Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Vacuum Magnetic Flux Surface Measurements Made on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid
(2008-08-15)
Understanding the behavior of plasmas in magnetic confinement fusion devices typically requires accurate knowledge of the magnetic field structure. In stellarator-type confinement devices, the helical magnetic field is ...
Theoretical Study of Thermal Properties and Thermal Conductivities of Crystals
(2008-08-15)
Standard first-principles total energy and force calculations were extended to the calculations of harmonic force constant matrices and third order lattice anharmonicity tensors with an efficient super-cell finite-difference ...
Many-Body Dipole Interactions
(2008-08-15)
This dissertation presents the study of controllable but strong long-range interaction between dipoles. In particular, we investigate the excitation and interaction between atoms in a cold gas where the collisional time ...
A Comparison of Dispensing Error Detection Methods for the Department of Defense
(2008-08-15)
Medication error rates in pharmacies range from 0.2% to 10% and there are
several detection methods in which these rates are determined. The observation and self
report methods for detecting medication errors are described ...
Inclusion Complexation of Gefitinib with Cyclodextrins
(2008-08-15)
Gefitinib, a very slightly soluble new drug, is used in the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients who have previously received chemotherapy. This study examined the ...
Prenatal Nicotine Exposure and Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Impairment
(2008-08-15)
Prenatal nicotine exposure in the form of active maternal smoking is a major risk factor for several harmful effects in the children. These effects include reduced motor skills, poor IQ scores and most importantly learning ...
Weight and body composition changes in first semester college freshmen
(2008-08-15)
The “freshman 15” is a common phenomenon that is thought to occur to first year college students. It is the popular idea that college freshmen, due to various reasons, gain 15 pounds during their first year at school. ...
Ser312 Fetuin-A Phosphorylation and Its Association with Serum Lipids in Metabolic Syndrome
(2008-08-15)
Fetuin-A (also known as alpha 2-HS-glycoprotein), secreted by the liver into circulation, interacts with the insulin receptor, and is a physiological inhibitor of insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity in vitro, in ...
Empowerment and Organizational Climate: An Investigation of Mediating Effects on the Core-Self Evaluation, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment Relationship
(2008-08-15)
Job satisfaction and organizational commitment have each been a central focus of human resources issues in hospitality for academicians and practitioners alike. These two concepts have been examined in the literature and ...
Resting Metabolism and Metabolic Responses to Solid and Liquid Meals in Sedentary and Exercising College-Age Males
(2008-08-15)
Differences in resting metabolic rate (RMR) were measured in a total of 29 sedentary and exercising college-age males, as were their metabolic responses (diet-induced thermogenesis, DIT) to solid and liquid meals. Subject ...
Associations between Adult Food Insecurity and Various Nutrition Outcome
(2008-08-15)
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a better understanding of the health and nutritional status of food insecure persons in the United States. This dissertation covers three studies which used data from the ...
The Effects of an Advanced Practice Nurse-led Telephone-based Intervention upon Hospital Readmissions, Quality of Life, and Self-Care Behaviors of Heart Failure Patients
(2008-08-15)
Heart failure (HF) is a chronic condition that has become a major public health problem. The effects of HF pose daily challenges for those living with this debilitating illness. Frequent hospitalization related to HF ...
Characterization of Die Stresses in Large Area Array Flip Chip Packages
(2008-08-15)
Microprocessor packaging in modern workstations and servers often consists of one or more large flip chip die that are mounted to a high performance ceramic chip carrier. The final assembly configuration features a complex ...
Wear Simulation of Electrical Contacts Subjected to Vibrations
(2008-08-15)
Electrical contacts may be subjected to wear because of shock, vibration, and thermo-mechanical stresses resulting in fretting, increase in contact resistance, and eventual failure over the lifetime of the product. Previously, ...
GPS/INS Operation in Shadowed Environments
(2008-08-15)
This thesis presents the analysis techniques developed for monitoring GPS signals in harsh shadowed environments such as heavy foliage. It also details a method selected for improved performance by combining raw GPS ...
Stream Function Path Planning and Control for Unmanned Ground Vehicles
(2008-08-15)
This research develops a harmonic potential field based path planner and controller. The first component of the dissertation compares several analytical and numerical potential field generation methods. To overcome ...
4-cycles systems of line graphs of complete multipartite graphs
(2008-08-15)
Here we investigate the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of 4 - cycle systems of the line graphs of complete multipartite graphs.
Path and Cycle Decompositions
(2008-08-15)
A $G$-design is a partition of edge set of K_v in which each element induces a copy of G. The existence of G-designs with the additional property that they contain no proper subsystems has been
previously settled when G ...
Iteration Methods for Approximation of Solutions of Nonlinear Equations in Banach Spaces
(2008-08-15)
The objective in this manuscript is to study some iterative methods used to approximate
solutions of nonlinear equations in Banach Spaces. In particular, we study a Halperntype
iterative scheme in relation to nonexpansive ...
Design and Development of a Targeting System Using Matlab
(2008-08-15)
Advances in security equipment and technology have always been essential to prevent malefactors from performing criminal acts. Therefore, it is essential to develop new ways to deter wrongdoers. It is the intent of this ...