Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Shear Strengths of End Regions of Prestressed Self-Consolidating Concrete Beams
(2008-05-15)
Understanding of the shear and bond performance of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is vital to fully implement SCC usage in structures. State highway structures are a potential application for prestressed SCC systems ...
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Buoyant Groundwater Plumes
(2008-05-15)
In coastal states, the injection of treated, relatively fresh, wastewater into deep saline aquifers offers a disposal alternative to ocean outfalls and discharge directly into local waterways. The density contrast causes ...
Assesment of Equipment Performance Variables for Improved Management during Tillage Operations
(2008-05-15)
Deep tillage operations required to alleviate compaction layers in soils found especially in the southeast region of the United States remain to be one of the largest areas of energy and fuel expense for agricultural ...
Visualization of Chlorella Algal Cells at Bubble Surfaces
(2008-05-15)
This thesis examines flotation as a method for harvesting the green algae chlorella for its use as a feedstock for biofuel. Lipids extracted from algae can be converted to biodiesel for use as an alternative renewable ...
A Methodology for Integrating Process Design Elements with Laboratory Experiments
(2008-05-15)
This dissertation is the result of a joint project between industry and academia. The research was originally conceived as an industrial process development project based on the manufacture of industrial products from the ...
Alkaline Pretreatment of Biomass for Ethanol Production and Understanding the Factors Influencing the Cellulose Hydrolysis
(2008-05-15)
Alkaline pretreatments were investigated in connection with bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol. Corn stover and two different batches of hybrid poplar (High Lignin (HL) and Low Lignin (LL)) were the ...
Use of oseltamivir in canine parvoviral enteritis
(2008-05-15)
Despite the availability of an effective vaccine and an acceptable survival rate with intensive medical management, canine parvovirus remains a significant cause of disease morbidity and mortality of young dogs. Financial ...
Growth Machine Meets Conservation: A Stakeholder Analysis of the Black Warrior and Cahaba River Watersheds
(2005-08-15)
Results from a stakeholder analysis of two central-Alabama watersheds—-the Black Warrior River watershed and Cahaba River watershed—-are presented in this thesis. Stakeholder opinions, perspectives, concerns, interests ...
Fractional Domination, Fractional Packings, and Fractional Isomorphisms of Graphs
(2005-05-15)
The fractional analogues of domination and packing in a graph form an interesting pair of dual linear programs, in that the feasible vectors for both LPs have interpretations as functions from the vertices of the graph to ...
Interregional Aspects of Timber Inventory Projections
(2004-12-15)
The overall goal of this study is to explore interregional aspects of modeling timber supply. Three separate papers are presented in this dissertation.
The first paper (Chapter 3) presents an econometric analysis of ...
Built-In Self-Test Configurations for Field Programmable Gate Array Cores in Systems on Chip
(2004-12-15)
Built-In Self-Test configurations for the logic and routing resources present in the
Field Programmable Gate Array core of a System-on-Chip is presented in this Thesis.
These configurations completely test the Programmable ...
Iron-Regulatory Function of Hepcidin in the Channel Catfish and Western Clawed Frog
(2008-05-15)
Hepcidin, originally identified as a 25 amino acid (aa) antimicrobial peptide made in the liver, is a small peptide hormone that has been shown to be the long-sought regulator of iron metabolism in humans and mice. Although ...
Biological characterization of Tritrichomonas foetus of bovine and feline origin
(2008-05-15)
Tritrichomonas foetus is a causative agent of venereal trichomoniasis in cattle characterized by early fetal death and post-coital pyometra. Reports have suggested that T. foetus (or a similar organism) is also the causative ...
A Floristic Study of Weaver Creek Wetland, Santa Rosa County, Florida
(2008-05-15)
Steepheads (streams that originate from the bases of valley walls) create a unique freshwater wetland habitat. Currently, steepheads are known to exist only in the southeastern United States along the Gulf Coastal Plain. ...
The Effects of Burrow Collapse on the Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
(2008-05-15)
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species in decline due, in part, to loss of habitat and altered land use. One particular area of concern is the use of vehicles during urbanization and agriculture practices ...
Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Canine Cyclic Hematopoiesis
(2008-05-15)
Canine cyclic hematopoiesis (CH) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by 12-14 day neutrophil cycles, a diluted coat color, and platelet storage pool disease. Canine CH is caused by a mutation in AP3B1, encoding ...
Essential Role for P62 in AMPA Receptor Trafficking and Synaptic Plasticity
(2008-05-15)
AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) mediate major fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian central nerve system (CNS). Trafficking of AMPA receptors to and away from the postsynaptic membrane is fundamental ...
Functional Genomics of Gaba Metabolism in Yeast Thermotolerance
(2008-05-15)
?-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a ubiquitous non-protein amino acid which accumulates rapidly in response to diverse environmental stresses. The GABA shunt is a pathway involving three enzymes, glutamate decarboxylase (GAD, ...
Consumer Preferences for Watermelons: A Conjoint Analysis
(2008-05-15)
Almost 5,000 years after the first recorded watermelon harvest, people are still harvesting and eating watermelons today. However, different people prefer different attributes of the fruit. The main purpose of this study ...
Management and Landscape Variability Effects on Selected Coastal Plain Soil Physical Properties
(2008-05-15)
Crop production has become more costly over the years. Improved tillage practice recommendations and implementation of site-specific crop management (SSM) can help farmers achieve soil conservation, better yields, input ...