Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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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, ...
The Impact of Increasing Carbohydrate Intake Doses on Exogenous Carbohydrate Oxidation, Substrate Utilization, and Exercise Performance
(2008-05-15)
This study assessed: (1) the impact of increasing carbohydrate dosages on carbohydrate oxidation and (2) the impact of increasing carbohydrate dosages on exercise performance. Twelve male cyclists/triathletes ingested a ...
Study of Bacterial Flora in Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Treated with High Pressure
(2008-05-15)
Analysis of bacterial communities present in high-pressure treated, quick-frozen, and raw oysters was carried out independently during three different seasons: winter; summer; and fall of 2006. Oysters used in all experiments ...
The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on the Premia Paid for Target Companies in Mergers and Acquisitions
(2008-05-15)
This thesis investigates the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on the premia paid for target companies in mergers and acquisitions. I am analyzing a sample of 104 deals, where both the target and the acquiring company ...
Recruitment to and Defense of Aphids by Fire Ants and Native Ants and an Estimate of Their Trophic Positions Using Stable Isotopes
(2008-05-15)
The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is an invasive ant known to form facultative mutualisms with aphids. Fire ants significantly reduce the abundance of aphid predators and herbivores on plants infested with ...
Henry Thoreau and Carl Jung: More Day to Dawn
(2008-05-15)
My thesis investigates Thoreau from a Jungian perspective, concentrating primarily on Walden, with additional analysis of Thoreau’s biography and A Week On the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. I apply Jung’s concept of ...
Monsters, Men and Machines: Gender in Literature and Film, 1942 - 1962
(2008-05-15)
In the construction of the ideologically abject we see the creation of its manifestation: monstrosity. Just as the Kristevian abject, which is neither subject nor object, is my starting point, the Deleuzian --Y´Desiring ...
Analysis of Pant Pattern Shapes for Tween Girls Based on 3D Body Scans
(2008-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare pant patterns for normal,
overweight, and obese tweens in order to develop a better understanding of variations in
pattern dimensions and shape. The goal was to evaluate ...
The Impact of Quality Core Curriculum and Georgia Performance Standards on Student Achievement
(2008-05-15)
The state of Georgia is dedicated to leading the nation in improving student achievement (Cox, 2006). The key to making this vision a reality lies in providing a curriculum that will enhance the quality of education. ...
Practical Stateless Geographical Routing (PSGR) - 3-D Stateless Geographic Routing for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
(2008-05-15)
Underwater acoustic sensor networks have recently gained increasing research attentions due to their vast potential applications. Although the limited bandwidth and power resources in such networks have made stateless ...