Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Giant Janus Liposomes: Preparation, Self-Assembly and Motion
(2020-07-17)
Presented in this Dissertation are a series of studies on Janus liposomes, their formation,
self-assembly and motion behaviors. Liposomes are closed, spherical lipid bilayer assemblies
dispersed in water. Since their ...
Exploration of the Anti-biofilm Effects of Fish Antimicrobial Peptides Against Common Aquaculture Pathogens
(2020-07-17)
Aquaculture’s rapid growth and commercialization has been accompanied by increased spread of fish-related diseases that threaten aquaculture’s production capabilities. Diseases caused by Gram-negative bacteria such as, ...
Establishment of a Model to Evaluate the Effects of Antibiotic-Free Programs on Intestinal Development and Local Immune Response in the Small Intestine of Broiler Chickens
(2020-07-17)
In the United States, consumption of chicken has doubled in recent years, making it an important protein source for American families. Recently, the broiler industry has begun to shift away from the use of antibiotic growth ...
Profitability in Marketing Bred Heifers in Alabama
(2020-07-17)
In 2018, the inventory of cattle in the United States was of 94,298,000, from which almost the 7% (6,260,000) came from the Southeast (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee) (USDA-NASS). Most cattle producers in ...
Maternal Immune Activation Alters Behavior of Adult Offspring: Sex-Dependent Impairment and Attenuation by Glycan
(2020-07-17)
The developing fetus is exceptionally sensitive to insult. Perturbation during this critical period of development can have lasting effects throughout offspring lifespan. Viral infection and obesity are insults that ...
Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Municipal Sludge and Biocrude Upgrading Using Carinata Oil
(2020-07-17)
Crude oil is a finite resource. Due to an advancement in technology, it is now possible to produce petroleum from very tight and hard reservoir formations. However, the global outcry towards the adoption of sustainable and ...
Exploration of 3D Phage-Based Biomolecular Filter for Filtration of Foodborne Pathogens in Large Volume of Liquid Streams
(2020-07-16)
A three-dimensional phage-based biomolecular filter (3D filter) was designed and developed to capture, concentrate, and isolate foodborne pathogens from large volume of liquid streams with high throughput, such as liquid ...
Timberland Dynamics and Hunting Demand: Special Reference to Alabama
(2020-07-16)
Alabama’s rural lands are experiencing changing trends over the years. During the past few decades, the state has experienced dramatic land use and land cover as well as timberland changes due to rapid economic and population ...
Roles, Relationships, and Power: The Patterns of Knowledge Co-Construction in an Online Educational Leadership Course
(2020-07-16)
Social interaction is an essential component of learning, but the online learning environment presents challenges to creating meaningful interactions (Palloff & Pratt, 2003; Simonsen, 2015). Researchers have long sought ...
Mental Models and Institutional Change in the U.S. Air Force from the Cold War through the Gulf War
(2020-07-16)
Following more than twenty years of debate, and after a bitter fight for independence from the Army, the United States Air Force was established as separate military service on September 18, 1947. The following spring, ...
Analysis of Manufactured Home Vulnerability in Extreme Winds
(2020-07-16)
Fatality rates are higher in mobile and manufactured homes (MMH) than in permanent site-built homes during tornadoes. The physical processes driving the enhanced fatality rates have not been fully explored, but must be ...
Three Essays on Time Series Forecasting with Big Data
(2020-07-16)
In the first chapter, we propose factor-based out of sample forecasting models for US dollar real exchange rates. We estimate latent common factors employing an array of data dimensionality reduction approaches that include ...
Cloning and characterization of novel ccdc103 interactors
(2020-07-16)
Coiled-coil domain containing protein 103 is a homodimeric protein that functions as a dynein attachment factor in motile cilia. Ccdc103 defects in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos lead to paralyzed motile cilia, pronephric ...
The Cybersecurity Preparedness of Local Election Offices: Influences, Challenges, and the Intergovernmental Perspective
(2020-07-16)
Recent events have heightened concerns over the cybersecurity of US elections. In the decentralized US election system, counties and municipalities have primary responsibility for election administration. Therefore, ...
General Education Teachers’ Attitudes and Beliefs about Response to Intervention Implementation: An Elicitation Study
(2020-07-15)
Response to Intervention/Instruction (RtI) has been implemented in schools for several years. The framework varies slightly from state to state and district to district. It also varies from school to school within school ...
Air-Water Interface Flows in Pipe Emptying
(2020-07-15)
Pipe emptying is an important component of water supply operations. Pipes can be drained as a scheduled operation preceding maintenance, flushed for health reasons or they may empty as a result of an accidental break causing ...
Comparison of Tensile Strength and Early Healing of Self-Locking and Surgeon’s Knots for Closure of Ventral Midline Celiotomy in Horses
(2020-07-15)
Characteristics of surgical closure are associated with incisional complications. The surgical knot has been shown to be the weakest point of the suture line. Self-locking knots, such as the forwarder (F) and Aberdeen (A) ...
Development of Self-Degrading 3D Printed Polymer Matrix Composites via Moisture Absorption Evaluation
(2020-07-15)
Polymer degradation is a change in properties such as strength, color, shape, of a polymer or polymer-based material due to the effect of one or more environmental factors. These factors include heat, light or chemicals ...
Engineering Word Overlap to Enhance Specific Fluency Gains Over Repeated Readings
(2020-07-15)
This study explored the effects of repeated readings with and without word overlap (repeated content words across readings) to test the centrality of word-reading automaticity in fluency. Participants worked in both ...
Products of positive definite symplectic matrices
(2020-07-15)
We show that every symplectic matrix is a product of five positive definite symplectic
matrices and five is the best in the sense that there are symplectic matrices which are not product
of less.