Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Black Women and Mental Health: Establishing Effective and Culturally Supportive Therapeutic Relationships
(2024-07-24)
This phenomenological study sought to examine the lived experience of Black women who received mental health counseling. Literature has long focused on the barriers and attitudes that attributes to Black women help seeking ...
Novel Auxiliary RISE (ARISE) Robust Control Approaches for Nonsmooth or Switched Nonlinear Systems
(2024-07-24)
To deal with uncertainties in a dynamic system, many nonlinear control approaches have
been considered. Unique challenges arise from uncertainties that are bounded by constants,
which led to the development of both ...
Understanding 40Ar/39Ar Age Variations in Potassium Feldspars from Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Systems in the Miocene Yellowstone Hotspot
(2024-07-24)
The inception of the Yellowstone hotspot resulted in the Columbia River Large Igneous Province (LIP), Mid-Miocene magmatism in western North America, and numerous epithermal Au-Ag deposits in the Oregon-Idaho-Nevada region. ...
Deep Learning for Remote Sensing-Based Estimation of Water Quality Parameters
(2024-07-24)
Monitoring and assessing the characteristics of surface water is critical for managing and improving its quality. While the existing in situ measurement methods are precise, they have limitations in terms of spatial and ...
Woody Biomass Harvesting and Postharvest Management: Opportunities, Challenges, and Technological Advancements
(2024-07-24)
The growing demand for woody biomass as a renewable energy source has resulted in increased biomass production in the southeastern United States (US). This growth raises questions about the readiness and willingness of ...
Comparison of the physiology and morphology of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) under semi-natural, laboratory, and wild environments
(2024-07-24)
Environment can be an incredibly impactful factor on the physiology and morphology of an animal. Research is often conducted under highly controlled laboratory conditions or in the field on wild populations. Experiments ...
Training an AI-Based Chatbot to Infer Workplace Competencies
(2024-07-24)
Competency modeling is used within a wide range of contexts within organizations such as selection, development, and promotion decisions to name a few. Assessing relevant competencies comes with its challenges; designing ...
Manufacturing Workplace Support Structures and Technology: Effects on Mental Workload, Performance, Self-Efficacy, and Social Anxiety on Both Neurotypical and ADHD Workers
(2024-07-24)
This dissertation delves into the intersection of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms, psychosocial stress, and anxiety among adult workers, particularly in the manufacturing sector, focusing on ...
Three Chapters In Applied Economics
(2024-07-24)
This dissertation comprises three chapters that address significant issues in applied
economics, focusing on energy, agricultural trade, and environmental conservation.
The first chapter, "The Impact of Small Refinery ...
To War or Not to War: Sub-Conventional Warfare’s Effects on the Likelihood of Conventional War
(2024-07-24)
As states seek to advance their interests in the international system, the threat of war is perpetually present. As a result, scholars have produced a rich body of literature that seeks to explain the causes of war. One ...
Investigation Into Measured and Modeled Illuminance in Commercial Broiler Houses Providing Natural Light
(2024-07-24)
Light is a critical factor in managing broilers, impacting their physiology and behavior in commercial poultry houses. This thesis investigates the influence of window configurations on light intensity and spatial distribution ...
The Impact of the SNAP Drug Felon Ban on SNAP Caseloads: A State-Level Analysis
(2024-07-24)
The late twentieth century ushered in a new era of mass incarceration and increases in non-violent, drug-related arrests in the United States (Diaz Pascual, 2021). This was accompanied by sweeping reductions of welfare ...
Exploring the Indirect Effect of Adolescents’ Intentions: Impacts of the Personal Responsibility Education Program on Sexual Health Indicators and Relationship Advocacy
(2024-07-24)
Research suggests that rates of unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and HIV are higher in the southern states as compared to other regions. Comprehensive sex education (CSE) has gained much attention ...
Advancing Online Hate Speech Detection Using External Features and Large Language Models
(2024-07-24)
Social media is a concept developed to link people and make the globe smaller. But it has recently developed into a center for hateful posts that target different people and communities. As a result, there are more events ...
Conservation genetics of two critically imperiled freshwater mussels
(2024-07-24)
North America is a hotspot of freshwater mussel diversity. However, over the last century many anthropogenic stressors have led to substantial declines of freshwater mussels of the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae ...
The Characteristics and Interactions of Mixed Pyrophyte and Mesophyte Litter Fuel Beds
(2024-07-24)
Oak trees are of great ecological and economic importance in the southeastern United States. These trees are being replaced through the mesophication process, presenting a major risk to regional ecosystems. This study ...
Effect of feeding diets with varying energy levels and conditioning temperatures on broiler performance, processing yield, and nutrient digestibility
(2024-07-24)
Pelleting is the most common thermal processing method used in the manufacturing of broiler diets. It is a process that involves the use of heat, moisture, and pressure to agglomerate smaller feed particles into pellets. ...
eTETRAS: An Extension To The Essential Tremor Rating Assessment Scale
(2024-07-23)
Essential tremor (ET) is a widespread neurological condition characterized by tremors in an individual’s limbs, significantly impacting one’s quality of life. It stands as the most prevalent type of movement disorder, often ...
Factors Contributing to the Retention of Alabama School Based Agricultural Educators
(2024-07-23)
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between career retention factors and selected demographic characteristics of school based agricultural educators within the state of Alabama. Identifying these factors ...
Interdisciplinary Interactions Between Humans and the Natural World
(2024-07-23)
Humans interact with nature in a variety of different ways. The goal of this work is to examine these interactions through three distinct disciplines: environmental psychology, geoscience education, and environmental ...