Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Design Guidelines for Product that Influence Consumers’ Value Perception
(2016-04-05)
When consumers meet a new product and make purchase choice, they will have a first impression. Most first impressions connect to the exterior performance of this product, which may include the form implication and visual ...
Peracetic Acid Effects on Shelf Life and Survival of Escherichia coli on Beef Steaks
(2016-04-05)
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of peracetic acid (PAA) against Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef. In this study, 150 slices of beef ball tips (IMPS: 185B) weighing 100g each were inoculated with either ...
An Econometric Approach to Applied Microeconomic Theories: The Case of Natural Resource-Based Industries
(2016-04-05)
The forest products industry of Alabama has a dominant role in the state’s economy. The industry has experienced a general downturn in production, employment and number of operating establishments since the mid-1990s. In ...
Work Values and Technology Skills of Students Enrolled in a Career and Technical Education Course at a Community College
(2016-03-31)
This study was designed to investigate: (a) the work values; (b) the technology skills concerning software, hardware, and technology tools; (c) the perceived competency level to complete basic computer tasks; and (d) the ...
Perceptions of Digital Technology in Military Education
(2016-03-31)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship, if any, between perceptions of students and instructors with digital technology in military education at a military installation in the southeast region of Alabama. ...
Adipose tissue and liver adaptations in exercised versus non-exercised rats fed a ketogenic diet, western diet, or standard rodent chow
(2016-03-31)
BACKGROUND: We investigated the effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (KD), versus other diets, on adipose tissue, liver and serum biomarkers in exercise-trained versus sedentary rodents. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley ...
Evaluation of School Bus Emergency Evacuation Systems With Regard to Physical Capabilities of Young Children
(2016-03-28)
Motorized school buses have been used to transport children for over a century and are known to be the safest mode of transportation for students traveling to and from school. Between 2001 and 2008, only 1% of student ...
Lithofacies analysis of AU scientific drill cores 09-03 and 09-04, Wetumpka impact structure, Elmore County, Alabama
(2016-03-25)
The Wetumpka impact structure is an approximately 5 km diameter crater that resulted from a shallow marine cosmic impact in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico during Late Cretaceous (latest Santonian to earliest Campanian). ...
In silico Prediction and Experimental Confirmation of B-cell Epitopes for Molecular Serology of Chlamydia spp.
(2016-03-25)
Urgently needed species-specific ELISAs for detection of antibodies against Chlamydia (C.) spp. have been elusive due to high cross-reactivity of chlamydial antigens. To identify Chlamydia species-specific B-cell epitopes, ...
The Environmental Outcomes of Collaborative Natural Resource Institutions
(2016-03-25)
Across the United States there are collaborative partnerships and networks co-laboring
to manage environmental and natural resources including our watersheds. There are over
2,000 of these watersheds in which at least ...
An Investigation of Learning Styles Assessments and Educational Attainment among Hourly Employees and the Effects on Employee Engagement and Retention
(2016-03-25)
Employee engagement and retention are two areas of focus within industry that help organizations assess business metrics such as training effectiveness, hiring practices, and workplace culture. Several methods exist with ...
Design and Analysis of Joining Methods for Open Architecture Composite Structures
(2016-03-25)
Recent research has shown that ¬Open-Architecture Composite Structures (O-ACS or simply Open Structures) can be utilized to create structures with characteristics that traditional composite structures cannot achieve. The ...
Comparison of Harvest Scheduling Approaches: Using Woodstock vs. Traditional (Back of the Envelope) Harvest Planning Methods
(2016-03-25)
Understanding and managing agricultural or forestry resources can be very difficult for numerous reasons. Methods used to harvest timber vary, and can affect the NPV of a stand. In this study, we compare two approaches: ...
Consumer adaptation mediates top-down regulation of ecosystems across a nutrient gradient
(2016-03-07)
Individuals within a species frequently differ in important traits, and these differences are known functions of genetic, epigenetic, and environmental influences. While evolutionary biologists have been studying ...
A Comparison of Face-to-Face On-Campus and Distance Education Undergraduate Nontraditional Adult Learner Students’ Academic, Social, and Environmental Needs in the Collegiate Setting
(2016-03-07)
With the continued growth of nontraditional adult learners in both the on-campus and distance education environments over the past few decades, there has come an ever-increasing need for further research in regards to the ...
Genome-wide association studies for columnaris resistance and morphology in hybrid catfish
(2016-03-03)
Catfish is the primary aquaculture species in the United States. Recently, the catfish industry in the USA has encountered unprecedented challenges due to increasing feed and energy costs, devastating diseases, and severe ...
A Model-Driven Engineering Framework for Computational Replicability and Reproducibility
(2016-02-11)
The scientific community currently suffers from a lack of verification of results obtained from many well-intentioned researchers. Part of the reason for this lack is the difficulty in reproducing experiments performed by ...
Impact of Vertical Ground Motion on Seismic Response of Steel Frame Structures
(2016-02-05)
It is a well-known fact that all earthquakes have three orthogonal components of acceleration including two horizontal and one vertical acceleration. Current design practice for design of structures in United States only ...
Performance of Elm Taxa in Auburn, AL
(2016-02-01)
The National Elm Trial (NET) was started in 2005 by Colorado State University and has
16 sites in 15 states throughout the United States. The NET a collective effort to evaluate
commercially available elms (Ulmus sp.) ...
Feature Enhancement and Performance Evaluation of BioPig Analytics
(2016-01-27)
Next-Generation sequencing produces huge collections of strings to be analyzed. This
massive dataset challenges traditional analytics tools and increasingly requires novel solutions
adapting to big data platforms. MapReduce ...