Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Quantity demand and latent demand for local foods among public institutions in Lee and Russell Counties, Alabama
(2022-07-25)
Institutional food service operations have shown an increased interest in locally grown foods in the last two decades and are providing business opportunities for farmers and distributors as well as potential benefits for ...
A ‘Concentrate-&-Degrade’ Technique for Cost Effective Adsorption and Degradation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Water
(2022-07-25)
The overarching goal of this research is to develop and test a new class of carbon-photocatalyst composites for enhanced adsorption and destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water and field water. ...
Design, Performance, and Analysis of an Automated Tool for Neuropathy Assessment on the Plantar Surface
(2022-07-25)
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy results in the loss of sensation in the hands and feet. Other symptoms such as numbness, burning, shooting pain, and electrical sensation have been reported. Individuals with this disease are ...
Teachers’ Perceptions of Student Defenders of Bullied Peers: Associations with Defenders’ Race and Gender, and the Classroom Racial Composition
(2022-07-25)
This thesis examined whether children’s defending of bullied peers predicts changes in teachers' reports of students' prosocial and aggressive behavior and whether those associations are moderated by children’s gender and ...
Evolutionary Consequences of Gen(om)e Duplications in Animals
(2022-07-25)
My research interests can be broadly described as an attempt to explore the drivers of macroevolutionary processes and diversity patterns across taxa. One such driver is the contribution of gene and genome duplications. ...
Parabolic-Elliptic Chemotaxis Models with Singular Sensitivity
(2022-07-25)
Chemotaxis describes the movement of biological cells or organisms in response to certain chemicals in their environments and occupies an essential role in coordinating cell movement in many biological circumstances such ...
Evolutionary Ecology of Loricariid Catfishes
(2022-07-25)
How extrinsic (like functional constrains and ecological interactions) and intrinsic (like modularity and integration) interactions drive diversification is a formative area of evolutionary biology. In this dissertation, ...
Impact of Tumor Microenvironment on Intratumor Distribution of Liposomes in Prostate Cancer
(2022-07-25)
Extensive developments in nanocarrier formulations and their applications in cancer therapy have occurred in the last few decades. This improvement brought many FDA-approved liposome nanoparticles (LNPs) and other nanoparticle ...
Novel Methods for Adding Rejuvenators in Asphalt Mixtures with High Recycled Binder Ratios
(2022-07-25)
Most asphalt mixtures being placed in the United States currently use RAP as not only a sustainable method of building pavement surfaces but also an economical one. The stiffness and brittleness of the aged RAP binder, ...
When Power Becomes a Turn-Off: Interactions Between Relational Power and Ineffective Arguing on Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Couples Seeking Therapy
(2022-07-25)
The purpose of the current study was to explore associations between low relational power, ineffective arguing, and sexual satisfaction among heterosexual couples seeking couples’ therapy (N = 175). Analyses utilized the ...
An Ecological Perspective on Coparenting During Infancy: Exploring Associations among Social Support, Mental Health, and Parental Burnout
(2022-07-25)
The months following the birth of a new child can be a stressful time for parents. The way in which partners work together to share parenting responsibilities (i.e., coparent) is especially important for navigating the ...
Pharmacological regulation of melanocortin-3 and -4 receptors by melanocortin-2 receptor accessory protein 1 or 2
(2022-07-25)
The neural melanocortin receptors (MCRs), melanocortin-3 and -4 receptors (MC3R and MC4R), play essential non-redundant roles in the regulation of energy homeostasis. Melanocortin-2 receptor accessory proteins (MRAPs, MRAP1 ...
Partnering with Reach Out and Read Alabama to Understand Families’ Experiences with Books and Their Babies: The Reading and Relationships Project
(2022-07-22)
Shared book reading is associated with higher quality parent-child interactions (Canfield et al., 2020a), as well as child cognitive (e.g., Baker, 2013; Baker et al., 2017) and socioemotional development (Downer & Mendez, ...
Electronic Tongue Analysis of Major and Minor Steviol Glycosides and Their Application in Foods
(2022-07-22)
The electronic tongue (E-tongue) is a taste-sensing analytical device that simulates the human tongue. It has been predominantly adopted in food industries as a tool for taste evaluation. Significantly, some products causing ...
Native Ant Biodiversity Response to A Dominant Competitor in Pine-Hardwood Forests of Alabama, USA
(2022-07-22)
This thesis explores how invasive species affect native biodiversity. Specifically, I explore how the invasive ant species, Solenopsis invicta influences the recipient native ant community in pine-hardwood forests. These ...
Controlling dust charge in complex plasmas
(2022-07-21)
A dusty plasma is a four-component plasma consisting of electrons, ions, neutral gas, and microparticles (dust) which collect charge from the surrounding plasma environment. They can be found in every regime of plasma ...
Printed Circuit Board Sensor Technology: Rigid vs. Flexible vs. Additive Manufacturing
(2022-07-21)
There is no denying that printed circuit boards (PCB) have integrated themselves into all sorts of technology that we have today. They are in the computers on which we work, the appliances we use, and the sensors that ...
The Role of Nerve Growth Factor in Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease in the C57BL/6N Mouse Model
(2022-07-21)
Both obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are chronic diseases that are caused by metabolic dysregulations. Disturbance of metabolism homeostasis can further lead to the development of neurodegenerative diseases, ...
Descriptions and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Guiana Shield Pencil Catfishes
(2022-07-21)
The systematics of the catfish genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes 1832 are complicated and unresolved. This genus is paraphyletic, containing all members of the Trichomycterinae that cannot be adequately placed into an ...
Firm Hedging Decision and Its Value Implication
(2022-07-21)
In Chapter 1, we study the impact of increased transparency in the reporting of OCI on firms’ foreign currency cash flow hedging practice and the value relevance of this change. We find a reduced level of foreign currency ...