Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Minority Stress, Relationship Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress in Same-Gender Relationships
(2023-05-15)
I tested hypothesized relationships between sexual minority stress theory (Brooks, 1981; Meyer 1995), Bodenmann’s (1995) stress-divorce-model, and Cohen’s social support/stress buffering hypotheses by using hierarchical ...
Additive Manufacturing of Engineered Polymeric Flexible Structures
(2023-05-15)
Polymer-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes allow the flexibility, rapid, and low-cost fabrication of complex geometries. In recent years, fused filament fabrication (FFF), also known as fused deposition modeling ...
Cellulose Nanomaterial-based Films for Grease-resistance Food Packaging Application
(2023-05-15)
The common uses of plastic for food packaging are advantageous in many cases because of its easy processability, low cost, and excellent resistance to water, oil, and grease penetration. The per- and poly-fluoroalkyl ...
A High-Resolution Hurricane Analysis for the Southeastern United States
(2023-05-11)
This study investigated hurricane trends in the Southeastern United States. First, we developed a high-resolution gridded hurricane dataset, GRID-HURDAT2, and calculated Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index in three ...
Secure Base Script Stability and Early Childhood Competence
(2023-05-10)
Internal representations of attachment inform children about themselves and the world around them and shape the expectations they have for relationships. Secure representations of attachment – measured by the secure base ...
The Mechanistic Studies of Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence and the Conformational Analysis of Dinoflagellate Luciferase
(2023-05-10)
This dissertation discusses the luciferase enzyme of dinoflagellates, which are eukaryotic
microorganisms found in both freshwater and marine environments. Dinoflagellates are known
for their capability for bioluminescence. ...
The Effects of the Environment on Phenotypic and Genetic Variation
(2023-05-09)
The study of genetic and phenotypic variation in the natural world is one of the cornerstones of biological research and is the founding basis of many subfields. Despite centuries of research, there still remains questions ...
Exploring the Relationship Between Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome and Social Problem Solving
(2023-05-08)
Cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS), previously referred to as sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT), is represented by a set of symptoms that have been found to be associated with emotional, social, and daily life impairments ...
The effects of socioeconomic factors on trajectories of language and motor development in infants
(2023-05-08)
Multiple domains develop simultaneously and interact throughout infancy and early childhood. Although relationships between motor and language skills have been examined cross-sectionally during the first three years of ...
Geochemical Characterization of Groundwater and Mineralogical Assessment in Hatiya Island, Southeastern Coastal Region of Bangladesh
(2023-05-05)
Groundwater is a vital source of fresh water for drinking and agricultural purposes in the region of Hatiya Island, Bangladesh, yet is subject to contamination by natural and anthropogenic activities. To address this issue, ...
A comparative study of variations in state water policy in response to recurring droughts
(2023-05-05)
The purpose of this study is to investigate how environmental culture, institutional structures, and water distribution have led to differences in water policy innovation, using Texas, California, and Alabama as case studies ...
Spray Evaporation on Enhanced-Surface Tube Bundles with Low-GWP Refrigerants
(2023-05-04)
With the development of new low-GWP HFO refrigerants and increasingly stringent regulation of existing HVAC&R systems, the heat transfer performance of these refrigerants and the effects of various enhancement techniques ...
Revalidating DNA Damage Inducible 1 Homolog II (DDI2) as a Novel Target for the Treatment of Cancer
(2023-05-04)
Cancer cells are under proteotoxic stress and are more sensitive to the perturbation of protein quality control pathways than normal cells. The proteasome is a critical component of the protein quality control machinery. ...
Contextualizing the Development of Emotion Regulation in Early Adolescence: Results from the ABCD Study
(2023-05-04)
Emotion regulation (ER) is known to be an important cognitive process which underlies both adaptive and maladaptive functioning. This thesis aimed to evaluate the associations between key micro- and macro-contexts and the ...
Forgone but not Forgotten: A Job and Leisure Crafting Perspective of how Employees Fulfill Their Unanswered Entrepreneurial Identity Aspirations
(2023-05-04)
Aspirations to be an entrepreneur motivate individuals to take entrepreneurial action and to work towards starting a new venture. It is unclear, however, how these entrepreneurial aspirations influence full-time employees’ ...
Physical Therapists' Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Treating Chronic Pain
(2023-05-04)
Physical Therapists’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Treating Chronic Pain is an
investigation into physical therapists’ knowledge and perceptions of treating patients with
chronic pain. Chronic pain is a major ...
Additive Nanomanufacturing of Flexible Hybrid Electronics
(2023-05-04)
There is always great interest in finding new advanced manufacturing techniques to pave the way for realization of future flexible and wearable electronics. Direct printing of functional materials, structures, and devices ...
Particle Charge Determination in a Magnetized Dusty Plasma Flow
(2023-05-04)
Dusty plasmas consist of components typically found in a plasma (electrons, ions
and neutral particles) as well as micrometer sized dust particles. The structural and dynamic
properties of a dusty plasma system are ...
Do as I say, not as I do: The effects of organizational response type on employee commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2023-05-04)
The COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity for organizations to show that they value their employees. During the pandemic, organizations could have responded substantively by mandating masks, enforcing social distancing, ...
Development and Demonstration of a Flexible Performance-based Resilience Evaluation Program (PREP) Framework to Support Transportation Planning and Decision-Making
(2023-05-04)
The past decade has seen an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events around the globe. The changes in weather and climate patterns can be linked to the increasing amount of greenhouse gases, GHGs, ...