Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Phylogeny and Biogeography of Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] Based on Chloroplast, Nuclear Sequence and AFLP Molecular Marker Data
(2005-12-15)
Watermelons [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai], together with cucumbers, melons of various sorts, summer squashes, winter squashes and pumpkins are the principal food plants of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). ...
Effects of Trematode Parasites on Habitat Use and Disturbance Response of Freshwater Snails in the Genus Elimia
(2006-12-15)
Freshwater snails in the genus Elimia are abundant and important grazers in many southeastern USA streams; in addition, Elimia serves as intermediate hosts to many species of parasitic trematodes and is frequently subject ...
Interactive Versus Non-Interactive Platforms for Teaching Plant Morphology
(2005-12-15)
A study was conducted in the Spring semester at Auburn University involving 46 undergraduate and graduate volunteers. Two learning modules with different formats were developed for the study. Both modules were created ...
The Physiological Effects of Relocation on Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)
(2006-12-15)
As a result of habitat destruction throughout the southeastern United States, gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) have experienced an 80% decrease in their populations in the past 100 years. To protect the remaining ...
The Effect of Pharmacological and Dietary Modulators of Lipid Metabolism on Gene Expresion in a Porcine Model
(2006-12-15)
Modifying the size and/or carcass distribution of adipose tissue in meat producing animals by nutritional and pharmacological means has long been of interest to animal scientists. In pigs, as in other meat animals, a more ...
Can a Horse Learn While Under the Influence of a Tranquilizer (acepromazine maleate)?
(2006-12-15)
Although tranquilizers commonly are used as “training aids,” little is known about how this practice affects efficiency of learning in the horse. Forty mature horses were used to compare learning performance of tranquilized ...
Alternative Beef Finishing Strategies: Effects on Animal Performance, Retail Shelf Life, Sensory, Fatty Acid Profile and Lipid Stability
(2006-12-15)
The effect of supplemental concentrate levels to steers finished on winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) or full concentrate (GRAIN) was studied. Initial color, fatty acid profile, retail shelf-life, lipid ...
Mowing Height, Nitrogen Rate and Source Effects on Establishment and Maintenance of Tifway and TifSport Bermudagrass
(2006-12-15)
Hybrid cultivars of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. x C. transvaalensis Burtt-Davy) are the predominant turfgrasses used on golf courses and athletic fields throughout the southeastern United States, and in warm, ...
Internet Access, Practice Adoption, and Conservation Program Participation in Three Alabama Watersheds
(2006-12-15)
The Internet is changing many things about our society; the way we communicate, do business, and obtain information. While the Internet provides a multitude of services for most of America, questions remain about its ...
Farm Investment and Off-Farm Income - A Study of Farms in Alabama
(2006-12-15)
This thesis examines the effect of availability of internal finance, net farm income, and net off-farm household income on farm investment. It presents a detailed review of previous studies, develops and estimates an ...
An Economic Analysis of Integrating Hydroponic Tomato Production into an Indoor Recirculating Aquacultural Production System
(2006-12-15)
Alabama is one of the leading states in the nation in terms of aquacultural production, ranking second among catfish producing states and fourth for tilapia. Alabama catfish farmers generated $97.6 million in sales in ...
Understanding Small and Medium Scale Tilapia Culture in Nicaragua
(2006-12-15)
Nicaragua has abundance of natural resources to make aquaculture an important economic activity. But despite the efforts of multiple stakeholders, tilapia culture has not developed as expected. Small and medium scale tilapia ...
Vertical Integration in the Food Manufacturing Industry, 1967-1992
(2006-12-15)
This study uses Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), fixed effects, and random effects models to test the relationship between vertical integration and concentration ratios, demand growth, average firm size, and total factor ...
Essays on Food and Agricultural Policy
(2006-12-15)
The study provides insight into the policy provisions that provide a safety net for low income families and agricultural producers in the United States. Private food assistance along with Food Stamp Program and Federal ...
Determination of Key Parameters for Reverse Engineering Solid Rocket Powered Missiles
(2006-12-15)
This thesis examines the process of reverse engineering solid rocket powered missiles using legacy codes and a genetic algorithm (GA). Available data for reverse engineering problems might include performance characteristics ...
Developing a Magnetically Suspended Disc System for Industrial Applications, with Application on Ring Spinning
(2005-08-15)
A Magnetically suspended and lightweight disc (rotor) system is designed; the rotor can spin freely inside the stator. The stator is equipped with four magnetic actuators that always keep the rotor in its central position. ...
Polymeric Textile Stents: Prototyping and Modeling
(2005-08-15)
Although metal stents have been implanted for more than a decade, performance deficiencies still exist. The current study focuses on prototyping and modeling of braided structures to be used as stents, hence called ‘textile ...
Manufacturing and Heat Transfer Analysis of Nano-Micro Fiber Composites
(2005-08-15)
Nano-micro composites are widely used in many areas, such as sensors, flame retardant materials, batteries, and filtration. In this work, thermal properties of the filler fiber composites are studied experimentally, ...
A Behavioral Procedure for Measuring Critical Fusion Frequency in Rats
(2005-08-15)
The ingestion of methylmercury (MeHg) has been found to adversely affect primate and human visual fields and contrast sensitivity (Choi, Cho, & Lapham, 1981; Clarkson, 1989; Gilbert & Grant -Webster, 1995; Merigan, 1980; ...
Analysis of the Hierarchical Nature of Clinicians’ Organization of Mental Disorders
(2005-08-15)
The organization of mental disorders by clinicians can be viewed as a type of folk taxonomy. If this is true, the organizations of clinicians should exhibit certain properties; specifically, they should be hierarchical. ...