Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Evaluating High Tunnel and Field Performance of Early Ripening Blueberry Cultivars in Central Alabama
(2023-11-22)
Rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium virgatum) predominantly makes up blueberry production in Alabama. These blueberries typically ripen later in the season toward the end of May and June when market prices are low. Production ...
Magmatic Processes and Conditions of Ashikule Volcanic Cluster, NW Tibetan Plateau
(2023-11-21)
Although magmatism at mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones are reasonably well understood, our understanding of magmatic processes beneath thick continental plateaus is lacking. On the northwestern Tibetan Plateau, the ...
The Role and Reputation of Government Research Organizations in State Policymaking
(2023-11-17)
This research explores the role and reputation of state-level nonprofit policy research organizations, which are members of the Government Research Association (GRA). The research traces the development of municipal research ...
Democratic Community in Public K-12 Schools in Alabama
(2023-11-17)
In many schools today, there is low teacher morale amongst faculty. One way to increase morale is to implement democratic community within schools where teachers can have a sense of belonging and collaborating to educate ...
A GPS L1 and Cellular 4G LTE Vector Tracking Software-Defined Receiver
(2023-11-17)
In this thesis, a traditional GPS L1 vector tracking receiver is augmented with cellular 4G LTE channels. The hybrid receiver can acquire and track GPS L1 and LTE signals simultaneously in an extended Kalman filter-based ...
Impact of climate change on schedule irrigation events for organic tomato production
(2023-11-17)
This study aimed to evaluate the use of irrigation scheduling strategies to enhance irrigation management in organic tomato production, and to analyze the effect of climate change on tomato crops in Alabama through the use ...
Invincible Arrows: Soviet Development and Global Cold War Proliferation of Strela-2/2M Shoulder-Fired Surface-to-Air Missile Technology, 1956-1988
(2023-11-17)
This dissertation offers a comprehensive technological history of the Soviet Strela-2 shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile from 1956 to 1988. Part I analyzes the origins of the Strela-2 program in the Soviet Military ...
Dynamics of Crop Production and Greenhouse Gas Balance in a Changing Environment: Data-Driven Systems Approach for Sustainable Agriculture in the United States
(2023-11-17)
Contemporary agriculture faces multiple pressing challenges, particularly feeding a growing world population and mitigating climate change. During the past several decades, climate change has significantly impacted crop ...
Effect of Processing Gas on melt pool Dynamics and Microstructure of 316L SS in L-PBF Process
(2023-11-16)
Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-BPF) is an emerging Additive Manufacturing field that allows rapid prototyping of parts with any geometrical complexity directly from a CAD file. This technology established itself as one of the ...
Bacteriophages as a Sustainable Food Safety Approach for Vegetable Production in Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems
(2023-11-15)
Vegetables have frequently been contaminated with Salmonella enterica, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes. Food safety concerns have boosted interest in controlled environmental agriculture (CEA) systems, ...
Influencing the Spread of Prison Menstrual Laws: A Three Essay Analysis of Prison Menstrual Legislation
(2023-11-15)
With the growth of women in prison reaching immense rates, states and their response to the unique needs of women prisoners are critical. Understanding what factors influence states to pass prison menstrual laws can inform ...
Beyond The Accuracy In Deep Learning: Robustness, Privacy and Fairness
(2023-11-15)
While Deep Learning (DL) has achieved great success across various domains, its trustworthiness
remains a concern. This dissertation delves into threats associated with robustness,
privacy, and fairness, offering novel ...
USE OF HIGH PROTEIN DISTILLER'S DRIED GRAIN AS AN ALTERNATIVE INGREDIENT IN PRACTICAL DIETS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES (Ictalurus punctatus, Litopenaeus vannamei and Oreochromis niloticus)
(2023-11-15)
Increasing worldwide competition and shifts in demand, technological advancements, and innovative research findings are triggering the ingredient manufacturing industry to include modified processing technologies and novel ...
What’s Your BAC (Bystander Alcohol Check-in)? A Pilot Intervention to Prevent Violence by Reducing Alcohol Consumption of Potential Bystanders
(2023-11-15)
Sexual violence and heavy drinking co-occur for young adult university students. Most university-level interventions target either sexual violence or heavy drinking, but no effective interventions address both. This study ...
Development of an Actively-Cooled Imaging System for Embedded Optical Measurements in High-Speed Flows
(2023-11-15)
High speed airbreathing propulsion systems have become increasingly complex with the development of hypersonic scramjet engines. Analysis of scramjet flow structures is difficult due to extreme thermal environments and ...
Going Postal: A Comparative Analysis of Workplace Mass Shooters as Insider Threats
(2023-11-15)
This research analyzes the overlap of behavioral indicators in workplace mass shooters and insider threats. To do so, it addresses four questions on perpetrator disclosure, signs of being in a crisis or under stress, the ...
Development of conducting polymer-based composites for flexible gas sensor devices
(2023-11-10)
In the realm of gas sensing technologies, there has been a remarkable upswing in demand for sensors that are not only flexible and wearable but also versatile, able to monitor a variety of environmental markers from pollutant ...
PREDICTING THE BREAKING DORMANCY AND THE TRANSITION OF FLORAL BUD PROGRESSION FOR THREE PEACH CULTIVARS (Prunus persica (L.))
(2023-11-09)
Phenological changes have been observed in peaches during the last decades caused by the seasonal variability in climate conditions mainly experienced during dormancy, consequently affecting crop management practices, ...
Taxonomy, systematics, and life cycle of digeneans (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting freshwater fishes
(2023-11-08)
This dissertation is structured in 7 chapters. In the dissertation, I described 4 new digenean
species and redescribed 3 species belonging to 7 genera of 5 families, erected 1 new genus,
resurrected and emended the ...
The impact of emotion (dys)regulation on eating disorder outcomes: A longitudinal examination in a residential eating disorder treatment facility
(2023-11-08)
Eating disorders (ED’s) are a complex set of disorders associated with a high rate of comorbidities and innumerable deleterious outcomes (e.g., medical complications, high rates of death by suicide). The complexities of ...