Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Development of Phage/Antibody Immobilized Magnetostrictive Biosensors
(2010-05-03)
There is an urgent need for biosensors that are able to detect and quantify the presence of a small amount of pathogens in a real-time manner accurately and quickly to guide prevention efforts and assay food and water ...
Activated carbon fiber filter media for proton exchange membrane fuel cell
(2010-05-03)
Sulfur dioxide, a major air pollutant, has been found to be poisonous to proton exchange membrane fuel cells and causes degradation of fuel cell systems. Currently used industrial desulfurization systems, such as wet ...
Alabama School Board Presidents’ Perceptions of Community Engagement
(2010-05-03)
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of Alabama School Board Presidents about community engagement in school board decision making. An exploratory
research design was used and data were collected by ...
A Study of the Relationship Between Indicators of Georgia Alternative School Effectiveness and Measures of Student Success as Perceived by Alternative School Administrators
(2010-04-30)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Georgia alternative school administrators' perceptions of student success factors and the three domains of essential elements of effective alternative ...
The Relationship of Principals' Perceptions of Professional Development Practices and Student Achievement in High Poverty Schools
(2010-04-30)
This study investigated if there are differences among Torchbearer and Non- Torchbearer Schools principals’ professional development practices as measured by principals’ perceptions of the implementation of the NSDC ...
“Strange Homecomings” Place, Identity Formation, and the Literary Constructions of Departure and Return in the Works of Sarah Orne Jewett, Mark Twain, and Ernest Hemingway
(2010-04-29)
This dissertation considers place identity theory to examine three American authors’ constructions of place. It examines the literature of Sarah Orne Jewett, Mark Twain, and Ernest Hemingway for what it might reveal about ...
Energy Efficient Pre-Fetching - Models to Implementation
(2010-04-29)
With the rapid growth of the production and storage of large scale data sets
it is important to investigate methods to drive the cost of storage systems down. We are currently in the midst of an information explosion and ...
C4-Factorizations with Two Associate Classes
(2010-04-29)
Let $K = K(a,p;\lambda_{1},\lambda_{2})$ be the multigraph with: the number of vertices in each part equal to $a$; the number of parts equal to $p$; the number of edges joining any two vertices of the same part equal to ...
Pathogenicity and Virulence of Root-Inhabiting Ophiostomatoid Fungi on Pinus Species of the Southeastern United States
(2010-04-29)
Root- inhabiting ophiostomatoid fungi cause root disease in conifer hosts around the world. A group of ophiostomatoid fungi in the genus Grosmannia Goid. and their Leptographium Lagerb. & Melin anamorphs have been recently ...
Constructive Aspects for the Generalized Orthogonal Group
(2010-04-28)
Our main result is a constructive proof of the Cartan-Dieudonn\'{e}-Scherk Theorem in the real or complex fields. The Cartan-Dieudonn\'{e}-Scherk Theorem states that for fields of characteristic other than two, every ...
Modeling, Analysis, and Validation of Temperature Dependent Vibration Induced Fretting Corrosion
(2010-04-27)
Connector reliability is an extremely important factor in electronic packaging, especially with regard to vehicle electronics. Two of the major drivers for fretting corrosion are vibration and thermal cycling. Most previous ...
Techniques for Establishing Vegetation for Erosion Control on Disturbed Slopes in Alabama
(2010-04-23)
Soil erosion is a serious issue in the revegetation of disturbed slopes that occurs during highway and other construction. Although slope disturbance from highway construction is widespread, there is little information ...
“Light within light”: The Possibilities of Grace in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and Home
(2010-04-23)
This thesis examines two contemporary works of fiction, Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead (2004) and Home (2008), exploring how the characters of each novel contend with conceptions of grace, forgiveness, and agency, all hinging ...
Support Staff Perceptions of the Campus Climate at a Southern University
(2010-04-23)
The purpose of this study was to investigate university support staff members’ perception of the campus climate at a Southern university. Differences among support staff members were examined by age, gender, level of ...
The Individual Graduate Teaching Assistant Negotiating Current Preparation Models: A Case Study of Four Composition Graduate Teaching Assistants
(2010-04-23)
Graduate teaching assistants are common fixtures on college campuses, and their roles encompass a wide range of duties, including supervising labs, working alongside mentors, and teaching a variety of beginner courses to ...
Memory of Design Features in Built Environments
(2010-04-22)
The purpose of this study was to identify memory of design features or wayfinding preferences that may be related to gender and ethnicity. This was done in order to assess whether there were any statistically significant ...
Scale Economies in MFIs Abroad and Comparable U.S. Financial Institutions
(2010-04-22)
The three essays of this dissertation employ a system of seemingly unrelated equations, each with a cost function and production input equations to determine the scale or point of production along the long-run average total ...
Prevalence of Nalidixic Acid Resistant Salmonella Species on Chicken Skin with Commercial Marinades
(2010-04-20)
Marination of poultry meat is widely done in the industry not only for value addition but also to enhance the shelf life. In addition to increased consumer acceptance the combination of spices in marinades have a potential ...
The Inverse Domination Number Problem, DI-Pathological Graphs, and Fractional Analogues
(2010-04-20)
The conjecture that $\alpha(G) \geq \gamma'(G)$ is unproven where $\alpha(G)$ is the vertex independence number and $\gamma'(G)$ is the inverse domination number of a simple graph G. We have found the conjecture to be true ...
The relationship between color cycles in home furnishings and apparel, 1969-2009
(2010-04-19)
The dynamics of fashion are present in many product categories, and color can be an important component in customers’ selection decisions, including for apparel and home furnishings products. Color makes an emotional ...