Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Development of Smart Functional Surfaces for Biosensor Applications
(2008-12-15)
Biosensing platforms and antimicrobial coatings were developed to combat problems associated with infectious diseases. Particularly, a lytic bacteriophage based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor was developed to ...
Development of Enzyme-based Biosensors for the Detection of Organophosphate Neurotoxins
(2008-12-15)
Elevated concerns of ecological safety and environmental pollution have
facilitated massive research in the area of chemical and biological agent detection. Large
numbers of anthropogenic chemicals were introduced in the ...
Overmolded Substrate on Aluminum Metal Backing for Harsh Environment Applications
(2008-12-15)
Demand for high-temperature electronics in the automotive industry increases daily with the increasing number of electronics going into under-the-hood locations. Along with keeping costs low and reliability high while the ...
Sorption of Arsenic by Iron Sulfide Made by Sulfate-reducing Bacteria: Implications for Bioremediation
(2008-12-15)
In this study, data from field bioremediation experiments, geochemical modeling, and laboratory batch experiments were integrated with published data on arsenic (As) sorption and coprecipitation onto growing iron (Fe)-sulfide ...
Provenance of Lower Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation, Cahaba Basin, Alabama
(2008-12-15)
The Cahaba basin, also known as the Cahaba Synclinorium, of north-central Alabama contains a thick (>2.5 km) synorogenic clastic wedge belonging to the Lower Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation. Sediment composition and ...
Influence of Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.) on Riparian Forests of the Southern Piedmont: Net Primary
(2008-12-15)
The spread of invasive, nonnative vegetation in the Southeast has been identified as a critical concern for the maintenance of ecosystem biodiversity and impacts on the forest industry. One example of such a species is ...
Biennial Seasonal Burning and Hardwood Control Effects on the Carbon Sequestration in a Natural Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
(2008-12-15)
This study has been superimposed on a study established in 1973 on the Escambia Experimental Forest located in south-central Alabama, USA to examine the effects of different seasons of burn and hardwood control treatments ...
General Fish Health Assessment and Age Evaluation of Impinged Fish at Steam Generating Power Plants
(2008-12-15)
Fish health assessments were made between impinged and reference fish collected at and in the vicinity of Steam Plant Gorgas (Black Warrior River, Walker County, Alabama) during three seasons: spring/summer, fall, and ...
The Effects of Strobe Light and Sound Behavioral Deterrent Systems on Impingement of Aquatic Organisms at PLant Barry, Alabama
(2008-12-15)
A hybrid and a sonic deterrent system were both evaluated for their effectiveness to repel fish from becoming impinged in a cooling water intake structure located at Plant Barry (Mobile River, Mobile County, Alabama). The ...
An Energy-Efficient Transmission Power Control Protocol for Cooperative Robotics
(2008-12-15)
Severe energy constraints inherent in multi-robot networks dictate that communication be performed as efficiently as possible to enable longer network lifetime and successful task execution. Therefore, energy-aware ...
Built-In Self-Test of the Programmable Interconnect in Field Programmable Gate Arrays
(2008-12-15)
Testing programmable interconnect resources in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is difficult because of the large number of wire segments and switches that must be tested. The adoption of Built-In Self-Test (BIST) ...
Differential Economic Performance in Developing Countries
(2008-12-15)
This thesis examines the economic performance in developing countries. The 2003 data is collected from 74 developing countries. The level of economic performance is measured by GDP per capita. The independent variables ...
What Determines The Foreign Ownership Share of A Country's Banking Assets?
(2008-12-15)
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is an important new element in the international framework that affects the regulation of the financial sector of every World Trade Organization (WTO) member and all potential ...
An Examination of the Youth Voter Participation Rates with Individual Level and Election Specific Information
(2008-12-15)
The young voters (age 18 to 24) political participation by voting has declined in the previous Presidential election years and few studies have determined the cause. This study examines the youth participation rates in ...
Consumers’ Prior Experience and Attitudes as Predictors of Their Online Shopping Beliefs, Attitudes, and Purchase Intentions in a Multichannel Shopping Environment
(2008-12-15)
This study was designed to develop a conceptual model which indicated 1) the interrelationships among consumers’ prior in-store shopping experience with the multichannel retailer, consumers’ advertisement attitude, and ...
Minimum Power Consumption for Rate Monotonic Tasks
(2008-12-15)
Embedded computer systems are widely used in modern life and their use is expanding. One of the typical constraints in embedded systems, particularly in standalone devices, is their low power capacity. One way to expand ...
Talking Games: An Empirical Study of Speech-based Cursor Control Mechanisms
(2008-12-15)
This document describes a study of speech-based cursor control mechanisms along with a new proposed approach called NameTags. This research is intended to provide empirical user data to inform the design of future systems ...
Stability of Highway Bridges Subject to Scour
(2008-12-15)
A common design/construction procedure for highway bridges in Alabama is the use of steel HP piles driven into a firm stratum with a length above ground/water up to the level of a concrete bent cap which supports the bridge ...
Evaluation of Early-Age Cracking Sensitivity in Bridge Deck Concrete
(2008-12-15)
Early-age cracking is a problem in bridge deck concrete as it can have several detrimental effects on long-term behavior and durability. The primary objective of this project was to evaluate the early-age cracking tendency ...
Theromdynamics of Steroid Estrogen Sorption to Activated Sludge
(2008-12-15)
Sorption is an important mechanism for removal of 17a-ethinylestradiol (EE2) in biological wastewater treatment. In an effort to deepen our understanding of this process, this work investigated the underlying thermodynamic ...