Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices for Low Frequency Vibration Applications
(2009-05-15)
Energy harvesting, a process of capturing ambient waste energy and converting it into usable electricity, has been attracting more and more researchers’ interest because of the limitations of traditional power sources, the ...
The Research and Design of Spinal Orthosis to Create a Back Brace for Post Operative Patients
(2009-05-15)
There are 11,000 new injuries that affect the back each year. The injuries sustained are often serious and require surgical treatment. The treatment, along with the rehabilitation process, can often be physically and ...
Culturalistic Design: Design Approach to Create Products for Specific Cultural and Subcultural Groups
(2009-05-15)
Designers have a unique process for solving problems commonly referred to as design thinking. Design thinking, especially on a cultural level can be used to tackle a wide range of creative and business issues. Design ...
A Floor Space Valuation Method for Automotive Electronics Manufacturing
(2009-05-15)
Manufacturing complex products in order to survive the competition in the automotive electronics industry requires high volume manufacturing combined with high levels of quality and automation at a very low cost. All of ...
Human Behavior Representation in Physical Security Systems Simulation
(2009-05-15)
Physical security systems are designed to prevent access to a facility by intruders, detect the presence of intruders, or facilitate the capture of intruders once they are detected. These systems generally include a ...
Sleep Functioning and Problem Behaviors: The Salience of Parental Warmth
(2009-05-15)
Inadequate sleep functioning, such as low sleep quantity and poor sleep quality, appears prevalent across age groups, but is particularly detrimental during adolescence, and the consequences vary widely; they include ...
Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Behaviors: What Roles Do Parental Warmth, Parental Psychological Control, Adolescent Psychological Well-Being and Demographics Play?
(2009-05-15)
Although adolescents’ relationships with their parents have been widely studied, how adolescents’ relationships with their parents are associated with adolescents’ sexuality is one area of research that is beginning to ...
Effects of Inversion Perturbation After Drop Landing on the Latency of the Ankle Musculature
(2009-05-15)
Ankle sprains are a common injury affecting a large number of athletes and workers every year. Of specific concern is the latency of the peroneus longus and peroneus brevis which provide a dynamic defense mechanism against ...
Investigating Interactions Between Channel Catfish and Other Sport Fishes in Alabama’s State Public Fishing Lakes
(2009-05-15)
Channel catfish Ictalurus puntatus is a popular sportfish maintained by annual stocking in Alabama's State Public Fishing Lakes. Channel catfish may negatively affect bluegill Lepomis macrochirus and largemouth bass ...
Disruption of Embryonic Development in Common Carp, Cyprinus Carpio, and Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus, Via Knock Down of BMP2 Gene for Repressible Transgenic Sterilization
(2009-05-15)
The primary objective of this research was to evaluate the sterile feral (SF) technology to accomplish reversible transgenic sterilization in fish. Secondary objectives were to 1) determine the ability of SF3 and SF4 ...
Harnessing the Capacity of PGPR With or Without AMF for Improved Plant Use Efficiency of Chemical Fertilizers and Organic Manure
(2009-05-15)
The basis for the application of fertilizers (manure and chemical) is to make up for soil nutrient deficiencies and maintain soil fertility towards improved crop yield. Fertilizers could exacerbate environmental problems ...
An Evaluation System For Mechanical And Electrical Characterization Of MEMS Devices
(2009-05-15)
The evaluation of MEMS devices during the developmental phase prior to packaging is challenging. However, evaluating a MEMS device in die form can be useful, as its electrical and mechanical test results can provide useful ...
Neuro-Fuzzy System with Increased Accuracy Suitable for Hardware Implementation
(2009-05-15)
Fuzzy controllers are easy to design for complex control surfaces but produce rough control surfaces which might lead to unstable operation. On the other hand neural controllers are hard and complex to train but they produce ...
A Hardware-Software Processor Architecture using Pipeline Stalls for Leakage Power Management
(2009-05-15)
In recent years, power consumption has become a critical design concern for many VLSI systems. Nowhere is this truer than for portable, battery-operated applications, where power consumption has perhaps superseded speed ...
Financing Constraints and Microfinance in Eastern Europeand Central Asia
(2009-05-15)
Microfinance institutions are a growing tool used to alleviate poverty throughout the world. This thesis estimates how much the impact, if any, that microfinance institutions in 19 countries have throughout Eastern Europe ...
Educative Curriculum Materials
(2009-05-15)
This study explored the dynamic teacher-curriculum relationship to determine whether experiences with educative curriculum materials for using historical photographs might contribute to three social studies teachers’ ...
The Relationships of Parental Involvement, Motivating Factors, and Socioeconomic Status to High School All-state Choir and Band Membership
(2009-05-15)
The primary purpose of this study was to identify differences in parental involvement, motivational factors, and socioeconomic status (SES) between high school band and chorus participants. The secondary purpose of this ...
Comparing self and others' perceptions of adolescent girls' body size using figural stimuli and 3d body scans
(2009-05-15)
The overall objective of this study was to explore young adolescent girls’ body size perceptions and older female students’ perceptions of the adolescent girls’ body size based on a nine point figural scale. Forty-two body ...
Using 3D Body Scan Measurement Data and Body Shape Assessment to Build Anthropometric Profiles of Tween Girls
(2009-05-15)
Tween girls, especially plus sizes, have reported having difficulty finding appropriately sized clothing due to apparel sizing which is incongruous with their body size. As these adolescents progress through puberty, care ...
Quantitative Risk Assessment Model for Software Security in the Design Phase of Software Development
(2009-05-15)
Risk analysis is a process for considering possible risks and determining,which are the most significant for any particular effort. Determining which risks to address and the optimum strategy for mitigating said risks is ...