Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Tackling disease and denials: The image repair strategies of the National Football League’s response to CTE and concussions
(2020-04-17)
This study discusses the National Football League’s (NFL) response campaign to concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) primarily focusing on the response during the tenure of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. ...
What strategies do principals in highly effective elementary schools utilize to foster teacher leadership, from both the principal and teacher leader perspective?
(2020-04-17)
The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies used by elementary school principals, in highly effective schools, to foster teacher leadership. This study examined teacher leadership from both the principal and ...
Optimization of Off-grid Photovoltaic Systems
(2020-04-17)
Among various renewable energy sources, solar energy is considered one of the most effective solutions because it is abundant, eco-friendly, sustainable energy resources to address the energy shortage of the present and ...
Special Educator Preparation: Are We Preparing Candidates who Possess the Dispositions to be Effective Educators for Diverse Learners?
(2020-04-17)
Considerable debate continues in the field of educator preparation regarding how to ensure candidates possess critical teaching dispositions upon program completion. Despite considerable evidence that teachers who do not ...
Towards Urban Sustainability: Stormwater Management & Solar Power Potential of Auburn University Campus, AL.
(2020-04-16)
‘Sustainability’ is a big concern these days, since it seeks environmental protection, social development, and at the same time ensuring economic development. Now people are more aware of long-term viability of earth, their ...
The Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Low Back Pain During and After a Military Foot March and Foot March Performance
(2020-04-16)
Background: Military foot marches are a critical part of operational missions and military training. However, increases in load carriage weight has increased the amount of musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) sustained. MSI from ...
Potential Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Virulent Aeromonas hydrophila in Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus
(2020-04-16)
Aeromonas hydrophila are Gram-negative bacteria ubiquitous in freshwater ecosystems. A. hydrophila are opportunistic pathogens with a broad host range that includes mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. ...
The Role of Communication and Social Skills in Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
(2020-04-16)
The purpose of the current investigation was to explore the educational missions and priorities of postsecondary education (PSE) programs for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), where and how communication and ...
Epidemiology of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, causal agent of Sclerotinia Stem Rot, on SE US Brassica carinata
(2020-04-16)
Brassica carinata is a non-food oil seed crop currently being introduced to the Southeast US as a winter crop. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, causal agent of Sclerotinia Stem Rot (SSR) in oilseed brassicas, is the disease of ...
Sensemaking, Screenwriting, and Transgressive Women: Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Career Sensemaking in the Male-Dominated Screenwriting Industry
(2020-04-15)
Screenwriting is a creative industry characterized by a high level of male-dominance
within the broader male-dominated Hollywood landscape. As a result, many women who pursue
careers in screenwriting find themselves ...
Cherokees, Creeks, and Charlestonians: The Colonial World of James Grant, 1757-1771
(2020-04-15)
The following study provides a revisionist interpretation of the career of James Grant, an officer in the British army during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), and subsequently governor of the new colony of East Florida ...
Integrated management strategies for plant-parasitic nematodes on warm-season turfgrass using plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, chemical nematicides, and remote sensing technology
(2020-04-15)
Plant-parasitic nematodes are a major pathogen of turfgrass throughout the United States, yet management strategies rely almost entirely on a limited number of chemical nematicides. The overall objective of this research ...
The Business of Love: Managing the Challenges of Legitimizing the Work of the Babysitter
(2020-04-15)
This thesis examines how babysitters construct their work as being more or less real work. I argue that babysitters construct their work as being both real and not real at the same time. In some ways, the work is real, ...
Visual signal detection as a measure for sustained attention and short-term remembering in mice exposed to methylmercury during adolescence
(2020-04-14)
Developmental methylmercury (MeHg) exposure is known to alter dopamine-mediated behavior associated with the prefrontal cortex. Exposure may be associated with symptoms of ADHD, such as inattention and impaired memory, ...
Digital Simulation and Recreation of a Vacuum Tube Guitar Amp
(2020-04-14)
This thesis presents the process of designing, building, and testing a system that will be referred to herein as the Digital Guitar Amplifier. The Digital Guitar Amplifier is a real time digital audio signal processing ...
Graduate Student Burnout and Cynicism: Examining the Effects of Student Co-Rumination and Need for Cognition
(2020-04-14)
Life for graduate students can be challenging, as they must find some way to balance their academic demands with other areas of their lives. Attempting to find such a balance only increases the stress that graduate students ...
Rechargeable N-halamine Modified Antimicrobial Latex, Epoxy, and Polyurethane Coating on Different Materials
(2020-04-14)
N-halamines are effective antimicrobial agents with good stability, rechargeability, nontoxicity and low costs. They have been applied in many fields, such as the food industry and the textile industry. The object of this ...
Motivations of Chinese/Japanese/Korean Language Learners and their Relationship to Pedagogical Preferences
(2020-04-14)
The purpose of this study was to examine motivations of Asian Language learners, their pedagogical preferences in terms of classroom structures and activities in U.S. higher education setting, and their relationship based ...
The Impact of Precipitation and Temperature on Honey Yield in the United States
(2020-04-14)
This thesis examines what effect climatic factors such as precipitation, maximum temperature levels, and minimum temperature levels throughout the U.S., have on honey yield. Using Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) survey data ...
The Effects of Video Modeling as a Reading Intervention Strategy with Students with Deficits in Reading
(2020-04-13)
This study investigated the effects of using video self-modeling as an intervention strategy to improve the oral reading fluency of students with and without disabilities with a descriptive look at its impact on reading ...