Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Understanding Execution Faults in Ansible-based Configuration Management
(2025-04-21)
Ansible is a popular tool for implementing the practice of infrastructure as code. While usage of the tool yields benefits for practitioners, faulty execution of Ansible configuration scripts can cause serious consequences, ...
The Memorialization of Emma Tenayuca: A Labor Activist’s Imprint on San Antonio, Texas
(2025-04-21)
This thesis examines how public opinions pertaining to Emma Tenayuca changed throughout her life, starting with the Pecan Strike in San Antonio, Texas in 1938 until her death in July of 1999. It argues that public records ...
Using Her Words: Marriage in Twentieth Century Advice Columns
(2025-04-21)
This thesis examines the evolution of popular perceptions of marriage in the United States during the mid twentieth century through advice columns. It argues that the point at which a marriage was considered salvageable ...
Nitric Oxide in Exercise Physiology
(2025-04-21)
Nitric oxide is an endogenous reactive nitrogen species found throughout the human body. Its role in human physiology at rest and during exercise has proven to be essential in maintaining human health and enhancing exercise ...
Development of novel molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP)-based sensors for the sensitive and selective detection of analyte
(2025-04-21)
The increasing importance of monitoring environmental changes resulting from chemical stimuli affects various aspects of human life, including daily routines, healthcare, and manufacturing. Addressing this demand necessitates ...
Field Inspections and Monitoring of Continuous Deck Slabs on Prestressed Concrete Bridges for Development of Refined Details
(2025-04-21)
Expansion joints are used in bridges to allow for the unrestrained movement of the
superstructure. However, due to the need for frequent maintenance, continuous deck details have
been developed to replace them. This study ...
On Accelerating Deep Neural Network Mutation Analysis
(2025-04-21)
The usage of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) is increasing rapidly across various domains, necessitating rigorous testing to ensure validity, usability, and effectiveness. Mutation analysis of DNNs, a technique that applies ...
Edge-regular graphs and uniform shared neighborhood structures
(2025-04-21)
The definition of edge-regularity in graphs is a relaxation of the definition of strong regularity, so strongly regular graphs are edge-regular and, not surprisingly, the family of edge-regular graphs is much larger and ...
Exploring Parasite Diversity: Taxonomic Studies of Parasites from Birds, Crocodilians, and Anurans Across Diverse Ecosystems
(2025-04-21)
The overall objective of this dissertation was to apply modern taxonomic and molecular phylogenetic methods to understanding “hidden” (undiscovered) parasite diversity in common wildlife species. The specimens described ...
From Barbs to Blooms: Dispersal, Development, and Transcriptomics in Bidens
(2025-04-21)
The Asteraceae is the largest family of flowering plants, constituting ~10% of total angiosperm diversity. The family is characterized by its conserved inflorescence architecture, the capitulum. Despite the family’s global ...
Effect of rhizobial 1-aminocyclopropane‐1‐carboxylate (ACC) deaminase on soybean drought tolerance
(2025-04-21)
Although soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) obtains nitrogen through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, its grain yield is constrained by drought stress. The production of the plant hormone ethylene tends to increase under stress ...
Synergistic Effects of Volumetric Defects and Notch Geometry on the Fatigue Behavior of Additively Manufactured Metallic Materials
(2025-04-21)
In this dissertation, the synergistic effects of volumetric defects and notch geometry on the fatigue behavior of additively manufactured (AM) metallic materials were investigated. Factors influencing fatigue crack initiation ...
El MS. G-II-18 De El Escorial: Comentario a Isaías de David Quimhi y la Traducion de Alfonso de Zamora, Edición y Estudio de los Capítulos I y II
(2025-04-21)
El presente trabajo busca resaltar la importancia que tuvieron los exégetas hebreos como David Quimḥi en el Renacimiento, destacando el matrimonio que formaron la exégesis literal y la pedagogía para la educación del pueblo ...
Evaluation of the Impact of Processing Techniques and Labeling on Poultry Sensory Attributes, Consumer Acceptance, and Purchase Behavior
(2025-04-21)
Animal welfare is a topic of discussion for the animal agriculture industry as this niche market has been growing over the past decade. In poultry specifically, there are many various methods used to promote animal welfare. ...
: Water Quality and PFAS - State Policy Innovation to Control an Emerging Contaminant - A Study of Administrative Rulemaking
(2025-04-21)
This dissertation examines the determinants of state-level policy innovation in regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in water resources. PFAS, often referred to as "forever chemicals," are ...
Vietoris–Rips Complexes of Torus Grids
(2025-04-20)
In this work, we study the homotopy types and homology of Vietoris–Rips
complexes of torus grid graphs. Let T_{n,n} be a torus grid graph consisting of n × n points
on T2 equipped with the l1 metric. We first compute the ...
Understanding the Role of Cattle Grazing and Poultry Litter Application on Weed Proliferation in Agricultural Fields
(2025-04-20)
This thesis investigates the complex interactions between cattle grazing and poultry litter (PL) application on weed seed dispersal and proliferation in agricultural systems in the southern USA. The first study focuses on ...
Taxonomy and Systematics of North American Monogenoidea Bychowsky, 1937
(2025-04-17)
Parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenoidea Bychowsky, 1937 (Platyhelminthes) are demonstrable pathogens to wild and cultured fishes. The objective of this thesis was to diagnose (taxonomy and systematics) monogenoid ...
Optimizing Flight Parameters for Pesticide Application Using Unmanned Aerial Application Systems (UAAS) in Vegetable Production
(2025-04-17)
Unmanned aerial application systems (UAAS) are emerging as an alternative technology for precision pesticide applications, addressing challenges in spray coverage and efficiency, particularly in crops with dense canopies ...
Biomechanical Manifestations of Choking Under Pressure in Baseball Pitching
(2025-04-17)
Baseball pitching is a complex whole-body movement that requires repeatability to achieve successful outcomes. Previous research has identified that release parameters, or the position and orientation of the baseball coming ...