Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Barriers to Adoption of Sustainable Agriculture Practices in the South: Change Agents Perpectives
(2005-12-15)
Current conventional agriculture systems of production lead to environmental degradation, economic problems, and even social problems. The efficacy of sustainable agriculture systems in guaranteeing economic, environmental, ...
Selected Topics in Peanut Production: Economic Feasibility of an Energy Crop on a South Alabama Cotton-peanut Farm and Do Economies of Scale Exist on Peanut Farms in the Southeast?
(2005-12-15)
The possibility of low prices farmers receive for peanuts at the farm gate may cause them to implement alternative production practices. This thesis is comprised of two separate papers, formatted for publication with the ...
An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Nonprofit Leaders and Small Business Entrepreneurs
(2007-08-15)
This study presents key findings of a 2006 electronic survey which focused on a cluster of 12 personality traits that reflected the work performance levels and work satisfaction levels of 107 small business owners and ...
Assessing Service-Learning in Higher Education: A Construct Validation Study
(2007-08-15)
This was a two-phase study that aimed at re-examining the definition of service-learning and the development of an instrument for evaluating service-learning programs in higher education settings.
A Delphi study was ...
The Perceptions of Alabama High School Principals on the Key Components of Teacher Induction Programs
(2007-08-15)
The teaching profession is both challenging and rewarding. Demands for educational reform have become more prevalent since the turn of the century. There is great concern about the quality of teaching and retaining young ...
Characteristics of Effective Teachers in the Air Force's Squadron Officer College
(2007-08-15)
The present study investigated the degree to which Squadron Officer School Class 07D students perceived the characteristics of effective teachers by ranking of each of the 28 characteristics identified on the Teacher ...
Ethanol and Its Effect on the U.S. Corn Market: How the Price of E-85 Influences Equilibrium Corn Prices and Equilibrium Quantity
(2007-08-15)
This study analyzes the impact the market price of E-85 has on equilibrium price and quantity exchanged of corn in the U.S. market. After presenting the political history of federal interest and intervention in the ethanol ...
The Relationship of Teachers' Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Algebra, and Changes in Both Types of Knowledge as a Result of Professional Development
(2007-08-15)
In seeking to improve the mathematics education of all students, it is important to understand the connection between the content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of mathematics teachers, and how professional ...
An Experimental Examination Of Children's Sleep Quality And Improvements Resulting From A Parent Education Intervention
(2007-08-15)
The role of sleep in neurobehavioral functioning has been extensively studied. Empirical evidence has shown that functions of learning, memory, and emotional regulation can be influenced by sleep. A large number of children ...
An Investigation of Psychological Factors Associated with Religious Involvement
(2007-08-15)
Research suggests that a relationship exists between church attendance and mental health, although the parameters of the relationship are unclear. The present study has focused on the relationship between religious involvement ...
A Model for Building Trustworthiness in Online Stores
(2007-08-15)
More and more research is being done everyday in the world of e-commerce as consumers and merchants alike realize how powerful a selling tool the internet has become. Research shows that trust is key to the success of ...
Genetic and Evolutionary Protocols for Solving Distributed Asymmetric Constraint Satisfaction Problems
(2007-08-15)
Processor speed has been growing at an exponential rate over the past 50 years. Computers are getting smaller, cheaper and faster. Over the past 30 years, with the growth of the internet, new forms of decentralized ...
On Secure Media Streaming with Path Diversity in MANETs
(2007-08-15)
To provide reliable and secure media streaming is quite challenging in the
environment of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) in which wireless signals are
exposed in air and the quality of media streaming is degraded by ...
Questioning the Role of Evolution in Understanding Ourselves: A Critical Discourse Analytic Study of Scientific Articles in TIME Magazine
(2007-08-15)
This study is a critical analysis of language-use in scientific cover stories in TIME magazine over the course of the past 15 years. It focuses specifically on articles that apply concepts of evolution to aspects of human ...
Hong Kong New Wave Wuxia Pian Films and their Contribution to Hong Kong's National Agency During the 1980s and Early 1990s
(2007-08-15)
This thesis uses a national agency approach to analyze seminal Hong Kong New Wave wuxia pian films from directors Tsui Hark and Cheng Xiaodong. Martial arts films are a popular genre of films in Hong Kong, and wuxia pian ...
Immobilization of Mercury Using Iron Sulfide Minerals
(2007-08-15)
Mercury is a pervasive pollutant that has caused environmental and health problems throughout the world. Numerous industries including coal-fired power plants and chlor-alkali plants have discharged mercury into the ...
Evaluating Water Quality Impacts of Alternative Management Practices through Development of a BMP Database
(2007-08-15)
Agriculture and forestry are two important industries in the State of Alabama, and each is historically known to cause nonpoint source (NPS) pollution problems. Currently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) ...
Potential Negative Effects of Adding Phosphate-Based Fertilizers to Lead In Metal-Contaminated Soils
(2007-08-15)
The potential negative effects of adding phosphate amendments for lead (Pb) remediation in Pb-contaminated soils were studied using column and batch experiments. Soils contaminated with high levels of lead as well as ...
Evaluation of Erosion and Sediment Control Best Management Practices: Use of Silt Fence Tieback Systems and Anionic Polyacrylamide on Highway Construction Sites
(2007-08-15)
Every year the construction process exposes millions of acres of earth to the elements of wind, rain, and snow. This greatly increases the potential for erosion; therefore, the need for efficient erosion and sediment ...
The Utilization of Alternative Fuels in the Production of Portland Cement
(2007-08-15)
The production of portland cement converts many different raw materials into clinker, in the presence of temperatures on the order of 1,500 degrees Celsius. Historically, nonrenewable fossil fuels have been used to maintain ...