Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Geochemical Studies of the Battleship Rock Ignimbrite, Valles Caldera, New Mexico
(2023-08-07)
Valles Caldera is the third largest active super volcano in the United States. Despite this, it remains a poorly understood volcanic system. Evidence has been presented within the last 5 years that suggests that Valles ...
Indoor localization using Smartphone-based IEEE 802.11mc WiFi Round Trip Time (RTT) and Android Aware technology
(2023-08-07)
Self-localization of mobile nodes is a critical challenge in enabling a wide range of mobile applications that rely on accurate position information. Traditionally, obtaining precise location data has required specialized ...
Three Essays in Applied and Resource Economics
(2023-08-07)
This dissertation includes three empirical essays in three chapters addressing issues related to Resource Economics, Agricultural Policy, and Recreational demand. I contribute to the literature by adopting nonlinear panel ...
Interactive effects of dietary isoleucine and valine ratios to lysine in response to varying leucine to lysine ratios on Pectoralis major protein expression in commercial broilers
(2023-08-07)
The branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) consists of valine, leucine and isoleucine. The optimum ratio for each of the 3 BCAA is still unknown. Inadequate concentrations have been related to generate interactions among each ...
Evaluation of dietary immunostimulants and probiotics on growth performance and health indices of channel catfish, tilapia, and shrimp.
(2023-08-07)
Channel catfish, Nile tilapia, and whiteleg shrimp are three major aquaculture species worldwide. Growth performance and disease mortality are common bottlenecks within these culture systems. Feed supplementation with ...
Containment Relations and Line Graphs
(2023-08-07)
This dissertation studies several problems involving containment relations and line graphs. First, motivated by Reed and Seymour's 2004 result that Hadwiger's Conjecture holds for line graphs, we provide a partial result ...
Examining Business and Industry Involvement in Alabama CTE Programs, Teacher Satisfaction with the Partnership, and Perceived Barriers
(2023-08-07)
Alabama's economy is currently trending towards a crisis due to the lack of skilled talent to fill the technical positions in the growing labor market. It is no secret that Career and Technical Education (CTE) participants ...
Enantioselective synthesis of 1,6-dihydropyridines with application to natural product synthesis; Racemic total synthesis of the non-nitrogenous opioid collybolide
(2023-08-06)
Azaheterocycles, a common feature of many bioactive natural products, are still challenging motifs to construct in an asymmetric fashion. Dihydropyridines are advantageous intermediates in the synthesis of such heterocycles, ...
Undergraduate Business Students: Multiple Intelligences and Academic Majors
(2023-08-04)
This study explored the potential relationship between multiple intelligences and academic majors declared by undergraduate business students in the largest college at a mid-size public university in the southeast. To ...
Investigation and Mitigation of Vortex Induced Vibration Using a Cyber Physical System
(2023-08-04)
The Cyber Physical Aeromechanic System (CPAS) is a test bed for fluid-structure interaction studies. The CPAS is a 2nd-order state space system and tests three dynamic
systems: a pendulum, vortex-induced vibration (VIV) ...
Laboratory and Field Measurements of Moisture Content and Bulk Electrical Conductivity of Subgrade and Base Course Materials
(2023-08-04)
Moisture content can impact the resilient modulus of pavement base course and subgrade layers. Given its influence on the post-inundation resilient moduli of the coastal pavement and base course and subgrade layers, it is ...
Direct-Write and Aerosol Jet Processes with Evaluation for Additively Printed Electronics
(2023-08-04)
Printed electronics, with their eco-friendliness, cost-effectiveness, and scalability, are becoming popular as a replacement for traditional silicon electronics. Flexible batteries, wearable sensors, and screens are just ...
A Pilot Randomized-Controlled Trial of Sleep Scholar: A Single-Session, Internet-Based Insomnia Intervention for College Students
(2023-08-04)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is a promising suicide intervention
for college students because insomnia is robust risk factor for suicide ideation (Liu et al., 2020;
Zuromski et al., 2017) and CBT-I ...
The Effects of Self-Compassion, Attachment-styles, and Intolerance of Uncertainty on Trauma Outcomes
(2023-08-04)
Research shows that a complex life experience, such as trauma, will most likely be experienced in a person’s life (Nelson, 2019). Experiences with trauma can have a lasting effect on all aspects of a person’s life, and one ...
Experiences in the field of education: How perceived experiences lead to teacher exit
(2023-08-04)
The ongoing teacher shortage has created major concern across the nation. While much research has sought to understand sources of teacher dissatisfaction, less attention has been paid to how general education (GE) and ...
Relative Position Vector Generation with Computer Vision for Vehicle Platooning Applications
(2023-08-04)
Many significant advances have been made in autonomous vehicle technology over the recent decades. This includes platooning of heavy trucks. As such, many institutions have created their own version of the basic platooning ...
Filament Morphology in Highly Magnetized Capacitively Coupled Low Temperature Plasmas
(2023-08-04)
Due to the small charge-to-mass ratio of dust particles, it is often necessary to use large magnetic fields of B ≥ 1 T, in order to observe the influence of magnetic forces in laboratory dusty plasmas. However, when ...
To Boldly Go: (Auto)Mobility in 20th Century American Masculine Identity
(2023-08-04)
Abstract
This project explores the relationship between masculinity, automobility, and American culture. Moving from the Gilded Age through the middle 20th century, this dissertation describes the changes to automobility ...
Homegrown Environmentalism: An Analysis of Natural Resource-Based Civic Groups Across Alabama
(2023-08-04)
In Alabama, local grassroots groups have emerged as important players in building community capital, fostering community engagement, and providing cost-effective solutions. Despite popular beliefs about environmental ...
Climate Change Implications on Rainfall Erosivity and Intensity Duration Frequency Curves over the Southeast United States
(2023-08-04)
Climate change impacts on precipitation characteristics will alter the hydrologic characteristics, such as peak flows, time to peak, and soil erosion potential. However, many of the currently available climate change ...