Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Humanizing the Gangster: An Examination into the Character from Hawks’ to DePalma’s Scarface
(2008-08-15)
This thesis determines why the film gangster gained acceptance in American society through an examination of both the 1932 and 1983 versions of Scarface. The gangster depicted in the earlier film was characterized as a ...
It's a Man's World: Representations of Gender and Competing Ideologies in 'Shaun of the Dead'
(2008-08-15)
This thesis utilizes a gender media studies approach to analyze the 2004 British film Shaun of the Dead. Blending several film genres, Shaun of the Dead is counted among a small but growing sub-subgenre of film known as ...
How Does Perez Do It?: Evaluating Tabloid News Transparency and Credibility in the Blogosphere
(2008-08-15)
The effect that blogger transparency has upon credibility evaluations of a weblog and Web blogger were tested. Two hundred and sixty-five university students were surveyed regarding their credibility evaluations of celebrity ...
Seeking MRNA Methylation Inhibitors as Antiviral Agents
(2008-08-15)
Aristeromycin and neplanocin A are two examples of potent S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitors. As a consequence, they show significant broad-spectrum antiviral activity, however, their clinical potential is limited ...
Probing the Reaction Mechanism of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase
(2008-08-15)
Methyl coenzyme M reductase (MCR) is the key enzyme in both microbial methane production and anaerobic methane oxidation. MCR catalyzes the reaction of methyl-coenzyme M (CH3SCoM) and coenzyme B (HSCoB) to methane and the ...
Reaction Analysis of Templated Polymer Systems
(2008-08-15)
Templated polymer systems have unique 'trained' binding characteristics that make them of high interest within chromatography, sensors, diagnostic devices, and drug delivery carriers. In this work, a typical highly ...
Biohybrid and Biomimetic Platforms for Programmable Therapeutic Delivery
(2008-08-15)
Drug and gene delivery carriers such as hydrogels and metallic nanoparticles have shown remarkable promise as programmable platforms in the targeted delivery of their payload. In this work, the fundamental principles of ...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Radiation-Induced Thymic Atrophy as a Model for Pathologic Changes in Acute Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
(2008-08-15)
The thymus is a primary lymphoid organ responsible for the production of a diverse repertoire of immunocompetent and self-tolerant T lymphocytes (T cells), vital for proper immune function. T lymphocyte differentiation, ...
Functional characterization and pharmacological rescue of the human and porcine neural melanocortin receptors
(2008-08-15)
During the past decade, numerous studies showed that both melanocortin-3 and -4 receptors (MC3R and MC4R) are critically involved in regulation of mammalian energy balance. The MC4R plays a vital role in regulation of food ...
Xyris tennesseensis: status survey, habitat restoration/management concerns, and relation to a new xyrid, Xyris spathifolia
(2008-08-15)
Xyris tennesseensis is a federally endangered, obligate wetland, perennial herb. It inhabits calcareous seeps, fens, and spring runs with a distribution restricted to the Interior Plateau and Ridge and Valley ecoregions ...
Reduction of Soil Compaction in a Cotton and Peanut Rotation Using Conservation Systems
(2008-08-15)
Southern Coastal plain soils have a long history of intensive continuous monoculture cropping, and are highly weathered due to geoclimatic conditions. These soils pose a challenge to the adoption of conservation agriculture ...
Effect of Rye Residue on Soil Properties and Nitrogen Fertilization of Cotton
(2008-08-15)
Conservation tillage systems that use rye (Secale cereale L.) as a cover crop have many benefits on soils properties and crop productivity. However, rye biomass could be harvested for alternative uses, which could jeopardize ...
Lethal and Non-Lethal Outcomes for Male and Female Offenders: Utilizing the NIBRS Datasource
(2008-05-15)
The focus of this paper is to determine if the victim and the offender characteristics, along with the contextual factors, influence the lethality of a violent encounter. Data from the National Incident-Based Reporting ...
The Rise of the Islamic Movement in Sudan 1945-1989
(2008-05-15)
Using a wider theoretical framework and recognizing the gaps that exist in studying political Islam, this study utilized Social Movement Theory (SMT) in examining the rise of the Islamic Movement in Sudan (1945-1989). ...
Development and Study of Phage-Coated Magnetoelastic Biosensors for the Detection of Bacillus Anthracis Sterne Spores
(2008-05-15)
Bacillus anthracis spores have long been recognized as biological warfare agents because of their ability to cause mortality in humans and their long life under unfavorable environments. The early detection of Bacillus ...
Essays in Alternative Solution Selection Using Search Technologies
(2008-05-15)
With the growth of data storage reaching exponential rates, search technologies are critical components of today’s information systems. Understanding how individuals use these search technologies and what individual factors ...
Illuminating Music: A Research and Product Design Study Applying Synesthesia and Ambient Peripheral Display Theory to the Violin
(2008-05-15)
See. Hear. Taste. Smell. Touch. The senses are the conduit from the external to the internal. There are a select few who live in an almost unimaginable world where two or more of their senses are joined. There are ...
The Development and Representation of Occupant Performance in Building Evacuation Modeling
(2008-05-15)
Occupant characteristics are considered important features incorporated into most evacuation models. The relative scarcity of evacuation experiments in the literature, contributes to some extent to the continuous challenge ...
Valuation of Power Generation Investments in Deregulated Capacity Markets
(2008-05-15)
Electricity is a very unique product that has yet to become efficiently storable, and it is uniform in its nature independent of what technology is being used to produce it. This factor makes the valuation of a power ...
Letting Teachers Speak: The National History Standards Project and Its Consequences
(2008-05-15)
This thesis examines the National History Standards Project within the context of successive cycles of educational reform. It attempts to illustrate why and how the National History Standards were developed in the 1990s, ...