Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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On demand feeding and the response of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) to varying dietary protein levels in semi-intensive pond production.
(2022-11-29)
Feed is one of the primary costs associated with commercial production of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaus vannamei). The cost is the combined outcome of feed cost and feed management. As feeding technology evolves, ...
An Economic Evaluation of Variable Rate Irrigation for Alabama Corn and Soybean Production
(2022-11-29)
The variable rate application of production inputs is a method used by row crop producers to save money and resources. However, this technology comes at a substantial investment cost. This includes the capital investment ...
A ‘Concentrate-&-Degrade’ Technology for Cost-Effective Adsorption and Photodegradation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Municipal Landfill Leachate
(2022-11-29)
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that have been widely used in industry and daily consumer products. Due to the wide application of these products and their recalcitrant nature ...
Survey of feed mills around the United States for select bacterial pathogens
(2022-11-29)
Feed and feed ingredients are one of the principal sources of microbial contamination in the animal production industry and contamination may occur at any time during growing, harvesting, processing, manufacturing, storage, ...
Technology Acceptance in the Manufacturing Environment
(2022-11-29)
Employee technology acceptance is an important consideration for any manufacturing organization interested in implementing new technology in the workplace. Industry 4.0 introduces new technologies that can significantly ...
Elucidate the Neuro-Pharmacodynamic Actions of 3-Hydroxypterostilbene
(2022-11-29)
Pterostilbene (dimethyl ether analog of resveratrol) is a metabolically stable natural bioactive and has exhibited substantial pharmacological activities. 3-Hydroxypterostilbene is a natural pterostilbene analog and an ...
Unravelling the genetic mechanisms for target spot resistance in soybean
(2022-11-29)
Soybean production has grown over the years and has become one of the main crops in the world. Biotic stress is an obstacle to soybean production, and developing resistant varieties is one of the major focuses of soybean ...
Alternate Futures: British Speculative Fiction and the Politics of Progress Between the Huxleys
(2022-11-29)
Alternate Futures examines the development of speculative fiction in British literature alongside the rise of the two-cultures debate in the late nineteenth century. When Matthew Arnold and Thomas Huxley debated the most ...
Non-Enzymatic Paper-based Urea Sensor with Hierarchical NiO Catalysts
(2022-11-29)
Urea has attracted attention because of its various potential applications, such as hydrogen production, fuel cells, fertilizers, and electrochemical sensors. Furthermore, as an end-product of human metabolism, urea is ...
Prescribed Fire Effects on Soil Properties and Nutrient Dynamics in a Longleaf Pine Forested Wetland Watershed
(2022-11-29)
In a geographically isolated wetland (GIW) area, located in Georgia, longleaf pine forests have been experiencing frequent rotational prescribed burning for more than 10 years. In general, because wetlands provide ecosystem ...
Immune-Associated Chronic Inflammation: Biological Responses Between Endothelial Cells and T Cells Following Treatment with Thymus vulgaris and Eugenia caryophyllata Essential Oils
(2022-11-29)
Chronic inflammation is associated with autoimmune disorders and chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Prolonged interaction between circulating leukocytes (CD4+ T cells) and microvasculature ...
An Urban Forest Inventory at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama
(2022-11-29)
Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is a United States Army Post in Huntsville, Alabama. To promote RSA’s management goals, an urban forest inventory was conducted to make good land management decisions in urban areas and maintain ...
Role of muscle satellite cells in the Wooden Breast broiler chicken meat quality defect
(2022-11-29)
The poultry industry has made improvements in nutrition, genetic selection, and management to improve broiler chicken growth performance and breast meat yield. However, these observed increases in performance have been ...
A new methodology to measure internal particle size in pellets and to quantify the degree of grinding during pelleting
(2022-11-29)
Grinding and pelleting are the major costs during feed production. Previous research has shown that ingredients’ particle size can influence poultry performance, organ development, and nutrient digestibility. Particle ...
Optimizing in vitro culture conditions for broiler chicken Pectoralis major muscle satellite cells
(2022-11-29)
There is growing interest in understanding how muscle-specific stem cells, or satellite cells (SC), contribute to post-hatch skeletal muscle growth of broiler chickens and their potential role in the development of breast ...
MACHINE LEARNING BASED MINERAL CHARACTERIZATION FROM PORE TO CORE SCALE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GEOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY
(2022-11-29)
Geological formations have great potential for large-scale carbon sequestration to reduce the net rate of increase in atmospheric CO2. In these systems, CO2 is injected into formations and mineralized through geochemical ...
Design of Sustainable Materials by the Transformation of Biorefinery Derived Waste Biomass into Biobased Polymeric Resins: Synthesis, Characterization, Applications
(2022-11-29)
Polymeric resins (PRs) are one of the most versatile materials, with a wide range of application fields. However, the synthesis of these polymeric resins predominantly relies on the precursor derived from the petroleum ...
The Effects of Lean Manufacturing on Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
(2022-11-29)
The association between Lean Manufacturing (LM) and occupational safety and ergonomics (S/E) is a widely disputed topic in scientific literature. This study attempts to add clarity to this controversial relationship through ...
Do structural and compositional shifts in mixed pine-oak forests alter fuels and fire behavior?
(2022-11-29)
The lack of fire disturbances throughout the 20th century has contributed to forest
structural and compositional shifts, resulting in the encroachment of shade-tolerant and often
fire-sensitive hardwood species in ...
Study of interactions and stability of pyrethroids and cellulose allomorphs for controlled release applications
(2022-11-29)
The study of controlled release materials is a growing field for applications like agricultural, biomedical, and insecticidal fibers. Cellulose, because of its abundance and ability to be modified and regenerated into many ...