Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Do Symptoms of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Uniquely Predict Response to Interpersonal Stress in College Students?
(2020-03-31)
SCT has been identified as a distinct construct but highly related to ADHD. SCT also often co-occurs with internalizing disorders. In adults, SCT is associated with interpersonal problems, and the way individuals respond ...
Once Dishonest, Always Dishonest? Not Necessarily So!
(2020-03-26)
Within selection settings, job applicants are motivated to engage in dishonest behaviors such as cheating and faking, in order to increase their chance of getting the job. The present research investigates whether applicants ...
Study of Stochastic Differential Equation Driven by Time-Changed Levy Noise
(2020-03-24)
This dissertation is composed of two parts. The first part studies stabilities of the solution
of stochastic differential equation (SDE) driven by time-changed L´evy noise in probability,
moment, and path sense. This ...
Differential geometry on matrix groups
(2020-03-20)
In this dissertation, we study the differential geometry of the matrix groups. In literatures, many authors proposed to compute matrix means using the geodesic distance defined by an invariant Riemannian metrics on the ...
Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Hydrogels to Support Vascularization and Reendothelialization by Endothelial Colony Forming Cells
(2020-03-16)
Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) have a high proliferative capability and can differentiate into endothelial cells, making them a promising cell source for vascularization of ischemic tissues and reendothelialization ...
Low-Power, High-Performance Frequency Dividers for a Phase-Locked Loop
(2020-03-16)
The world embraces the dawn of 5G implementation, and there is much work to be done. Companies, researchers, engineers, and many more posterities of people are pressing into high-frequency ranges, which presents a plethora ...
Evaluating Oyster Gardening Programs of the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts
(2020-03-16)
We investigated oyster gardening programs along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts (United States) for their organization, volunteer makeup and their capacity to change the perceived knowledge of participants. Further, ...
A Symbol of American Female Equality: The United States Air Force Pilot
(2020-03-10)
The social and political climate of the 1960s and 1970s created an environment conducive to debate and reform. In 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress and by the end of the year, 22 of the 38 required ...
Quantifying Vocal Power: Correlation of Whole Body Anaerobic Power to Vocal Function Measures
(2020-03-06)
PURPOSE: The purpose of this preliminary study was to identify a vocal task that could be used as a clinical indicator of the vocal aptitude or vocal fitness required for vocally demanding occupations in a manner similar ...
Influence of Cover Crop Mixtures on Soil Health and Weed Control in Cotton Production Systems
(2020-03-06)
The restoration of soil health is a crucial step in maximizing productivity in the
historically-eroded Ultisols of the Southeast. The utilization of winter cover crops can
potentially improve soil health by increasing ...
Alcohol, Sleep and Five-Factor Personality Characteristics: A Latent Profile Analysis
(2020-03-05)
To date, a substantial body of research has demonstrated that undergraduate students are often found to experience poor sleep quality, as well as frequently high levels of alcohol usage. Furthermore these two concerns are ...
Utilizing cultural elements to enhance the sustainability of product
(2020-03-04)
In the early nineteenth century, the most important environmental issues were not a widespread concern. Humans believed that resources in the planet seemed immeasurably vast, and that nature itself would digest everything ...
Analyzing the Use of Publicly Available Multispectral Imagery to Guide the Creation of Soil Sampling Schemes
(2020-02-26)
As site-specific nutrient management has grown in popularity, the need for accurate soil fertility data has increased. Unfortunately, the cost of detailed soil sampling has prohibited many farmers and consultants from ...
High-Performance SAR-Assisted Hybrid ADC with Time Domain Signal Processing
(2020-02-19)
This dissertation presents types of basic and advanced ADC architectures and raises a high-performance hybrid ADC solution which achieves comparable performance compared with many state-of-the-art ADC architectures. The ...
The Current Usage and Applications of Traditional Christian Hymns for Teaching Choral Music in the Secondary Setting
(2020-02-12)
For generations Christian hymns were used as instructional tools and performance literature (Keene, 1982; Mark & Gary, 1992); however despite their ubiquitous presence in the choral music education profession, few studies ...
Physiological costs of reproduction in female mice
(2020-02-07)
The hypothesis that the large demand of reproduction negatively impacts future reproduction and/or survival has become a major topic in many fields within biology. Although many assume negative linear correlations between ...
Human Performance in Cyber-Vulnerable Highly Automated Unmanned Aerial Systems
(2020-02-05)
Automation is ever present in today’s complex systems of systems. Originally created to ease workload and burden on the human operator and to increase safety by automating dangerous tasks, automation has become practically ...
The Role of Awareness in Differential Delay Eyeblink Classical Conditioning
(2020-02-04)
Eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC) is an experimental procedure widely used for understanding learning and memory in a variety of species. In EBCC, a neutral conditioned stimulus (CS; a tone) is repeatedly paired with ...
Data Collection Methods for the Voice Range Profile: A Systematic Review
(2020-02-04)
Purpose: To assess data collection variability in the Voice Range Profile (VRP) across clinicians and researchers, a systematic review was conducted to evaluate the extent of variability of specific data collection points ...
Effects of Abiotic Factors on White-tailed Deer Activity in South Carolina
(2020-01-06)
A myriad of internal and external factors continuously influence behavior of all animals. One group of environmental factors, abiotic factors (e.g., wind, temperature, and moon phase), are continuously present and constantly ...