Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Perception and application of climate science by distinct audiences: Impacts of measurement, attention, and credibility
(2022-08-03)
Climate change is among the greatest threats to human lives and livelihoods and any efforts to reduce harm by mitigating climate change or adapting to changes will require mass participation. However, the knowledge and ...
Enacting Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Education Settings in Ghana. A Cross Case Study of Three Schools
(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 ...
Effects of Geometric Design Features and Traditional Traffic Control Devices on Wrong-Way Driving Incident at Partial Cloverleaf Interchange Terminal: A Machine-Learning Approach
(2022-08-03)
The partial cloverleaf (parclo) interchange is the second most popular interchange in the United States. Past studies revealed that the parclo interchange terminal is one of the most common entry points for wrong-way driving ...
Pivoting to Meaningfully Connect with Youth: Youth Relationship Educators’ Perceptions of Success During the Coronavirus Pandemic
(2022-08-03)
This study considered the experiences of youth-focused relationship educators as they transitioned to online education due to the coronavirus pandemic. The aim was to understand the process and impact of these experiences ...
Improving Energy Efficiency and Security of DVFS-Enabled Clouds
(2022-08-02)
Since modern data centers have been significantly scaling up in capacity in past decades, it is demanding to curtail energy consumption of virtual-machine-powered data centers. Cloud computing has radically changed the ...
A Study of Driver Behavior at Access Points with Restricted Left Turn Movements: Case Studies in Alabama
(2022-08-02)
Past studies showed that left turn movement at unsignalizd intersection caused over 40% crashes. To improve intersection safety, transportation agencies often use access management strategies to eliminate left turns for ...
Drivers and consequences of human-elephant interactions in an agricultural landscape of rural Kenya
(2022-08-02)
Globally, interactions between people and wildlife are increasing due to habitat loss and conversion and the movement of people and wildlife into areas in which they were not previously present. Many of these interactions ...
The effect of omega-3 fish oil supplementation on cognition and neuroinflammation in a mouse model of Western diet induced obesity.
(2022-08-01)
The Western diet (WD) is generally characterized by high sugar and saturated fat content, which result in caloric excess and obesity. However, it includes suboptimal intake of some nutrients including omega-3 fatty acids. ...
Optimization Approaches to Identifying Personalized Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies
(2022-08-01)
This dissertation investigates optimization approaches for solving a problem coined the colorectal cancer screening problem (CRCSP). This problem aims to identify a screening strategy for testing an asymptomatic population ...
Identifying the association between relationship hopelessness and relationship satisfaction and the moderating role of the therapeutic alliance
(2022-08-01)
Relationship satisfaction is a variable highly focused on in relationship literature through attempts to understand its influences and influencers. This study hoped to further contribute to that research by analyzing the ...
Behavior Analysis and Enhancement of Robustness for Deep Neural Networks
(2022-08-01)
Apart from the remarkable success of machine learning models utilizing deep neural networks in solving a variety of problems including image classifications, these models are highly vulnerable to small and carefully chosen ...
A Factor Analytic Examination of Burnout
(2022-08-01)
With the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout is an increasingly popular topic in the public discourse. However, scientific research displays a lack of consensus about burnout’s underlying factor ...
Synthesis, Characterization, and Functionality of Quinol-Based Superoxide Dismutase Mimics
(2022-08-01)
There is great interest in developing biopharmaceuticals that can slow or halt the effects of the primary and secondary oxidative stressors that are responsible for aging, chronic diseases, and other health disorders. A ...
MULTIPLE JOB HOLDING, IDENTITY HARMONY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING: THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF THRIVING
(2022-08-01)
Prior research has considered the impact of holding multiple jobs from the perspective of a side hustle within the gig economy, or moonlighting, and demonstrated both an enriching and a depleting effect. Adopting a different ...
Analyzing Climate Change and Extreme Weather Event Impacts on Human Migration and Vulnerability in the Southeastern United States (2004 – 2018)
(2022-08-01)
There is growing concern about how extreme environmental events and climate change will impact communities, both urban and rural, in the Southeastern United States (SEUS). A changing climate is expected to force individuals ...
Understanding Powder Feedstock-Part Performance Relationships in Additive Manufacturing
(2022-08-01)
In this dissertation, the relationships between the powder feedstock and the mechanical performance of additively manufactured (AM) parts were investigated. In this regard, different aspects of powder feedstock were ...
Robust Solutions for Enabling Trust in Digital Circuits
(2022-07-31)
The continuous emergence of counterfeit integrated circuits (ICs) in the electronics supply chain requires immediate solutions since they pose serious threats to our critical infrastructures due to their inferior quality. ...
Perceptions of School Counselors and Administrators on the Role of School Counseling
(2022-07-30)
This quantitative survey study aimed to identify differences between the perception of the role of school counselors of both administrators and school counselors and if the demographic criteria of years of experience, years ...
The Involvement of Copper in Leigh Syndrome
(2022-07-29)
Leigh Syndrome is a neurodegenerative disease that presents with bilateral lesions in the brain. This condition is characterized by progressive loss of mental and movement abilities in which these symptoms start as early ...
Experiences in Youth Relationship Education for Adoptive and Nonadoptive Youth in Alabama
(2022-07-29)
While recent studies have explored effects of youth relationship education (YRE) (e.g., Adler-Baeder et al., 2007; McElwain et al., 2017; Simpson et al., 2018; Huntington et al., 2021), and differences between subgroups ...