Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Promulgating Graduate Research and Disseminating Student Information through Web Applications and Database Management
(2006-05-15)
ASP.NET-based Web applications provide a means of promulgating graduate research and disseminating student information. Integrated with MS SQL Server databases, they provide on-demand, near-instantaneous access to information ...
Team-RUP: An Agent-Based Simulation Study of Team Behavior In Software Development Organizations
(2006-05-15)
Software production methods are enacted via the interactions of software teams that
cooperate to build software. Therefore, organizational culture has a significant effect on
project coordination. Yet, this is not reflected ...
Adaptation Service Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks with Balanced Energy Aggregation
(2006-05-15)
Wireless sensor networks consist of tiny, energy-constrained sensor nodes that may
be deployed in large numbers. Considering these unique characteristics, our adaptation
service framework is designed to deliver distributed ...
Agent-Based Simulation of Behavioral Anticipation in Computer Networks: A Comparative Study of Anticipatory Fault Management
(2006-05-15)
Network fault management is concerned with the detection, isolation and correction of anomalous conditions that occur in a computer network. Present state of art in fault management classifies existing methodologies into ...
Alleviating Escape Panic Using Evolutionary Intelligence
(2006-05-15)
Reducing damage, danger, and panic by evolving room designs is possible with artificial intelligence. Escape panic, brought on by groups of people being in a life-threatening situation, increases the fatality rate and ...
Location Estimation in Wireless Networks
(2006-05-15)
Wireless location determination has attracted much attention lately due to its many applications in mobile (sensor) networking including target tracking and network intrusion detection. However, it is
challenging due to ...
Phonological Awareness Skills of Six-year-old Children with Mild and Moderate Articulation Disorders
(2006-05-15)
An investigation of the phonological awareness skills of children with mild and moderate articulation disorders is presented in this thesis. A sample of 24 first graders, 12 of whom had normal articulation and the other ...
The Strength of Attractiveness and the Power of Visual Nonverbal Communication When Rating One's Communicative Competence
(2006-05-15)
The effect that actual communicative competence, attractiveness, and method of observation have on one’s perceived competence was examined. Four hundred and thirty-three participants either watched video or listened to an ...
Use of a Small-scale Erosion Control Model in the Design of Silt Fence Tiebacks
(2006-05-15)
For most storm events, accelerated erosion caused by storm water runoff from construction sites can be mitigated through vigilant management efforts. The control measures that are designed to provide a practical field ...
Engineered Treatment of As-Laden Regeneration Brine from Ion Exchange Processes
(2006-05-15)
Arsenic (As) contamination of drinking water sources has been one of the most challenging global environmental issues. In the United States, the newly revised maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 µg/L requires thousands ...
Evaluation of the Maturity Method to Estimate Concrete Strength in Field Applications
(2006-05-15)
Estimating the strength of concrete is essential to contractors and engineers to allow concrete construction operations to proceed safely and expediently. The maturity method is a technique that allows the in-place concrete ...
Hypothetical Analysis on Cost Effectiveness of Centerline Rumble Strips as a Crash Countermeasure
(2006-05-15)
Rural roads are mostly undivided highways with high speed, two-way traffic.
These factors coupled with inattentive driver behavior increase the risk of frontal and
sideswipe collisions. Widening of roads and installation ...
Documentation of the Rapid Replacement of Four GDOT Bridge Decks
(2006-05-15)
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has many interstate bridges near downtown Birmingham which have good substructures and superstructures, but suffer from significant deck cracking and deterioration. The ...
Determining the Optimum Compaction Level for Designing Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures
(2006-05-15)
As Stone matrix asphalt (SMA) becomes more widely used in the United States, there is a need to further refine its mix design procedure. Some states have found that 100 gyrations with the Superpave Gyratory Compactor (SGC) ...
Verification of the Superpave Gyratory Ndesign Compaction Levels
(2006-05-15)
The original Superpave Ndesign table contained 28 levels based on a limited laboratory experiment. This was later consolidated to 4 levels based on the sensitivity of mixture volumetric properties to Ndesign; however, ...
Tris(1,3-Dihydroxy-2-propyl)amine, A Planar Trialkylamine: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties. A Potential Precursor to Hypervalent Nitrogen
(2006-05-15)
The hindered amine tris(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propyl)amine, 36, is a potential precursor to possible examples of nitrogen hypervalency. There are no simple, effective, and general methods to synthesize hindered tertiary amines. ...
Compaction of Switchgrass for Value Added Utilization
(2006-05-15)
There are increasing concerns about energy prices, availability and utilization in the world. This has led to many governmental and privately sponsored studies and research on the potential of renewable energy from biomass. ...
Variation in populational size and composition within two summer colonies of endangered gray bats (Myotis grisescens)
(2006-05-15)
For >30 years, the endangered gray bat (Myotis grisescens) has been a priority in conservation efforts in the southeastern United States. As part of these conservation efforts, the Alabama Department of Conservation and ...
Analysis of p62-UBA interacting proteins
(2006-05-15)
Sequestosome 1/p62 interacts with and traffics K63-polyubiquitinated proteins through its ubiquitin associating domain (UBA). Herein we demonstrate that the hyperaccumulation of K63-polyubiquitinated proteins occurs in the ...
The Chinese Consumers' Changing Value System, Consumption Values and Modern Consumption Behavior
(2005-08-15)
China is traditionally regarded as a collectivistic society, in which the linkage between individuals is close and strong; people treasure tradition, benevolence, and conformity. However, as a result of economic growth ...