Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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DNA-based Proximity Assays for Biomarker Detection Using Fluorescence and Electrochemistry with Improved Performance through Probe Flexibility
(2023-04-27)
Detection of biomarkers is important in understanding the mechanisms underlying a disease and developing therapeutics for treatment and cure. Although there are several sensitive and specific analytical techniques revolving ...
Solvated electron precursors: a computational approach to the development of novel catalysts from gas-phase to condensed-phase
(2023-04-27)
The solvated electron precursor (SEP) is a complex consisting of a positively charged metal core, Mn+, surrounded by sufficient ligands, L, whose coordination leads to n number of valence electrons being displaced from the ...
Using Virtual Reality to Measure Working Memory Performance and Evaluate the Effect of the Degree of Immersion on Working Memory Performance
(2023-04-27)
Virtual Reality is becoming prevalent in our society today in various industries like entertainment, education, health, manufacturing, and communications. It allows one to visualize almost any object or go anywhere and ...
Ecology of crayfishes in the Ozark Highlands ecoregion of Oklahoma
(2023-04-27)
Crayfishes aid in the transfer of nutrients through aquatic ecosystems and are prey to
many aquatic and terrestrial species. Although their importance in ecosystem dynamics is
generally well recognized, information ...
“Workers United Will Never Be Defeated:” The Communicative Constitution of BAmazon on Twitter
(2023-04-27)
A unionizing effort that has gained attention in recent years is that of Amazon warehouse workers organizing in Bessemer, AL, known as BAmazon. Using a qualitative content analysis of 100 tweets, this study investigates ...
The Value of Talent Recruitment: Analyzing the Impact of Ethnic Campus Diversity and Social Movements in College Football Recruiting
(2023-04-27)
Many U.S. higher education institutions compete for top talent in academics, administration, and athletics. Particularly college football is a major business and marketing tool for promoting the university to current and ...
Green TEAM: Surface-Initiated Free Radical Polymerization of Tethered Electrolyte Active-Layer Membranes
(2023-04-27)
The recovery of valuable species like lithium and uranium is of growing importance as we turn toward sustainable energy sources. Nanofiltration (NF) membranes are of growing interest as potential candidates for tackling ...
Exploring Novel Influenza Vaccine Strategies in the Swine Model: Along With New Potential Come New Challenges
(2023-04-27)
Influenza A virus (IAV) is a highly contagious respiratory pathogen that constitutes a significant threat to global public and animal health. Unremitting antigenic variation of IAV strains not only results in immune evasion ...
Visual and Vocal Expression in Traditional Choirs: An Explanatory-Sequential, Mixed-Methods Design
(2023-04-27)
The purpose of this study was to examine choir director perceptions of vocal and visual
expression, determine what constitutes visual and vocal expression, and more concretely define
what vocal and visual expression are ...
In Vivo Quantitative MRI of Hemodynamics, Endothelial Function, and Metabolites
(2023-04-27)
Magnetic resonance (MR) hemodynamic imaging involves the study of vascular blood circulation. The regulation of tissue oxygenation depends directly on the regulation of blood flow. Impaired blood flow, oxygen supply, oxygen ...
Numerical approaches to investigate small bodies’ properties in their structure and surface with case studies
(2023-04-27)
Asteroids, comets, and Kuiper-belt objects (aka. Small bodies) can tell us essential information to understand their evolutionary history and advance the history of our solar system. Since the currently available data on ...
Food Spending Among Low-Income Consumers: the Effects of the SNAP Cycle and Seasonality on Purchases and Produce Incentive Use
(2023-04-27)
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance benefits to low-income households. Participants in SNAP face both a cyclical and seasonal struggle when it comes to maintaining enough food ...
From Edge to Equipment: Design and Implementation of a Machine-Learning-Enabled Smart Manufacturing System
(2023-04-27)
In smart manufacturing, data management systems are built with a multi-layer architecture, in which the most significant layers are the edge and cloud layers. The edge layer, not surprisingly, renders support to data ...
The Total Fiscal Effects Index (T.F.E.I.). Building a Dependent Variable to Gauge the Long-Term Fiscal Consequences of Using Economic Discretionary Incentives Packages to Lure Businesses: The Auburn, Huntsville, Montgomery, and Mobile Cases
(2023-04-27)
Discretionary economic incentives have been a policy tool widely used by local governments to bring business to their jurisdictions to create jobs and foster economic development. However, businesses have managed to pit ...
Growth performance, survival, blood chemistry, and immune gene expression of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fed probiotic-supplemented diets
(2023-04-27)
The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) farming industry is the largest and one of the oldest aquaculture industries in the United States. Despite being an established industry, production issues stemming from disease ...
Forest Inventory and Grassland Restoration Planning of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama
(2023-04-27)
Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is the largest landholding in the Tennessee River Valley of Alabama, encompassing 36,000 acres. This region was once dominated by expansive savannas, largely dominated by oak (Quercus spp.) and pines ...
Stress in Alabama’s Education Employees: Intensity, Manifestation, Connection to Turnover Intentions, and Alleviation Techniques
(2023-04-27)
Schools across America are filled with educators who are skilled in their craft but stressed with their work, which is leading to alarming rates of burnout, turnover, and attrition. Much of the existing professional ...
Using remote sensing to detect indicator species of tidal influence along the lower Apalachicola River, Florida
(2023-04-27)
Wetlands are an important part of coastal ecosystems for the multiple services they
provide, including erosion control, water quality, and wildlife habitat. With the threat of rising
sea levels, it is important to ...
Race and the John Birch Society
(2023-04-27)
This dissertation aims to uncover why the John Birch Society, since its early beginnings, has carried the label racist when the JBS firmly maintains it never considered race. While it could be that the JBS leadership has ...
Examination and Evaluation of the Persistence of Virulent Aeromonas hydrophila, Edwardsiella ictaluri and Flavobacterium covae Within the Sediments of West Alabama Commercial Catfish Ponds
(2023-04-26)
The three most prevalent bacterial pathogens responsible for channel (Ictalurus punctatus) and hybrid [♀ channel catfish (I. punctatus) × ♂ blue catfish (I. furcatus)] catfish losses are virulent Aeromonas hydrophila (vAh), ...