This Is AuburnElectronic Theses and Dissertations

Browsing by Title

Now showing items 2876-2895 of 9118

Employer Perceptions Toward Hiring People with Disabilities 

Merckerson, Clarence (2017-10-12)
The objective of this research was to identify hiring manger perceptions in the workforce toward hiring and working with people with disabilities. The concepts of stigma, attribution theory, and the spread effect are ...

Employing Machine Learning Techniques in Conjunction with Linguistic Scoring Mechanism to Formalize the Uncertainty Carried by Scoring Numeric Processes Driven by Probabilistic Methods 

Livio Zavarce, Javier (2020-08-18)
The aim of this research is to integrate the naturalistic mechanisms inherent to domain experts’ heuristics with machine learning capabilities as a useful framework with the capacity to support several domains of the human ...

Employing Supportive Coevolution for the Automated Design and Configuration of Evolutionary Algorithm Operators and Parameters 

Kamrath, Nathaniel (2021-11-17)
Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) can be highly complex structures requiring many operators and parameters to function. Since EA performance can be highly dependent on these parameters and operators, creating automatic methods ...

The Employment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the State of Alabama 

Sellers, Jennifer (2007-08-15)
This study is an examination of possible predictor variables for employment of individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Alabama. A logistic regression was used to analyze the following variables as possible ...

Employment Preparation for High School Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities 

Moon, Jennifer (2013-12-04)
Only eight percent of people with significant intellectual disabilities are employed, as compared to 81% of people without disabilities (Harris & Associates, 2000). A predictor of successful employment for students with ...

Empowering Community Pharmacists to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Implementation of Community Pharmacy-Based Naloxone Services 

Hohmann, Lindsey (2019-07-23)
Background and Significance: Given the rising problem of prescription drug abuse and high number of opioid-related deaths annually in the United States, mechanisms to distribute naloxone are sorely needed. Community ...

Empowering Women: A Guide for the Design of Hand and Power Tools That Accommodate Women's Needs 

Urda, Jacqueline (2007-12-15)
Women are the largest group of consumers in the United States and are involved in approximately eighty percent of consumer purchasing decisions. Traditionally, American women have been the major purchasing agents for their ...

Empowerment and Organizational Climate: An Investigation of Mediating Effects on the Core-Self Evaluation, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment Relationship 

Crawford, Alleah (2008-08-15)
Job satisfaction and organizational commitment have each been a central focus of human resources issues in hospitality for academicians and practitioners alike. These two concepts have been examined in the literature and ...

Enabling a Screw Fastener System for Orthopedic Implants Made by Additive Manufacturing 

Ralf, Fischer (2019-04-18)
This research study explores the feasibility of an additively manufactured screw locking system that allows for the fixation of patient-specific orthopedic implants without applying pressure onto the bone. This is beneficial ...

Enabling Oxide Dispersion Strengthening via In-situ Reaction During Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing: Methods and Mechanisms 

Yin, Houshang (2022-07-27)  ETD File Embargoed
Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels have continuously attracted interest over the past few decades for their potential applications in fission and fusion nuclear systems, high-temperature heat exchangers, and gas ...

Enabling Shape Memory Alloys as Actuators for Robotics 

Gurley, Austin (2017-11-27)
Does any existing technology provide a viable actuator for the high degree-of-freedom robots that will soon be ubiquitous in society? If a technology exists that is in any way superior to the electric motor for robotics – ...

Enacting Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Education Settings in Ghana. A Cross Case Study of Three Schools 

Appiah, John (2022-08-03)
Generally, there has been scarce research in early childhood education leadership, and pedagogical leadership is no exception. This study investigates the enactment of pedagogical leadership in early childhood education ...

Enantioselective synthesis of 1,6-dihydropyridines with application to natural product synthesis; Racemic total synthesis of the fungal metabolite collybolide 

Spurlin, Sean (2023-08-09)  ETD File Embargoed
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, ...

Enantioselective synthesis of 1,6-dihydropyridines with application to natural product synthesis; Racemic total synthesis of the non-nitrogenous opioid collybolide 

Spurlin, Sean (2023-08-06)  ETD File Embargoed
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, ...

Encapsulation of Equine Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Injectable PEG-Fibrinogen Microspheres for Local Cell Delivery 

Paez-Arias, Mayra (2021-12-06)  ETD File Embargoed
Musculoskeletal injuries are a predominant cause of morbidity and lameness in horses. These include fractures, osteoarthritis, chronic wounds, and tendon and ligament injuries. Due to their regenerative potential and ...

Enchanted Geographies of the New Republic, 1789 - 1846 

Williams, Bryan (2022-04-27)
Rhetorical depictions of otherworldliness abound in antebellum American literature. Such images and tropes of otherworldly enchantment have recently been studied by scholars of nineteenth-century America in an effort to ...

Enclosings of Small Cycle Systems 

Newman, Nicholas (2009-04-28)
In 2003 Hurd and others considered the problem of enclosing a triple system TS(v; lambda) in a triple system TS(v + s; lambda + m), focusing on smallest possible enclosings. In the second chapter, their result is generalized ...

End-effector Motion and Force Control for Mobile Redundant Manipulators 

Wang, Jiliang (2021-07-14)
Manipulators extend the application of mobile platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, underwater vehicles, and satellites. The dynamic coupling between the manipulators and mobile base brings great challenges to the ...

End-Wall Flow of a Surface-Mounted Obstacle on a Convex Hump 

Ahmed, Hamza (2009-11-18)
A convex hump has been used to overcome the undesirable effects of the juncture vortex. The effects of a convex hump on the approach boundary layer and consequentially the end-wall flow were quantified. A convex geometry ...

Endogenous Opioids and Exercise Induced Cardioprotection 

Miller, Lindsey (2012-05-04)
Acute exercise exposure dramatically decreases tissue injury and cellular death that results during the ischemia–reperfusion (IR) events of myocardial infarction, though the mechanisms aren’t fully understood. Existing ...