Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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'A Louse For A Portion': Early-Eighteenth-Century English Attitudes Towards Scots, 1688-1725
(2008-05-15)
This thesis examines and analyzes Englishmen’s perceptions of Scots during the years between the Revolution of 1688 and the Shawfield Riots of 1725. In 1707, the Scottish Parliament convened for the last time and Scottish ...
Utilization of Municipal Solid Waste Compost in Horticulture
(2008-05-15)
Composting of municipal solid waste (MSW) has long been considered an attractive waste management tool for effective reduction of waste volume and beneficial utilization of MSW compost (MSWC) can eventually turn waste into ...
In Remembrance: Confederate Funerary Monuments in Alabama and Resistance to Reconciliation, 1884-1923
(2008-05-15)
This thesis will examine Alabama Confederate monuments in terms of their style
and location. In so doing, it explores their connection to the greater memory of the Civil
War in the South. Scholars writing on southern ...
The Presidential Records Act of 1978: Its Development From the Right to Know and the Public's Demand for Federal Records Ownership
(2008-05-15)
The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978 established public ownership of presidential records, erasing the previous tradition of presidents retaining records ownership. In 1974, Richard Nixon broke with tradition by ...
Pieces of Peace: An Evaluation of the Nixon Administration's Response to the Rise of Arab Radicalism in the Persian Gulf, Libya and Jordan
(2008-05-15)
This thesis is an examination and evaluation of the Nixon Administration’s response to the emergence of Arab radicalism in three areas: the Persian Gulf, Libya and Jordan. It examines the foundations of the Nixon ...
Preschoolers' heart rate and physical activity response to three different motivational climates: Mastery, performance, and unplanned free play
(2008-05-15)
Although people of all ages benefit from regular, moderate intensity physical activity (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996) many children are showing less interest and participation in physical education ...
Geochronology and Geochemistry of Mid-Miocene Bonanza Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Ores of the Northern Great Basin, USA
(2008-05-15)
New high precision 40Ar/39Ar geochronology
conducted on previously undated deposits (or deposits with older, less precise K/Ar dates only), indicates that low-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag mineralization in the northern ...
40Ar/39Ar Ages of Muscovite from the Western Blue Ridge and Talladega Belt, Georgia and North Carolina
(2008-05-15)
Radiometric age constraints regarding the timing of metamorphism in the western Blue Ridge province of the southern Appalachians have been too limited or uncertain to enable broader correlation and understanding of Taconian, ...
Tectonic evolution of a Caledonian-aged continental basement eclogite terrane in Liverpool Land, East Greenland
(2008-05-15)
Liverpool Land is located in an interior position within the East Greenland Caledonides. Due to the remoteness of the field locality, very little work has been published on the rocks and structures of Liverpool Land. The ...
Petrographic Investigation of Selected Samples from Drill Cores Eyreville A and Eyreville B: Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia
(2008-05-15)
The meteoritic impact process is expressed uniquely in marine, sedimentary target impact structures versus hard, dry crystalline targets. Wet sediments accommodate extreme pressures and temperatures differently than ...
Geology of the 1:24,000 Tallassee, Alabama, Quadrangle, and its Implications for Southern Appalachian Tectonics
(2008-05-15)
The 1:24,000 scale Tallassee, Alabama, Quadrangle, was mapped to characterize lithologies and structures in the southernmost exposures of the southern Appalachians. Four deformation events are recognized. D1 was associated ...
Exhumation History of Caledonian Eclogites in Liverpool Land, East Greenland, and Comparisons with Eclogites in Norway
(2008-05-15)
Lithologic information and 40Ar/39Ar cooling dates are reported from a recently discovered high-pressure (HP) Caledonian eclogite terrane in Liverpool Land, East Greenland, its overlying hanging wall block, and an extensional ...
Feral Pig (Sus scrofa) Survival, Home Range, and Habitat Use at Lowndes County Wildlife Management Area, Alabama
(2008-05-15)
Survival, home range, and habitat use are key components of feral pig ecology that can help wildlife biologists and land managers develop control methods for this species. Feral pigs were captured and released with ...
Implementing Residue Chippers On Harvesting Operation for Biomass Recovery
(2008-05-15)
Three operations that implemented a small residue chipper on their conventional logging operations were studied in 2006. Two of the jobs were thinning operations, the remaining operation conducted clearcuts. All three ...
Explaining Pharmacists' Intentions to use Personal Digital Assistants as Clinical Resources During Patient Care Interventions
(2005-05-15)
This research project explored the ability of a modified Technology Acceptance Model 2 (TAM2) to explain pharmacists’ intentions to use personal digital assistants (PDAs) to document interventions. The Technology Acceptance ...
Evaluating the Impact of Cost, Perceived Benefit and Perceived Value on Prescription Drug Purchasing Behavior
(2005-05-15)
Many third party payers have implemented increased cost-sharing as a cost
containment strategy. Previous studies suggest that this may reduce health care costs by
reducing prescription drug expenditures. However, such ...
An Investigation of the Effects of Community Drug Use on Academic Achievement in the Public School Systems of the State of Alabama
(2003-05-15)
Historical academic achievement data from the Alabama State Department of Education and historical drug arrest data from the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center were analyzed to determine the correlation between ...
Functional Durability Of A Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor For The Rapid Detection Of Salmonella In Liquids From Poultry Packaging
(2000-08-15)
Foodborne disease causes an estimated 4 to 76 million cases of food poisoning with 5,000 associated deaths annually in the United States at a cost of $6.5 –34.9 billion. In poultry products, Salmonella is the most common ...
Biogeochemical Effects of Silvicultural Management on Intermittent Streamside Management Zones in the Coastal Plain of Alabama
(2008-05-15)
Three experimental intermittent watersheds in the Coastal Plain of Alabama were subjected to varying Streamside Management Zone (SMZ) silvicultural treatments in 2000: reference, partial cut, and clearcut. Biomass and ...
Impact Assessment of a Trap-Neuter-Return Program on Selected Features of Auburn, Alabama Feral Cat Colonies
(2008-05-15)
Feral cats (Felis catus) are defined here as offspring of domestic cats raised without human socialization or cats that were previously owned that have reverted to a wild state not trusting humans. A feral cat colony ...