as a source of fuels or chemicals is hindered by logistics. Economic success of the bioenergy concepts and their products may also depend on the solution to the logistics ...
Sundays
(2009-05-01)
This thesis is comprised of eight short stories that explore loss, whether literal or symbolic, and the consequences upon the stories’ protagonists. In “Blue Dreams,” “September,” and “Fathers and Sons,” a loved one has ...
The Truth is Online: Digital Reality and Remediating The X-Files
(2009-05-01)
In my MA thesis, I argue that the remediation of cultural artifacts enables users of web 2.0 technologies to redefine their interactive experiences with mass media and to blur the line between digital and real. My research ...
The Role of gyrA, Efflux Pump and Integrons in Mediating the Emergence of Multi-Drug Resistance among Canine and Feline Pathogenic Clinical Escherichia coli
(2009-05-01)
A series of experiments was performed to elucidate the emergence of fluoroquinolone (FQ)/multi-drug resistance (MDR) and the contribution of selected mechanisms of resistance to MDR (i.e. mutations in gyrA, efflux pump, ...
Wiregrass: The Transformation of Southeast Alabama, 1880-1930
(2009-05-01)
The southeast corner of Alabama is popularly known as the Wiregrass. The name was originally inspired by the native grass that pioneers found growing abundantly in the region’s longleaf pine forests. However, by the mid ...
Disparities in the Treatment of African American Males as Compared to Other Races with Emphasis on Educational Attainment
(2009-05-01)
This is study represents a review of the literature along with an analysis of secondary data. The study analyzes and highlights the disparities in the quality of education provided to African American males. High school ...
What You Know Or Where You Go: Political Cultural Analysis Of Gender Stereotyping And Leadership Positions
(2009-05-01)
Although women in United States society have made significant strides toward gaining occupational equality with men, it can be argued that gender bias regarding women’s role in society and ability to serve in leadership ...
Economic Feasibilty of Utilizing Saline Groundwater of West Alabama to Produce Florida Pompano in a Recirculating Aquaculture System
(2009-04-30)
Recirculating aquaculture systems hold great promise for producing large amounts of fish in a confined area, using significantly less water and land resources than conventional aquaculture. However, these systems require ...
Internalization: A Process Related to Stages-of-Change among Participants in a Court-Mandated Substance Abuse Program
(2009-04-30)
Substance-use disorders continue to be costly psychological conditions to the individuals who are afflicted, as well as to the society as a whole (NIDA, 1998). Unfortunately, the treatment of substance-use disorders has ...
Representations of Catholicism in American Literature, 1820-1920
(2009-04-30)
This dissertation examines the representation of Catholics and Catholicism in literature by non-Catholic authors in nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century American prose fiction and travel narratives. Moving ...
Zombie as Parody: The Misuses of Science and the Nonhuman Condition in Postmodern Society
(2009-04-30)
For this project, I will focus on those zombie films/texts that locate scientific and medical advances (or “advances”) as the source of cultural critique. Like Frankenstein in his laboratory, these particular zombie texts ...
Composition and Yield of Eight Switchgrass Cultivars in Alabama
(2009-04-30)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a viable cellulosic energy crop. Energy conversion technologies prefer cellulosic feedstock to contain low concentrations of lignin and ash and high concentrations of fermentable sugars. ...
Stigmatization of Adults with Asperger's Disorder
(2009-04-30)
Stigmatization is among the many possible challenges that impact the lives of adults with Asperger’s Disorder (AD). There is currently a paucity of literature on stigmatization of adults with AD. This study evaluated if ...
Corporate Risk and Corporate Governance
(2009-04-29)
This thesis investigates the effect of Gompers, et al.’s goverance index (gindex) and other possible factors on corporate risk. I find that corporate risk is significantly inversely-related with the gindex, which essentially ...
"The Old First is With the South:" The Civil War, Reconstruction, and Memory in the Jackson Purchase Region of Kentucky
(2009-04-29)
This dissertation examines the secession crisis and the Civil War as a watershed moment in the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky. In 1819, following the acquisition of land from the Chickasaw, the Purchase became the ...