Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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The Impact of Perceived Price Fairness of Dynamic Pricing on Customer Satisfaction and Behavioral Intentions: The Moderating Role of Customer Loyalty
(2010-07-12)
Applying theories and principles rooted in consumer behavior including equity theory and distributive justice, the current research presents a conceptual framework to explain the formation of price fairness perceptions ...
Surface Architectural Anatomy of The Penile and Preputial Epithelium of Bulls
(2010-07-12)
It has been a long held assumption that older bulls develop deeper folds or crypts in the epithelium covering the penis and prepuce than are found in their younger counterparts. These deeper crypts reportedly facilitate ...
The Impact of Preschool Quality on Peer Relationships at First Grade with Teacher-Child Relationships as a Mediator
(2010-07-12)
Previous research has documented associations between preschool quality and children’s peer relationships as well as the effect of teacher-child relationship quality on peer relationships. Multiple regression models were ...
A Comparative Study of the Relations Between Parenting and Deviance and Parenting and Academic Achievement Among Chinese and European American Youth from Taiwan and the United States
(2010-07-12)
The current investigation studied the relations between parenting and deviance
and parenting and academic achievement among Chinese and European American youth
from Taiwan (n = 906) and the United States (n = 627). More ...
What is Good Spousal Support? Examining Support Delivery and Outcomes
(2010-07-12)
Support from others is critical to both mental and physical health, and for married individuals, the spouse is the most important support provider. Although spousal support is known to be important, researchers have yet ...
Health Related Outcomes among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth and Young Adults
(2010-07-12)
Study I: Using data from Waves I thru IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the current study compared initial levels, rates of change, and quadratic curvature in three measures of substance ...
Humor in Therapy: Expectations, Sense of Humor, and Perceived Effectiveness
(2010-07-12)
Research has shown that humor holds valuable power to increase psychological well-being. The present study explored: (1) the perceived effectiveness of humor as a therapeutic tool based on the social influence model; and ...
Variability for Morphological and Forage Quality Traits in Sericea Lespedeza [Lespedeza cuneata (Dumont de Courset) G. Don] Cultivars
(2010-07-12)
Sericea lespedeza is a summer perennial forage legume adapted to the environmental conditions of the southeastern USA. Seasonal variations in temperature and genotype play an important role in early growth in this plant ...
The Association Between Marital Conflict and BMI Among African American Married Couples
(2010-07-09)
Research has repeatedly noted the link between marriage and weight gain, but to date, there has been no satisfactory explanation for those findings. This dyadic study of African American married couples examines one ...
Using the Multiple Choice Procedure to Measure College Student Gambling
(2010-07-09)
Research suggests that gambling is similar to addictive behaviors such as substance use. In the current study, gambling was investigated from a behavioral economics perspective. The Multiple Choice Procedure (MCP) with ...
Intensive Culture of Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus and Hybrid Catfish Ictalurus punctatus x Ictalurus furcatus in a Commercial-Scale, In-pond Raceway System
(2010-07-09)
An experiment was conducted utilizing a highly intensive fish production system in the Black Belt region of western Alabama. Three main objectives were addressed in this study. The first was based primarily on channel and ...
Discovery and Characterization of Novel Antibiotic Synthesis and Resistance Determinants from Diverse Microbial Metagenomes
(2010-07-09)
The application of metagenomics to investigate the genetic and functional diversity of as-yet-uncultured microorganisms from natural environments has been one of the most significant breakthroughs in molecular microbiology. ...
Evaluation of the Efficacy of NuPro®-Yeast Extract in Reducing Intestinal Clostridium perfringens Levels in Broiler Chickens
(2010-07-07)
The etiological agent of necrotic enteritis (NE) is Clostridium perfringens (CP). Traditionally, NE is controlled with in-feed antibiotics. However, increasing consumer demand for drug-free poultry has fostered the search ...
Counseling Students: Perceptions of Problematic Behaviors, Self-Care and Related Training Experiences
(2010-07-07)
The purpose of this study was to examine student awareness and frequency of self-reported problematic behaviors, self-care practices, and related training experiences. Participants were randomly selected from regionally ...
A Content Analysis of Sex and Drug Law Legislation
(2010-07-06)
There have been claims which have suggested recent federal sex offender legislation is innovative. The current study uses previously passed, but current federal drug legislation to determine if new federal sex offender ...
Validation of the Behavioral Assessment of Social Interaction in Young Children (BASYC) as a Measure of Early Social Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2010-07-06)
Early social behaviors in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) represent an
area of core symptom deficits that reflect chronic and pervasive impairment (Gillis &
Romanczyk, 2008). Although the specific and ...
Examining Changes in Parenting Behaviors Among a Diverse Sample of Marriage Education Participants
(2010-07-06)
Research has shown that the quality of the couple relationship is a critical factor in the environment in which children develop, in that it affects parent involvement and parenting practices. This spillover process suggests ...
Effect of Dietary Phosphorus Level and Phytase Enzymes on Broiler Performance and Bone Mineralization
(2010-07-06)
A series of experiments evaluated dietary levels of non-phytate phosphorus (npP),
with or without phytase enzyme supplementation in corn-soybean meal diets, on growth
and skeletal performance in the broiler chicken. A ...
Lag Order and Critical Values for the RMA Based Augmented Dickey-Fuller Test
(2010-07-06)
This thesis examines the validity of asymptotic critical values for a Recursive Mean Adjustment (RMA) based Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root test. Cheung and Lai show that critical values for the Ordinary least ...
An Examination of Metamorphic Uranium Occurrences in Coosa County, Alabama
(2010-07-06)
Coosa County, Alabama, is host to one or more presumably metamorphosed uranium occurrences of unknown size or grade. The exact location, size and mode of emplacement of each uranium occurrence is currently unknown. This ...