Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Chinese Consumers’ Perceptions of Cross-Border E-Commerce Retailer Attributes: A Scale Development and Validation Study
(2022-08-05)
Cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) offers a new way for consumers to purchase foreign products online. China is the largest e-commerce market in the world and thus is a lucrative market for CBEC. However, no quantitative scale ...
Exploring Targeted Long-Distance Travel Survey Sampling Frame Approaches to Support Travel Survey Collection
(2022-08-05)
Long-distance travel continues to grow in economic, environmental, and infrastructural importance. To inform policy, infrastructural funding, and travel demand forecasting, detailed travel survey findings are needed at the ...
Dual Mode Redox-Responsive MRI Contrast Agents
(2022-08-05)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents function by shortening the relaxation
times of targeted nuclei, thereby better distinguishing regions with different local concentrations
of the visualized nuclei. ...
Study of deep neural networks on graph data in a generative learning regime
(2022-08-04)
Graph-formatted data is ubiquitous among different domains from social networks and academic citation networks to drug-target interactions and others. Graph neural networks (GNNs) have achieved outstanding performance in ...
Evaluation of Bacillus biocontrol potential through the lens of secondary metabolite diversity in genomic, enzymatic, and chemical space
(2022-08-04)
Global food security is under threat by plant-pathogenic oomycetes and fungi. The overuse and misuse of pesticides against such pathogens triggers fungicide resistance and long-term environmental contamination. This warrants ...
Preventing the Preschool to Prison Pipeline: A Preliminary Study of the Effects of E-Coaching Head Start Teachers on Behavior-Specific Praise
(2022-08-04)
The number of preschoolers expelled and suspended from school is the highest among all student groups. In the long run, preschool expulsions and suspensions can have statistically detrimental effects on a child's life ...
Data-driven semiconducting nanomaterials design for energy applications
(2022-08-04)
Silicon nitrides and hydrogenated silicon nitrides attract widespread scientific interest across multiple application fields due to their superior combination of optical, mechanical, thermal and optoelectronic properties. ...
’Moving On’ to A New Life: An Exploration of a Reentry Program’s Influence on Self-Efficacy in Incarcerated Women
(2022-08-04)
The purpose of this study was to examine treatment results for incarcerated women in a southern-US women’s prison system who have participated in Moving On: A Program for At-Risk Women (MO). Research indicates that coping ...
An Introduction to Bernstein-Gel’fand-Gel’fand Correspondence
(2022-08-04)
This master's thesis serves as an introduction to the Bernstein-Gel'fand-Gel'fand correspondence first written in 1978. We shall cover some of the fundamental objects that the reader may not be familiar with, mainly tensor ...
Exploring the role of online visual information in pre- and post- tourism experiences
(2022-08-04)
Visual information significantly influences tourists' pre and post tourism experiences; it creates a vivid stimulation of the experiences and can provoke the tourists' imagination to better convey the favorable information. ...
Reactive Nitrogen and Climate Change in the Terrestrial Biosphere: Data-Model Integration
(2022-08-04)
The addition of excess reactive nitrogen (N) compounds to terrestrial ecosystems has largely stimulated the emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), the most important depleting substance of stratospheric ozone and a potent ...
The Influence of Adjusting for Muscular Strength and Body Size on Sex Differences in Sympathetic Responses to Isometric Handgrip Exercise and Metaboreflex Isolation in Healthy Young Adults
(2022-08-03)
The exercise pressor reflex (EPR), composed of central command and the mechano- and metaboreflex, increases blood pressure (BP). Compared to males, healthy premenopausal females typically exhibit blunted increases in BP ...
MTOTO-BEBE: PROMOTING ACCESS TO AND USE OF PRE- AND POST-NATAL CARE SERVICES AND INFORMATION BY HARNESSING SOCIAL CAPITAL THROUGH INCLUSIVE MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT IN ILORIN
(2022-08-03)
One of 21 Nigerian women still die from avoidable maternal death. Yet, one of the most critical interventions for safe motherhood is ensuring that women (even in the most remote areas) have access to and are well informed ...
Computational screening strategies for rational biocatalyst and electrocatalyst design and development
(2022-08-03)
In most of the important aspects of modern civilization such as food production, energy usage, or biomedical and biochemical advances, catalysis plays a crucial role in supporting these efforts. For a greener and sustainable ...
Comparison of Vegetation Types for Prevention of Erosion and Shallow Slope Failure Along Roadways
(2022-08-03)
Shallow slope failures due to erosion are common occurrences along roadways in Alabama due to the prevalence of high intensity rainfall in the region. The use of vegetative covers is a reasonable solution to stabilize newly ...
Quality of Life, Functional Performance, and User Satisfaction of Lower Limb Prosthesis Clients
(2022-08-03)
Limb loss is more common than many people realize. There are over two million people with amputated limbs in the United States and the numbers are expected to double in 2050. Despite the advances in prosthetic device ...
Promoting Nitrification in Poultry Processing Wastewater Treatment Using Microalgae and Biochar
(2022-08-03)
The exponential growth of the global population poses a need for more sustainable food production and waste remediation tactics. Waste-to-resource food production systems such as aquaponics and “poultry-ponics” may be the ...
Modification and Evaluation of an Evidence-based, Universal, Mental Health Promotion Program in Title I schools in rural Alabama: Advocates for All Youth (ALLY)
(2022-08-03)
In the US, the presence of a lifetime diagnosis of either depression or anxiety rose from 5.4% in 2003 to 8.4% in 2012 in children aged 6-17 years (Bitsko et al., 2018) and by 2016, 16.5% had at least one mental health ...
Relational Reasoning and Self-Directed Learning: An Analysis of Their Effects on How Adults Process Information Online
(2022-08-03)
The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between self-directed learning readiness (SDLR), relational reasoning (RR), and Civic Online Reasoning (COR) for mid-career U.S. Air Force officers, U.S. Space ...
Developmental Trajectories of Brain Structure, Motor, and Cognitive Functions from Infancy to Early Childhood and the Impact of SES
(2022-08-03)
During the first years of life, there are significant brain, cognitive, and motor development changes. Although studies have suggested a bidirectional relationship between the brain and these functional outcomes, few studies ...