Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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A network analysis of two conceptual approaches to the etiology of PTSD
(2020-05-12)
Two prominent conceptual models of PTSD are the cognitive model, used in the development of cognitive processing therapy (CPT; Resick & Schnicke, 1992), and the functional contextualist model, underlying acceptance and ...
The Starless Night of Centralism: Examining The Language of War in and outside of Revolutionary Texas
(2020-05-11)
Texian officials and American Democratic party newspapers pushed for a cause that they believed appealed to shared ideals concerning Jeffersonianism, centralism, race, liberty, slavery, nationalism, kinship, and identity. ...
“Companions of My Tribulation”: Transatlantic Female Preaching Networks in the Early Nineteenth Century
(2020-05-11)
As part of the pulpit in the early republic, female preachers created their own identities separate from the domestic sphere by forging successful careers as religious authorities speaking in public. Bolstered by a growing ...
Detrital Zircon U-Pb Age Constraints on the Sandstone Provenance of the Upper Cretaceous Eutaw Formation from Central Alabama to Western Georgia
(2020-05-11)
Sandstone provenance analysis of the Tombigbee Sand Member and Eutaw Formation is vital to discerning source material of clastic detrital sediments found in eastern Alabama and western Georgia along the Upper Cretaceous ...
A Practical Quaternary FPGA Architecture Using Floating Gate Memories
(2020-05-11)
A new quaternary FPGA (QFPGA) architecture based on floating-gate memory elements is presented and analyzed. While technology scaling has delivered substantial FPGAperformance, consumer demands grow beyond what binary ...
Bioeconomics of Flavobacterium columnare vaccine pond trials for channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus
(2020-05-11)
The US farm-raised catfish industry has had a variety of problems in the last decade, both in production and marketing. Increased disease pressures have come primarily from the ubiquitous pathogens responsible for columnaris ...
Alternative Forage Systems for Developing Replacement Heifers
(2020-05-11)
Heifer development systems are an essential phase of beef production due to lifelong production implications. Reproductive success of a heifer’s first breeding season is critical to the sustainability of cow-calf production ...
The Intersection Problem for Maximum Packings of the Complete Graph with 4-Cycles
(2020-05-11)
A maximum packing of K_n with 4-cycles may leave some edges of the graph unpacked. The size of the leave is determined by the congruence class of n modulo 8. When n ≡ 1 (mod 8) the packing coincides with a 4-cycle system ...
Athletic Administrator, Academic Advisor, and Mentor Perceptions of Student Athlete Success
(2020-05-08)
Student athlete support services play a vital role in student athlete success at university athletic departments across the country. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requires that Division-I (D-I) ...
A Secondary School’s Approach to Implementing Response to Instruction
(2020-05-08)
Purpose: This study examined how a single secondary school chose to interpret and implement the Response to Instruction (RtI) framework, and how teachers perceived the effectiveness of implementation.
Research Method: ...
Investigating the Efficacy and Mechanisms of a Middle Warning in Online Cheating Behaviors
(2020-05-08)
Although online selection tools provide several benefits to both organizations and applicants, one large concern of such tools is the ability for applicants to potentially cheat. Thus, it is essential that a strong method ...
Self-Efficacy of Early Career Agriculture Teachers and Its Relationship to Career Commitment and Job Satisfaction
(2020-05-07)
The purpose of this study was to describe the self-efficacy of Georgia early-career agriculture teachers and its relationship to job satisfaction and career commitment. The participants in this study were Georgia agricultural ...
Field and laboratory investigations of groundwater arsenic sequestration in biogenic pyrite at an industrial site in Florida
(2020-05-07)
Pumping groundwater from arsenic-contaminated aquifers has exposed millions of people around the world to high and potentially deadly doses of the contaminant. Moreover, developing countries lack the resources and technology ...
An Approach to Create a Commercially Successful Portable Electronic Audio Device Through Design and Marketing
(2020-05-05)
Ever changing technologies and market conditions feed the need to continually research and update product design. Specifically, within the music technology sector, electronic audio devices (EAD) are advancing every year. ...
Elements of Comprehensive Musicianship: A Survey Addressing the Attitudes and Approaches of Middle School and High School Choral Directors
(2020-05-05)
This study included an anonymous online questionnaire and investigated the attitudes and opinions of middle school and high school choral directors regarding the use of comprehensive musicianship components in their ...
A Model for the Regional Variability of Riprap Prices in Alabama
(2020-05-05)
Riprap is widely used by departments of transportation (DOTs) for erosion control and slope stabilization activities. Even though DOTs seem to be satisfied with the ability of riprap to fulfill its intended purpose, its ...
Development of Micro-Computed Tomography Data Based Simulation Technique For Deformation and Strain Measurement of Densely Packed Electronics
(2020-05-04)
Rising pace of innovation and continuously increasing investments in research and developments has resulted in higher value added to each electronics equipment around us. This has also resulted in massive rise in demand ...
Moving Forecasting Error: A Risk-Based Cost Forecasting Approach
(2020-05-04)
The large amounts of historical pricing data the state transportation agencies (STAs) have collected during the last couple of decades, combined with the information technologies available today, have facilitated greater ...
Essays on Option Hedging and Application of the Black-Scholes Model
(2020-05-04)
This dissertation is composed of three essays related to hedging and application of the Black-Scholes model. The first essay is motivated by the short-lived arbitrage model, which has been shown to significantly improve ...
Hoeing out the New South: The Material Culture of the Hoe and the Segregation of Progress
(2020-05-04)
In the New South, the hoe became a symbol, utilized by white southerners, that attempted to primitivize blackness and segregate progress before the solidification of the Jim Crow. The historical relationship curated between ...