Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The Mediterranean diet in a university student population: a cross-sectional study on adherence and perceived knowledge, barriers, and benefits
(2023-04-28)
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend incorporating the Mediterranean diet (MD) into one's eating habits. Nevertheless, it is uncertain if university students have increased their adoption of this diet from 2018 ...
Coinfection dynamics of experimentally challenged channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
(2023-04-28)
Catfish farming is the largest sector of the U.S. aquaculture industry and is of paramount economic importance for Southern U.S. agriculture. Maintaining and improving catfish health is a primary concern for producers, and ...
The Utilization of Geometric Hashing Techniques for Feature Association during Ground Vehicle Localization
(2023-04-28)
This thesis presents a new approach to laser-based robot localization using the concept of geometric hashing. The technique operates on an a priori feature map representing the navigation environment by recording all ...
Existence of L_d(n) and ML_d(n,k)
(2023-04-28)
We are given an n x n array, ML(n,k), with integers n, d, k > 0 such that n=mk and each symbol in {0, ..., m-1} appears in each row and column of the ML(n,k) exactly k times. We aim to construct an ML_d(n,k) with the ...
A Phenomenological Study of High School Band Student Leadership Selection
(2023-04-28)
Band directors are expected to designate student leaders who can fulfill the requirements of their responsibilities effectively. While essential leadership characteristics may vary depending on the ensemble needs, students ...
ERBB4 is a Driver of BRAF WT Melanomas
(2023-04-28)
Approximately 50% of metastatic melanomas harbor a BRAF V600 mutation which causes elevated RAF/MEK/ERK pathway signaling. These tumors are treated using a combination of a BRAF and MEK inhibitor which targets the canonical ...
Learning based approaches to achieve better statistics in Big Data
(2023-04-28)
Statistics in Big data has multiple applications. There are industrial systems that depend on quick and accurate insights into possible anomalies and irregularities on a large scale, for them to take better business ...
Phosphorus in Aquaculture Ponds: Controlling Technique and its Bioavailability to Cyanobacteria
(2023-04-28)
Understanding the loading, speciation, and bioavailability of phosphorus (P) in aquaculture ponds is important for controlling P and harmful algal blooms. This thesis first explored flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum ...
Evaluating various management strategies of biofloc systems and understanding the physiological basis behind the thermal tolerance of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei in low salinity waters
(2023-04-28)
Biofloc technology (BFT), in its various types, has been known to be a realistic solution for efficiently managing water quality with low or no water exchange, enhancing shrimp growth performance and establishing an efficient ...
Identifying Preferences Using A Conjugate Preparation
(2023-04-28)
Recently, Davis et al. (2021) reported that a conjugate preparation involving response force was a useful assessment for measuring the relative value of stimulus preference. The purpose of the current investigation was to ...
When Hiding isn't Enuf: How the Expression of Queerness within Black Feminism Change Over Time?
(2023-04-28)
The relationship of queerness and Black feminism works as an unbalanced scale. Within the transformative era of the 20th century, Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone, and Audre Lorde both created and expressed radical Black ...
Aging-Induced Long-Term Data Remanence in SRAM Cells
(2023-04-28)
Within the electronics industry, data recovery has been a primary focus of security experts and researches for decades. The vast majority of this research has been performed and realized in the form of hard disk recovery, ...
An Experimental Study on Novel Wick Material for Use in Bent and Flattened Heat Pipes
(2023-04-28)
Heat pipes are a novel and highly efficient device for removing heat from high-power electrical devices and have seen extensive use in high-performance computers, power generation, and aerospace applications. Heat pipes ...
Nursery Habitat and Hatch Dates of Large River Fishes of the Lower Red River Catchment
(2023-04-27)
Many freshwater fishes in North America are of conservation concern. Both fine-and coarse-scale physicochemical conditions affect the quantity and quality of nursery habitat and can influence the hatches and growth of ...
An economic analysis of cull cow price trends in Alabama
(2023-04-27)
The objective of this study is to analyze the slaughter cow prices in Alabama from 2004 through 2018 to help cow-calf producers capture the most value for their cull cows based on historical price trends. A producer ...
DNA-based Proximity Assays for Biomarker Detection Using Fluorescence and Electrochemistry with Improved Performance through Probe Flexibility
(2023-04-27)
Detection of biomarkers is important in understanding the mechanisms underlying a disease and developing therapeutics for treatment and cure. Although there are several sensitive and specific analytical techniques revolving ...
Solvated electron precursors: a computational approach to the development of novel catalysts from gas-phase to condensed-phase
(2023-04-27)
The solvated electron precursor (SEP) is a complex consisting of a positively charged metal core, Mn+, surrounded by sufficient ligands, L, whose coordination leads to n number of valence electrons being displaced from the ...
Using Virtual Reality to Measure Working Memory Performance and Evaluate the Effect of the Degree of Immersion on Working Memory Performance
(2023-04-27)
Virtual Reality is becoming prevalent in our society today in various industries like entertainment, education, health, manufacturing, and communications. It allows one to visualize almost any object or go anywhere and ...
Ecology of crayfishes in the Ozark Highlands ecoregion of Oklahoma
(2023-04-27)
Crayfishes aid in the transfer of nutrients through aquatic ecosystems and are prey to
many aquatic and terrestrial species. Although their importance in ecosystem dynamics is
generally well recognized, information ...
“Workers United Will Never Be Defeated:” The Communicative Constitution of BAmazon on Twitter
(2023-04-27)
A unionizing effort that has gained attention in recent years is that of Amazon warehouse workers organizing in Bessemer, AL, known as BAmazon. Using a qualitative content analysis of 100 tweets, this study investigates ...