Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Understanding Writing Expectations and Self-Efficacy in the Cooperative Extension Service
(2024-04-26)
Communication, specifically written communication, is typically identified as a top competency for Extension agents (Benge et al., 2011; Cooper et al., 2001; Harder & Narine, 2019). However, the competencies within written ...
Avoiding k-Rainbow Graphs in Edge Colorings of Kn and other Families of Graphs
(2024-04-26)
A simple graph, G, avoids a k-rainbow edge coloring if any color appears on at least k + 1 edges of G. For any positive integer k, the k-Anti-Ramsey Number, ARk(G,H), is the maximum number of colors in an edge coloring of ...
Gene editing for growth enhancement in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, and xenogenesis in common carp, Cyprinus carpio to produce blue catfish, I. furcatus, sperm
(2024-04-26)
Xenogenesis is a method of reproduction where successive generations differ from each other and no genetic material is transmitted from the parent to the offspring. Xenogenesis can be accomplished by transplanting ...
Chronic Wasting Disease in the United States: How Have Hunters and State Wildlife Agencies Responded?
(2024-04-26)
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects cervids, has been detected in 33 states across the United States. Currently there are no preventions, treatments, or cures for the disease in ...
Engineering Bioplastics with Biopolymers and Antimicrobials to Improve Listeria monocytogenes Food Safety in Ready-to-Eat Foods Over 12-Week of Storage
(2024-04-26)
Edible packaging film with chicken skin collagen to improve mechanical properties and the addition of antimicrobial compounds can provide a substitute for plastic packaging. Research was conducted on 1. Develop a ...
EVALUATION OF INFILTRATION SWALE MEDIA USING SMALL- AND INTERMEDIATE-SCALE TESTING TECHNIQUES
(2024-04-26)
When impervious surfaces such as paved roadways are constructed, the volume of water infiltrating into native soil decreases, leading to an increase in surface water runoff. This phenomenon results in higher peak flows, ...
Development of Resilience in Supply Chain Networks
(2024-04-26)
Supply chains (SC) serve as the lifeblood of global economies, facilitating resource flow across organizational boundaries. As global commerce expands, SCs scale to meet requirements, forming vast interconnected networks ...
Social Avoidance in Volatile Environments: An Empirical Evaluation of Behavioral Flexibility and Relapse Following Social Exclusion
(2024-04-26)
Resurgence is a relapse phenomenon comprised of the return of a previously reinforced target response (e.g., social avoidance) when conditions worsen for a more recently reinforced alternative response (e.g., approaching ...
Molecular Research on two Orthotospoviruses Infecting Important Legumes in Alabama.
(2024-04-25)
Peanut (Arachis hypogaea. L) is a major crop in the United States, especially in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, where they produce two-thirds of the peanut total production in the US. Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is ...
A Comprehensive Study of Yield Components, Nutrient Uptake, Root Characteristics, and Cover Crops for Alabama Cotton Production
(2024-04-25)
This study has yielded crucial findings across multiple aspects of cotton agronomy and breeding by systematically evaluating 20 upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars released over the past 65 years (1953-2018). ...
Accumulative vs. Appreciative Materialism: Implications for Sustainable Apparel Consumption
(2024-04-25)
This study explores the relationship between appreciative and accumulative materialism and sustainable apparel consumption. Through the lens of the symbolic self-completion theory, self-esteem was assessed as a possible ...
Enhancing Food Safety in Indoor Agriculture in the United States: Developing a Need-Centered Curriculum Aligned with the Produce Safety Rule and Good Agricultural Practices
(2024-04-25)
Unstable crop prices and extreme weather led to reliance on hydroponic farmers by grocery stores and farmers’ markets. Safety concerns have arisen in indoor agriculture with recent recalls and outbreaks linked to Listeria ...
When Alice meets the ``Hardware'' Bob --- Attacks and Solutions in the Digital World
(2024-04-25)
Modern cryptography and the digital world (CMOS mainly) have been advancing side-by-side. Although cryptographic algorithms only need to be proven with theoretical soundness, cryptographic engineering on digital device ...
Maintaining Meat Quality through the Beef Supply Chain
(2024-04-25)
The studies presented here were designed to evaluate the impacts of increased time periods during two key phases of the beef supply chain: pre-harvest transportation and post-processing storage. In the first study, the ...
On the development of a Neural Radiance Field technique for tomographic reconstruction applied to flow diagnostics
(2024-04-25)
In this work, a novel neural implicit representation tomography algorithm based on Neural Radiance Fields is developed and demonstrated for 3D flow diagnostics. Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) originate from the computer ...
Integrating Cover Crops and Herbicides for Weed Control in Soybean and Cotton
(2024-04-25)
In mid-South, southeastern, and northeast United States soybean production regions, the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds has become a significant management challenge for growers. The issue of rising herbicide costs ...
“When you’re 18, you got to vote”: How memorable messages influence first-time voters’ political attitudes and voting behaviors
(2024-04-25)
Experiences and messages individuals receive growing up influence their way of thinking
and socialization (Handel, 2011; Knapp et al., 1981). Messages that have a long-lasting impact
on and significance for the individual ...
Mortality components for two Micropterus spp. in a Southeastern reservoir: a high-value reward and radio telemetry approach.
(2024-04-25)
For black bass species (Micropterus spp.) post-release mortality rates are higher for tournaments than non-tournaments and may be a significant component of total fishing mortality. On Neely Henry Reservoir in Alabama there ...
The Effect of Two Acute Exercise Modalities on Performance, Physiology, and Cognition During Simulated Firefighting Tasks
(2024-04-25)
Evidence suggests exercise can transiently decrease occupational performance in firefighters. However, it is unclear how different modalities affect physiological and cognitive outcomes. We aimed to determine on-shift ...
Usability, Undergraduates, Understanding: Enhancing Climate Resiliency and Climate Literacy through Co-Production
(2024-04-25)
The overarching goal of this dissertation research is to contribute to the body of literature on co-production while enhancing climate literacy and climate resiliency of various stakeholder groups. For each of the three ...