Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Examining Social Networking Community Users’ Perception of Company Fan Page Use, Behavioral Intention, and Actual Visiting Behaviors
(2014-12-12)
Seeking to capitalize on the widespread popularity of Facebook, many not-for-profit and for-profit organizations have started their own brand or fan pages in social media to better communicate with customers. Notably, such ...
Flannery O'Connor and Mid-Century America
(2014-12-12)
Though the fiction of Flannery O'Connor has most often been studied from theological or psychological perspectives, her work is deeply entrenched in, and reflective of, the culture of the mid-twentieth-century United States. ...
Hybrid Learning of Feedforward Neural Networks for Regression Problems
(2014-12-12)
Inspired by the structure and functional aspects of the biological neural networks, the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is a very popular model in the machine learning fields to
learn complex relationships in the data. ...
Size Optimization of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications via a Novel Size- Selective Fractionation Process
(2014-12-12)
Magnetic nanoparticles, especially those composed of iron oxide, are extremely attractive options when it comes to MRI contrast agents and magnetically targeted therapies. Their superparamagnetic properties as well as their ...
Comparative genome analysis of related catfish species
(2014-12-12)
Catfish belong to the order Siluriformes. They are one of the largest orders of teleost fish, with over 5,000 living species, accounting for approximately 15% of teleost fish species, or 7.8% of all vertebrates. Catfish ...
Development of a reduced order electrochemical and thermal model for Lithium battery with blended cathode
(2014-12-12)
Accurate and fast estimation of state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) during operations plays a pivotal role in prevention of overcharge or undercharge and accurately monitoring the state of cell degradation, ...
Mutagenesis of virulence genes in an epidemic strain of Aeromonas hydrophila ML09-119 for development of an attenuated vaccine strain
(2014-12-11)
The epidemic strain of Aeromonas hydrophila caused a devastating outbreak of motile Aeromonads septicemia of catfish (MAS) on the fish farms of Southeastern United States in 2009. A.hydrophila ML09-119 was reported to cause ...
Elucidating the Cognitive Deficits following Doxorubicin treatment
(2014-12-11)
Chemotherapeutic drugs are effective in the treatment of various types of tumors;
however, the optimal clinical effectiveness is limited due to secondary effects including
cognitive impairment, also known as “chemobrain”, ...
Discovering Vulnerabilities In The Wild: An Empirical Study
(2014-12-11)
There is little or no information available on what actually happens when a software vulnerability is detected. We performed an empirical study on reporters of the three most prominent security vulnerabilities: buffer ...
Simultaneous Controlled Release Of Multiple Comfort Molecules And The Production Of Novel High Comfort Contact Lens Materials Through Biphasic Molecular Imprinting
(2014-12-10)
Contact lens induced dry eye (CLIDE) affects approximately 80% of contact lens wearers. Extrapolating to the world wide population of 300 million contact lens wearers, there are approximately 200 million wearers who express ...
The Study of Urban Heat Islands in the Birmingham and Auburn-Opelika, Alabama Urban Areas, Using Satellite and Observational Techniques
(2014-12-10)
Urban heat islands (UHI) are created by cities because buildings, impervious surfaces, energy and transportation, and reduced amounts of evapotranspiration increase temperatures compared to their rural surroundings. Because ...
Evaluation of Energy Storage Devices for Aerospace Applications
(2014-12-10)
Electrical energy storage devices are highly desirable for aerospace applications, such as the Space Vehicle (SV) and many systems/parts for the Space Lunch System (SLS). For this special application, devices that can work ...
Identification and analysis of genome-wide SNPs provide insight into signatures of selection and domestication in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
(2014-12-10)
Domestication and selection for important performance traits can impact the genome, which is most often reflected by reduced heterozygosity in and surrounding genes related to traits affected by selection. In this study, ...
Pre-bond TSV Test Optimization and Stacking Yield Improvement for 3D ICs
(2014-12-10)
Through silicon via (TSV) based three-dimensional IC (3D IC) exhibits various advantages over traditional two-dimensional IC (2D IC), including heterogeneous integration,reduced delay and power dissipation, compact device ...
Analysis of Record and Playback Errors of GPS Signals Caused by the USRP
(2014-12-10)
In this thesis, the errors created by the USRP (Universal Software Receiver Platform) during record and playback are analyzed. The USRP is used for jamming, spoo fing, and
GPS processing, and has recently become widely ...
Landscapes of the Uglyful
(2014-12-10)
Landscape architects can use new radicalisms to move away from the ingrained and the habitual. There is an opportunity to push the boundaries of aesthetics and abandon inefficient design norms that are fixed in the realm ...
Discovery and characterization of synthetic and natural compounds as inhibitors of shikimate kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by LC-MS
(2014-12-10)
With the increasing emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and the complication by HIV co-infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a challenging target for drug discovery. The shikimate pathway, responsible ...
Fabrication and characterization of compliant off-chip double helix and carbon nanotube interconnect
(2014-12-10)
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) type double helix chip-level electrical interconnect structures are fabricated and characterized in this work. Due to their springlike structure, double helix interconnects have the ...
Value-added Bioproducts Development from Lignocellulosic Biomass
(2014-12-10)
Alternative fuels and chemicals from renewable biomass can be used to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, increase national energy security, and address environmental challenges. While renewable biomass can be used for ...
2,000 Trees a Day: Work and Life in the American Naval Stores Industry, 1877 to 1940
(2014-12-10)
This project explores the lives of nineteenth and early twentieth century naval stores workers in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. After the Civil War, turpentine operators faced a high demand for their product, limited ...