Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Effect of Microbial Inoculation on Nitrogen Plant Uptake and Nitrogen Losses from Soil and Plant-Soil Systems
(2013-12-04)
Reducing the negative impacts of agricultural fertilizers is a world-wide concern, both from an environmental and human health perspective. One way to reduce these impacts is by enhancing plant uptake, which improves ...
Online Community Response to A Political Corruption Issue: A Study of Sina Weibo in the Lei Zhengfu Affair
(2013-12-04)
This study conducted a content analysis of one of the most popular Chinese microblogging sites, Sina Weibo, to investigate how Chinese Internet users used microblogging in response to a well-known political corruption ...
Mitochondrial Copper Transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(2013-12-04)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains a copper pool within the mitochondrial matrix that is required for assembly and activity of cytochrome c oxidase. Matrix copper exists bound to an anionic, fluorescent molecule known as ...
An Exploratory Study of High School Geometry Teachers’ Applied Content Knowledge
(2013-12-04)
Results from the 2007 TIMSS showed the grim reality that the United States did not measure up to other industrialized countries in both fourth- and eighth-grade results in geometry (Mullis, Martin, & Foy, 2008). Furthermore, ...
High Speed Videographic Quick Stop Device for Orthogonal Machining
(2013-12-04)
Advances in digital high speed video acquisition make it possible to create a fully integrated virtual quick stop device to observe the orthogonal metal cutting process in real time. This research aims to provide additional ...
Preexposing a stimulus may enhance its subsequent extinction
(2013-12-04)
Extinction, the repeated exposure to a stimulus following conditioning results in decreased conditioned responding (i.e., conditioned fear), has long been used as a therapeutic treatment to attenuate various anxiety ...
Relationships between plant biomass and cover in the ground cover layer of longleaf pine forests at Fort Benning, GA
(2013-12-04)
Interest in restoring longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystems has recently grown but little information is available for estimating biomass in the highly diverse ground cover layer of longleaf pine forests. ...
Effect of Reflow Process on Glass Transition Temperature of Printed Circuit Board Laminates and Model for Prediction of Package-on-Package (PoP) Warpage and the Effect of Process and Material Parameters
(2013-12-04)
The effect of temperature exposure encountered both during assembly and in fielded products, has a known influence on glass transition temperature of printed-circuit board (PCB) laminate materials. Printed circuit board ...
Effects of pre- and probiotics on pond production, growth and disease susceptibility of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus and Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
(2013-12-04)
Disease outbreaks have become a major challenge to the profitable culture of fish and shellfish as aquaculture operations intensify. Globally, total annual losses from disease outbreaks have reached billions of United ...
An Empirical and Computational Investigation into the Acoustical Environment at the Launch of a Space Vehicle
(2013-12-04)
During the launch of a space vehicle, the intense sound pressure levels created around the vehicle can excite the vehicle itself, payload, launch tower, and ground support systems into hazardous and potentially damaging ...
The Fighting Five-Tenth: One Fighter-Bomber Squadron's Experience during the Development of World War II Tactical Air Power
(2013-12-04)
During the years between World War I and World War II, many within the Army Air Corps (AAC) aggressively sought an independent air arm and believed that strategic bombardment represented an opportunity to inflict severe ...
Identification and analysis of recently duplicated genes in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) genome
(2013-12-04)
Gene duplication is an important source of genetic innovation and structure and usually associated to the lineage-specific adaptive trait during evolution, such as genes related to immunity, development and reproduction. ...
Fabrication and Characterization of ZnO and GaN Devices for Electronic and Photonic Applications
(2013-12-04)
The research work presented in this dissertation is based on two direct and wide band gap semiconductors: ZnO and GaN. On the first part of the dissertation, the synthesis of ZnO nanorod array via the low temperature ...
Employment Preparation for High School Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities
(2013-12-04)
Only eight percent of people with significant intellectual disabilities are employed, as compared to 81% of people without disabilities (Harris & Associates, 2000). A predictor of successful employment for students with ...
Solder Joint Reliability Based Prognostic Health Management (PHM) Models for Life Prediction of Electronics Subjected to Harsh Thermo-mechanical Environments
(2013-12-04)
Field deployed electronics may accrue damage due to environmental exposure and usage after finite period of service but may not often have any macro-indicators of failure such as cracks or delamination. In real world setting ...
A Study of the Thermal Interactions of Sustainable Asphalt Concrete Pavements
(2013-12-04)
A study of the thermal interactions of select sustainable technologies, such as reclaimed asphalt pavements (RAP), recycled asphalt shingles (RAS), ground tire rubber (GTR), and foamed asphalt in cold recycled materials ...
An Approach to Designing Playgrounds that Promote Game Play
(2013-12-04)
The time American children spend on average engaged in valuable play has been in decline over the past several decades. This trend is upsetting when considering the important role of play in the development of children. ...
The role of Ubiquinone Synthesis Complex in bc1 complex assembly of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(2013-12-04)
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles bounded by double-membranes found in eukaryotic cells carrying various critical cellular processes. Energy generation is arguably the most important of its functions. The Electron Transport ...
Identification of Adsorption Mechanisms of Sulfur Heterocycles via Surface Analysis of Selected Metal-Doped Adsorbent Materials for Logistics Fuels Desulfurization
(2013-12-03)
The removal of sulfur from distillate fuels is a difficult operation, which carries a cost associated with the capital equipment and production of hydrogen or other reagents necessary to drive the process. While specifications ...
Study and evaluation of bigano snail (Stramonita haemastoma) as a marketable seafood species
(2013-12-03)
To evaluate whether a species is potentially edible, marketable and sustainable, we need to answer quite a few questions about what, why, where, who, when and how. This dissertation consists of five chapters. The basic ...