Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Drought Management Plans in Major Cities of the Southeastern U.S. v. Western U.S.
(2019-04-23)
The severe drought conditions impacting California and the Western United States over the last several years have led to greater awareness of the consequences of water scarcity and the need for effective drought policy. ...
An Approach to Assist Designers Collaborating with Scientific Researchers towards the Development of Experimental Tools and Practices
(2019-04-23)
Since consumer experience shifts from mass consumption to context and personalization consumption, we are now focusing on the ecosystem of services, experience and solution instead of only paying attention to the product ...
To Comply or Not To Comply? That Is Not The Question: A Multi-Content Analysis of Title IX Policies at Historically Black Land Grant Universities
(2019-04-23)
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While Title IX is directed towards the prevention of discrimination ...
Computational Methods for Evaluation of Protein Structural Models
(2019-04-23)
Proteins are essential parts of organisms and participate in virtually every process within the cells. The function of a protein is closely related to its structure than to its amino acid sequence. Hence, the study of the ...
Design Guidelines for the Application of Product Semantics
(2019-04-23)
This paper features a comprehensive review of the concepts and procedures of product semantics, as well as a historical account of how this field of study has evolved, from an observation of signs and symbols to a larger ...
An Experimental Study of the Propagation of Equivalence Ratio Oscillations on their Effect on Combustion Instabilities
(2019-04-23)
Lean premixed combustors have become a promising method in gas turbine engines to operate more efficiently and within the regulatory standards for emissions. However, this lean premixed operation is susceptible to combustion ...
Numerical Simulations of the Fourth Avenue Landslide Considering Cyclic Softening
(2019-04-23)
Cyclic softening of fine grained soils has led to significant infrastructure damage in previous earthquakes. Despite this, methods to evaluate the potential deformations due to cyclic softening are not as well developed ...
Guidelines for Designing Stressful Emotion Relief Toys for Adults
(2019-04-23)
Nowadays, the rapid development of society not only fulfill people’s material needs and allow them to focus more on their spiritual needs, but also stress people out. Stressful emotion relief toys are noticed by more and ...
Why a Diamond Means Forever: The Creation of the Diamond Engagement Ring Tradition in the United States, 1939-1996
(2019-04-23)
In 1947 “a diamond is forever” became the official slogan of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited and is to date one of the most recognizable slogans in the history of American advertising. This dissertation utilizes ...
Approaches for Improving Viability of Blue Catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, Stem Cells and Embryo Production of Channel Catfish, I. punctatus, Female × Blue Catfish Male Hybrids through Xenogenesis
(2019-04-23)
The hybrid channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, female × blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, male possesses superior characteristics such as faster growth rate, higher survival rate, better disease resistance and low oxygen ...
The Effectiveness of the Augmented Reality Sandbox for Improving Spatial Thinking in Undergraduates
(2019-04-23)
Spatial reasoning ability is a necessary skill for success in any of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) domains. Research suggests that spatial thinking ability and exposure to opportunities aimed ...
Patterns of Budget Agent Interaction as Indicators of Internal Transparency in the Budget Processes of Three Southeastern States: A Step Toward Normative Budget Theory
(2019-04-23)
The budget process in any state is more than the structural hierarchy, budget calendars and procedures, and the technical preferences of the day, it is also a network of budget agents interacting to complete the budget. ...
Bridging the gap between Academic Research and Public Perception of Natural Hazard Risk
(2019-04-23)
Natural Hazards are a common but regularly misunderstood problem in our world. Researchers have training to understand the processes and risks of natural hazards to better understand how climate related hazards develop and ...
Uranyl Sensing and Extracting Using Salen-base Quinoxalinol Ligands
(2019-04-23)
In spite of infamous nuclear accidents, the increasing need for low cost, reliable
energy with low greenhouse emission makes the use of nuclear power an attractive
option. Unfortunately, the nuclear fuel cycle produces ...
An Approach of Applying Abstract Art in Furniture Design for Mass Customization
(2019-04-23)
This thesis defined abstract art, and study about art genres, the relationship with furniture design movements, the furniture components, mass customization and modular design process. Then conclude a way for designers to ...
Synthesis, Analytical Profiles and Receptor Pharmacology of Methoxylated Derivatives and Regioisomers of the NBOMe series of Hallucinogenic Drugs
(2019-04-23)
The potential for designer analogue development in the NBOMe series of drugs of abuse
is very high based on the methods used to synthesize this class of compounds, and the availability
of a wide variety of precursor ...
CZTS (Cu2ZnSnS4) photocathode for solar energy conversion and storage
(2019-04-23)
Sunlight provides abundant, renewable energy on earth’s surface. Photoelectrochemical photovoltaic cells (PEPC) are one of the most convenient ways to capture this solar energy and convert into electricity. Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) ...
Explicit and Implicit Instruction of Discourse Markers to Heritage Speakers of Spanish
(2019-04-22)
The controversy of using Explicit and Implicit Instruction is widely discussed in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). SLA research generally addresses more salient linguistic elements, than less noticeable ones, ...
Influence of Silane Additive Agent on the Polymer-Based Dielectric Material
(2019-04-22)
The dielectric material, a kind of material whose polarization will change with the applied external electric field. With the development of technology, there comes a higher requirement for energy storage material. For the ...
Superconducting Digital Logic Families Using Quantum Phase-slip Junctions
(2019-04-22)
Superconducting electronics based computing is being actively pursued as an alternative to CMOS-based computing for high performance computing due to their inherent advantages such as low-power and high switching speed. ...