Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Examining Process-Driven Math: A User Centered Design and Universal Design for Learning Perspective
(2021-04-16)
Many students with disabilities who are capable of learning math find limited success because the tools they are using to access mathematical content are not well aligned with their range of abilities. Process-Driven Math ...
Efficient and Robust Classification for Positive Definite Matrices with Wasserstein Metric
(2021-04-16)
Riemannian geometry methods are widely used to classify SPD (Symmetric Positives-Definite) matrices, such as covariances matrices of brain-computer interfaces. Common Riemannian geometry classification methods are based ...
Identifying the Knowledge and Skills that Doctoral Chemists Require in the Workplace
(2021-04-16)
In 2012, the National Research Council and the American Chemical Society reported many critiques of graduate education in the chemical sciences that do not adequately prepare students for the interdisciplinary careers for ...
Essays on Banking and Housing
(2021-04-15)
In 1865, the first minority bank in the United States was established. Over time, banks owned or controlled by minorities have grown in number. Yet, one hundred and fifty years later, they still account for only 2.8 percent ...
Monitoring, quantifying, and controlling the effects of cyanobacterial blooms and toxins
(2021-04-15)
Cyanobacterial blooms and toxins have harmful impacts on global aquatic ecosystems.
Within this, their impact on the water quality of freshwater systems are particularly troublesome.
My research investigated methods to ...
El sentido de la traducción en la obra de Valeria Luiselli
(2021-04-14)
Fruto de su infancia y adolescencia la escritora mexicana Valeria Luiselli desarrolla en su obra una preocupación especial por la traducción. A estas alturas cuenta con una producción a tener en cuenta en donde la traducción ...
Teaching Literacy to Native American Students
(2021-04-14)
The average reading scores for 4th grade Native American students consistently fall below the reading scores of their peers from other races and ethnicities. This deficit reflects a potential weakness in the ability of the ...
Entre jurisdicciones: cuerpos, discursos y vidas femeninas en el Virreinato de Perú
(2021-04-14)
Despite the large number of letters written by women who participated in the conquest and colonization of Spanish America, they remained relatively unanalyzed. However, these texts rescue the voices of Spanish and indigenous ...
Engineering Standards and Ethics in Automated Biometrics
(2021-04-14)
This work explores a two-part question: (1) what are the most recent engineering standards that govern AI development and implementation in the field of biometrics and (2) what ethical implications do they have for society? ...
Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Early Frost Growth on Surfaces with Varying Wettability under Typical Heat Pump Operating Conditions
(2021-04-14)
Frost formation on the fins of the outdoor evaporators of heat pump systems during winter months is a naturally occurring phenomenon with adverse effects on heat pump operation. The frost impedes heat transfer by adding ...
Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of Ternary Metal Oxides
(2021-04-14)
Metal oxides are an incredibly diverse class of materials that have found significant utility in the development of emerging solar conversion technologies. Their varied electronic properties allow them to function as charge ...
Servant Leadership and Law Enforcement Officers
(2021-04-14)
The primary purpose of this quantitative study was to determine to what extent servant leadership exists among law enforcement supervisors of varying positions. Secondarily the research was to help ascertain if there was ...
ARTE Y SIMBIOSIS: COHEN Y LORCA
(2021-04-14)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the synergy between the life and work of Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) and that of the Canadian composer and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen (1934-2016). The study is framed in ...
Reversible and Irreversible Light-Induced Reactions Initiated BY SPEEK/PVA Polymer Systems
(2021-04-13)
Illumination of sulfonated poly(ether etherketone), SPEEK, and polyvinyl alcohol, PVA, in the presence of thionine (Th) results in systems exhibiting reversible redox processes. Efficient reduction of thionine took place ...
How Native Language Affects Functionally Relevant Item Selection
(2021-04-13)
PURPOSE: A challenge speech language pathologists face when establishing a therapy plan to rehabilitate a significant loss of language and communication ability is the identification and selection of functionally relevant ...
Resource Selection at Different Spatial Scales by Black Bears in Alabama
(2021-04-13)
Black bears are native throughout Alabama; however, historic populations have diminished, in part from decreased connectivity and habitat degradation. At present, only two small populations of black bears occur in Alabama. ...
Improving Production Practices of Alabama Christmas Trees
(2021-04-13)
A series of trials were conducted to provide updated recommendations regarding cultural practices for fertility and weed control for Alabama Christmas tree growers. Three trials were conducted to determine the effects of ...
Speech-Language Pathologists and Culturally Competent Intervention
(2021-04-13)
The purpose of this study was to explore speech-language pathologists’(SLPs) demonstration of cultural competence during the intervention process. A 22-item Qualtrics survey was distributed to investigate if SLPs consider ...
Physical Education Paraeducators
(2021-04-13)
The purpose of this dissertation was to discover the lived experiences and perceptions of administrators, physical educators, and physical education paraeducators (PEPs) in Alabama regarding the hiring, training, ...
Accessible Computer Science for K-12 Students with Disabilities.
(2021-04-13)
Disability Inclusion and Accessibility in technology and education have today emerged as a necessity of national importance. National Science Foundation(NSF) funded projects like AccessCSforALL, Bootstrap, and CSforAll, ...