Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Mineralogical and geochemical profiling of arsenic-contaminated alluvial aquifers in the Ganges-Brahmaputra floodplain Manikganj, Bangladesh
(2007-08-15)
The present study investigated three major components – groundwater, sediment and minerals of arsenic-affected Quaternary alluvial aquifers in Manikganj town, which is located in one of the As-hotspots in central Bangladesh. ...
A Minimalistic Approach to Adaptive, Emergency Relief Structures Embodied by Promoting a Downsized Way of Life
(2013-07-10)
The aftermath of a natural disaster can be devastating. Thus, we all must become aware of the importance of having a plan before and after their occurrence. The tornado that swept through Birmingham, Alabama, and Hurricane ...
Minimally invasive routes of AAV administration to treat GM1 gangliosidosis
(2020-04-17)
GM1 gangliosidosis is a lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of lysosomal β-galactosidase (βgal), which results in the accumulation of GM1 ganglioside and fatal neurodegeneration. In the human type II (late ...
Minimizing N-Detect Tests for Combinational Circuits
(2007-05-15)
An N-detect test set detects each stuck-at fault by at least N different vectors. N-detect tests are of practical interest because of their ability to improve the defect coverage. The main problem that limits their use is ...
Minimum Moral Rights: Alabama Mental Health Institutions And The Road To Federal Intervention
(2008-12-15)
This thesis explores the history of the abuse to the patients in Alabama’s Mental
Health Hospitals from 1860 to 1970. It addresses the social norms that encouraged the
abuse, the legal aspects that endorsed the abuse, ...
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 ...
Mining the TRAF6/P62 Interactome for Preferred Substrates and Target Ubiquitination Sites: Developing a “Code Hypothesis”
(2010-08-20)
Ubiquitination is the second most common protein modification studied in terms of biochemistry and cell physiology. It plays a central regulatory role in number of eukaryotic cellular and molecular processes. This three ...
Minnows and molecules: resolving the broad and fine-scale evolutionary patterns of Cypriniformes
(2017-04-21)
Cypriniformes (minnows, carps, loaches, and suckers) is the largest group of freshwater fishes in the world. Despite much attention, previous attempts to elucidate relationships using molecular and morphological characters ...
Minority Stress, Relationship Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress in Same-Gender Relationships
(2023-05-15)
I tested hypothesized relationships between sexual minority stress theory (Brooks, 1981; Meyer 1995), Bodenmann’s (1995) stress-divorce-model, and Cohen’s social support/stress buffering hypotheses by using hierarchical ...
Misbehaving Mothers: Textuality, Motherhood, and Legitimacy in Early Puritan America
(2009-07-28)
Single mothers, widowed mothers, abandoned mothers, impoverished mothers, and criminal mothers are just some examples of women who lived outside the normative societal standards that prevailed in colonial New England. And ...
Misconduct and the media: Organizational sensegiving, media coverage, and investor reaction in the aftermath of wrongdoing
(2014-07-11)
Scholars are increasingly exploring organizational misconduct and have sought to explain when and why consequences following the revelation of wrongdoing are disparate between firms. While some explore firm characteristics ...
Mitigating GPU Memory Divergence for Data-Intensive Applications
(2015-07-21)
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have proven as a viable technology for a wide variety of general purpose applications to exploit the massive computing capability and high computation efficiency. In GPUs, threads are ...
Mitigating Racial Bias through Music: Opera, Race, and American Political Behavior
(2024-04-26)
There is a small, but growing, body of literature exploring the congruence between music, race, and politics. While most of this literature focuses on Black musical forms such as rap and hip hop and their political messaging, ...
Mitigating Spread of Airborne Viruses in Future Buildings: Guidelines for Designers and Facility Managers
(2023-11-28)
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2/Coronavirus Disease 2019) has affected all trades in the built environment, but Facilities Management (FM) was impacted significantly. Based on anecdotal ...
Mitigating the Occurrences of Graduate Student Attrition: Making the Case for Standardized Noncognitive Assessments
(2021-06-10)
The purpose of this dissertation study was twofold. First, this research study examined the role of noncognitive factors on degree completion, academic achievement, and persistence. Second, this research study examined the ...
Mitigation of Alkali-Silica Reaction in the Bibb Graves Bridge
(2012-07-23)
The Bibb Graves Bridge in Wetumpka, AL has severe damage due to
alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in two of its reinforced concrete arches. A mitigation
procedure developed in the summer of 2010 by the FHWA, ALDOT, and ...
Mitigation of Cracking in Cast-In-Place Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts in Alabama
(2012-08-14)
Significant cracking was observed in Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) cast-in-place (CIP) reinforced concrete box culverts in the Anniston East Bypass (AEB) project in Anniston, AL. Numerous wide, transverse ...
Mitigation of Hurricane Damage in Pecan Orchards
(2020-11-17)
Hurricanes make landfall in the southeastern United States, the center of the majority of worldwide pecan production, on an annual basis. Hurricanes cause severe damage to orchards and reduce yield dramatically for years ...
Mitigation of the Effects of High Levels of High-Frequency Noise on MEMS Gyroscopes
(2013-07-24)
MEMS gyroscopes are being used in a variety of applications such as camcorders, vehicle stability control and game controllers. Sometimes they are used in harsh environments such as high levels of high-frequency noise. If ...
Mitochondrial behavior, morphology, and animal performance
(2021-10-18)
We have a limited understanding of the proximate mechanisms that are responsible for the development of variation in animal performance and life-history strategies. Many components of an organism’s successful life history–for ...