Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Modeling Simulation and Preliminary Experimentation on Towed Tether System
(2007-12-15)
Aero-dynamic drag forces and their effect on the path taken by a cable in a towed system are studied with the aid of an advanced computational software packages. A piece of rope (tether) is towed at the top end in a ...
A Machine Vision and Sensing System for Braid Defect Detection, Diagnosis and Prevention During Manufacture
(2007-12-15)
The mechanical properties of braids are often quite convenient for achieving the high performance levels expected of composite materials. A favorable attribute of a braided structure is the ability for the design engineer ...
Some Techniques in the Control of Dynamic Systems with Periodically Varying Coefficients
(2007-12-15)
The goal of this dissertation is to develop control system design methods for dynamic systems with time periodic coefficients. These systems arise naturally in many branches of science and engineering. As a rule, time ...
The Insider Threat to Organizational Information Security: A Structural Model and Empirical Test
(2007-12-15)
The organizational insider, through his or her intentional violation of organizational security policy, arguably represents one of the greatest threats to organizational information security. Drawing from the Theory of ...
Remote Sensing of Shallow-Marine Impact Craters on Mars
(2007-12-15)
Impact craters are common on solid planetary bodies in our solar system and are one of the most important physical features from which the surface history of these planetary bodies can be deduced. Remote sensing is a ...
Effect of Trans-Resveratrol on Shelf-Life and Bioactive Compounds in Satsuma Mandarin
(2007-12-15)
Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) is an important citrus commodity grown in the Gulf Coast area of Alabama. Mandarins are regarded as a valued part of a nutritious diet and health benefits are attributed to vitamin ...
The Effects of a Modified Flow Regime on Fish Assemblages in a Third-Order Piedmont Stream in Lee County, Auburn, Alabama
(2007-12-15)
I examined the effects of a modified flow regime on fish assemblage condition over a 2-year period at two sites in Chewacla Creek, a third-order Piedmont stream (Lee County, AL). My goal was to assess the biotic condition ...
Applied Mathematics, Locating Information and Reading for Information of the Workkeys Assessments: Comparison of Scores by Age, Race, and Gender
(2007-12-15)
As American businesses have competed in the global economy, the need for skilled workers has become more acute (Friedman, 2005). The American educational system has struggled to provide businesses and industry with needed ...
Factors Influencing Bachelor of Science in Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Eldercare Cultural Self-Efficacy
(2007-12-15)
The theoretical framework for this study was provided by Bandura’s (1986) conceptualization of self-efficacy for selecting behaviors perceived as effective in complex situations, and in motivation to perform the behaviors ...
The Impact of Online Shopping Experience on Risk Perceptions and Online Purchase Intentions: The Moderating Role of Product Category and Gender
(2007-12-15)
This study investigated how consumers’ previous online shopping experience
influences their perception of product, financial, and privacy risk associated with online
shopping. Consumers’ previous online shopping experience, ...
Improving Geographic Routing with Neighbor Sectoring
(2007-12-15)
An ad hoc network consists of many mobile devices which forms a network automatically. Among many ad hoc network routing algorithms, geographic routing algorithm is known as an efficient and scalable routing protocol. The ...
Energy Aware Task Scheduling on Heterogeneous Systems
(2007-12-15)
We consider the problem of scheduling directed a-cyclic task graphs (DAG) on heterogeneous distributed processor systems with the twin objectives of minimizing finish time and energy consumption. Previous scheduling ...
Sorption and Biodegradation of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Biological Wastewater Treatment Process
(2007-12-15)
This study was performed to investigate the removal mechanisms of pharmaceutical compounds (PhACs) in biological treatment processes. The removal efficiencies and byproducts of three model compounds including 17a-ethinylestradiol ...
Therapeutic Contact Lenses for Comfort Molecules
(2007-12-15)
Dry eye syndrome affects nearly 15% of the population and can cause extreme discomfort that interferes with quality of life. Current treatment options include delivering comfort agents such as hyaluronic acid (HA) to the ...
The Presence of the Hyaluronan Receptor CD44 in the Reproductive Tract of the Mare
(2007-12-15)
Objective - To investigate the presence and localization of the hyaluronan receptor CD44
in the reproductive tract of the mare.
Animals Six adult mares
Procedures - Tissue sections of ovaries, oviducts and uterus were ...
Assessment of methods to minimize transmission of bovine herpesvirus associated with embryos
(2007-12-15)
Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) cause both acute and persistent or latent infections in cattle. With the exception of a few countries and territories from which these agents have been ...
Symbiotic benefits to sea anemones from the metabolic byproducts of anemonefish
(2007-12-15)
Although anemonefishes and their giant sea anemone hosts became known to the western world in the late nineteenth century, and the first studies exploring these associations were published almost one hundred years ago, to ...
Carotenoid-Based Dewlap Color as a Visual Signal in Social Communication of Brown Anoles (Norops sagrei)
(2007-12-15)
Carotenoids have been shown to be important integumentary coloring agents in many birds and fishes. The role of carotenoids as a prominent integumentary coloring agent of the dewlap has been noted in many Anoline lizards, ...
Does Rating Help Microfinance Institutions Raise Funds? A Cross-Country Analysis of the Role of Rating Agency Assessments in Microfinance Industry
(2007-12-15)
This thesis studies whether rating assessments help MFIs raise more funds, using a sample of 315 MFIs operating in 63 countries worldwide during the period of 1999-2005. The main conclusion is that there is no strong ...
Measurements of the thermal expansion and heat capacity of metals by electromagnetic levitation
(2006-08-15)
Electromagnetic levitation is a very useful non-contact melting technique that can be exploited for measurements of thermophysical properties of many reactive metals and alloys. This study focused on thermal expansion and ...