Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Enhancing Image Resolvability in Obscured Environments Using 3D Deconvolution and a Plenoptic Camera
(2015-05-08)
Light field imaging with a plenoptic camera is an emerging flow diagnostic technique capable of capturing three dimensional information about a given volume or flow from a single plenoptic image. Translucent occlusions ...
Generalized Signed-Rank Estimation for Certain Complex Regression Models
(2015-05-07)
This dissertation is mainly concerned with the Generalized signed-rank estimation of model parameters in complex regression models, specially nonlinear models with multidimensional indices and two-phase linear models. First ...
Palmetto Navy: Ironclad Construction and the Naval Defense of Charleston During the Civil War
(2015-05-07)
This dissertation traces the creation and operation of the Charleston Naval Squadron in the Civil War through a look at the different ships and construction strategies implemented within Charleston Harbor. Under the ...
Three Dimensional Flow Visualization of the Adverse Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layer
(2015-05-07)
An adverse pressure gradient (APG) turbulent boundary layer is investigated using a three dimensional scanning flow visualization technique. This dissertation includes an introduction to the structures and past research ...
Surface Dynamics of a DNA Loop Formation Using Surface Plasmon Resonance
(2015-05-07)
Electrochemical proximity assay (ECPA), was recently developed for direct protein quantitation as low as 10 fM. In this assay, the loop-like structure holds methylene blue (MB) in close proximity with the gold surface when ...
Optimization Approaches for a Dubins Vehicle in Coverage Planning Problem and Traveling Salesman Problems
(2015-05-07)
The motivation of this dissertation is a path planning task for an autonomous robot-trailer system in geophysical surveys. The path planning task includes two main stages. In the first stage, an efficient coverage path is ...
Investigation of RF Noise in 28nm RF CMOS Using TCAD
(2015-05-07)
State of art of 28 nm RF MOSFET is studied using sentaurus process and device tools.
DC characteristics, such as C-V, Rs, Rd and I-V curves are calibrated by adjustment of
physics model. The relationship between saturation ...
Exploring the Mechanism and Product Specificity of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1 and Drug Discovery for Diabetes and Malaria
(2015-05-07)
In this work, three main projects are studied: (1) the mechanism and product specificity of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) (2) the design and development of agonists that target peroxisome proliferator activated ...
Temporal and spatial variation in longleaf pine soil respiration and its heterotrophic and autotrophic components
(2015-05-07)
Soil respiration (Rs) is the sum efflux of CO2 from soil derived from the metabolic activity of autotrophs and heterotrophs in the litter layer, root-affected soil (rhizosphere), and bulk soil. Soil respiration exhibits ...
Rich Instruction of Mathematical Academic Vocabulary to Enhance Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students
(2015-05-07)
Mathematics scores on national and international tests for students in the United States have indicated that students in the United States have procedural understanding of mathematics but lack conceptual understanding ...
Novel Interface Trap Passivation and Channel Counter-doping for 4H-SiC MOSFETs
(2015-05-07)
4H-Silicon carbide (4H-SiC) is the most promising wide band gap semiconductor for next generation high power and high temperature metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). However, the channel mobility ...
Expression and Functional Roles of Cytokinin Response Factor Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2015-05-07)
Abstract
Cytokinin response factors (CRFs) are transcription factor proteins from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). CRFs comprise a small, highly conserved subgroup of the AP2/ERF family of plant ...
Symbolic Computation of Quantities Associated with Time-Periodic Dynamical Systems
(2015-05-07)
Many dynamical systems can be modeled by a set of linear/nonlinear ordinary differential equations with periodic time-varying coefficients. The state transition matrix S(t,a) associated with the linear part of the equation ...
The Effect of Drama Activities in the Second Language Classroom: Vocabulary Acquisition and Fluency Development
(2015-05-07)
Recent studies stress the benefits of using drama activities in the L2 classroom to improve oral skills, based on qualitative analyses rather than on empirical evidence. This thesis explores, through quantitative analysis, ...
The Devolution of Irish Masculinity in Twentieth Century Irish Drama: Representations of Manliness in the Plays of John Millington Synge, Sean O'Casey and Martin McDonagh
(2015-05-07)
This project argues that prominent playwrights John M. Synge, Sean O’Casey and Martin McDonagh who are either native Irish or self-identify as Irish reject the various versions of masculinity proposed by nationalistic ...
Middle-Season Drought Tolerance in a RIL Population of Cultivated Peanut
(2015-05-07)
Grown extensively in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, cultivated groundnut or
peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of the world’s most important food and oilseed
crops. However, a vast majority of peanut crops are grown ...
Maldad e ingenio en la obra de picaresca El guitón Onofre (1604) del licenciado Gregorio González
(2015-05-07)
Four centuries have passed since the Spanish picaresque novel, El guitón Onofre (1604), by Gregorio González, was written. However, it has only been four decades since it was published for the first time (1973). Even ...
Diferentes manifestaciones de lo gay en Lorca, Arenas y Noel y la sed de un canon queer latino.
(2015-05-07)
This study focuses presents a Queer-Latino reading of three epic lyrical collections: Poeta en Nueva York (1940) by Federico García Lorca, Autoepitafio (1992) by Reinaldo Arenas, and Kool Logic/Lógica Kool (2005) by Tomás ...
The use of a small scale study and regional data sources to understand grassland bird habitat relationships
(2015-05-07)
Habitat loss and degradation, among other factors, contributed to a steady decline in grassland bird populations across the U.S. Many large scale management efforts are in place to stabilize and increase grassland bird ...
Experimental Study of Biomass Pyrolysis in a Fluidized Bed Reactor: Effect of Biomass Blending and In-situ Catalysis
(2015-05-07)
Lignocellulosic biomass has been recognized worldwide as a renewable resource of energy for the production of liquid biofuels due to its low cost and abundance. Several routes to convert biomass to biofuels have been studied ...