Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Growth and Morphology of a Synthetic Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)-Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) Backcross Breed and the Hybrid Between the Backcross Female and Blue Catfish Male
(2020-05-13)
The F1 hybrid between a channel catfish female (Ictalurus punctatus) × a blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) outperforms both parental species in commercial environments for numerous traits. However, reproductive isolation ...
Using the Concrete-Representational-Abstract Sequence to Teach Conceptual Understanding of Place Value, Rounding, and Expanded Notation to Elementary-aged Students with Learning Disabilities
(2020-05-13)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of CRA instruction on teaching place value understanding, rounding to the tens and hundreds place, and making equations multiple ways. The intervention included ...
Development of a Multi-band Plenoptic Camera for High Temperature Measurements
(2020-05-13)
In this thesis, the development of a novel multi-band plenoptic pyrometer is discussed and applied to several applications of interest in the engineering field. The multi-band plenoptic camera is a non-contact measurement ...
Improving the (off)-bottom line: assessing the costs and benefits of different culture techniques on an Alabama commercial oyster farm
(2020-05-13)
Off-bottom oyster aquaculture is an expanding industry in the Gulf of Mexico region, however numerous challenges threaten the sustainability of regional farms. To offset the negative effects of these challenges, farmers ...
High Fat Sugar Diet Induces Skeletal Muscle Degeneration and the Beneficial Effect of Time Restricted Feeding
(2020-05-13)
High fat sugar diet (HFS) is a high-energy diet and has been shown to lead to obesity and many related disorders. Obesity is a risk factor for a lot of diseases and previous studies have suggested that obesity is associated ...
Cryopreservation of blue catfish stem cells for conserving genetic resources and xenogeneic transplantation
(2020-05-13)
In the United States, channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) ♀ × blue catfish (I. furcatus) ♂ hybrids now account for 70% of total freshwater aquaculture production. Hybrid fry production can be improved by cryopreserving ...
Muslim Women of Influence: A Cross-Cultural Study of Aspirations of Muslim Women in Morocco and the United States
(2020-05-13)
Issues concerning the role and status of women in society are not new; the post-
9/11 period has put the Muslim women on center-stage as key players in global peace.
This renewed interest in Muslim women has spawned a ...
On the Classification of Intermediate Range Missiles During Launch
(2020-05-13)
This thesis explores the comparisons and contrasts of different statistical method approaches to a missile system classification which is sufficiently rapid to be suitable for use during engagement. It is meant to extend ...
Biopolymers for enhancing the engineering properties of soil
(2020-05-12)
The need for constant construction rapidly expands the built environment which often spreads over areas with unfavorable site conditions. In such events, soil stabilization is an inevitable process. Increasing soil strength ...
Evaluation of Erosion Control Practices Under Large-Scale Rainfall Simulation Following ASTM D6459 Standard Test Methods
(2020-05-12)
Land development and construction activities remove vegetative cover, exposing bare soil to the erosive forces of rainfall. Stormwater causes dislodgement of soil particles through splash, sheet, and rill erosion, resulting ...
A network analysis of two conceptual approaches to the etiology of PTSD
(2020-05-12)
Two prominent conceptual models of PTSD are the cognitive model, used in the development of cognitive processing therapy (CPT; Resick & Schnicke, 1992), and the functional contextualist model, underlying acceptance and ...
The Starless Night of Centralism: Examining The Language of War in and outside of Revolutionary Texas
(2020-05-11)
Texian officials and American Democratic party newspapers pushed for a cause that they believed appealed to shared ideals concerning Jeffersonianism, centralism, race, liberty, slavery, nationalism, kinship, and identity. ...
“Companions of My Tribulation”: Transatlantic Female Preaching Networks in the Early Nineteenth Century
(2020-05-11)
As part of the pulpit in the early republic, female preachers created their own identities separate from the domestic sphere by forging successful careers as religious authorities speaking in public. Bolstered by a growing ...
Detrital Zircon U-Pb Age Constraints on the Sandstone Provenance of the Upper Cretaceous Eutaw Formation from Central Alabama to Western Georgia
(2020-05-11)
Sandstone provenance analysis of the Tombigbee Sand Member and Eutaw Formation is vital to discerning source material of clastic detrital sediments found in eastern Alabama and western Georgia along the Upper Cretaceous ...
A Practical Quaternary FPGA Architecture Using Floating Gate Memories
(2020-05-11)
A new quaternary FPGA (QFPGA) architecture based on floating-gate memory elements is presented and analyzed. While technology scaling has delivered substantial FPGAperformance, consumer demands grow beyond what binary ...
Bioeconomics of Flavobacterium columnare vaccine pond trials for channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus
(2020-05-11)
The US farm-raised catfish industry has had a variety of problems in the last decade, both in production and marketing. Increased disease pressures have come primarily from the ubiquitous pathogens responsible for columnaris ...
Alternative Forage Systems for Developing Replacement Heifers
(2020-05-11)
Heifer development systems are an essential phase of beef production due to lifelong production implications. Reproductive success of a heifer’s first breeding season is critical to the sustainability of cow-calf production ...
The Intersection Problem for Maximum Packings of the Complete Graph with 4-Cycles
(2020-05-11)
A maximum packing of K_n with 4-cycles may leave some edges of the graph unpacked. The size of the leave is determined by the congruence class of n modulo 8. When n ≡ 1 (mod 8) the packing coincides with a 4-cycle system ...
Athletic Administrator, Academic Advisor, and Mentor Perceptions of Student Athlete Success
(2020-05-08)
Student athlete support services play a vital role in student athlete success at university athletic departments across the country. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requires that Division-I (D-I) ...
A Secondary School’s Approach to Implementing Response to Instruction
(2020-05-08)
Purpose: This study examined how a single secondary school chose to interpret and implement the Response to Instruction (RtI) framework, and how teachers perceived the effectiveness of implementation.
Research Method: ...