Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Initialization of a Pedestrian Navigation System Using a Transfer Alignment Approach
(2020-08-11)
Pedestrian navigation techniques are used to provide positioning information in lieu of or to supplement more traditional systems such as GNSS. A challenge facing users of pedestrian navigation algorithms is the acquisition ...
Reading Foundations - Teaching Letter Sound Correspondence to Young Students with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
(2020-08-10)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of explicit Direct Instruction to teach letter sound correspondence to students with developmental disabilities. Additionally, this study sought to provide a basis ...
Generalized Galerkin Approach for the Study of Nonlinear Thermoacoustic Instabilities
(2020-08-10)
A Galerkin expansion approach to the study of nonlinear thermoacoustic instabilities is presented within a finite
element framework. The foundation of the approach lies with weighted residual and spectral methods that ...
Prevention, Protection, or Institutional Oppression? Exploring the Institution of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention in Alabama
(2020-08-07)
In light of the need for child abuse and neglect prevention efforts to target institutional and social conditions underlying family challenges, I use institutional ethnography to analyze focus group discussions (secondary ...
Investigating the role of inflammation on bovine oocyte health and development
(2020-08-07)
In this study we investigated the effects of inflammation resulting from LPS exposure on oocyte health, maturation and subsequent developmental competence. Inflammation caused by infection in cattle is known to have negative ...
Assessing Zeolite Amended Bioretention Media for Removal of Nutrients and Metals from Stormwater
(2020-08-06)
Bioretention cells are installed to treat stormwater through physical, biological, and chemical processes facilitated by a permeable soil media. The soil media is commonly composed of sand, silt, clay, and organic matter, ...
Evaluation of Movement Patterns and Space Use in Reintroduced Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) in the Florida Panhandle
(2020-08-05)
The Eastern Indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi; EIS) is a federally threatened species of colubrid snake endemic to the U.S. Southeastern Coastal Plain for which reintroduction efforts are currently ongoing to reestablish ...
Including the "other 80%": Developing a culturally diverse secondary music curriculum
(2020-08-05)
American high schools and middle schools have been using the same model as a basis for music curriculum for about a century (Williams, 2011). This model of the large group performance ensemble has filled many aesthetic ...
Power control, Neighbor Discovery, and Backup Scheme for Emerging Wireless Networks
(2020-08-04)
With the booming wireless applications and services there has been a drastic increase in mobile data in recent years, as observed in several industrial white papers (e.g., Cisco Visual Network Index Report and Qualcomm’s ...
Three Essays in Applied Economics
(2020-08-04)
The dissertation begins with a brief discussion of the benefits of using an essay style approach compared to a traditional opus in chapter one. Chapter two examines the consumers facing the implications of energy regulation ...
An Analysis of Factors that May Influence Student Satisfaction in Computer Programming Courses at an Online Midwestern University
(2020-08-04)
The rise in demand for computer programming jobs has created a significant need for computer programming training. Online learning can be an effective tool for meeting the needs of these job demands. The challenge for ...
Filamentation and Formation of Imposed Patterns in Low-Pressure Magnetized Electric Discharges: A Numerical Approach
(2020-08-03)
Presence of strong magnetic fields (B ≥ 1.0 T) in magnetized dusty plasma experiments can result in a variety of phenomena in the background plasma and in the dust cloud. In the background plasma, the magnetic field induces ...
A Superintendent’s Trust-Building Practices with Principals: A Case Study
(2020-08-03)
Researchers have identified the benefits of trust within school organizations from various perspectives, but little is known about trust between a superintendent and campus principals. School districts are under great ...
DevSecOps of Containerization
(2020-08-03)
Containerization is a new concept of virtualization, one that has attracted attention and occupied considerable amount of market size due to its inherent lightweight characteristics. However, the lightweight advantage is ...
Phosphorus Characterization of Alabama Soils and Evaluation of Extractants for Environmental Phosphorus Loss Risk Assessment
(2020-08-03)
Poultry industry is the second largest agricultural industry in Alabama and generates 1.5 million tons of poultry litter, which contains approximately 19,000 tons of phosphorus (P). Long term application of fertilizers and ...
Novel Fault Injection Attacks on Logic Locking using ATPG
(2020-07-31)
The outsourcing of the design and manufacturing of integrated circuits (ICs) in the current horizontal semiconductor integration flow includes untrusted entities that have posed various security threats, such as overproduction ...
Toolpath Static Analysis Testing for Additive Manufacturing
(2020-07-31)
Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printers are the most common 3D printers in the world. However, most of the world’s 3D printers have little-to-no security to prevent cyber-attacks. Most small businesses that employ 3D ...
Improving Drought Stress Tolerance of Peanut Using PGPR and Orange Peel Amendment
(2020-07-31)
Peanut provides approximately $4 billion to the US economy. Drought lowers that amount with disease and nutrition and yield loss. Due to a rising global population, less water will be available for agriculture. Inoculating ...
Selective PPARγ agonism attenuates pathologies and improves cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease
(2020-07-31)
The continuous increase association of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with the increasing aged population and mortality rate indicates an unmet medical need and the critical need for establishing novel molecular targets for ...
Charter Schools in Alabama: Superintendents' Perceptions in Relationship to Competitive Education Marketplace and the Impact on Traditional Public School Funding
(2020-07-31)
After 20 years of taking a clear stand against charter schools, Alabama turned the tables in March of 2015 when Senate Bill 45 was passed. This bill opened the door for charter schools to enter the state. The Alabama School ...