Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Synthesis of Ceria Nanomaterials to Enhance Catalytic Activity of CO Oxidation
(2019-11-14)
This thesis represents a comparative study of a series of ceria nanomaterials towards CO oxidation. Ceria particles were synthesized using microwave-assisted hydrothermal and one-step solvothermal methods, and ceria ...
A Simulation Study to Improve Customer Waiting Time in Concessions at Jordan-Hare Stadium
(2019-11-13)
Attendance of college football, as well as other live events, has been dwindling for years. To enhance the fan experience, many stadiums have been investing on renovations such as installing larger screens, and building ...
Nanofiber Inclusion and Fiber Pore Volume Potential to Affect Fundamental Filtration of NaCl Aerosols
(2019-11-12)
Sea salt aerosols are generated when the high-speed vessels travelling in the ocean collide with white caps from wake or bow of the ships. These aerosols have salt particulates ranging from 0.1 to 10 microns. These high-speed ...
Impact on Student Academic Performance of a Self-Directed Primer E-Book in a Follow-On Organic Chemistry Course
(2019-11-11)
Retention of knowledge from school courses has long been a concern of educators and administrators. Bahrick (1979) offered the general sentiment that “much of the information acquired in classrooms is lost soon after final ...
How will changes in Title II of the 2018 Farm Bill affect CRP Acreage?
(2019-11-11)
The 2018 Farm Bill, added new regulations under its conservation title that have made changes to various conservation programs. For the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) rental payments have been lowered to 85% of the ...
Community-Based Research: A Mixed Methods Study of the Influence of Community Educators’ Efficacy Beliefs, Program Attitudes, and Fidelity Intention on Practice
(2019-11-07)
Although the availability of evidence-based prevention and health promotion programs is on the rise, there is still much to learn about these programs once they are disseminated at the community level and in diverse ...
Selected Factors in High Schools that Affect Employment Status
(2019-11-04)
This study examined the anticipated impact of workforce education efforts and the use of career pathways for young adults during secondary and postsecondary years of education and into the workforce for all socioeconomic ...
Practical diets for Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei utilizing alternative ingredients
(2019-10-31)
Global shrimp production has steadily increased and is currently one of the primary users of fishmeal (FM). At the same time, Global fishmeal supply has reached a plateau, with demand still continuing to increase resulting ...
Topramezone for bermudagrass control and mitigation of seashore paspalum and creeping bentgrass injury with additive products
(2019-10-28)
Methods for managing bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) invasion of seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Sw.) are limited. In 2016 and 2017, a field study at Auburn University evaluated ‘Tifway’ bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon ...
Test Methods and Reliability Modeling of Electronic Assemblies under High-G Shock
(2019-10-28)
Electronic systems and sub-assemblies undergo a myriad of stresses during operation in their lifetime. Electronics in consumer, aerospace and defense industries increasingly use commercial-off-the-shelf components in their ...
Use of Anova Asphalt Rejuvenator and Balanced Mix Design Principle to Improve the Performance of High-RAP Asphalt Mixtures
(2019-10-22)
The use of recycled materials like Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) in asphalt mixtures is now a common practice with associated economic, social, and environmental benefits. However, asphalt mixture performance issues, ...
Abundance and Diversity of Urban Ant Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Water Relations of the Kudzu Bug (Hemiptera: Plataspidae)
(2019-10-22)
Insect pests are heterogeneous group of organisms characterized by the fact that they damage or otherwise adversely affect people or their property. These insects cause pain, annoyance, disfigurement, emotional distress, ...
Reliability Modeling of Microelectronic Interconnections in Long-term Applications
(2019-10-17)
Solder alloy materials are used to form mechanical and electrical connections between printed circuit boards and electronic components. Enhancing the reliability of electronic assemblies is mostly dependent on the reliability ...
On the Machine Illusion
(2019-10-14)
In this work, we empirically study an emerging problem in the machine learning community, i.e., the adversarial samples. Specifically, we focus on the discussion within the realm of neural networks. The existence of ...
Effects of Piperazine Derivatives on Hippocampal and Dopaminergic Neurotransmission
(2019-10-08)
Designer Drugs are a group of psychoactive substances synthesized from chemicals to emulate the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic actions of widely used substances of abuse. A minor modification of the chemical structure ...
An Examination of the Influence of Nursing Resources and Policies on Care Quality Outcomes
(2019-10-07)
The nursing shortage has become a top priority in the evaluation of health care quality outcomes. The issue is confirmed by the combination of public availability of care quality ratings in both hospitals and nursing homes ...
Infectious Bronchitis Virus-Host Interaction: Viral Spike Protein Cell/Tissue Binding Specificity and Immune Responses
(2019-10-03)
The coronavirus avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes a highly contagious disease in chickens affecting the respiratory tract and, depending on virus strains, reproductive and urogenital tracts. Strains are ...
Too Stressed to Sleep: Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity and Sleep in Adolescents
(2019-09-27)
The purpose of the present study was to investigate relations between autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactivity across its parasympathetic and sympathetic branches and multiple sleep parameters in adolescence. Participants ...
Patient-Centric Facility Design for Physical Rehabilitation Hospitals
(2019-09-25)
This dissertation presents two novel models for solving the facility layout problem in a physical rehabilitation hospital. The first model solves the block layout problem, where the relative location and size of the ...
Assessing Barriers and Increasing Use of Immunization Information Systems in Pharmacies: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(2019-09-19)
The role of pharmacists as immunization providers is increasingly common. However, as the number of providers administering vaccines increases, there is a concern of fragmented immunization records in state and regional ...