Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Rainbow Connectivity and Proper Rainbow Connectivity
(2025-04-30)
A connected graph G is rainbow connected with respect to an edge coloring of G if each pair of distinct vertices of G are joined by a rainbow path--a path with no color appearing on more than one edge of the path. G is ...
Toxicological analysis of Lipid-Based Nanoparticles: A Comparative Study
(2025-04-30)
Lipid-based nanoparticles (LNPs) are frontliners in nanomedicine, as their use as mRNA carriers and in drug delivery has become prominent over the years. Despite their increasing application in medicine, there are limited ...
A field and geochemical investigation of tourmaline occurrences around the Hog Mountain gold deposit, AL
(2025-04-30)
Tourmaline can be a powerful mineral as its properties allow it to preserve information that can be used to uncover its geologic history. Abundant, previously undocumented occurrences of tourmaline have been discovered in ...
Widths of Finite Posets under the Majorization Ordering
(2025-04-30)
This dissertation focuses on the structural properties of two types of posets, \(P(n,m)\) and \(P'(n,m)\), both of which are ordered by the majorization ordering. Specifically, we consider those cases where \(1 \leq n \leq ...
Navigating the Read 180 Literacy Program with English Language Learners: A Teacher Inquiry Lens
(2025-04-30)
This research study used teacher inquiry to examine the ways one White, monolingual teacher navigated a prescribed literacy program with English Language Learners (ELLs). The purpose of this study was to explore ways in ...
Mesophication in Southeastern U.S. forests: drivers of flammability and strategies for tree regeneration success
(2025-04-30)
Decades of fire exclusion in historically fire-dependent forests across the southeastern U.S. have caused various ecological consequences, including the transition of open-structured forests to closed-canopy forests. This ...
The System Works as Intended Alabama’s Property Tax and Public School Systems, 1854-1983
(2025-04-29)
This study examines the intertwined development of Alabama’s property tax
system and public school system from 1854 to 1983, arguing that fiscal policy served as a
crucial tool of massive resistance to civil rights gains ...
Transport Phenomena of Solutes in Dense Polymer Membranes
(2025-04-29)
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) are indispensable materials with diverse applications in energy and environmental technologies, such as fuel cells, water desalination, water purification, and electrochemical CO2 reduction ...
The structure and electrical activity of the tentacular apparatus of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi
(2025-04-29)
Ctenophores have garnered considerable interest in evolutionary biology due to molecular phylogenetic studies that have positioned Phylum Ctenophora as the sister taxon to all other animals. Mnemiopsis leidyi, one of the ...
Experimental Investigation and Literature Review of Phosphorus Removal in Flow-Through Systems During Various Engineering Applications
(2025-04-29)
The overloading of phosphorus (P) into aquatic environments over the past several decades has triggered widespread water quality deterioration, harmful algal blooms, and eutrophication. Due to their natural abundance, cost ...
Establishment of a one-step reverse-transcription qPCR to detect Getah virus in mosquitoes and feral swine in Alabama, USA
(2025-04-28)
Getah virus (GETV) is an emerging mosquito-borne alphavirus in the family Togaviridae, known to cause disease in a range of animal hosts including pigs, horses, and occasionally humans. The virus is endemic to several ...
Viromes of Agriculturally Important Insects in Alabama
(2025-04-28)
Insect vectors play a critical role in the transmission of viruses, posing significant threats to both agriculture and public health. The studies in this thesis, utilize RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to characterize the viromes ...
The Effects of High Temperature Ion Implantation in β-Ga2O3
(2025-04-28)
Doping electronic oxides is often challenging due to issues like self-compensation, limited solubility, and defect formation. Additionally, there is typically an imbalance in favor of one type of conductivity, most commonly ...
Evaluation of Disease Resistance in Selectively Bred Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and Hybrid Catfish (Channel Catfish ♀ x Blue Catfish (I. furcatus) ♂)
(2025-04-28)
Selectively bred channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and hybrid catfish (channel catfish ♀ x blue catfish (I. furcatus) ♂) were evaluated for resistance to channel catfish virus (CCV) and Flavobacterium covae (FC). In ...
Systematics of the Riffle Dace with Special Emphasis on the Blacknose Daces (Leuciscidae: Rhinichthys)
(2025-04-28)
The freshwater fish genus Rhinichthys (Agassiz 1849) has a complex taxonomic history and extensive geographic distribution across North America. In this dissertation, I used multiple molecular and morphological approaches ...
Quantifying the Impact of Porosity on Mode I Fracture Behavior in Advanced Composite Materials
(2025-04-28)
Advanced composite material applications are rapidly proliferating within the aerospace industry, but challenges remain to their more widespread adoption due to the influence of process-induced defects. The complex ...
Fundamental o Fútil? Relations Between Multiple Dimensions of Familism and Adolescent Sleep in a Hispanic Sample
(2025-04-28)
The cultural value of familism describes prioritizing family over the individual. Evidence supports relations between familism and health behaviors like sleep; thus, this study explores associations of parent and adolescent ...
A Quantitative Survey of Secondary Instrumental Music Educators' Perceptions of Undergraduate Preparation to Teach in Disparate Locales
(2025-04-28)
Every community in the United States is different, from the smallest town to the largest city, and each locale offers unique rewards and challenges for instrumental music educators. However, novice instrumental music ...
High-Throughput Experiments and Reliability Assessment of 3-D Printed Bistable Mechanical Metamaterials connected in series
(2025-04-28)
Bistable mechanical metamaterials, structures with two mechanically stable states, offer promising potential for deployable, energy-efficient, and adaptive systems in aerospace, robotics, and biomedical engineering. However, ...
The Role of Nerve Growth Factor in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
(2025-04-28)
Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are characterized by increased levels of circulating fatty acids, resulting in metabolic abnormalities in the heart. Emerging data has demonstrated that cardiac dysfunction, ...