Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Application of Shrinkage and Swelling Factors on State Highway Construction
(2013-04-16)
The objectives of the research were to review the state of practice for roadway related earthwork calculations for the southeastern states, develop a calculation tool for comparing various state earthwork methods, demonstrate ...
Utilization of Iron at Fort Mitchell 1RU102: A Functional Analysis
(2013-04-16)
From 1813 until 1840, the Fort Mitchell site, 1RU102, was a significant character in the history of the United States. It served as a fortification during both Creeks wars and as a focal point of trade between the United ...
A Methodology for Detecting Pilot Fatigue and Head Tilt Measured Using Flight Simulation of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(2013-04-16)
The objective of this research project was to determine whether the human factors of
fatigue and head tilt can be detected in real time by measuring the head motion of pilots
flying simulated unmanned aircraft missions. ...
C-wild knots
(2013-04-16)
Here we give a definition of infinite connected sum of tame knots and define a C-wild knot
to be an infinite connected sum of tame knots whose wild points form a Cantor set. We further
give a classification of C-wild ...
Exploring Adaptive Clothing Needs for Hemodialysis Patients
(2013-04-16)
Approximately 370,000 people in the United States are being treated with hemodialysis (U.S. Renal Data System [USRDS], 2011). While adaptive clothing is available for hemodialysis patients, no scholarly literature was found ...
An Archaeological Investigation of the Indian Hill Site, 1Wx15, a Middle Woodland Culture
(2013-04-16)
The object of this study was to assess the variability in adaptive strategies for an extinct Middle Woodland population in the Alabama River valley. Previous archaeological investigations demonstrate a disputed cultural ...
Chinese School Principals’ Behavioral Intentions in Relation to Green School Practices
(2013-04-16)
This elicitation study explored Chinese school principals’ beliefs and practices associated with sustainability and green school practices. Using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as the theoretical framework, this study ...
Optimized Nonlinear Substrate Integrated Waveguide for Pulse Compression
(2013-04-15)
The time compression and associated frequency broadening of electromagnetic pulses has numerous applications in communication and radar systems. In this work, a new type of pulse compression device based on nonlinear ...
Assessing the Needs of Middle School Agricultural Education Teachers in Georgia
(2013-04-15)
Like their students, middle school agriculture teachers are a unique group with special needs and concerns. And like their students, the needs of middle school teachers and their programs are often misunderstood and ...
Exploring the Impact of Socio-technical Communication Styles on the Robustness and Innovation Potential of Global Participatory Science
(2013-04-15)
Emerging cyber-infrastructure tools are enabling scientists to transparently codevelop,
share, and communicate in real-time diverse forms of knowledge artifacts.
In this research, these collaborative environments are ...
Pathogen Detection Technique using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(2013-04-15)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) signal relaxation is influenced by aggregate formation when magnetic nanoparticles bind with target molecules. In this study, a magnetic resonance based nanosensor was developed for a ...
Spatially Integrating Stakeholder Preferences for Wildlife Conservation and Ecosystem Services with Expert Opinions Using Public Participation Geographic Information Systems
(2013-04-09)
Due to changing trends in natural resource management, there is an increasing need to incorporate stakeholder opinions and preferences into the decision making process. Since much natural resource data is stored spatially ...
Survival, Count and Discrete Mixture Models for Analyzing Tumor Latency and Multiplicity in Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention
(2013-04-09)
Since the chemicals, including Bisphenol A (BPA), Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), have been reported for potential carcinogens separately and genistein is an controversial chemopreventive isoflavone, animal experiment ...
Physiological Effects of Prolonged Sitting and Local Pressure Application in the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter
(2013-04-09)
Advances in flight technologies and the demand for long range flight have increased mission lengths for United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk aviators. Prolonged mission times have increased reports of pilots discomfort and ...
The Impact of Technology Integration on Student-Designed Games
(2013-04-09)
Student-designed games (SDG) is the process in which students create, organize, practice and refine their own games within certain limits established by the teacher (Hastie, 2010). Recent research has proposed different ...
A Word is Worth a Thousand Sentiments: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Use of Language as a Coping Mechanism in the Bilingual Works of Rosario Ferré, Luz María Umpierre-Herrera, and Judith Ortiz Cofer
(2013-04-08)
While much of the study of language as a coping mechanism has focused on private discourse, language can serve the same role when it is used in published creative writing intended for a public audience. This use of language ...
Trip and Parking Generation for Student-Oriented Housing Developments
(2013-04-08)
While there are many different residential land uses in ITE’s Trip Generation Manual, there is no land use category related to housing for college and university students. These housing developments are located off-campus, ...
Sequestosome 1/p62 and TRAF6 serve as a bridge to connect IRS-1 with Akt in insulin signaling
(2013-04-08)
Abnormalities in the insulin-signaling pathway might result in insulin resistance, contributing to the development of type 2 diabetes. Previous studies have established the involvement of p62 in the insulin-signaling pathway ...
Dictionary-Less Defect Diagnosis as Real or Surrogate Single Stuck-At Faults
(2013-04-05)
In this work, an algorithm to diagnose classic single stuck-at-faults and provide surrogate fault suspects for non-classical faults like multiple faults by analyzing failing circuits is proposed. The algorithm is based on ...
An Indoor Spatial Query Evaluation System based on RFID and Particle Filters
(2013-04-05)
People spend a significant amount of time in indoor spaces (e.g.,
office buildings, subway systems, etc.) in their daily lives.
Therefore, it is important to develop efficient indoor spatial
query algorithms for supporting ...