Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Effect of 8 weeks of high-intensity interval training versus traditional endurance training on the blood lipid profile in humans
(2013-07-18)
INTRODUCTION: High-density lipoprotein (HDL) plays an important role in the prevention of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease (CHD), which is the leading cause of death in the United States. While the importance of ...
Modification and characterization of liquefied biomass-based epoxy resin
(2013-07-18)
With the increasing requirement of biomass composites, people have paid more attention to
the increasing use of synthetic adhesives, which require petroleum-based resources. Talking
about petroleum-based resources, the ...
A Comparison between the Mechanical Behaviors of Different Equine Articular Cartilage Surfaces
(2013-07-18)
In order to determine the stiffness and thickness of the equine articular cartilage, an indentation test and needle probe test were performed on fresh equine articular cartilage surfaces from the fetlock, carpal, and stifle ...
Isolation and Characterization of Bacillus spp. as Potential Probiotics for Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus
(2013-07-18)
Enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC), caused by the bacterium Edwardsiella ictaluri, is considered the most important bacterial disease of cultured channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus and is estimated to cost the industry ...
The Scottish Episcopal Church: Religious Conflict in the Late Stuart Period
(2013-07-17)
In 1689 the Scottish Parliament overthrew the Church of Scotland’s Episcopal government and replaced it with a Presbyterian church structure. Traditionally, historians have interpreted these events as evidence of the ...
Orthogonal bases of certain symmetry classes of tensors associated with Brauer characters
(2013-07-17)
The main focus of this dissertation is on the existence of an orthogonal basis consisting of standard symmetrized tensors (o-basis for short) of a symmetry class of tensors associated with a Brauer character of a finite ...
Investigating the objectives of the new owners of Alabama's Timberlands
(2013-07-17)
Alabama has over 71% of its land area covered with forests and boasts of the third largest commercial forestland area in the United States. The forest products industry is a major employer in Alabama. This industry accounts ...
An Analysis of Career Thinking and Career Interests of Incarcerated Males
(2013-07-16)
Individuals with barriers to employment such as people with disabilities or people who transition from prison to the community face different challenges in navigating the world of work. Participants in this study were ...
Striking Back at the New Overseer: Response to White Panopticism in the Works of Richard Wright, Ann Petry, and Ralph Ellison
(2013-07-16)
This is an examination of the literary treatment and depiction of white panopticism in the representative works of Richard Wright, Ann Petry, and Ralph Ellison.
The Impact of National Culture on the Relationships among Organizational Culture, Psychological Contract, and Subjective Well-Being in the Hotel Industry
(2013-07-16)
The purpose of this research is to explore the relationships among organizational culture, psychological contract, and subjective well-being. Specifically, it aims to identify the mediating effect of psychological contract ...
Characterization of Tomato Cytokinin Response Factor Genes SlCRF1 and SlCRF2 in Tomato Growth and Development
(2013-07-16)
Cytokinin is a plant hormone that plays a myriad of roles in plant growth and development. Cytokinin is perceived in plants by a multiple-step phosphorelay that is similar to bacterial two component system (TCS). In addition ...
Robust Methods for Multivariate Functional Data Analysis
(2013-07-16)
In the present work we have proposed a robust multivariate functional principal component analysis (RMFPCA) method, that is efficient in estimation and fast in computation, to achieve dimension reduction of dataset and to ...
Space-Time Fractional Cauchy Problems and Trace Estimates for Relativistic Stable Processes
(2013-07-16)
Fractional derivatives can be used to model time delays in a diffusion process. When the order of the fractional derivative is distributed over the unit interval, it is useful for modeling a mixture of delay sources. In ...
Online Communication Practices of Reform Judaism Congregations
(2013-07-16)
This study’s purpose was to determine online communication practices of congregations associated with the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), the governing body of American Reform congregations. The study examined 252 American ...
Learning Preferences of Georgia Young Farmer Participants
(2013-07-16)
The purposes of this quantitative descriptive and correlational study were to describe
the learning preferences of Georgia Young Farmer participants and determine if significant
differences exists between scores relating ...
Physicochemical and Ignition Properties of Dust from Loblolly Pine Wood
(2013-07-16)
Energy derived from biomass has attracted considerable attention because of increasing energy demand, high crude oil prices and environment and climate concerns. Biomass must be harvested and processed before conversion ...
Identification of heat tolerant upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) germplasm utilizing chlorophyll fluorescence measurement
(2013-07-16)
Heat stress adversely affects upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in the U.S.. A low level of genetic variability in domesticated upland cotton is one of the major constraints for cotton germplasm improvement. ...
The Effect of City-County Consolidation in South Korea
(2013-07-16)
In 1994, the South Korean central government initiated a massive merger of city and county governments, and during the next two years, a total of 40 consolidated cities were established. Following the city-county consolidations, ...
Human melanocortin-4 receptor: structure-function relationship of transmembrane domain 3 and biased signaling
(2013-07-15)
The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) is a G protein-coupled receptor critical for maintaining energy homeostasis. Transmembrane domain 3 (TM3) of MC4R contains residues that are suggested to be essential in ligand binding ...
Educational Philosophies and Teaching Styles of Alabama Cooperative Extension System Agents
(2013-07-15)
This study examines the educational philosophies and teaching styles of Extension agents in the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. The Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory (PAEI) designed by Zinn and the Principles ...