Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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An analysis of social-ecological elements influence on weight gain in children from Alabama.
(2021-04-20)
Childhood obesity generally tracks through the life course of an individual and is related to the increased risk of metabolic and chronic disease later in life. Additionally, excess weight during childhood increases chances ...
Experimental and theoretical characterization of thermal behavior of large format pouch type lithium-ion battery
(2021-04-20)
Fundamental understanding of the heat generation process of lithium-ion batteries during operations is crucial for securing lifespan and safety by the cost-effective and efficient design of thermal management systems. Heat ...
Production of Engineered Cardiac Tissue from Encapsulated hiPSCs for Scale-up Studies and Drug-Testing
(2021-04-19)
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, causing a global health and financial burden. The first chapter of this dissertation highlights the needs for scalable, clinically relevant production of human ...
Establishment of 3D hiPSC cardiac differentiation platforms to investigate congenital heart disease
(2021-04-19)
Cardiac tissue engineering shows great potential for alleviating some of the immense burden of cardiovascular disease. The introduction of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) in 2007 led to a paradigm shift in ...
Sorry, Mario, but Our Better Representations of Women are in Another Video Game: A Qualitative Study on Women’s Perspective of Women Video Game Characters
(2021-04-19)
The representations of women characters in video games have always been scrutinized for their stereotyped and sexualized appearance by scholars and gamers. Yet these arguments have not focused enough on the players that ...
A Person-Context Look at UPB and CWB: How Narcissism and Competitive (Cooperative) Organizational Context Influence Willingness to Engage in Unethical Behavior
(2021-04-19)
Previous research has indicated that narcissism functions as a positive predictor of counterproductive work behavior (CWB). However, research on moderators of the relationship between narcissism and unethical behavior in ...
Soybean Phenotypic Variation Under High Night Temperature Stress
(2021-04-19)
Soybean is the fourth most important commodity crop globally grown on over 83.1 million acres in the United States. Crop yield is required to increase a 50% to satisfy the demand of a growing population that will increase ...
Evaluation of Warm-Season Annuals for Livestock Production
(2021-04-19)
Warm-season forages are high yielding and can have high nutritive value, providing producers with an ideal option during the months in which cool-season forages are not productive. Two, 2-year small plot studies were ...
The Interactive effect of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Attentional Control, and Cognitive Load on Threat-Related Attentional Bias
(2021-04-19)
Theory and empirical evidence suggest that those with higher posttraumatic stress (PTS)
symptoms and better attentional control (i.e., the strategic control of higher-order executive
attention in regulating bottom-up, ...
Synthesis and Characterization of Garnet-Type Li7La3Zr2O12 Solid Electrolyte Materials
(2021-04-19)
Garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) has attracted much attention because of its promising properties for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries, such as high ionic conductivity of 3×10-4 S/cm at 25℃, good chemical stability ...
Assessing the pollination contribution of bees within the southeastern United States
(2021-04-19)
Over 80% of the world’s flowering plants rely on animal pollinators, and approximately 75% of the world’s food crops depend on insect pollinators. Insects are crucial in the pollination of many cultivated and wild flowering ...
From drones to Daphnia: Exploring eutrophication and climate change impacts on algal blooms at various scales
(2021-04-19)
Climactic variations and cultural eutrophication alter aquatic ecosystems by promoting harmful algal blooms (HABs) that destabilize aquatic food webs and degrade the quality and safety of aquacultured fish, recreational ...
Marching Band Directors’ Attitudes Towards Participation in Marching Band Competitions: A Descriptive Survey
(2021-04-19)
The purpose of this quantitative study was to learn about the reasons high school band directors choose to participate in marching band competitions. This was a descriptive study which involved an anonymous online survey. ...
Genetic Technologies for Growth Enhancement in Catfish
(2021-04-19)
The effects of CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of the myostatin (MSTN) gene in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, was investigated. A total of 209 fish survived microinjection over 3 years with an average mutation rate of 58%. ...
Taxonomic Profiling of the Lumen and Epimural Surface of the Duodenum, Rumen and Ileum Using a Cannulated Bovine Model
(2021-04-16)
The gut microbiome provides important metabolic functions for the host animal. Bacterial dysbiosis as a result of bacterial, viral, and parasitic gastrointestinal infections can adversely affect the metabolism, productivity, ...
Emission Properties of Coordination Complexes: The Impact of Mixed Donors on f-Block Elements
(2021-04-16)
There is a growing need to understand the fundamental aspects of chemistry concerning f-elements. Whether it be through the use of softer donor systems to try and selectively coordinate actinide ions in solution which could ...
The effects of temperature and dissolved oxygen on fish respiration determined by enzymatic and organismal techniques
(2021-04-16)
One of the greatest threats to freshwater biodiversity is anthropogenic alteration to habitat. Temperature change is one of the most important anthropogenic impacts, especially for ectotherms that experience the effects ...
Texture Analyses of Catfish: A Genetics Approach
(2021-04-16)
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and hybrid catfish (channel catfish ♀ × blue catfish (Icatlurus furcatus) ♂) aquaculture dominates the US aquaculture industry. These catfish genetic types have been heavily researched ...
Design and Implementation of High Performance Pipelined SAR ADC for Wireless Communications
(2021-04-16)
As the process keeps scaling down, successive approximation register (SAR) architecture becomes an attractive candidate in low-power, moderate-speed A/D converter (ADC) due its mostly digital operation. For high speed ...
The Role of the Music Administrator in Public School Systems of the Southeastern United States: A Mixed Methods Study
(2021-04-16)
The position of the system-level music administrator is an important component in the successful district-wide school music program. Curriculum supervision has been in place in various forms since the beginning of public ...