Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Promoting Nitrification in Poultry Processing Wastewater Treatment Using Microalgae and Biochar
(2022-08-03)
The exponential growth of the global population poses a need for more sustainable food production and waste remediation tactics. Waste-to-resource food production systems such as aquaponics and “poultry-ponics” may be the ...
Modification and Evaluation of an Evidence-based, Universal, Mental Health Promotion Program in Title I schools in rural Alabama: Advocates for All Youth (ALLY)
(2022-08-03)
In the US, the presence of a lifetime diagnosis of either depression or anxiety rose from 5.4% in 2003 to 8.4% in 2012 in children aged 6-17 years (Bitsko et al., 2018) and by 2016, 16.5% had at least one mental health ...
Relational Reasoning and Self-Directed Learning: An Analysis of Their Effects on How Adults Process Information Online
(2022-08-03)
The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between self-directed learning readiness (SDLR), relational reasoning (RR), and Civic Online Reasoning (COR) for mid-career U.S. Air Force officers, U.S. Space ...
Developmental Trajectories of Brain Structure, Motor, and Cognitive Functions from Infancy to Early Childhood and the Impact of SES
(2022-08-03)
During the first years of life, there are significant brain, cognitive, and motor development changes. Although studies have suggested a bidirectional relationship between the brain and these functional outcomes, few studies ...
Color Trades on Graphs
(2022-08-03)
Edge-colorings of graphs have a rich history and are widely studied. Trade spectra of
graphs are relatively new and ripe for study. The color-trade-spectrum of a graph G is defined
to be the set of all t for which there ...
Application of Methods to Characterize VS30 in Alabama
(2022-08-03)
One of the most important characteristics of a soil that is a basis for seismic analysis, is shear wave velocity (VS). VS has proved to be a valuable tool for site response analysis for seismic design since it has the ...
Mood Disturbance and the Gut Microbiome
(2022-08-03)
Microbiota residing in the gastrointestinal tract play a crucial role in physical and mental health of the human host. The gut microbiome affects immunity and inflammation, absorption and digestion of nutrients, production ...
Perception and application of climate science by distinct audiences: Impacts of measurement, attention, and credibility
(2022-08-03)
Climate change is among the greatest threats to human lives and livelihoods and any efforts to reduce harm by mitigating climate change or adapting to changes will require mass participation. However, the knowledge and ...
Enacting Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Education Settings in Ghana. A Cross Case Study of Three Schools
(2022-08-03)
Generally, there has been scarce research in early childhood education leadership, and pedagogical leadership is no exception. This study investigates the enactment of pedagogical leadership in early childhood education ...
Effects of Geometric Design Features and Traditional Traffic Control Devices on Wrong-Way Driving Incident at Partial Cloverleaf Interchange Terminal: A Machine-Learning Approach
(2022-08-03)
The partial cloverleaf (parclo) interchange is the second most popular interchange in the United States. Past studies revealed that the parclo interchange terminal is one of the most common entry points for wrong-way driving ...
Pivoting to Meaningfully Connect with Youth: Youth Relationship Educators’ Perceptions of Success During the Coronavirus Pandemic
(2022-08-03)
This study considered the experiences of youth-focused relationship educators as they transitioned to online education due to the coronavirus pandemic. The aim was to understand the process and impact of these experiences ...
Improving Energy Efficiency and Security of DVFS-Enabled Clouds
(2022-08-02)
Since modern data centers have been significantly scaling up in capacity in past decades, it is demanding to curtail energy consumption of virtual-machine-powered data centers. Cloud computing has radically changed the ...
A Study of Driver Behavior at Access Points with Restricted Left Turn Movements: Case Studies in Alabama
(2022-08-02)
Past studies showed that left turn movement at unsignalizd intersection caused over 40% crashes. To improve intersection safety, transportation agencies often use access management strategies to eliminate left turns for ...
Drivers and consequences of human-elephant interactions in an agricultural landscape of rural Kenya
(2022-08-02)
Globally, interactions between people and wildlife are increasing due to habitat loss and conversion and the movement of people and wildlife into areas in which they were not previously present. Many of these interactions ...
The effect of omega-3 fish oil supplementation on cognition and neuroinflammation in a mouse model of Western diet induced obesity.
(2022-08-01)
The Western diet (WD) is generally characterized by high sugar and saturated fat content, which result in caloric excess and obesity. However, it includes suboptimal intake of some nutrients including omega-3 fatty acids. ...
Optimization Approaches to Identifying Personalized Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies
(2022-08-01)
This dissertation investigates optimization approaches for solving a problem coined the colorectal cancer screening problem (CRCSP). This problem aims to identify a screening strategy for testing an asymptomatic population ...
Identifying the association between relationship hopelessness and relationship satisfaction and the moderating role of the therapeutic alliance
(2022-08-01)
Relationship satisfaction is a variable highly focused on in relationship literature through attempts to understand its influences and influencers. This study hoped to further contribute to that research by analyzing the ...
Behavior Analysis and Enhancement of Robustness for Deep Neural Networks
(2022-08-01)
Apart from the remarkable success of machine learning models utilizing deep neural networks in solving a variety of problems including image classifications, these models are highly vulnerable to small and carefully chosen ...
A Factor Analytic Examination of Burnout
(2022-08-01)
With the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout is an increasingly popular topic in the public discourse. However, scientific research displays a lack of consensus about burnout’s underlying factor ...
Synthesis, Characterization, and Functionality of Quinol-Based Superoxide Dismutase Mimics
(2022-08-01)
There is great interest in developing biopharmaceuticals that can slow or halt the effects of the primary and secondary oxidative stressors that are responsible for aging, chronic diseases, and other health disorders. A ...