Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Exploring a Two-Factor Model of Abusive Supervision: An Investigation of Disparate Outcomes of Active-Aggressive and Passive-Aggressive Components
(2023-11-29)
Scholarly interest in abusive supervision continues to grow after two decades of conceptual discussion and empirical examination. However, discord exists within the literature stream because our understanding of why abusive ...
The role of sustained attention toward threatening stimuli in fearlessness about death: An ERP study
(2023-11-29)
Given that suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, it is critical to identify those most at risk for suicide. Prominent theories of suicide and empirical evidence suggest that dysregulated threat ...
Tectonic evolution of Paleozoic orogenic events
(2023-11-28)
The Paleozoic Era included multiple Wilson cycles between ca. 540 Ma and ca. 250 Ma. Today, the remnants of these cycles (as fragments ranging from rift basalts to calc-alkaline granitoids) are spread along continents as ...
Mitigating Spread of Airborne Viruses in Future Buildings: Guidelines for Designers and Facility Managers
(2023-11-28)
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2/Coronavirus Disease 2019) has affected all trades in the built environment, but Facilities Management (FM) was impacted significantly. Based on anecdotal ...
Identifying the distribution, causal pathogens, and potential solutions for managing Botryosphaeria stem blight disease of blueberry in Alabama
(2023-11-28)
In response to the surging global demand for nutritious foods, blueberry production has doubled in the last decade. However, sustainability of blueberry production is challenged by diseases such as Botryosphaeria stem ...
Reducing Uncertainties in Coupled Carbon-water Cycle Predictions in the Southeastern United States Using Perturbed Parameter Experiments and Machine Learning Approaches
(2023-11-28)
Carbon-water cycle interactions are considerably uncertain in the climate models. Parameter sensitivity studies are extensively utilized to reduce uncertainty in hydrological predictions. However, because of its high ...
Insights on Coarse Sediment Routing in Tributaries of the Buffalo National River, AR
(2023-11-28)
Sediment routing studies are of particular importance to understanding geomorphic changes in fluvial systems. Although tributary-derived sediment inputs serve as primary sources of sediment in main stems, few in-situ studies ...
Investigation of Advisor-Advisee Conflict Communication in U.S. Chemistry Graduate Education
(2023-11-28)
The central component of a chemistry Ph.D. program is the research group, where advisors have significant impact on students’ professional development and career path. Current literature indicates that communication issues ...
Effects of Acute Thermal Stress on Texas Hornshell Mussel (Popenaias popeii)
(2023-11-28)
Extreme weather conditions are placing increasing stress on aquatic ectotherms in the southern U.S. We investigated effects of thermal stress on the federally endangered Texas Hornshell (Popenaias popeii), the last freshwater ...
Voices From the Plains: The Black Legacies of Auburn Alabama
(2023-11-28)
This study explores the legacies of African Americans in Auburn Alabama beginning with the city’s founding and ending with desegregation of Auburn’s schools. The first section focuses on slavery, the migration of African ...
Evaluation of a Pneumatic Cylinder for Ankle Exoskeleton Actuation
(2023-11-28)
Ankle exoskeletons are used to reduce the effort of walking. This research aims to design and test an actuator that takes advantage of new joint angle prediction methods. First, a Maxon EC motor was tested on an exoskeleton ...
Generation and evaluation of forest aboveground biomass and irrigation products for the Southern United States using Earth Observation data
(2023-11-28)
The conservation of natural resources in the southern United States plays a pivotal role in addressing climate change, safeguarding its rich forest resources, maintaining ecological integrity, ensuring food sources, and ...
Evaluation of Irrigation Scheduling and Sustainability Indicators as Tools to Increase the Adoption of Conservation Practices Among Central Alabama Farmers
(2023-11-27)
In recent years, there has been a significant surge in the adoption of conservation practices in agriculture, driven by a collective understanding of the urgent need to minimize risks, enhance profitability, and protect ...
Synthesis of Cyclobutane-Containing Natural Products using Macrocyclic 1,4-Diketones as Templates for Diastereoselective Transformations and Strained Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation, and the Development of Novel Non-Phosphate Carbohydrate-Based Inhibitors of the IspH-Enzyme in Isoprene Synthesis
(2023-11-27)
Chapter 1: Macrocyclic control as a tool for diastereoselective transformation has been an area of research dating back to Still’s total synthesis of periplanone B. The exact source of this control is not always well ...
Laboratory and Field Characterization of Additive-Modified Asphalt Concrete Mixtures
(2023-11-27)
There is a need for a more rapid system of evaluation and implementation for new and existing
asphalt additives, especially due to the prohibitive cost of full-scale performance evaluations. To
help to meet this need, ...
Using Transcriptomics to Investigate Pathways Influencing Female Fertility in Beef Cattle
(2023-11-27)
Female fertility and reproductive success are the main drivers of economic efficiency in
cattle operations. Herein, we performed two independent studies to investigate the
molecular basis of fertility in beef cattle. ...
Differential Strain Dynamics Under Host and Environmental Stressors: A Pathway to Better Understanding Pathogen Presence and Fitness of Xanthomonas perforans
(2023-11-27)
The bacterium Xanthomonas perforans is a worldwide pathogen of tomato and pepper plants causing bacterial leaf spot (BLS) resulting in necrotic spotting with which advanced disease can lead to complete defoliation of plants ...
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF STRAWBERRY (Fragaria ×ananassa Duch.) UNDER HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS IN ALABAMA
(2023-11-27)
Alabama strawberries have been farmed for over three decades in Alabama, and lately, there is interest in expanding acreage and finding alternative production systems. Hydroponics is an alternative system providing tools ...
Characterizing Sustained Attention Task Performance by Dogs
(2023-11-27)
A common finding in studies of sustained attention is that performance on these types of tasks is subject to fluctuations across the duration of the task. Several task-related factors have been consistently demonstrated ...
Two Novel Relaxation Oscillator Interface Circuits for Resistive and Capacitive Sensors
(2023-11-27)
Presented in this thesis is the design and testing of two novel interface circuits for capacitive and resistive sensors. In both cases, the interface circuit is a modified CMOS inverter based relaxation oscillator, which ...