Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Estimation of Semi-parametric Functional-coefficient Panel Data Models with Fixed Effects
(2020-07-20)
We consider the problem of estimating a semiparametric varying coefficient panel data model where the unobserved individual effects are correlated with explanatory variables in an unknown arbitrary way using a local linear ...
Teaching Physical Education in Nontraditional Settings
(2020-07-20)
The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to examine the experiences of PETE pre-service teachers, physical education teachers, and teacher educators that have taught physical education in a non-traditional ...
Effects of Prior Learning Assessment on Graduation Rates of Adult Students in an Online Degree Program
(2020-07-20)
Technological advances and changes to America’s workforce have created a need for adult workers to upskill their abilities. Many of these adults address this need by pursuing a college degree. While adult learners tend to ...
Message framing: the role of cognitive linguistics in hotel's environmental claims and its effect on consumer perception and behavior
(2020-07-20)
As consumers’ awareness on environmental issues increase, so does their dubiety towards the motive beneath a hotel’s environmental initiatives. Particularly, earlier studies suggest that consumers are unable to detect real ...
The Impact of Integrating Mathematics into Elementary Physical Education
(2020-07-20)
Positive findings regarding integrated curriculum in the classroom setting (Chen & Yang, 2019; Kurt & Pehlivan, 2013; Vars, 1996) and movement integration during the school day (Donnelly et al., 2009; Duncan, Birch, & ...
A Newton - Galerkin Finite Element Method to solve reduced dimensional Variable Density Flow and Solute Transport Equations using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition method
(2020-07-20)
The mathematical model of Variable Density Flow and Solute Transport (VDFST) is a
time dependent, coupled and nonlinear dynamical system that is widely used to simulate seawater
intrusion and related problems. The numerical ...
Does multitasking work for you? The role of multitasking fit in employee job satisfaction and turnover intentions
(2020-07-20)
Person-job (P-J) fit refers to the degree of congruence between an employee and their occupation. P-J fit is important for organizations to understand, because it predicts job satisfaction and turnover intentions, such ...
After Culloden: Anglo-Scottish Identity in the Wake of the 1745 Jacobite Rising
(2020-07-20)
This dissertation explores the literary representation and negotiation of Scottish identity and Anglo-Scottish Union during and immediately after the Jacobite Rising of 1745 (“the Forty-Five”). I argue that we can trace ...
Business Rules Discovery in Web Application through Process Mining
(2020-07-20)
Advances in information technologies have allowed businesses to deliver their services to new markets that did not exist before, especially in fields such as e-commerce, healthcare, e-education, and cloud services. Web ...
Forecasting Transformative AI
(2020-07-20)
Technological forecasting is challenging, and the forecasting of AI progress is even more challenging. Forecasting transformative AI – AI that has great potential for societal transformation – which presents even more ...
Structural Features That Promote Catalysis in Two-Component Systems Involved in Sulfur Metabolism
(2020-07-20)
Sulfur is an essential element important in the synthesis of biomolecules. Bacteria are able to assimilate inorganic sulfur for the biosynthesis of L-cysteine. Inorganic sulfate is often unavailable, so bacteria have evolved ...
Applications of Bipolar Electrochemistry for Characterization of Electrocatalysts and the Development of Biosensors
(2020-07-17)
Bipolar electrochemistry, which is an untraditional technique where redox reaction happens on the surface of a conducting object (BPE) that immersed in an electrolyte solution wirelessly connected with an external power ...
Suppression of Wolbachia mediated Cytoplasmic Incompatibility
(2020-07-17)
Insect biocontrol applications often hinge upon insect reproduction. Wolbachia are maternally inherited intracellular bacteria that infect insects. Wolbachia sterilizes a mosquito sperm resulting in a lethal embryonic ...
Improving Social Interactions: Developing Products to Promote Human Interactivity
(2020-07-17)
The form of social interaction has been undergoing significant changes since the information era began in the 1990s. People born in this era and who have been exposed to the Internet, social networks, and mobile systems ...
The Relationship Between Polyvictimization and Perceptions of Police Moderated by Race in Survivors of Sex Trafficking
(2020-07-17)
Sex trafficking is a violent crime that affects millions of survivors every year (International Labor Organization [ILO], 2017). Law enforcement officers frequently interact with victims of sex trafficking, putting them ...
Long term Drivers of Hydrological change in the Southeastern United States
(2020-07-17)
Plant response to elevated CO2 concentration is known to increase leaf‐level water‐use efficiency through a reduction in stomatal opening. Recent studies have emphasized that increased plant water‐use efficiency can ...
Entomopathogenic Nematode Management of Small Hive Beetles (Aethina tumida) in Three Native Alabama Soils Under Low Moisture Conditions
(2020-07-17)
The overall goal of this work was to determine the efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) on Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera:Nitidulidae) small hive beetle (SHB) in different soil types under low moisture conditions ...
Numerical Simulations of Conservation Laws in Random Heterogeneous Media
(2020-07-17)
Conservation laws play an important role in many areas of natural science. When we design numerical schemes for conservation laws, we usually assume that initial data and flux function (the rate of change of quantity of ...
Evaluation of Extra-Phosphoric Effects of Phytase on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Phytate Degradation, Plasma Inositol Concentrations, Gene Expression of Hypothalamic Appetite Hormones, and Catecholamine Concentrations in Broiler Production
(2020-07-17)
Phytase is an enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of phytate at the carbon-phosphate linkage. Commonly, phytase is added in poultry diets at 500 to 1,000 phytase units (FTU)/kg to liberate phosphorus from phytate. However, ...
Improving Forage Systems Viability for Beef Cow-Calf Pairs in the Southeast US
(2020-07-17)
Improvement of grazing and nutritional management strategies in warm-season perennial forage systems in the Southeast US can lead to more efficient and sustainable cattle operations. Extending the grazing season, improving ...