Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Studies on IspH: Cluster Insertion, Inhibitor Discovery, and the Role of Paramagnetic Species Detected in the E126Q Variant
(2024-11-13)
Isoprenoids or terpenoids form the largest group of natural products. They have vital biological functions in all living organisms. Despite their diversity, all isoprenoids are synthesized in all organisms from two precursors: ...
To Obstruct and Resist: Paradise v. Allen, Integration Efforts, and the Alabama State Troopers
(2024-11-12)
This dissertation examines the integration of the Alabama State Troopers following the 1972 lawsuit NAACP v. Allen (later written as Paradise v. Allen). A federal court ordered the Alabama Department of Public Safety (DPS) ...
Isolation and Application of Salmonella Infantis-Specific Bacteriophages from Poultry-Associated Samples to Chicken Wing Flats
(2024-11-11)
The increasing need to reduce chemical interventions and the rise of antimicrobial resistance among pathogens have led poultry producers to seek alternative antimicrobial intervention methods. Research has identified ...
Quality Parameters on Beef Steaks and Ground Beef Using Thermoforming Vacuum Packaging
(2024-11-07)
Meat surface color is a critical attribute influencing consumer purchasing decisions, as it serves as a visual indicator of product freshness and wholesomeness. Changes in surface color during retail display periods can ...
Evaluating Olfactory Decline in Aging Dogs
(2024-09-24)
Aging is an important aspect of the dog life, impacting how dogs function in their roles as both companions and workers. However, the impact of dog aging upon key sensory modalities, such as olfaction, is not well understood. ...
Nanoscale Modification of Lignocellulosic Biomass Components for Value-Added Applications
(2024-09-09)
The primary goal of this dissertation was to understand how modification of lignocellulosic nanomaterials enhances their properties for value-added applications. This is essential for meeting the current demand for sustainable ...
Male Wild Turkey Fertility and Disease Prevalence in Alabama
(2024-08-22)
Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are the second most pursued game species in the United States, and the spring hunting season attracts tens of thousands of hunters afield annually in Alabama. Despite their popularity as ...
Investigating the Role of Post-Learning Activities on Memory Consolidation in Scent Detection Dogs
(2024-08-21)
Memory consolidation is a flexible process, allowing the strength of memories to be modified by highly arousing positive or negative experiences occurring after learning. Previous studies in dogs have shown that different ...
The Effect of Moisture Content and Temperature on Mechanical Properties of Clear Wood Samples Cut from Southern-Pine Lumber
(2024-08-21)
Southern yellow pine is a softwood species group abundantly found in the Southeast United States. With the increasing trend towards promoting sustainable construction, mass timber members such as cross-laminated timber and ...
Are you Satisfied? A Look at How Adult Attachment Style and Perfectionism Influence Romantic Relationship Satisfaction
(2024-08-20)
This study is important in expanding the existing literature on the Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model (PSDM) and building an understanding of the connections between adult attachment style, maladaptive perfectionism, ...
Semi-Supervised Multiclass Classification with Novelty Detection Using Support Vector Machines and Linear Discriminant Analysis
(2024-08-19)
Semi-supervised multi-class classification with novelty detection consists of one tool that can accurately define what class an instance belongs to from a set group of known classes while simultaneously detecting instances ...
Characterizing Strength Loss in High Plasticity Clays Along Alabama Highways
(2024-08-15)
Strength loss in high plasticity clay soils is a common occurrence along roadways in western and central Alabama and has considerable impact on pavement distress and slope failures. Approximately $16 million was spent to ...
Zero-Shot Multi-Label Topic Inference
(2024-08-15)
Despite significant progress in NLP research, we still lack a general-purpose inference tool that can effectively serve users from a wide range of application domains. One way to address this challenge is to create supervised ...
A Profession Worth Fighting for: What’s Getting in the Way of What I’m Purposed for? An Autoethnography of a Black Teacher’s Lived Experience Educating in Georgia
(2024-08-14)
The purpose of this qualitative autoethnography is to explore the relationship between the teacher evaluation process and the underlying attrition factors of Black teachers in a K–12 public school setting. The problem that ...
AI Innovations: Ensemble Learning and Energy-Efficient Knowledge Injection
(2024-08-13)
This research expands on the recent rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) by focusing on its practical applications and environmental impact. It introduces a novel ensemble learning system for Network Intrusion ...
A Set-Theoretic Perspective for Evaluating, Training, and Interpreting Language Models
(2024-08-13)
This thesis investigates the training, evaluation, and interpretation of language models from a set-theoretic perspective. We start by evaluating language models through the lens of Semantic Overlap Summarization (SOS), ...
Factors impacting gobbling chronology and activity of male wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in Alabama
(2024-08-13)
Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) are the second most pursued game species in the United States and hold significant cultural and economic value across the Southeast. Recent declines have raised concerns ...
Effects of Different Soybean Meal Sources on Feed Utilization, Growth Performance, and Survival of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
(2024-08-12)
The economic impact generated by the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) industry has become relevant in the U.S. because of the profits produced in the southern states of Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi, becoming the ...
Inclusive Research Representation and Blood Lactate as a Metabolic Biomarker of Vocal Function: Equitable Development of a Vocal Capacity Anaerobic Task
(2024-08-07)
Voice production is a highly coordinated motor-based task that involves the integration of three major anatomical and physiological skeletal muscle systems: respiratory, laryngeal (phonatory), and articulatory (oropharyngeal) ...
Vietoris-Rips and Čech Complexes of Certain Finite Metric Spaces
(2024-08-07)
We examine the homotopy types of Vietoris-Rips complexes on different collections of subsets of $[m]=\{1,2,\ldots,m\}$ equipped with the symmetric difference metric. More specifically, we prove that the Vietoris-Rips ...