Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Mass Customization – An Approach to Designing Product Platforms for Mass Customization
(2016-12-09)
Over the last several decades, the production industry has experienced a paradigm shift from traditional mass production processes toward mass customization processes; this enables consumers to become an integral part in ...
Elder Voices: Slavery and Aging in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
(2016-12-09)
This dissertation explores the ways in which nineteenth-century apologist writers sought to discount and silence the agency of African Americans through literary representations of enslavement in elder(ly) “Aunts” and ...
Atomic Characterization of L_1 And The Lorentz-Bochner Space L^X(p,1) for With Some Applications
(2016-12-09)
In the 1950s, G. G Lorentz introduced the spaces $\Lambda(\alpha)$ and $M(\alpha)$, for $0<\alpha<1$ and showed that the dual of $\Lambda(\alpha)$ is equivalent to $M(\alpha)$ in his paper titled 'Some New Functional ...
Acculturation and Perceived Family Support: Influences on Coping Among Asian American College Students
(2016-12-09)
Acculturation among Asian Americans has become an increasingly important construct for researchers and professionals in psychology, particularly for the college-aged population. Acculturation has been studied extensively ...
Superconducting Flexible Cables For Cryogenic Applications
(2016-12-09)
In systems for cryogenic electronics experiments and applications containing multiple temperature stages down to the milliKelvin temperature range, such as in quantum computing research performed in dilution refrigerators, ...
Improving Sonar Reconstruction with Sparse Reconstruction Techniques
(2016-12-09)
In many sonar applications, traditional processing can fail to provide adequate information to accomplish the respective goals, because the processed information is either strictly bandlimited to the transmit band, distorted ...
Superconducting Resonators on Thin Film Flexible Substrates
(2016-12-09)
In cryogenic electronics applications and experiments, i.e., for cold detectors and low temperature quantum computing, the base temperature is typically below 100 milli-Kelvin. In order to reach this temperature range, a ...
Exploring the Role of Self-Esteem, Masculinity, and Attachment on Males' Responses to Social Support
(2016-12-09)
The current study explored the relationship between self-esteem, attachment, and masculinity and males’ responses to two types of social support messages. Participants read a scenario in which they were asked to imagine ...
Synthesis, Processing and Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Particulate Epoxy Composites with Conventional and Hierarchical Micro-/Nano-fillers
(2016-12-09)
Polymer-based particulate composites have a wide range of engineering applications due to their mechanical, chemical, dielectric, and lightweight characteristics as well as simplicity of processing. The mechanical performance ...
A Study of the Impact of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in Alabama Schools
(2016-12-09)
This study examined the fruit and vegetable intake of a large sample of Alabama school children in elementary schools receiving fifty percent or more free or reduced priced lunch who qualify for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable ...
The Role of Hope in School Leadership
(2016-12-09)
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the relationship of hope in school principal leadership through (a) the administration of a self-report instrument that measures trait hope in the school principal, ...
Dynamically Adjustable Software Process
(2016-12-09)
Industry experience shows that the quality of a software product is directly related to the quality of the software process used to produce it. Software process can rarely be used out of the box. Project types, scopes and ...
Mental Health Related Stereotype Threat, Self-Stigma, and African-American College Students’ Willingness to Seek Counseling
(2016-12-09)
A substantial amount of literature has shown that there are a number of academic, cognitive, and physiological outcomes associated with stereotype threat including underperformance, academic stress/fatigue, anxiety, academic ...
Learned Helplessness as a Moderator in SES Stereotype Threat and Academic/Intellectual Disengagement
(2016-12-09)
On average fewer lower-SES students graduate from college compared to their higher-SES peers. SES-stereotype threat researchers have found evidence that when faced with a stereotype regarding SES, lower-SES students’ ...
Detection of Tritrichomonas foetus in Bovine Semen by PCR Amplification
(2016-12-09)
Bovine trichomoniasis caused by Tritrichomonas foetus, is a true venereal disease of cattle that is spread only through coitus. The objective of the study was to determine if a T. foetus infection could be detected in ...
Recommended duration for evaluating feed intake and validating the residual feed intake model in Brangus heifers
(2016-12-09)
In order to determine optimal measurement days, variables best describing variation for dry matter intake (DMI) and effect of residual feed intake (RFI) classification on reproductive and performance traits, RFI was predicted ...
Determining the spatial and seasonal influences of microbial community composition and structure from the Hawaiian anchialine ecosystem
(2016-12-09)
Characterized as coastal bodies of water lacking surface connections to the ocean but with subterranean connections to the ocean and groundwater, habitats belonging to the anchialine ecosystem occur worldwide in primarily ...
Development of Reliable Erosion Indices for Climate-Informed Soil Conservation in the Southeastern United States
(2016-12-09)
A new methodology and corresponding dataset are recommended for a more accurate calculation of erosion index (EI) and erosivity (R) that was more consistent with observations from superior data sources. NOAA NCDC DSI-3260 ...
Evaluation of Laboratory Cracking Tests Related to Top-Down Cracking in Asphalt Pavements
(2016-12-09)
Top-down cracking (TDC) is now recognized as a prominent mode of failure in asphalt pavements. There has been much research conducted to characterize the failure mechanisms of TDC but there are still large gaps of knowledge ...
The Investigation of Interns', Teachers', and Principals' Perceptions of Preparedness in Elementary Education
(2016-12-09)
Forty to 50 percent of teachers are leaving the teaching profession in their first five years due to a lack of confidence and a feeling of incompetence when trying to meet the needs of their students in the classroom ...