Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of Cooperative Navigation Strategies with Maneuvering UAVs
(2021-07-27)
This thesis presents and evaluates cooperative navigation methods used to reduce navigation solution error growth between members of an unmanned aerial vehicle - unmanned ground vehicle (UAV-UGV) or all-UAV team when Global ...
Reliability Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Bridges in California
(2021-07-27)
Truck traffic increases day by day according to the economy. Road network infrastructure has to meet this growing demand. This work focuses on prestressed concrete box girder bridges in California, because many signs of ...
Inclusion Practices for Students with Autism in the Music Classroom: A Survey of K-6 Music Educators' Perceptions, Training, and Strategies
(2021-07-26)
In 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), was amended to include students with autism into the music classroom with their typically developing peers (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special ...
Fabrication and Characterization of Flexible Thin-Film Superconducting Microwave Cables
(2021-07-26)
The future of superconducting and cryogenic electronic systems depends on densely integrated superconducting multi-layer and multi-signal flexible cables due to the massive number of electrical interconnects needed in ...
A valine to leucine mutation in hypomorphic Wolbachia CidB reduces both deubiquitylation and cytoplasmic incompatibility
(2021-07-23)
Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) remains one of the most highly researched and applied phenotype conferred by the bacterium, Wolbachia on the host organisms it infects. For programs that rely on the CI phenomenon, the ...
Designing Advanced Catalysts for Urea Electrocatalytic Oxidation Reaction
(2021-07-23)
Urea is the primary end product of nitrogen metabolism in humans, excreted from the human body by kidney function through urine. Abnormal concentrations of urea in the human urine provide essential information on renal ...
Epigenomic and transcriptomic alterations of channel catfish exposed to DNA methyltransferase inhibitor and estradiol
(2021-07-23)
Teleost fish exhibit a great level of diversity of sex determination. With channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), a lower teleost, sex determination genes have not been identified. However, the sex determination region ...
Cannabinoid: A Potential Anti-Cancer Agent for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
(2021-07-23)
The non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are a heterogeneous family of lymphoid malignancies and are one of the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm in both dogs and humans. Systemic anticancer chemotherapy is the treatment of choice ...
U.S. Local Governments’ Human Resource and Facility Engagement with Their Immigrants
(2021-07-23)
Immigrants are an indispensable component of communities in the United States. Regarding the roles government of all levels play in immigration laws or/and services, the federal government plays a significant role in ...
An Eye-tracking study: Do intrinsic and extrinsic cue words of locally grown food menu items associate with consumers’ visual attention and menu item choice at hyper-local restaurants?
(2021-07-22)
Consumers’ interest in locally grown food is growing. However, there has been limited research exploring how certain cue words on menus could be eye-catching and correlate to consumers’ food selection decision. Therefore, ...
The Relationship between Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction: Moderated by Perceptions of Relational Power
(2021-07-22)
Following the Relational Theory of Power, which states that relationship power is more fluid than static, this study hoped to show the mutual influence of sexual satisfaction and equitable relationship power dynamics on ...
Essays on Forecasting in Finance
(2021-07-22)
This dissertation is composed of three essays related to forecasting in various financial markets. The first essay reviews over 60 studies published from 2008 to 2021 that investigate the causes of the mortgage crisis ...
Utilizing Aquaculture Effluent Efficiently in Cucumber Production through Substrate Choice and Fertigation Management
(2021-07-22)
De-coupled aquaponics offers several benefits over coupled aquaponics due to ability to manipulate each sub-unit independently. Fine-tuning plant production practices to make the best of the low-nutrient laden aquaculture ...
The Effects of Cervical Spine Position and Spinal Manipulation on Shoulder Rotation Strength
(2021-07-22)
Shoulder rotation strength is included as part of an orthopedic examination for clinicians treating patients presenting with shoulder pathology. However, for populations prone to shoulder injury, such as overhead athletes ...
Evaluation of orally and rectally administered misoprostol in a low-dose endotoxin challenge in horses
(2021-07-21)
Endotoxemia occurs in many equine diseases, resulting in systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Misoprostol demonstrates in vitro reductions in pro-inflammatory cytokine production when stimulated by endotoxin. ...
Effect of Different Synthesis Conditions on the Physical and Chemical Properties of MXenes (Two-dimensional Transitional Metal Carbides/Nitrides)
(2021-07-21)
Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) are a new family of two-dimensional (2D) materials first discovered in 2011. They have gained huge interest over the last decade due to their excellent physical and chemical ...
Computational Design of Random Rough Surfaces in Thin-film Solar Cells by Stochastic Gradient Methods
(2021-07-21)
We present an efficient numerical algorithm to solve for the optimal random structure in
maximizing the absorptance for thin-film solar cells. Random rough texture can increase the
absorbing efficiency of solar cells by ...
Probing the Adaptation Strategies in the Genus Xanthomonas
(2021-07-21)
Bacterial species belonging to the genus Xanthomonas can infect and cause severe diseases in a wide range of host plants including many economically important crops throughout the world. While the majority of studies ...
Multi-Family Group Intervention: Affect Regulation to Improve Attachment for Adolescents Adjudicated of a Sex Offense and their Maternal Caregivers
(2021-07-21)
Research suggests that insecure attachment and deficits in affect regulation are common characteristics in youth who have been adjudicated for a sexual offense. Family therapies are not a focus in adolescent treatment, but ...
The Effect of Language Use on Emotional Expression and Autobiographical Memory Retrieval in Bilingual Therapy
(2021-07-21)
The purpose of this study was to gain understanding into the mechanism of autobiographical story telling process in bilingual therapy by examining language independence, language specificity and code-switching phenomenon. ...