Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Thermal Tolerance and Burrowing Behaviors of Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
(2024-12-04)
Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) are a globally invasive species whose burrowing habits contribute to damn and levee failures, erosion, and resistance to control measures. I used artificial burrowing chambers to ...
The management of sweetpotato whitefly in the southeastern US
(2024-12-04)
Sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is a significant pest affecting vegetable crops in the southeastern United States, causing direct feeding damage and transmitting viruses that can lead to substantial yield losses. ...
Enhancing Microalgal Biomass Growth and Nutrient Removal in Anaerobic Digestate
(2024-12-04)
Microalgal treatment of anaerobic digestate has attracted research attention due to algae’s capability for nutrient removal and recovery. However, microalgae rarely tolerate full-strength anaerobic digestate, and this ...
Molecular Profiling of Fertility in reproductively divergent Bos taurus Heifers: Insights into Gene and Cytokine Markers
(2024-12-04)
The reproductive efficiency of Bos taurus beef cattle is pivotal for the profitability and sustainability of cattle operations. Subfertility represents a significant economic burden within the cow-calf sector of the beef ...
A Descriptive Study of Elementary Student Access to School Music Education in Twelve Large Metropolitan Areas in the Southeastern United States
(2024-12-04)
Music education is an important part of a well-rounded elementary school curriculum.
Unfortunately, not every school provides their students with music classes. Schools in
predominantly White and wealthier communities ...
Effects of Biochar on Pollinator Plantings and Foraging Bees in a Southeastern Soil
(2024-12-04)
Bees are a diverse clade of insects pivotal to pollination in anthropogenic and natural
systems. Yet, this diversity is threatened by human-driven changes in the environment. The
establishment of pollinator habitat ...
Oxy-Steam Fluidized Bed Gasification of Southern Pine Biomass, Lignite Coal, Plastic Wastes, and their Blends for Hydrogen Production
(2024-12-03)
Rising energy demand, climate change, and waste management issues drive the need to convert waste into energy via thermochemical conversion processes such as gasification. This study explores the potential of producing ...
Captioning of Non-Speech Information in Children’s Programming on Pbskids.org
(2024-12-03)
The availability of closed captions in children’s programming has increased in recent years. However, quality, consistency, and other aspects of closed captions is still lacking, especially with non-speech information ...
Early Stages of Brown Rot Fungi Detection: NIR Spectroscopy Integrated with Chemometrics
(2024-12-03)
The southern U.S. is an important region for the forestry industry, playing a crucial role in the economy and the environment, being an important region of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L) timber production in the U.S. ...
Impact of thermal variation during early-stage incubation on muscle satellite cell heterogeneity and muscle development of broiler chicken embryos
(2024-12-03)
Although it has been known for some time that the use of multi-stage (MS) incubators results in broiler chicken embryos being exposed to sub-optimal incubation temperatures, they are still quite common in the commercial ...
An assessment of small grain winter cover crops for management of Meloidogyne incognita and Rotylenchulus reniformis in southeastern U.S. cotton production
(2024-12-03)
This experiment investigates five small grain winter cover crops including barley (Hordeum vulgare L), oats (Avena sativa L.), rye (Secale cereale L.), triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack), and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) ...
Towards More Accurate Tree Biomass Estimation and Projections: Tree Growth, Hardwood Competition, Prescribed Fire and Environmental Factors
(2024-12-03)
Estimating tree biomass is a common task in forest management, and generalized allometric equations are popular tools used for this estimation. However, the most accurate estimates come from site- and species-specific ...
Unraveling Factors Influencing Host Specificity in Xylella fastidiosa
(2024-12-03)
Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a gram-negative, insect-vectored, plant pathogen that is restricted to the xylem, and impacts various crops such as grapes, blueberry, citrus, peach, pecan, almond, and olives. In Southeastern ...
AI Nudges and the Future of the Energy Grid
(2024-12-03)
With recent increases in smart grid adoption, high-frequency data for individual devices represents a wealth of opportunities for grid operators to optimize both the supply and demand of electricity. In Exploratory Analysis ...
Effects of Cell Number, Host, and Timing of Injection on Efficiency of Xenogen Production in Ictalurid Catfish
(2024-12-03)
Xenogenesis is a reproduction technology that has been identified for hybrid catfish (♀ channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus × ♂ blue catfish, I. furcatus) embryo production. The xenogeneic process can be accomplished by ...
Strategic Integration of Battery-powered Equipment into Landscape Maintenance Operations
(2024-12-03)
The landscape maintenance industry has changed drastically due to the legislative
measures that have been taken. The shift is continuously moving toward eco-friendly practices
and equipment, but research into the ...
THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEED IN PASTURE-BASED STOCKER CATTLE SYSTEMS FOR INCREASED NUTRIENT CYCLING
(2024-12-03)
In Alabama, pasture-based beef cattle operations are prevalent, but all-time high fertilizer costs present challenges to production. The objective of this research was to evaluate nutrient cycling through supplemental ...
Perceptions of Student Persistence in Alabama’s Early College Designs
(2024-12-03)
This study explores the experiences and institutional support mechanisms that influence student persistence in Alabama's Early College initiatives, with a focus on alumni perspectives. Alabama's Early College programs are ...
Teaching Students to be Successful in Multiplication with Regrouping
(2024-11-26)
Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) mathematical sequencing has been effective across individuals with varied disabilities and individuals who are at-risk and in teaching various skills. However, more research is ...
Fast and Ultrafast Pulsed Laser Post-processing of Zinc Oxide Thin-films Deposited on a Thermally Resilient and Thermally Sensitive Substrate
(2024-11-26)
This manuscript is split into two projects. The first project is on nanosecond laser annealing of radio-frequency magnetron sputtered zinc oxide thin-films on a silicon dioxide/silicon substrate. The films were sputtered ...