Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Understanding How Carbon Market Participation Influences Forest Management Practices and Landowner Philosophy
(2026-04-19)
Forest ecosystems’ ability to efficiently sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) has created economic opportunities for landowners in both compliance (regulated) and voluntary carbon markets. While many studies have investigated ...
Layers of Harm: The Impact of Lifetime Poly-Victimization on Transdiagnostic Symptoms
(2026-04-19)
Childhood poly-victimization is a known predictor of psychiatric disorders and poor health outcomes. However, few studies have examined poly-victimization’s association with transdiagnostic mental health symptoms (i.e., ...
Enhancing Healthcare Operations Through Generative AI: Contact Center Intelligence and Clinical Note Quality Assessment
(2026-04-19)
This dissertation presents two research contributions at the frontier of AI-driven healthcare documentation. The first contribution is an end-to-end AI system for health- care contact center operations that integrates ...
Effect of culvert systems on fish assemblage structure and connectivity in the Uchee Creek Watershed
(2026-04-19)
Culverts are structures used to continue streams underneath roadways, yet improperly engineered culverts are common physical barriers in streams. Many studies have examined the negative effects that culverts have on stream ...
Inverse Functional Modeling for Drug Dissolution Profiles: A Statistical Framework for Curve-Based Formulation Design
(2026-04-19)
This work establishes a statistically reliable framework for reverse engineering drug formulations from a target dissolution profile, formulated as an inverse functional problem. Dissolution profiles describe the rate at ...
Application of paleoenvironmental methods to inform conservation efforts
(2026-04-19)
This dissertation embodies the strengths of interdisciplinary science by bridging the fields of geology, ecology. Throughout the chapters of this work various perspectives are juxtaposed, demonstrating the value of research ...
Application Performance of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Seeding Cover Crop
(2026-04-19)
The use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for applying dry solid products, especially cover crop seed, has increased rapidly in the United States in recent years. Limited information currently exists on the application ...
Personality and Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity: A Comparison of the Cold Pressor and Mental Arithmetic Tasks
(2026-04-17)
Stress reactivity, defined as an exaggerated response to stressors and impaired poststressor
recovery, significantly influences the connection between stress and health, particularly
cardiovascular health. A wide body ...
Problems in Commutative Algebra and Functional Data Analysis
(2026-04-16)
This dissertation consists of three papers spanning two areas of mathematics and statistics: combinatorial commutative algebra and functional data analysis. The first paper examines the weak Lefschetz property (WLP) for ...
Preservice Teachers’ Experiences with Sport Education: An Occupational Socialization Approach
(2026-04-16)
Sport Education has become one of the most well-researched and effective teaching curriculum models (Hastie and Wallhead, 2016). The model emphasizes developing competent, literate, and enthusiastic sports participants by ...
Entre lo autóctono y lo extranjero: La identidad de Usmaíl en Usmaíl de Pedro Juan Soto
(2026-04-16)
Este trabajo analiza la novela Usmaíl de Pedro Juan Soto como una representación simbólica del proceso colonial vivido en la isla de Vieques bajo la presencia estadounidense. A través de una lectura estructurada en tres ...
The Literacy Experiences of Caregivers of Preschool Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum with Minimal Speech
(2026-04-15)
Children on the autism spectrum demonstrate lower emergent literacy skills than neurotypical peers (Dynia et al., 2014). Low literacy levels for those with an autism diagnosis can lead to barriers in access to employment, ...
Model Selection for Multi-Attribute Gaussian Graphical Models
(2026-04-15)
In this thesis, we examine a common challenge in the estimation of conditional independence graphs, namely the selection of the regularization parameter for sparse precision matrix estimation in multi-attribute Gaussian ...
Collective Excitations in Low-Dimensional Magnetic Materials
(2026-04-14)
Low-dimensional quantum materials provide a versatile platform for exploring collective excitations such as phonons, magnons, and topological spin textures. Advances in synthesis techniques, including molecular beam epitaxy ...
Dietary barley inclusion to replace wheat, with or without carbohydrases supplementation in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) diets: Effects on growth performance, nutrient utilization, and physiological gene expression
(2026-04-14)
Supplementation of exogenous enzymes in barley-based diets could aid in hydrolyzing the
non-starch polysaccharides (NSP). To investigate the effects of enzyme supplements in barley-
based diets replacing wheat, a 5-week ...
Falls and Violent Mechanisms of Traumatic Brain Injury Reduce Very Long-Term Locomotor Functional Independence
(2026-04-14)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a significant global public health concern and is a leading cause of long-term disability. In 2021, approximately 37.9 million people worldwide were living with TBI-related disabilities (Liu ...
Three Essays on Applied Economics: Analyses of Market Dynamics and Consumer Behavior in Food Industries
(2026-04-14)
This dissertation examines how food systems are shaped by market integration, price volatility transmission, and heterogeneous consumer adoption. The first essay analyzes volatility spillovers between capture fisheries and ...
From Uncertain to Confident: The Power of an Intentional Decision-Making Course for Undecided Freshman
(2026-04-14)
This research explores the impact of a theory backed course, Exploratory Investigations, which was designed to guide undecided first-semester freshmen through an intentional decision-making process for their academic major ...
Elucidating the Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Tetrahydrocurcumin: A Key Curcumin Metabolite
(2026-04-13)
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease are characterized by progressive “specific” neuronal loss at an “explicit” anatomical site in the brain driven by oxidative stress, mitochondrial ...
A Neural Network-Based Modeling and Prediction of Crater Formation and Evolution in Plume-Surface Interaction
(2026-04-13)
Retro-propulsive landings on extraterrestrial surfaces pose significant risks due to the interaction between the supersonic plume from rocket nozzles and the ground. The plume–surface interaction (PSI) releases dust and ...