Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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A Study of School Counseling Services Provision to Children of Deployed Military Parents
(2009-11-20)
Considering the impact of deployment on the children of military parents as evidenced by a review of the literature, school counselors are in a unique position to assist these students during long-term or repeated deployments. ...
Prescription Drug Prices and the United States' Health Care Market, A Cross-Sectional Analysis
(2009-11-20)
This thesis is an analysis of the United States health care market and what factors most significantly influence spending habits. The data obtained for this study is from 2004 and was collected for each state through various ...
Experimental Investigation of Thermo-Hydraulic Characteristics of Two-Phase Flow of FC72 in Microchannel Heat Sinks
(2009-11-20)
Advances in electronics such as chip level integration and die stacking have led to a bottleneck in further development since dissipation of the resulting high heat fluxes continues to be a challenge. Due to the tremendous ...
Experimental and Computational Investigation of a Turbofan Inlet Duct
(2009-11-20)
The flow field of an axisymmetric turbofan inlet was investigated experimentally and computationally. Flow visualization results were obtained using LIF, hydrogen bubbles, and PIV. Incidence angle was determined to be a ...
Integration of Intensive Aquaculture and Horticulture Crop Production
(2009-11-19)
Agricultural sectors can be integrated into mutually beneficial productions
systems. Integration provides improved production sustainability, increased ecosystem
health, increased human health, and polyculture. Horticulture ...
Correlations Between the Five Factor Model of Personality and Problem Behavior
(2009-11-19)
The validity of the Five Factor Model of personality traits has been mainly assessed with
adults and late adolescents. Research has shown that adolescents are able to give reliable selfreports
regarding their personality ...
Dynamic Modeling of Two-Phase Heat and Vapor Transfer Characteristics in a Gas-to-Gas Membrane Humidifier for Use in Automotive PEM Fuel Cells
(2009-11-19)
Due to the recent negative outlook on the availability of cheap, long term energy supplies from non-renewable resources, several technologies have been proposed and revisited as possible solutions to the current energy ...
Collaborative Marketing Enterprises: Local Food Exchange and the Promise of Sustainability
(2009-11-19)
Direct marketing by small-scale, organically-oriented farmers in the United States has risen in popularity in recent decades in the form of farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture, roadside stands and U-pick ...
The Effect of Affect Regulation on the Relationship between Attachment and Internalizing/Externalizing Behavior Problems in Male Adolescents who have Sexually Offended
(2009-11-19)
It is important to better understand those who perpetrate sexually; however, much of the available research has been conducted with adult sex offenders. Since research has found that these adults frequently report ...
Initially Held Hypothesis Does Not Affect Encoding of Event Frequencies in Contingency Based Causal Judgment
(2009-11-19)
It has long been known that the event types of the standard 2 x 2 contingency table are used differentially in making contingency judgments. The present experiment sought to investigate the possible role of initially held ...
A User-Centered Approach Integrating an Interactive Product System into the Design of a Grocery Shopping Experience
(2009-11-19)
Health conditions in the United States are continuing to rise. Many of these health conditions can be resolved or suppressed by making healthier food decisions. People rely on Nutrition Fact Labels to give them information ...
End-Wall Flow of a Surface-Mounted Obstacle on a Convex Hump
(2009-11-18)
A convex hump has been used to overcome the undesirable effects of the juncture vortex. The effects of a convex hump on the approach boundary layer and consequentially the end-wall flow were quantified. A convex geometry ...
Law Enforcement and Disabilities
(2009-11-18)
To further the body of knowledge which determines efficacy of academy police training
in the area of disabilities, this study examines the content of law enforcement training curricula
for information related to mental ...
Exploration of the Origin of Substrate Effects and Elastic Strain Properties during Thin Film Nanoindentation
(2009-11-18)
In this study, the main goal was to investigate the true origin of an influence of substrate effects during nanoindentation of thin films. The work examined the proper relation between the elastic strain intensities in the ...
The Influence of Organizational Values on Profitability
(2009-11-18)
Organizational values have received increased attention in the literature. Research suggested that a relationship existed between organizational values and organizational performance (Alexander & Nagel, 1996; Cascio, 2006; ...
Toxicity and Repellency of Essential Oils to the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera:Blattellidae)
(2009-11-18)
The topical toxicity of 12 essential oil components (carvacrol, 1,8-cineole, trans-cinnamaldehyde, citronellic acid, eugenol, geraniol, S-(-)-limonene, (-)-linalool,
(-)-menthone, (+)-α-pinene, (-)-β-pinene, and thymol) ...
Changes in Cardiotrophin-1 and Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 with Weight Loss
(2009-11-18)
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of modest weight loss on circulating concentrations of cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) and fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF-21) in obese men. Nine obese men (age = 41.5 ...
Potassium Fertilization of Bluegill Ponds
(2009-11-18)
Bluegill ponds at Auburn University, Alabama were treated with potassium (K) fertilizer at rates of 0, 0.125, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 8 Kg/ha with either one or two ponds per rate. Concentrations of potassium in pond water ranged ...
Orientation Feature Binding in Pigeons
(2009-11-18)
Manipulating conditions under which humans search for a target is a standard approach
for studying perceptual errors. An important early finding was that visual search for
a combination of features (e.g., color, orientation, ...
Alfred Watkins and the Lassiter High School Band: A Qualitative Study
(2009-11-17)
The purpose of this study was to explore the life and lifework of Alfred Watkins, Director of Bands at Lassiter High School for 27 years and to describe the components that contribute to the success of the Lassiter High ...