Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Performance of Sugar Maple Taxa (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in North Alabama
(2006-12-15)
A sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) variety trial was initiated in March, 1999 at the North Alabama Horticulture Substation in Cullman, Ala. (USDA Zone 7). The purpose of the study was to identify superior sugar maple ...
Effective Non-Traditional Weed Control in Container-Grown Nursery Crops
(2006-12-15)
A series of experiments were conducted to evaluate container nursery crop tolerance and oxalis control with postemergence applied diuron as influenced by timely overhead irrigation. Intent was to identify an interval ...
Isolation of Genes from Cold Treated Poncirus trifoliata
(2006-12-15)
Low temperature is one of the most critical environmental factors limiting plant growth and productivity. To survive, plants have developed a complex stress response system for defense against various environmental factors. ...
Stem Cutting Propagation of the Endangered Species, Clematis socialis (Kral)
(2006-12-15)
Clematis socialis (Kral), the Alabama leather flower, is a federally listed endangered species native to NE Alabama and NW Georgia. In addition to conservation and management practices of the few existing populations, ...
Slave Missions and Membership in North Alabama
(2006-12-15)
As white landowners settled the North Alabama towns of Florence, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa with their slaves, they began to create missions for the religious education of blacks. Many did so out of a desire to share their ...
The Revolt of the Majors: How the Air Force Changed After Vietnam
(2006-12-15)
During the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force had performed inconsistently and after the war was faced with a number of challenges. Many of the Air Force senior leadership felt that the challenges could be resolved ...
Factory Children: Child Industrial Labor in Imperial Russia, 1780-1914
(2006-12-15)
Children comprised an extremely significant segment of the industrial labor force in Russia in Imperial Russia. In the mid-nineteenth century the average number of children aged sixteen and under employed in industry ...
Civil Wars and Civil Beings: Violence, Religion, Race, Politics, Education, Culture, and Agrarianism in Perry County, Alabama, 1860-1875
(2006-12-15)
The years 1860 to 1875 were of immense importance to Alabama history. Following a controversial secession debate, its residents faced a life-changing war. In the aftermath of war, Alabamians wrestled with the changes ...
Wrist Extension Counter-moment Force Effects on Muscle Activity of the ECR With Gripping: Implications for Lateral Epicondylagia
(2006-12-15)
Studies have suggested that the muscle most commonly associated with lateral epicondylalgia (tennis elbow) is the extensor carpi radialis (ECR). Gripping elicits pain in persons symptomatic with this condition. The common ...
A season long investigation of experiences of a NCAA Division III women's basketball program
(2006-12-15)
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of a NCAA Division III women’s basketball program. The overall focus was to conduct a season long investigation of motivational factors and perceptions as they related ...
The Effects of Aerobic Exercise and Extended-Release Niacin on Fasting and Postprandial Blood Lipids
(2006-12-15)
The primary purpose of this investigation was to compare the combined effects of aerobic exercise and extended-release niacin on fasting and postprandial lipemia. Fifteen men with the metabolic syndrome (Age = 46 ± 2; BMI ...
The Effects of Attentional Focus Instructions on Simulated Upper Extremity Amputees’ Movement Kinematics When Learning a Novel Functional Task
(2006-12-15)
An important question in motor learning concerns where attention should be focused when learning a new task. The majority of the literature dealing with this subject suggests that an external (visual, or task-related) focus ...
Analysis of Clinical Experiences in Athletic Training Education Programs and Performance on the BOC Certification Examination
(2006-12-15)
The purpose of this study was to identify the general design of the clinical education experience and determine which factors of this experience might influence performance on the BOC Certification Examination. Part 1 of ...
Geology of the Southernmost Exposures of the Brevard Zone in the Red Hill Quadrangle, Alabama
(2006-12-15)
The southernmost exposures of the Brevard zone were mapped to characterize its lithologic makeup and structural character and to explore its significance to the tectonic evolution of the southernmost Appalachians. Two ...
Morphological and Nutritional Development of Three Species of Nursery-Grown Hardwood Seedlings in Tennessee
(2006-12-15)
We followed the morphological and nutritional development of three common hardwood species growing under typical cultural practices in a southern hardwood nursery. Yellow poplar was by far the largest seedling at the end ...
Prediction of Distribution for Total Height and Crown Ratio Using Normal Versus Other Distributions
(2006-12-15)
Relative to the other southern pine species, many aspects of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) growth are poorly understood due to the lack of detailed studies and modeling efforts. With changes occurring in the ecosystem ...
Riparian Woody Plant Diversity, Composition, and Structure across an Urban-Rural Land Use Gradient in the Piedmont of Georgia, US
(2006-12-15)
Riparian forests are increasingly threatened by urban expansion and land use change worldwide. Understanding the impacts of urbanization on riparian forests is critical because riparian areas provide a variety of important ...
Impact of Interacting Disturbances on Longleaf Pine Communities
(2006-12-15)
Disturbance in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris P. Mill.) communities alters the structure, function, and composition of the forest. Species heterogeneity and diversity were investigated at the Escambia Experimental Forest ...
Information Exchange Among Environmental Groups in Alabama and Romania
(2006-12-15)
According to resource mobilization theory, organizations need certain resources such as skills, money, and knowledge, to survive. For this research I consider information to be a key resource and use the resource mobilization ...
Family Forest Landowner Behavior in the Southeast
(2006-12-15)
Forests and forestry have played a significant role in the economic development and psyche of the South. Forests, which pre-settlement occupied nearly all of the land area of the South, now occupy only 55 percent. More ...