Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Tactical Piety: Heretical Piracy and Catholic Rhetoric in Colonial Quito, Panama, and Guatemala
(2025-04-11)
During the sixteenth and seventeenth century, Francis Drake and other English corsairs attacked Spanish coastal cities and ports. In response to the attacks, Spanish functionaries devised a religious rhetoric as an offensive ...
Effects of climate change on physiology and recombination rates in two species of Drosophila
(2025-04-10)
This dissertation investigates how environmental stressors, both individually and in combination, affect physiological, reproductive, and genetic traits in Drosophila species, shedding light on their resilience and ...
Evaluation of the effects of photonic decontamination on reduction of Salmonella and Campylobacter and a comparative transcriptomics analysis following its application on Salmonella Infantis
(2025-04-10)
Recently, there has been an increase in research into new methods responding to the unsuccessful efforts in reducing foodborne pathogen infections associated with poultry products such as Salmonella and Campylobacter. With ...
Revealing Peanut Drought Tolerant Mechanisms by Integration of Physiological Traits, Soil Microbes, and Genomics
(2025-04-10)
Peanut production is increasingly challenged by frequent and severe drought events worldwide. Rather than relying on costly irrigation systems, cultivating drought-tolerant cultivars offers a more sustainable approach for ...
Fatigue Behavior and Modeling of Additively Manufactured and Wrought Ti-6Al-4V Parts Under Realistic Loading Conditions
(2025-04-09)
The study is a comprehensive dive into the fatigue behavior and related failure mechanisms of additively manufactured (AM) and commercially available wrought Ti-6Al-4V under realistic loading conditions, including mean ...
A Theoretical Framework for the Systematic Pathway of Early Intervention Relational OUTcomes (SPROUT) Development and Application of SPROUT
(2025-04-09)
Prioritizing methods to enhance infants and toddlers’ quality of life becomes imperative
due to the profound impact during the critical phase that will shape their adolescence and adult
years. The purpose of this study ...
Time-Varying Associations Between Hopelessness, Agitation, Shape/Weight Concerns, Body Connection, Dietary Restraint, and Desire to Kill Self in a Military Sample
(2025-04-09)
Suicidal ideation and dietary restraint are prevalent, especially in military samples. Group-level analyses have identified hopelessness, agitation, weight/shape concerns, and interoceptive deficits as potential risk factors ...
The use of Corn fermented protein with yeast as a protein source complement with soybean meal in practical diets in pond and tank based production of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
(2025-04-07)
Despite low prices and higher input costs, shrimp production is forecasted to increase, driven largely by contributions from Ecuador, India and Vietnam. The feed industry has been supporting shrimp farmers by working to ...
Navigating (In)security and Belonging: Refugee Experiences in Ferrara
(2025-04-03)
This dissertation explores the dynamics between refugees and cities through three papers that examine refugees’ precarious journey toward establishing a home and the challenges of accountability within the refugee reception ...
The Rise Above: Exploring LGBTQIA+ Students’ Journey Through a Challenging Campus Environment
(2025-04-03)
This study explores the lived experiences of members of the LGBTQIA+ community who were not only able to successfully navigate an institution that had a chilly climate but overcome the barriers and obstacles to graduate. ...
Natural competence and host adaptation in plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa
(2025-04-03)
The plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram-negative, fastidious, xylem-limited, vector-
transmitted bacterium, causing severe diseases on numerous economically important plants
including grapes, citrus, coffee, olive ...
From Producer to Consumer: Sustainability in the U.S. Beef Industry
(2025-04-03)
Sustainability in the livestock industry has been a significant focus in recent years, specifically in areas of environmental impact and animal welfare. Research into consumer perceptions of food systems is important so ...
Three Essays on Development Microeconomics
(2025-03-31)
In the first chapter, I investigate the impact of faster Internet access on research production in African universities, resulting from the staggered rollout of submarine cables to 12 coastal African countries in the late ...
Impact of hope, humor, and self-stigma on flourishing and acceptance in adults who stutter
(2025-03-21)
This study’s purpose was to understand how humor is used as a coping strategy for people who stutter (PWS) and how humor contributes to an individual who stutters’ (IWS) overall quality of life. Five factors were examined ...
Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Rabies in Alabama: Insights from Historical Trends, Oral Rabies Vaccine Bait Fate, and Spatial Epizootiology
(2025-03-19)
Rabies epizootiology and management in Alabama have evolved significantly over the past two centuries, yet the influence of long-term ecological and historical factors on the effectiveness of oral rabies vaccine (ORV) ...
Gerrymandering: The Impact of Redistricting on State Legislative Election Voter Participation
(2025-03-10)
State legislative elections are increasingly shaped by two factors influencing the prospects of winning a majority: the redistricting cycle and partisan tide elections (Makse 2014). Winning control of the redistricting ...
Hydrogel Products from Food Waste
(2025-02-28)
Dietary fiber provides organisms with key nutrients and allows for transport of small molecules and metabolic products. As an inspiration to design materials, dietary fiber is biocompatible, sustainable, and positively ...
A Preliminary Study on Enzyme Adhesion/Encapsulation within Janus Liposomes
(2025-02-17)
This thesis describes a research effort of encapsulating water-soluble enzymes within Janus liposomes, with aims to enhance the latter’s motion ability as micromotors. Janus particles have been of interest to the development ...
Sound Analysis with Dynamic Impacts
(2025-01-27)
The impact analysis helps identify potential issues or provides a professional diagnosis, treatment, and management strategies. The first part of the research explored the interaction between spheres (tennis ball, ping-pong ...
Empowering Designers in a Circular Approach to Organic Waste Management: Sustainability for Food Retail Sectors
(2025-01-24)
In the United States, approximately 120 billion pounds of food are wasted per year, which equates to about 40% of all total food produced (Recycle Track Systems, 2023). When considering the impacts of the current business ...