Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Socioeconomic Disparities, Community Physical Environment, and Childhood Obesity in Alabama's Black Belt Region
(2015-04-30)
Health inequalities have been linked to socioeconomic disparities. These disparities are communal differences which have a profound influence on the physical environment. Scholarship has recently connected socioeconomic ...
Utilization of 'TifGrand' bermudagrass for sports turf: wear tolerance, shade response, and quality improvement.
(2015-04-30)
‘TifGrand’ is a relatively new, reportedly wear-, shade-, and drought-tolerant bermudagrass cultivar. TifGrand is similar to other bermudagrasses such as ‘Tifway’ and ‘TifSport’, and yet, displays some unique features, ...
Organization Improvisational Capabilities and Configurations of firm Performance in a Highly Turbulent Environment
(2015-04-30)
This dissertation intends to examine 1) nature of organization improvisational capabilities and 2) some possible configurations for firm performance in a highly turbulent environment, i.e., e-commerce.
Motivated by the ...
Examining Alabama Teacher of the Year Nominee Applications: Toward a Prototype of Expert Teaching
(2015-04-30)
Because of the complex nature of teaching (Gün, 2014), studying teacher expertise is no easy task. Many researchers have contributed to our understanding of teacher expertise by comparing expert teachers to non-experts ...
An Approach for Designing Dental Tools
(2015-04-29)
One study from the University of Iowa found 93% of dental hygienists reported at least one musculoskeletal disorder in the past year, and they have one of the highest incidences of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Anton, 2002). To ...
Smart Dispersant Formulations for Reduced Environmental Impact of Crude Oil Spills
(2015-04-29)
The traditional chemical dispersant formulations used in combating oil spills are comprised of mainly hydrocarbon solvents, petroleum-derived surfactants, and additives. The toxicity of these chemical dispersants to aquatic ...
Self-Efficacy and Medication Adherence of Individuals with Vision Impairments
(2015-04-29)
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the self-efficacy and medication adherence of individuals with vision impairments who were served at the time by one or more of the three non-profit consumer organizations ...
Three Essays in Natural Risks and Environmental Policy Analysis
(2015-04-29)
This dissertation includes three essays that address economic impacts of natural risks and environmental policy on natural resources and economic development. Chapter 1 examines the impacts of economic and flood risk ...
Ozone Removal at Microsecond Contact Time using Microfibrous Entrapped Catalysts
(2015-04-29)
Microfibrous Entrapped Catalysts (MFEC) manufactured from 8μm diameter nickel fibers were engineered into pleated heterogeneous catalytic reactors to improve catalytic performance from conventional packed bed and monolith ...
Interference Management and Exploitation in Emerging Wireless Networks
(2015-04-29)
In the past decade, with the prevalence of smart phones, the main use of cellphones has been
shifted from phone call to multimedia access. This paradigm shift has resulted in the demand for
higher and higher transmission ...
Scalable Collective Communication and Data Transfer for High-Performance Computation and Data Analytics
(2015-04-27)
Large-scale computer clusters are leveraged to solve various crucial problems in both High Performance Computing and Cloud Computing fields. Message Passing Interface (MPI) and MapReduce are two prevalent tools to tap the ...
Digital Testing with Multi-Valued Logic Signals
(2015-04-27)
The integrated circuit scaling has been following the Moore’s Law since 1965 [59, 60, 61]. Within these decades, researchers made great effort to shrink the transistor feature size and maximize the integration level. ...
The Effects of Mechanical Stress on Semiconductor Devices
(2015-04-24)
Mechanical strains and stresses are developed during the fabrication, assembly and packaging of the integrated circuit (IC) chips. Sources include processes such as shallow trench isolation, wafer backgrinding and dicing, ...
Analytical Study of the Effects of Grid Resistance on Grid-Connected PV Systems: Modeling and Simulation
(2015-04-22)
Lot of issues associated with grid-connected PV system have appeared. One of the issues is the variations of grid impedance. In the traditional real and reactive power calculations, the resistance of the transmission line ...
On the Countable Dense Homogeneity of Euclidean Spaces
(2015-04-20)
A countable dense homogeneous space, in a general sense, is a topological space in which any two countable dense subsets of the space are "dispersed" the same way. In this thesis, we will show that some very well-known ...
Self-Perceived Personality Characteristics of Award-Winning Career Technical Education Teachers and Award-Winning Core Subject Area Teachers Throughout the United States of America
(2015-04-08)
This study examined the relationships between self-perceived personality characteristics found in award-winning Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers and award-winning Core Subject Area (CSA) teachers throughout ...
Limited information strategies for topological games
(2015-04-08)
A topological game G(X) is a two-player game which characterizes
properties of a topological space X based upon the existence of winning
perfect-information
strategies for players in the game. If the property P is ...
Strategic Investment Decisions for Product Development Projects - An Option-Game Approach
(2015-04-08)
Gate-criteria have been identified as critical drivers of the success of a new product development (NPD) process. However, a major weakness of NPD projects is that gate-criteria are often inadequate for making go/kill ...
Knowledge and Practices of Disability Services Providers Who Serve Postsecondary Students with Traumatic Brain Injury
(2015-04-08)
This study gathered information about disability services providers’ knowledge, experiences, and practices in providing accommodations for postsecondary students with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study surveyed ...
Uneven-aged Management of Longleaf Pine Forests Using Selection Silviculture
(2015-04-07)
Approximately 38 million hectares were dominated by longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.)
forests in the Southeastern United States prior to European settlement. Frequent disturbances,
especially fire, made this species ...