Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Alabama Master Gardener Strategic Assessment Surveys
(2022-01-13)
The purpose of this quantitative assessment is to evaluate the perspectives and experiences of regional extension agents, county extension coordinators, office administrators, and volunteers involved in the Alabama Extension ...
TiO2, VO2, and CrO2: Electronic Structure and Role in C-H Bond Activation of Methane
(2022-01-12)
Density functional theory and high-level ab initio electronic structure calculations are performed to study the titled transition metal dioxides and their ability to activate the C-H bond of methane. The electronic structure ...
Estructuras Quiásticas en Don Quijote: el potencial hermenéutico y retórico de la figura del quiasmo en la novela de Cervantes
(2022-01-12)
Through the ages, many studies have explored the presence, function, and meaning of chiasmus in poetry, but not in prose, in which case they are still scarce and controversial, except those focused on sacred texts. For ...
Mechanistic Study of the Multi-Electron Redox Cycle of Nickel Dithiocarbamate and Dithiolate Complexes for Redox Flow Battery Applications
(2022-01-11)
The necessity for new grid energy storage techniques, for example, redox flow batteries (RFBs), will be vital as consumption of renewable energy sources continues to increase. Nickel-based dithiocarbamate and dithiolate ...
Woody Biomass Production in the Southeastern United States
(2022-01-10)
There is an increasing emphasis throughout the United States on renewable sources of energy. The shifting energy economy can create opportunities for loggers to play an important role in the renewable energy market. Loggers ...
A Study of Driver Behaviors at Unsignalized Intersections Using SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data and Field Observed Conflict Data
(2022-01-10)
Unsignalized intersections on divided highways with wide medians (>30 ft) have the potential for severe crashes due to numerous conflict points and high speed. Drivers making minor road left turns have to make multiple ...
Survey of Pediatric SLP Methods for Measuring Speech Intelligibility
(2022-01-06)
The purpose of this study was to explore the speech intelligibility measures currently being used by pediatric speech language-pathologists (SLPs), the most frequent measure, the variables considered in intelligibility ...
Translocating Captive Female White-tailed Deer & Training and Experience Increase Classification Accuracy in White-tailed Deer Camera Surveys
(2022-01-06)
Thousands of captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) facilities exist across North America for the purpose of producing trophy-quality deer (i.e., exceptionally large-antlered). Many of these deer get marketed ...
Improving Magnetic Map-Based Navigation using Vehicle Motion Information
(2022-01-06)
This thesis utilizes the earth's main magnetic field as the signal for a map definition, implements a particle filter to synthesize a solution from likelihood information, and introduces vehicle motion information by means ...
The Effects of Anthropogenic Traffic Noise on Auditory and Endocrine Function in the Blacktail Shiner, Cyprinella venusa
(2022-01-03)
Acoustic signals are a vital component of important behaviors such as courtship, foraging, parental care, and aggression. Acoustic communication is a modality utilized by a plethora of animals, including fishes. Recent ...
Standpoints of reentry: A qualitative analysis of female maternity leaves with corporate communication implications
(2022-01-03)
Navigating motherhood is a complex and cumbersome task. Many women in contemporary society are electing to take on motherhood while maintaining full time employment, necessitating a maternity leave. Because the U.S. does ...
Individualization and Information Quality of Location-Based Mobile Messages: An Application of Elaboration Likelihood Model
(2021-12-17)
Location-based mobile technologies fulfilling consumers’ personalized needs during in-store shopping have gained significant attention in the retail world, as many brick-and-mortar stores and retailers had to adapt to the ...
A Performance-based Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures with High Recycled Asphalt Material Contents and Recycling Agents
(2021-12-15)
It is agreed that the stiffness and rutting resistance of asphalt mixtures containing recycled asphalt material (RAM) increase with increasing their content; however, their cracking resistance and durability decrease due ...
Limits on populations of herbivorous insects
(2021-12-15)
Herbivorous insect populations are necessarily limited by biotic and abiotic factors. This dissertation seeks to uncover some of those limiting factors using using synthetic comparative statistical analyses including ...
Seeding Rate Effect on Soybean Grain Yield
(2021-12-13)
Increasing costs of soybean seed as well as new varieties, seed treatments, and production practices required a reevaluation of seeding rate recommendations. Previously recommended seeding rates do not account for new ...
Three Inter-Related Essays in Applied Economics: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Ponzi-Financial Institutions
(2021-12-13)
This dissertation consists of three inter-related essays in applied economics, which delves deeper into different research questions with varying econometric models on the recent financial sector crisis in Ghana, sub-Saharan ...
Design Tool for Child Cognitive Development Teaching Aid Design with Multisensory and Synesthesia Stimuli
(2021-12-13)
The negative effect of compulsory homework for preschoolers is encouraging the development of interesting learning ways that can effectively enhance learners’ passion and engagement. Since multisensory learning has earned ...
Family Conflict Typology, Maternal Engagement, and Early Childhood Adjustment: A Latent Class Analysis
(2021-12-10)
Family conflict is a broad construct which can encompass violent and non-violent types of conflict. Problematic child outcomes have been associated with exposure to violent and nonviolent forms of inter-parental conflict, ...
Exploring Restaurant Managers' Awareness, Attitudes, and Motivations towards Mitigating Food Waste
(2021-12-10)
Food waste is an enormous global issue with severe financial, environmental, and social implications (Williams et al., 2015). The U.S. restaurant industry is a sector known to significantly contribute to food waste (Gunders, ...
Three Topics in Applied Economics
(2021-12-10)
This dissertation consists of three different chapters. The first chapter sheds the light on the association between financial literacy and financial inclusion; financial literacy and poverty in India during the period ...