Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Factors Contributing To Stress In Business/Marketing Educators Resulting From Administration, School Climate, and Resources
(2008-05-15)
This study was designed to identify the level of stress among secondary business/marketing educators relating to administration, school climate, and resources that are associated with stress and to determine if business/marketing ...
The Effects of Teaching Critical Thinking and Reading Comprehension Strategies on the Writing of Developmental English Students in a Community College
(2008-05-15)
The setting for this study was a community college in southeast Alabama, and the purpose was to determine whether the teaching of reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies along with English grammar and writing ...
Effect of Independent Reading on Fourth Graders' Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension
(2008-05-15)
Acquiring an extensive vocabulary can have an enormous effect on one’s comprehension, fluency, and the ability to speak effectively to others. One way to acquire this widespread vocabulary is through reading a wide array ...
The percentile IRT schedule: High rate behavior as a tool for examining the toxic motor effects of methylmercury
(2005-05-15)
Methylmercury exposure has become a topic of interest in both the toxicology literature and among the general media within the last decade. Concern about methylmercury’s toxicity has grown with the discovery that ...
Dynamics and Synthesis of Kinematic Chains with Impact and Clearance
(2005-05-15)
The dynamics and synthesis of open and closed kinematic chains with frictional impact and joint clearance is studied.
The impact between rigid bodies with friction is investigated. A new model of impact with friction ...
The Use of Distance Learning Technology by Alabama Business Teachers for Credentialing and Instruction
(2004-12-15)
This study was designed to determine the degree to which Alabama business education teachers are utilizing distance learning technology in their courses and the extent to which Alabama business education teachers are ...
Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis within Reverse Micellar Microemulsion Systems
(2004-12-15)
The synthesis of metallic nanoparticles is integral for the advancement of the field of nanotechnology. Solution based nanomaterial synthesis is an effective method for the production of nanomaterials, particularly with ...
An Examination of Factors Affecting the Acceptance of Innovative Social Studies Curriculum Materials
(2008-05-15)
Although many studies have been conducted that analyze social studies curricula, there is a need for further investigation into the dynamics of social studies curriculum reform projects. This should facilitate an ...
The Impact of Indirect Aggression on College Student Adjustment
(2008-05-15)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of indirect aggression on college student adjustment. Specifically, this study examined the relationship between perpetration by indirect aggression and victimization ...
Counseling Native Americans: Clinician’s Perceptions of Counseling Competencies and Characteristics Essential to Working with Native American Clients
(2008-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the competencies of knowledge, skill and awareness perceived by mental health clinicians as essential in providing mental health services to Native Americans, Alaskan Natives ...
Assessment of Spirituality in Counseling: The Relationship Between Spirituality and Mental Health
(2008-05-15)
The purpose of this research study was to investigate the possible relationship between two spirituality variables (religious coping styles and spiritual well-being) and two psychological variables (anxiety and depression). ...
An Exploration of the Relationships Among Depression, Womanist and Racial Identity in African American Collegiate Women
(2008-05-15)
Available evidence suggests that women face an increased vulnerability to depression because of economic instability, isolation, and constricting forces associated with traditional beliefs about the roles of women (Graveline, ...
Dynamic Task Scheduling onto Heterogeneous Machines Using Support Vector Machine
(2008-05-15)
Distributed computing has been used to overcome the limitations of single computer use. However, the benefit of parallelizing computations may substantially reduce, if there is no well constructed mechanism to coordinate ...
Applications of GUI Usage Analysis
(2008-05-15)
In the realm of computer security, a masquerade attack is a form of attack wherein the attacker deceives the victim, causing them to believe they are someone other than who they are. One particularly dangerous form of ...
Neural Enhancement for Multiobjective Optimization
(2008-05-15)
In this work, a neural network approach is applied to multiobjective optimization problems in order to expand the set of optimal solutions. The network is trained using results obtained from existing evolutionary multiobjective ...
Telehealth Applications for Assessment and Treatment Procedures in Speech-Language Pathology: A Modified Narrative Review
(2008-05-15)
The use of telehealth in the field of speech language pathology has steadily increased in recent years and a number of researchers have published articles detailing research findings of the practice. This document is a ...
A Systematic Review of Assessment Protocols for the Discrimination between Mild Cognitive Impairment and Normal Cognitive Ability in the Aging Population
(2008-05-15)
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a concept that an aging individual has reached a point of cognitive decline that is not yet severe enough to be termed dementia, but is not considered normal. Subtle declines in cognitive ...
Automated Screening Tool for the Stability of Highway Bridges Subject to Scour
(2008-05-15)
Most bridges in Alabama that are over shallow bodies of water, including small creeks, wetlands, and marshes, were designed so that the bridge superstructure is supported on pile bents. During major flood events, excessive ...
Determination of Hurricane Surge Wave Forces on Bridge Superstructures and Design/retrofit Options to Mitigate or Sustain These Forces
(2008-05-15)
An increasingly common occurrence when strong hurricanes come ashore along the Gulf of Mexico is that the hurricane surge/surface waves lift and push the superstructures of coastline bridges from their support bents into ...
Evaluation of Soil Effects on Soil Erosion on Off-Road Vehicle Trails using WEPP
(2008-05-15)
Erosion and sediment loss from the use of off-road vehicles (ORV) is an escalating problem on national forest lands. The increasing number of ORV riders coupled with decreasing riding areas has caused the United States ...