Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Exploring Customer Satisfaction in Regional Health Care: A Comparative Analysis of Direct and Indirect Experiences
(1993-08-27)
Today's health care providers, similar to many other industries in the service sector, are measuring their service attainment level through the administration of customer satisfaction surveys. This feedback containing the ...
Factors Affecting Variation in Growth of Channel Catfish Fingerlings and Mathematical Modelling of Their Population Statistics
(1995-06-07)
A partial differential equation was used to predict population structures in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, fingerlings stocked at low (150,000/ha), medium (300,000/ha), or high (600,000/ha) densities in earthen ...
Employee Benefit Familiarity: An Analysis of How Benefit Familiarity Will Affect Benefit Valuation
(1995-06-07)
Current literature and research on the benefits employees prefer in their benefits packages is reviewed. The findings reveal some strong preferences for different groups of people. An understanding of these preferences is ...
Construction of an Intellegient Database Application Development Environment Using Object-oriented Concept
(1988-12-09)
Throughout the world, managers are beginning to recognize the potential of computers and information processing technology to help them cope with today's complex business world. When the demand for new or expanded ...
Hostile Environment Sexual Harrassment and Attitudes of Offensiveness Toward Workplace Behaviors as Measured by the Hostile Environment Sexual Harrassment Evaluation Inventory
(1996-03-18)
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between perceptions of offensiveness and sexually oriented behaviors and the influence of six demographic, organizational and personal variables upon this relationship. ...
Improved Imbalanced Classification with CCCD and its Variants
(2024-03-14)
We use a graph based classification method called class cover catch digraphs (CCCDs) to solve class cover problem. CCCD is a random graph model gives graph solution to calss cover problem and shows relatively good performance ...
Ammonium Thiosulfate and Potassium Thiosulfate as Potential Nitrification Inhibitors in Soils
(2024-03-12)
Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) can vary according to soil properties, precipitation, and
soil temperature. Nitrification inhibitors show potential to increase NUE by decreasing the
amount of N lost from leaching and ...
Investigating Faculty Perspectives on Written Qualifying Exams in Physics
(2024-03-12)
Doctoral qualifying exams are considered essential in assessing a student's readiness for research and advanced studies. Despite their significant role in many physics’ programs, questions have been raised about their ...
Nanoplasmonic On-Chip Immunoassay for Precision Immune Profiling
(2024-02-20)
A comprehension of the immune system is essential for precise prognosis and effective treatment of immune-related disorders. The practice of precision immune profiling is pivotal for personalized monitoring, disease ...
Immunoproteasome Inhibitors for the Treatment of MLL-AF4 ALL
(2024-02-15)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL, is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow that develops from the uncontrolled proliferation of lymphocytes. One subtype of ALL is caused by a translocation involving the MLL gene, or mixed ...
Integrated Spatial and Social Network Analysis of Conflict Impacts on Food Production in Eastern Ukraine; A Geospatial Perspective
(2024-01-26)
Ukraine-Russian geopolitical relations over the years have experienced periods of tranquility and violence with conflicts since 1917, including the events of the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the 2022 Russian invasion of ...
The Effect of Grid Resolution on Hydrodynamic Modeling of Biscayne Bay
(2024-01-08)
Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code Plus (EFDC+) is a model that has been proven to be effective in hydrodynamic simulation. Understanding water surface elevation (WSE) and salinity dynamics in estuaries is crucial for ...
Training Pharmacists to Implement Depression Screening Services
(2024-01-08)
Background: Depression is the leading cause of disability in persons over 15 years old. It is estimated that over 7% of people have depression but only 40-50% of those actually receive treatment. Inadequate treatment has ...
Four Essays in International Trade and Economic Development
(2024-01-08)
This dissertation comprises four essays investigating the impact of trade agreements on trade outcomes and the relationship between export diversification and economic growth.
Chapter 1 investigates the effect of the ...
Estimation of Relative Motion between Non-Rigid Bodies on a Semi-Truck
(2024-01-08)
This thesis develops methods to estimate the relative motion between the cabin and chassis
of a semi-truck without the use of a complex suspension model between the two bodies. In,
this thesis only sensors that would be ...
Deep Integration of a Flight Vehicle Dynamic Model in a Vector Tracking Software Defined Receiver
(2024-01-04)
The greater occurrence of signal interference on Global Navigation Satellite Systems
(GNSS) requires additional alternative navigation solutions to provide robust, reliable localization
of flight vehicles when measurements ...
Integrating a Simple Photometric System with Programmable Droplet Formation for Quantification of Diabetes Biomarkers and to Study Adipose Tissue Secretions
(2023-12-14)
The chapters presented within this dissertation give a comprehensive account of the development and adaptation of cost-effective optical components tailored for integration into microfluidic devices, with a primary focus ...
Biochemical production from engineered Bacillus species
(2023-12-12)
Microbial production of biochemicals has gained significant attention due to increasing global concern regarding the depletion of fossil resources. As prominent workhorses in microbial fermentations, Bacillus species have ...
Novel mechanism of inhibition of the proteasome by Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors
(2023-12-12)
Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor Ibrutinib has been shown to synergize in vitro with proteasome inhibitors (PIs) in reducing the viability of cells derived from B-cell malignancies. This synergy was also observed ...
Guidelines of Transferring Brutalist Architectural Styles from Mid-20th Century To Furniture Design
(2023-12-11)
This thesis explores how to transfer mid-20th-century architectural styles into furniture design to create furniture that harmonizes with the architecture itself. This thesis discusses the concept of applying mid-20th-century ...