Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Back to the Future of Ergonomics: Utilizing Inertial Motion Capture and Fatigue Failure Theory to Develop a Cumulative Damage Assessment Method for Estimating Risk of Low Back Injury in Industrial Settings
(2023-07-26)
The central objectives of this dissertation are to critically evaluate the efficacy of a wireless sensor Inertial Motion Capture (IMC) system in estimating lumbar kinematics and kinetics within a controlled laboratory ...
Application of the Finite Fourier Series for Smooth Motion Planning of Quadrotors
(2023-07-26)
Motion planning and control system design are crucial in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for various applications. To maximize the mission performance, trajectory design is often performed to minimize ...
I made it! Effects of perceptions of success and enhanced expectancies on motor learning and its underlying mechanisms
(2023-07-25)
This dissertation describes a program of research encompassing three studies that focused on examining the effects of enhanced expectancies and perceptions of success on motor learning. OPTIMAL theory (Wulf & Lewthwaite, ...
Assessing Personality through a Chatbot-based Structured Interview: Developing and Testing Two Parallel Predictive Models
(2023-07-25)
Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) are changing the way organizations assess talent. Even though conversational AI has been increasingly used to conduct interviews, ...
Exploring Adolescents’ Social Validity Ratings of Social Profiles: The Impact of Eye Contact
(2023-07-25)
Attending to the eyes of another person has an adaptive function demonstrated within the first few months of human life. Non-verbal transactions in the form of eye contact facilitate both cognitive and social development; ...
Creation of an Infectious Clone of Cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), a fluorescent clone of CLRDV, and the transmission determinants of CLRDV by Aphis gossypii
(2023-07-25)
Cotton leafroll dwarf virus is an emerging pathogen in the United States. This disease has caused significant damage to the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in other countries. In order to avoid these significant ...
Comparative water relations, temperature sensitivity, and breeding potential of Pycnoscelus cockroaches (Blattaria: Blaberidae)
(2023-07-25)
Pycnoscelus surinamensis (L.) is a pest cockroach found worldwide, while its relatives are restricted to tropical regions. Few comparative studies have investigated physiological differences between P. surinamensis and its ...
Exploring the Role of Adaptation and Acclimation in the Temperature Response of Photosynthesis and Respiration in Southern Pine Species
(2023-07-25)
Southern pines provide critical ecosystem services, including supplying the global timber market and playing a major role in regional carbon cycling. Yet, many basic knowledge gaps regarding southern pine physiology remain, ...
An Exploration of Mental Health Help-Seeking Experiences Among Women Combat Veterans
(2023-07-25)
This phenomenological study explores the lived experiences of women combat veterans and their mental health help-seeking experiences. Semi-structured interviews were completed with ten women combat veterans. Using a ...
The effect of water stress on peanut soil microbiome and plant physiology
(2023-07-25)
Arachis hypogea is an economically important crop in the Southeastern region of the United States. The kernel has a high nutritional value containing oil, proteins, and carbohydrates. However, 90% of farmers in Alabama do ...
Making wasteful, tasteful: Increasing circularity in agriculture by reclaiming post-processing poultry wastewater to produce hydroponic greens.
(2023-07-25)
To mitigate regional environmental pressures exerted on the Southeast by the increasing global demand for poultry products, post-processing poultry wastewater has been reclaimed for the cultivation of hydroponic greens. ...
The influence of environmental variation on the microbiome during early-life stages in reptiles
(2023-07-24)
My dissertation research seeks to understand how environmental variation, including maternal effects, might influence the microbiome of reptiles and how those differences translate to phenotypic variation. My research ...
A Case Study of an Innovative Pharmacy Curriculum and Leadership Behaviors
(2023-07-24)
Change is constant in higher education, and innovation is central to change. Facilitating innovation requires the influence of leaders. Transformational leadership is a prominent leadership construct which has been shown ...
Contrasting the influence of overstory tree species identity on microclimate, fuels, and tree regeneration in a longleaf pine forest
(2023-07-24)
Fire-dependent ecosystems worldwide are facing a significant threat from anthropogenic activities, particularly land use changes and decades of fire exclusion. These alterations have led to a transformation in once open ...
Evaluation of passive immunity and different vaccination protocols on the induction of local and systemic antibody responses and clinical protection of beef calves against experimental infection with bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV)
(2023-07-24)
Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) is one of the most prevalent viruses associated with the bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC). The persistency over time and role of local and systemic antibodies against BRSV ...
Novel Approaches to the Molecular Characterization of Primary Canine Osteosarcoma
(2023-07-24)
Osteosarcoma (OSA) is an aggressive malignant bone tumor that often affects pediatric humans as well as dogs. Canine OSA shares many similarities with the human condition, including clinical presentation and molecular ...
A Study of Space-time Fractional SPDE in Bounded Domains
(2023-07-24)
This dissertation considers space-time fractional stochastic heat equation on a regular bounded domain B in R^d, d ⩾ 1 with Dirichlet boundary condition:
∂βt ut(x) = −(−Δ)α2 ut(x) + I1−βt [λσ(ut(x)) ˙W (t, x)] for x ∈ B ...
Fungicide Resistance in the Early and Late Leaf Spot Pathogens of Peanut and Their Management
(2023-07-24)
The aim of this project was to improve management recommendations for leaf spot diseases of peanuts in Alabama. Early leaf spot (caused by Passalora arachidicola) and late leaf spot (caused by Nothopassalora personata) are ...
Three-essays on Learning Algorithms in Business Studies
(2023-07-24)
In this dissertation, I present new learning algorithms that are applicable to business studies. More specifically, I develop Synthetic Control Boosting with Poisson (SCB-P) and Synthetic Control Boosting with Negative ...
The Influence of Hemp Seed Meal on Tenderness and Shelf Stability on Goat Steaks
(2023-07-20)
Over the last decades, the increased adoption of sources for healthier, more tender red meat has become a growing trend. There is an increasing demand for healthier protein sources such as lean goat meat. Just as important ...