Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Teaching and Learning How to Teach Sport Education: An Ecological Analysis, Motivational Climate and Professional Development
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the attempts to introduce Sport Education into a Russian physical education curriculum. Three studies are included. The first provides an ecological account of the introduction ...
Wetumpka Impact Structure Modeled as the Exposed Remains of a Large, Shallow-Water, Marine-Target Impact Crater for Analysis and Interpretation of Two Drill Cores Taken from Near the Structure’s Geographic Center
(2007-05-15)
The early Campanian, Wetumpka impact structure has a raised 7.6-km-diameter crystalline rim of pre-impact metamorphic basement. Filling the region within the crystalline rim is a mélange of impact-related sedimentary ...
The Presence and Public Perception of Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Suburban and Rural Areas of Western Georgia
(2007-05-15)
Coyotes (Canis latrans) are animals that have adapted themselves to a variety of habitats throughout the country. Over the past fifty years, coyotes (Canis latrans) have expanded their range and established themselves as ...
Reproduction and Herpetofauna Depredation of Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) at Fort Benning, Georgia
(2007-05-15)
The continued range expansion of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in North America is an increasing cause for concern due to the numerous negative impacts that feral pigs can have on ecosystem structure and function. Once populations ...
Ecology of Raccoons in Central Alabama: A Study of Survival, Space Use, and Habitat Selection
(2007-05-15)
Population characteristics of raccoons (Procyon lotor) vary across time and geographic regions; biological information acquired in one region, at one time, may not be pertinent to other regions in other times. In Alabama, ...
Environmental Effects On The Growth Of Young Longleaf Pine
(2007-05-15)
A study to determine the effects of environmental conditions on the growth of young longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill) was initiated in 1969 on the Escambia Experimental Forest near Brewton, Alabama. Forty young longleaf ...
Characterization, Polymorphism Assessment, and Database Construction for Microsatellites from Bac End Sequences of Catfish: A Resource for Integration of Linkage and Physical Maps
(2007-05-15)
To apply genome-based technologies for genetic improvements using markerassisted
selection, genome research involving genetic linkage mapping and physical
mapping is required, and integration of genetic and linkage maps ...
Essays of Forestry Investments in the US and Stumpage Market in the US South
(2007-05-15)
In 2005, nearly $30 billion of American forest land in the hands of institutional investors may suggest that timberland is a good portfolio diversifier. However, this statement may be overstated because forestry investments ...
Effects of Anoxia on Histology, Bacteriology, Condition Index, Glycogen Levels, and Fecundity in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica
(2007-05-15)
The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is well known for its commercial and ecological roles in Mobile Bay, AL. During summer months oysters may be exposed to hypoxic and occasionally anoxic conditions which in turn ...
Health of Fish Impinged on Cooling-Water Intake Screens
(2007-05-15)
Fish health evaluations were made between impinged and reference fish collected at and in the vicinity of Plant Barry (Mobile River, Mobile County, Alabama) from April 19, 2005, until May 19, 2005, and again from September ...
Genomic Approaches to Characterization of the Innate Immune Response of Catfish to Bacterial Infection
(2007-05-15)
Genetic selection for disease resistance encoded in the genomes of blue catfish and channel catfish continues to hold the greatest potential for long-term solutions to aquaculture-based disease outbreaks. Progress towards ...
Distribution and Population Dynamics of the Asian Cockroach (Blattella asahinia Mizukubo) in Southern Alabama and Georgia
(2007-05-15)
In 1986, a new species of cockroach, the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai Mizukubo, was introduced into Florida. The Asian cockroach is very similar in appearance to the German cockroach, B. germanica (L.), but differs ...
A Comparative Investigation of Streptococcus Agalactiae Isolates from Fish and Cattle
(2007-05-15)
Streptococcus agalactiae is the causative bacterium of streptococcosis and causes severe economic losses in wild and cultured fish and cattle, worldwide. In fish, infection can result in septicemia with hemorrhages on the ...
'Unstable Subjects': Gender and Agency in Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9
(2007-05-15)
The work of Judith Butler raises important questions about subjectivity, and calls for a reconception of the subject as unstable. This instability is the result of the disruption of the sequence of desire following from ...
Surviving the Storm: The Representation of African Americans from Gee's Bend to Hurricane Katrina
(2007-05-15)
The representation of African Americans has been a difficult subject to discuss and a difficult problem to solve. Different ways of approaching the representation of African Americans are shown in news feeds, newspapers, ...
Stitching Individuality Through Conformity: Reading Samplers from the Sarah Stivours Embroidery School
(2007-05-15)
From the years 1778 to 1794 Sarah Stivours taught Salem, Massachusetts girls the art of sampler-making. Sent to the school to hone their embroidery skills, these affluent young women created needleworks that are wholly ...
'That Minds Are Not Alike': Implications of Gendered Literacy and Education in Revolutionary America
(2007-05-15)
In its most basic form, literacy is just a knowledge of letters; it was (and remains today) a basic goal of primary education. The early American educational system is intriguing because of its subtle ways of reinforcing ...
Renal Allograft Histopathology in Dog Leukocyte Antigen (DLA) Mismatched Dogs Following Renal Transplantation
(2005-08-15)
Chronic renal failure (CRF) is the most common disease of the kidney in dogs.1 It can result from congenital abnormalities, toxic and infectious insults, metabolic alterations, and age related pathology. Replacement of ...
Bioconversion of Corn Stover into Value-Added Chemicals: Dilute Sulfuric Acid Pretreatment, Xylo-Oligosaccharides Production, and Lactic Acid Fermentation
(2005-12-15)
In the first part of this dissertation, dilute-acid pretreatment of corn stover was investigated under high-solids condition using a percolation reactor. High-solids condition in a pretreatment process can lead to high ...
Applying Social Science Data Tools to Criminal Justice Politics, Administration, and Research: The Case of Alabama
(2005-12-15)
Information from a variety of criminal justice and demographic sources can be merged to create a data file useful for a variety of audiences. Politicians, administrators, and academics would be beneficiaries of analyses ...