Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Exploring the Integration of Model-based Formal Methods into Software Design Education
(2005-12-15)
Proper design analysis is indispensable to assure quality and reduce emergent cost due to faulty software. Teaching proper design verification skills early during the pedagogical development of a software engineer is ...
The development and validation of the Auburn Psychology Term Test (APTT)
(2006-08-15)
The construction and investigation of the psychometric properties of the Auburn Psychology Term Test (APTT), a yes-no test designed to measure psychology knowledge, is described in this paper. The relationships between ...
Defining Bitterness in the Workplace
(2006-08-15)
It is important to study bitterness among workers because the consequences of becoming bitter may be detrimental to both the organization and the individual worker. A questionnaire was developed to measure bitterness which ...
Manipulating Reflexive Establishing Operations in Young Children with Pervasive Developmental Disabilities
(2006-08-15)
Previous research has demonstrated the effects of manipulating establishing operations (EO) on problem behavior, task compliance, and the effectiveness of items as reinforcers. Much research on EO focuses on deprivation ...
Development of a Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for the Indentification of Campylobacter jejuni
(2006-08-15)
Bacteria are the most common foodborne pathogens, which can cause common, distressing, sometimes life-threatening foodborne diseases to any human around the world, especially elderly, debilitated, compromised people (cancer, ...
Spontaneously Occurring Fibroid Tumors of the Laying Hen Oviduct
(2006-08-15)
Spontaneously occurring benign uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are the most common reproductive tract tumor of women in the United States. It is estimated that more than 70% of women will develop uterine fibroids and the ...
Effect of Dietary Energy, Synthetic Amino Acids, Enzymes, Antibiotics, and Molting Method on Commercial Leghorns
(2006-08-15)
A series of experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of dietary energy, antibiotics, and molting method on performance, egg composition, egg solids, egg quality, and profits of current strains of commercial ...
Synthesis and Applications of Novel Antimicrobial Polymeric Materials
(2006-08-15)
Antimicrobial precursors, especially N-halamine precursors, were developed and synthesized. After being applied onto polymers and fibers, the durability, rechargeability and antibacterial efficacy of the N-halamine-treated ...
Attachment of Listeria Monocytogenes to Austenitic Stainless Steel
(2006-08-15)
The objectives of this research were:
1. Investigate the attachment of Listeria monocytogenes, which were grown in nutrient-rich medium (brain heart infusion, BHI) or starved in minimal medium, to austenitic stainless ...
A Study of the Adoption of Digital Government Technology as Public Policy Innovation in the American States
(2006-08-15)
The diffusion of information technology in the public sector presents the opportunity to evaluate the appropriateness of diffusion theory in a combined context of information technology and public policy innovation by ...
Developing Condition-Specific Hospice Formularies for Congestive Heart Failure and Depression Conditions and The Evaluation of Their Economic Impact
(2006-08-15)
With the increasing costs of providing pharmaceutical care, hospices in the U.S
are burdened with the high costs of providing optimum healthcare. There is a need to
implement cost-containment strategies such as drug ...
Changes in energy expenditure associated with injestion of high protein, high fat versus high protein, low fat meals among underweight, normal weight, and overweight females
(2006-08-15)
Changes in energy expenditure in response to ingestion of a high protein, high fat meal versus an isocaloric high protein, low fat meal were investigated in 21 females, aged 19-28 years. Subjects were classified based on ...
Evaluation of the bulk sweetener D-tagatose and the high intensity sweetener Splenda as sugar replacers in cookies
(2006-08-15)
For a variety of health reasons, consumers are consuming more foods prepared with less metabolizeable sugars and artificial sweeteners. Before sugar replacers can be used in foods, their effect on food characteristics ...
Simulation, Estimation, and Experimentation of Vehicle Longitudinal Dynamics That Effect Fuel Economy
(2006-08-15)
In this thesis, longitudinal vehicle dynamics are researched with an emphasis on heavy trucks and fuel economy. Commercial vehicles display large variations in their parameters, and due to many current trends in transportation ...
Dynamic Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Stack with 1D and 2D CFD Techniques
(2006-08-15)
The PEM fuel cell is a potential candidate for use as an alternative power source in future vehicle and power conditioning applications. The electric power, as a load, continuously varies as a function of time in the ...
Some Studies on Modeling and Simulation of a Disc Brake System for Squeal Prediction
(2006-08-15)
Most mechanical systems that involve a sliding contact experience some degree of friction induced self-excited vibration. A well known example is brake squeal which is a top concern for automotive companies, who must spend ...
Health Monitoring for Flywheel Rotors Supported By Active Magnetic Bearings
(2006-08-15)
Magnetic bearings are not a new technology in themselves, yet the control and implementation of such devices is still a budding science. Magnetic bearings are particularly attractive for some applications because of the ...
Microstructural effects on fracture behavior of particulate composites: Investigation of toughening mechanisms using optical and boundary element methods
(2006-08-15)
Particulate polymer composites are used in a variety of engineering applications. These are generally two phase materials with polymeric phase reinforced by a filler phase to improve overall mechanical, thermal and/or ...
Design Optimization and Health Monitoring for Multi-Directional Composite Flywheel Energy Storage Systems
(2006-08-15)
Flywheels are used to store kinetic energy through the rotation of an inertial mass, which usually rotates at very high speeds. Generally, that energy can be extracted (using a motor-generator system) in the form of ...
Torsionless Modules and Minimal Generating Sets for Ideals of Integral Domains
(2006-08-15)
This is a treatise of relationships between the number of elements necessary to generate the ideals of a domain and the
torsionless modules of that domain. Three types of domains are
identified according to natural ...