Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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An Approach to Design Sensory Furniture for Autism
(2021-07-14)
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the prevalence rate of autism in the United States nearly tripled from 2004 to 2020. The rapid rise in the number of autism diagnoses placesan economic burden on the United ...
A Multilevel Analysis of Public Value creation in Smart City using Action Design Science Research: A Systems Thinking Perspective
(2021-07-14)
In the last 20 years significant innovations in technology and its implementation have enabled cities to become smart cities? With this increase in cities embarking on smart city projects, there has been very little focus ...
Maximal L1 Regularity for a Class of Parabolic Systems and Applications to Navier-Stokes Equations
(2021-07-14)
This dissertation is devoted to the maximal L1-in-time regularity for a class of linear parabolic systems with variable coefficients. This theory can be applied to investigate the global-in-time well-posedness and stability ...
Evaluation of Nondestructive Test Methods for Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Assessment
(2021-07-14)
To facilitate locating subsurface concrete bridge deck defects and determining their
corresponding severity, departments of transportation are switching to nondestructive
test (NDT) methods. However, the difficulty in ...
Protective Efficacy of a Recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus against Infectious Bronchitis
(2021-07-13)
A previous study has reported that Newcastle disease virus (NDV) recombinant LaSota strain (rLS) expressing infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) Arkansas-type (Ark) trimeric spike ectodomain (Se) (rLS/ArkSe) provides suboptimal ...
Caught in the uncivil war: How equipped are school leaders to navigate custodial rights in the educational setting?
(2021-07-13)
The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to examine the relationship between knowledge of protocol and familiarity with the application of custodial situations in the educational setting. This study assessed ...
Nesting ecology of reptiles: Effects of maternal nesting behavior and egg incubation environments on offspring phenotypes and fitness
(2021-07-13)
Understanding the role of the environment in shaping phenotypic variation has been a goal at the heart of evolutionary biology since its inception. Through the work that led to the modern synthesis framework, we see that ...
The effect of different oxygen concentrations on oxidative stress in anesthetized horses
(2021-07-13)
Anesthesia-associated mortality in horses is high when compared with other species, and may be related to development of hypoxemia during recumbency. To overcome this, high fractions of inspired oxygen (FiO2 >95%) are used. ...
Evaluation of Integrated Weed Management and Herbicide Tolerance in Peanut-Cotton Rotation
(2021-07-13)
As resistant weeds such as Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri L.) continue to spread through the Southeast, peanut-cotton producers are forced to utilize herbicides which pose a greater risk to injuring crops to control ...
Investigating the ability of traditional and molecular methods to differentiate between reproductive potentials in Bos taurus heifers
(2021-07-13)
Within the livestock industry, one of the main problems that a producer faces is infertility. Infertility in cattle can lead to an animal being removed from cow-calf operations earlier in their lifetime. Reproductive ...
Solid Rocket Motor Internal Flow Solutions with FlightStream
(2021-07-13)
This thesis seeks to advance the state of the art for conceptual and preliminary design of
solid propellant rocket motors by adapting surface vorticity solution methods to the internal
ballistics problem. The practical ...
Management of Rotylenchulus reniformis and Meloidogyne incognita on Gossypium hirsutum in Alabama and the economic impact of additional fertilizer and nematicide applications
(2021-07-13)
The reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis and the southern root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita are some of the most damaging plant parasitic nematodes on upland cotton in the United States. Management strategies ...
Executive Functions in Detection Dogs
(2021-07-12)
Researchers in the field of canine cognition have developed several tasks to study executive functions, like working memory and inhibitory control, in dogs. Findings from such tasks have provided new information regarding ...
Measuring the Impact of Resistance Training on Core Muscle Effective Lever Arms and Improving Biomechanical Modeling
(2021-07-12)
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common types of musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) in the U.S.; resulting in pain and discomfort as well as reducing the efficiency and productivity of workplaces. It presents a major ...
Assessment of Microbial Risk Factors Associated with Irrigation Water use on Small Alabama Farms
(2021-07-12)
Fresh produce is often associated with foodborne outbreaks as these products easily become contaminated with foodborne pathogens from the environment and poor handling practices. Approximately 46% of foodborne illnesses ...
Three Essays on Banking, Digital Finance, and Financial Inclusion.
(2021-07-12)
The first essay examines how financial literacy affects household choice as being banked only, underbanked, or unbanked. Also, the relationship between financial literacy and household use and frequency of use of different ...
AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION OF SALMONELLA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH DUST IN POULTRY HOUSES
(2021-07-12)
Poultry house dust has been reported to contain pathogenic bacteria. Previously, the presence of Salmonella has been observed in airborne and settled dust in poultry houses. Therefore, it is important to investigate the ...
Pharmacological characterization of fish melanocortin-4 and melanocortin-5 receptors
(2021-07-12)
The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) plays an important role in the regulation of food intake and energy expenditure. The melanocortin-5 receptor (MC5R) has been implicated in the regulation of exocrine gland secretion, ...
Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Tall Fescue and Bermudagrass Forage Systems
(2021-07-12)
A 2-yr study was conducted evaluating plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) as an alternative N source for ‘Russell’ bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) and ‘KY 31’ tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) at two locations in ...
Effect of landuse and landcover change and climate change on the hydrological response and water quality of Big Creek Lake Watershed South Alabama USA
(2021-07-12)
Land use and climate are the two key factors affecting the hydrological processes of a watershed. This research aimed to evaluate the impact of changing land use and land cover (LULC) and climate change on hydrological ...