Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Advanced Statistical Learning Approaches to Healthcare
(2019-06-03)
In this dissertation, we propose a novel statistical modeling methodology that effectively analyzes and extracts information from large datasets. Two real datasets were employed to validate the proposed methodology: breast ...
A Comparison of Sites Colonized in Broilers Challenged Through Various Routes and Feed Administration with Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Heidelberg at Day 14
(2019-06-03)
Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) and Salmonella Heidelberg (SH) are among the top Salmonella serovars associated with poultry. Broiler grow-out facilities may contain these organisms and can be introduced to the broiler through ...
Assessing Input Uncertainty and Sensitivity of the Process-Based Wetland Water Quality Model, WetQual
(2019-06-03)
Wetlands are among the most important natural ecosystems having numerous benefits to people and wildlife. One of the key functions of wetlands is water purification. Wetlands are known to improve water quality and act as ...
Pathways of Dysregulation: The Influence of Lifetime Poly-Victimization on Therapy-Interfering Psychosocial Impairment in Adolescents Adjudicated for Sex Offenses
(2019-05-22)
The preset study examined the relationship between poly-victimization exposure, affective dysregulation, and three negative psychosocial outcomes: externalizing problems, posttraumatic stress, and suicidal behavior. ...
Efficient Algorithms for Retrospective Motion Correction in MRI
(2019-05-22)
Compared with other medical imaging modalities, MR imaging is time consuming due to the relatively slow sequential data acquisition pattern. Hence, motion is often an unavoidable issue for MRI. Object motion during the ...
Pedestrian Navigation using Particle Filtering and a priori Building Maps
(2019-05-16)
This thesis presents a new particle filter (PF) weight update method that improves the performance of indoor positioning systems. In standalone inertial pedestrian-dead-reckoning (PDR) systems, the position error grows ...
Wild by Design The Technological Construction of Authenticity, Wilderness, and Nature in America's National Parks, 1860-1945
(2019-05-16)
This dissertation explores the origins of American national park experiences. It explores how several social groups attempted to make the national parks conform to their expectations and desires using political power, ...
Determining habitat requirements and landscape factors for the decline of the southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis)
(2019-05-16)
Southeastern pocket gophers (Geomys pinetis) are rodents of conservation concern endemic to open-canopy pine forests in the southeastern United States. Preserving habitat is critical for long-term conservation, but there ...
Exploring the social habitat of Alabama Public Land Hunters
(2019-05-15)
The United States has been facing a decline in the number of licensed hunters since around 1980,
posing a serious threat to state conservation agencies who receive funding from hunting license
sales. Recent research ...
Development of novel composite materials with defects induced gigantic positive and negative permittivity
(2019-05-14)
Dielectrics respond to an electrical field with a polarization. They are high demands for electronic circuits and electrical system. There is a particular need to develop dielectrics with a high breakdown field for several ...
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Ecosystem Degradation in a Gulf of Mexico Estuary System
(2019-05-14)
Coastal estuaries are a vital resource that provide many environmental and socioeconomic benefits. Despite their value, increased anthropogenic influence has resulted in ecosystem degradation due to eutrophication in coastal ...
Evaluation of a shoreline rotenone application to control Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides recruitment in small impoundments
(2019-05-10)
Control of Largemouth Bass recruitment would benefit small impoundment recreational fisheries by reducing largemouth population density, which could improve growth rates, body condition, and size structure. I evaluated ...
Creando emoción: afecto y cuestionamiento de la masculinidad hegemónica en ¡García!, de Santiago García y Luis Bustos
(2019-05-10)
Este trabajo explora la evolución de uno de los personajes protagonistas de ¡García!, de Santiago García y Luis Bustos. Esta evolución se sitúa dentro del campo de los estudios de masculinidad y, en concreto, el interés ...
Analysis and Control of Dynamical Systems with Quasi-Periodic Coefficients
(2019-05-08)
Parametrically excited linear systems with oscillatory coefficients have been generally modeled by Mathieu or Hill equations (periodic coefficients) because their stability and response can be determined by Floquét theory. ...
Life and Death: Examining the Power Dynamic Between Black Women, Physicians, and Society Through Narratives
(2019-05-08)
The current research examines the maternal narratives of four Black women who struggled during childbirth due to negligence by medical staff. Historically, Black women have struggled to receive equitable care for reasons ...
Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Simulations in the Perdido and Wolf Bay System
(2019-05-05)
The widespread fish kills of Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) were reported beginning on 7/31/2015 in the Cotton Bayou, Orange Beach City, Alabama. Although some possible reasons for the fish kill event were provided ...
Simultaneous Measurement of Perfusion and T2* in Calf Muscle at 7T with Dynamic Exercise using Radial Acquisition.
(2019-05-04)
Impairments in oxygen delivery and consumption can lead to muscle weakness and physical disability. Reduced blood flow, O2 delivery and consumption to the working muscle are likely to cause decline in muscle ability to ...
Relations Among Motives, Negative Urgency, and Protective Skills in College Drinkers
(2019-05-02)
Heavy alcohol use continues to be a common problem among the college student population, and numerous negative consequences can be attributed to student drinking. Several factors, including drinking motives and impulsivity, ...
A Manifesto of Impossibilities? Workers, Politics, and the History of the Luxembourg Commission, February-May 1848
(2019-05-02)
The Luxembourg Commission was the response of the provisional government of France during the Revolution of 1848 to demands by workers of Paris that the government do something to help alleviate the harsh conditions under ...
Continuous TCP Connection to the Internet on Fast-changing Mobile Ad-hoc Network
(2019-05-01)
As more and more sensors are being used in all industries, especially the Internet of Things, Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANET) are also becoming more popular as good ways to organize wireless devices in the same area. Since ...